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Multimedia Index: List of 1997 Songs Category: Chronological Archive Description: A list of songs released in 1997. Lyrics are in the English language unless otherwise noted. Contents: 9 originals · 5 covers Page Sections: Original Songs · Covers |
| '67 Chevy Malibu Performer: Orange Cake Mix Released: 1997 (Silver Lining Underwater) Featured Car: 1967 Chevrolet Malibu |
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| 455 Rocket Performer: Kathy Mattea Songwriter: Gillian Welch · David Rawlings Released: 18 January 1997 Featured Car: Oldsmobile External Link: Wikipedia |
Mr. Smith had an Oldsmobile; Baby blue with them wire wheels. I took her home the day that she was adverstised |
| Bondo Jones Performer: Tim Wilson Songwriter: Tim Wilson Released: 1997 (Tuned Up) |
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| Chevette Performers: Audio Adrenaline Songwriters: Bob Herdman · Will McGinniss · Brian McSweeney · Mark Stuart Released: 18 November 1997 (Some Kind of Zombie) Featured Car: Chevrolet Chevette |
Twenty years ago I watched in awe; As my Dad drove up the driveway. More than proud to have a brand new family car. Thirty miles to the gallon; 0 to 60, sometimes. |
| Dale Darryl Waltrip Richard Petty Rusty Awesome Bill Irvan Gordon Earnhart Smith Johnson, Jr. Performer: Tim Wilson Songwriters: Dean Daughtry · Tim Wilson Released: 1997 (Tuned Up) |
I guess you could say Momma was a NASCAR fan; I was born in Talladega up in the stands. The fans all cheered the second I arrived; The loudspeaker said “The boy's born to drive!” |
| The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy) Performer: Wade Hayes Songwriter: Mark D. Sanders · Steve Diamond Released: 18 November 1997 Featured Car: Chevrolet External Link: Wikipedia |
In a chevy, in a hurry, in the pourin' down rain; Where the caution light's flashin' in the passin' lane. From a bridge I watched our dreams goin', down the drain; In a chevy, in a hurry, in the pourin' down rain. |
| Little Honda Performers: Yo La Tengo Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love Released: 1997 Featured Motorcycle: Honda External Link: Wikipedia |
It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, that two-wheeled bike. We'll ride on out of the town, to anyplace I know you like. |
| Little Red Rodeo Performer: Collin Raye Songwriters: Charlie Black · Phil Vassar · Rory Bourke Released: 26 August 1997 (The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits) Featured Car: Isuzu Rodeo External Link: Wikipedia |
Oh, how fast can I go; Gotta catch that little, red Rodeo. She drove off with my heart; I gotta let her know. Need the girl in that little, red Rodeo; Texas plates, candy-apple red Rodeo. |
| Be Thankful for What You Got Performers: Yo La Tengo Songwriter: William DeVaughn Released: 1997 (Little Honda) External Link: Wikipedia |
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac; Gangsta whitewalls, TV antennas in the back; You may not have a car at all. But remember brothers and sisters; You can still stand tall; Just be thankful for what you've got. |
| Brand New Cadillac Performer: Wayne Hancock Songwriter: Vince Taylor Released: 1997 (That's What Daddy Wants) Featured Car: Cadillac External Link: Wikipedia |
My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac; I said my baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac. She said listen to me daddy; I ain't never comin' back. |
| Mercedes Benz Performer: Taj Mahal Songwriters: Janis Joplin · Michael McClure · Bob Neuwirth Released: 1997 (Blues Down Deep: Songs of Janis Joplin) 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? |
| Six Days on the Road Performers: Delta Cross Band Songwriter: Carl Montgomery Released: 1997 External Link: Wikipedia |
I got my diesel wound up and she's a-runnin' like a-never before; There's a speed zone ahead, well, all right, I don't see a cop in sight; Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight. |
| Six Days on the Road Performers: Sawyer Brown Songwriter: Carl Montgomery Released: 15 April 1997 Description: This is the title track to Sawyer Brown's twelfth studio album. External Link: Wikipedia |
I got my diesel wound up and she's a-runnin' like a-never before; There's a speed zone ahead, well, all right, I don't see a cop in sight; Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight. |