Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

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Singles
Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car
  DE 3 02/22/1988 (18 weeks)
  AT 8th 04/15/1988 (14 weeks)
  CH 3 03/20/1988 (13 weeks)
  UK 3 02/06/1988 (11 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 02/13/1988 (20 weeks)

Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car is a 1988 song by Billy Ocean , written by him and Robert John Lange and produced by the latter. The song appeared on his album Tear Down These Walls .

history

Billy Ocean recorded the song with Robert John Lange for Ocean's album Tear Down These Walls in 1987 . Synthesizers, drum machines and saxophones were used. The song mixes synthpop - soul with R&B influences.

The song became Ocean's third number one hit of his career in the United States . It was on the American charts for a total of 19 weeks. Likewise, the song became a number one hit in Australia , the Netherlands , Ireland , Norway and Canada . In Ocean's British homeland, however, the song only reached number three in the charts. In Germany , the song also reached number three and stayed in the charts for 18 weeks. At the same time of publication, the song was also featured in the film License to Drive and in the soundtrack to the film.

There were also instrumental pieces of the song as well as various extended versions, some of which are over eight minutes in length.

Music video

The music video contains scenes from the film License to Drive . Billy Ocean drives around in a car and meets various cartoon characters . The music video combines real film with animation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  2. ↑ DeKnock, Jan: Billy Ocean Sails Right to the Top . In: Chicago Tribune , Tribune Company , April 8, 1988. Retrieved April 18, 2009. 
  3. ↑ DeKnock, Jan: OCEAN'S 'Get Ootta My Dreams' Tops 2 Charts . In: Chicago Tribune , Tribune Company , April 15, 1988. Retrieved April 18, 2009. 
  4. ↑ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B / Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research, 2004, p. 436.
  5. ↑ Billy Ocean in the Nederlandse Top 40 . Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ The music video for Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car on MyVideo