Cars (song)

"Cars"
"Cars"
Single by Gary Numan
from the album The Pleasure Principle
B-side	"Asylum"; "Metal";
Released	24 August 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Marcus Music AB, London
Genre	Synth-pop; new wave; electronica; post-punk;
Length	3:58
Label	Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)	Gary Numan
Producer(s)	Gary Numan
Gary Numan singles chronology
Audio sample
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Music video
	"Cars" on YouTube

"Cars" is the first solo single by English musician Gary Numan. It was released on 24 August 1979 and is from his debut studio album The Pleasure Principle. The song reached the top of the charts in several countries, and is Numan's most successful single.^[7]

^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 46.
^ Owen, Tom (30 April 2024). "The top 25 greatest 1980s synthpop songs ever". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Mason, Stewart. "Cars review". AllMusic. "Perhaps the most iconic intro of the entire synth-pop era... the throbbing, repetitive synths of "Cars" are all most listeners know of Gary Numan, especially in the US, where it was the musician's only Top 40 hit." "That said, it was arguably the first true new wave hit single in the United States."
^ Echols, Alice (29 March 2010). "Introduction: Plastic Fantastic - The Disco Years". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. xix. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
^ Kato, Yoshi (2016). "Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 445.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (22 December 2024). "Robert Palmer: Clues". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Huey, Steve. "Gary Numan Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[1] "Music Week" (PDF). p. 46.

[Owen_2024-2] Owen, Tom (30 April 2024). "The top 25 greatest 1980s synthpop songs ever". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[review-3] Mason, Stewart. "Cars review". AllMusic. "Perhaps the most iconic intro of the entire synth-pop era... the throbbing, repetitive synths of "Cars" are all most listeners know of Gary Numan, especially in the US, where it was the musician's only Top 40 hit." "That said, it was arguably the first true new wave hit single in the United States."

[Echols_2010-4] Echols, Alice (29 March 2010). "Introduction: Plastic Fantastic - The Disco Years". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. xix. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.

[Kato_2016-5] Kato, Yoshi (2016). "Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 445.

[PM-6] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (22 December 2024). "Robert Palmer: Clues". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[7] Huey, Steve. "Gary Numan Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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Cars (song)

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