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| Single by Gary Numan | ||||
| from the album The Pleasure Principle | ||||
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| Released | 24 August 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Marcus Music AB, London | |||
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| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Numan | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Numan | |||
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"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.[5]
- ^ "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."
- ^ 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.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Gary Numan Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2024.