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Multimedia Index: List of 1995 Songs

Category: Chronological Archive
Description: A list of songs released in 1995. Lyrics are in the English language unless otherwise noted.
Contents: 15 originals · 5 covers
Page Sections: Original Songs · Covers

Original Songs

Beat Up Ford
Performer: Jack Ingram
Songwriter: Jack Ingram
Released: September 1995 (Jack Ingram)
Featured Car: Ford
Notes: The opening track “Beat Up Ford” would become Ingram's trademark song in his early career as well as the name of his back-up band. It would be re-recorded for his second studio album, Lonesome Question. (Wikipedia)
Brand New '64 Dodge
Performer: Greg Brown
Songwriter: Greg Brown
Released: 1995 (The Poet Game)
Featured Car: Dodge
Cadillac Cowboy
Performer: Heather Myles
Released: 24 January 1995 (Untamed)
Featured Car: Cadillac
I mean a man with money;
Not no hillbilly, honey.
I said a man that'll treat you like a queen;
A Cadillac cowboy's what you need.
The Car
Performer: Jeff Carson
Songwriters: C. Michael Spriggs · Gary Heyde
Released: 2 May 1995
Featured Car: Ford Mustang
External Link: Wikipedia
Boy, I'd love to have that car, I whispered to my dad;
I always heard a mustang flies/
We could fix it up, and make it new again;
All it needs is just a little time.
Car Song
Performers: Elastica
Songwriter: Justine Frischmann
Released: 13 March 1995
External Link: Wikipedia
You could call me a car lover;
'Cause I love it in a motor.
And the way it feels;
To ride around on new wheels.
Dedicated NASCAR Fans
Performer: T. Graham Brown
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
The Fastest Horse in a One Horse Town
Performer: Billy Ray Cyrus
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
He beat it to Daytona, The big boys laughed and said;
Looks like they've turned a pack mule loose among these thoroughbreds;
Colt said, “This old mule's been places most blue bloods fear to tread.”
Fuel to the Fire
Performer: Ken Mellons
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
Greg! The Stop Sign!!
Performers: TISM
Released: 4 May 1995
External Link: Wikipedia
What's the use of striving?
Life's road in front unravels.
We get to do the driving;
Don't choose the direction we travel.
Junk Cars
Performer: Ricky Van Shelton
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
Johnny's got a love in his life, it wasn't his girlfriend, it isn't his wife;
He loves Jesus, he knows it's not sin, the only thing that Johnny's interested in;
Is junk cars, He's getting all of mine, junk cars, he's working all the time.
Oh King Richard
Performer: Kyle Petty
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: Richard Petty
Racing With My Heart
Performer: Sammy Kershaw
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
'Cause I'm racing with my heart and with my soul;
Never looking back around the oval track;
It's a feeling I couldn't let go I took the checkered flag;
At the finish line and the victory lap;
When the race is mine running to win and racing with my heart.
Runnin' Wide Open
Performer: Joe Diffie
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
The Wall
Performer: Collin Raye
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Topic: NASCAR
You Win My Love
Performer: Shania Twain
Songwriter: Robert John Lange
Released: 7 February 1995 (The Woman in Me)
External Link: Wikipedia
I'm lookin' for a lover who can rev his little engine up.
He can have a '55 Chevy or a fancy little pick-up truck.
If he's got a cool Cadillac with a jacuzzi in the back I'm in, oh yeah;
'Cause I'm a classy little chassis who's a-huntin' for a heart to win.

Covers

Cadillac Ranch
Performer: Rick Trevino
Released: 4 April 1995 (NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open)
Featured Car: Cadillac
Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun;
There to greet a working man when his day is done;
I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt;
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac ranch.
Chevrolet
Performers: Robben Ford & The Blue Line
Released: 1995 (Handful of Blues)
Featured Car: Chevrolet
Buy you a Chevrolet;
Just do somethin' for you.
Mercedes Benz
Performer: Gina Jeffreys
Songwriters: Janis Joplin · Michael McClure · Bob Neuwirth
Released: 1995
Featured Car: Mercedes-Benz
External Link: Wikipedia
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends;
So, oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Route 66
Performer: Pappo's Blues
Songwriter: Bobby Troup
Released: 1995
Topic: United States Numbered Highways
External Link: Wikipedia
If you ever plan to motor west;
Travel my way, take the highway that is best;
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
You Can Sleep While I Drive
Performer: Trisha Yearwood
Songwriter: Melissa Etheridge
Released: 14 February 1995 (Thinkin' About You)
External Link: Wikipedia
Come on, baby, let's get out of this town;
I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down.
There's a chill in my bones, I don't wanna be left alone;
So, baby, you can sleep while I drive.




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