Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
Standard artwork
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Tear Down These Walls
Released January 1988
Format
Recorded 1987
Genre
Length 8:59 (Extended Version)
5:36 (Album Version)
5:29 (Instrumental Version)
4:43 (Single Version)
Label Jive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"String Module Error: Match not found"
(1986)		 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
(1988)		 "Calypso Crazy"
(1988)

"Love Really Hurts Without You" (1986 Dance Mix)
(1986)		 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
(1988)		 "Calypso Crazy"
(1988)

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is a 1988 single by Trinidadian-British singer Billy Ocean, based on a line in the Sherman Brothers' song (famously covered by Johnny Burnette as well as Ringo Starr) "You're Sixteen". Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) video, which featured animation mixed with live-action sequences. The song went to number one on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Black Singles charts.[2] It also peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film License to Drive. The song was covered by Fenix TX for the soundtrack of NASCAR Thunder 2003. In 2013, Gwar covered the song in a video featured on The A.V. Club website as part of the site's A.V. Undercover series. Approximately three minutes into the performance, the band incorporates The Who's "Baba O'Riley" into the song. The song is mentioned in a 2014 TV commercial for Twix Bites. It appears in a 2018 commercial for Applebee's.[4]

The song was also parodied by comedian and actor Jason Sudeikis as 80's fake singer Ocean Billy in the Worst of Soul Train sketch on Saturday Night Live with the title Get Out Of My Car, Get Into My Trunk.[5]

The short but notable saxophone solo is by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.[6]

Music video

The music video consists of Billy Ocean driving, sometimes involving scenes with different cartoon characters. It was featured in the movie License to Drive.

Track listing

  • 12" single (BOS T 1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59
  2. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (7" version) – 4:43
  3. "Showdown" – 4:58
  • 7" single (BOS 1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – 4:10
  2. "Showdown" – 4:58
  • CD Maxi-single (BOS CD1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59
  2. "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" – 4:02
  3. "Showdown" – 4:58

Official versions

  1. Album Version – 5:36
  2. Extended Version – 8:59
  3. Instrumental Version – 5:29
  4. Single Version – 4:43

Charts

Chart (1988–1989) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 1
Canada (The Record)[11] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[12] 3
France (SNEP)[13] 41
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 3
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 10)[15] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[21] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[22] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[27] 5
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[28] 25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[29] 1

References

  1. ↑ Coplan, Chris (1 October 2013). "GWAR covers Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car", and it'll make you swoon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
  4. ↑ "Applebee's To Go TV Commercial, 'Dreams' Song by Billy Ocean". ispot.tv. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFlIUUMzlz8
  6. ↑ "V. JEFFREY SMITH (TORS-Producer/Sound Engineer)... - The Outlet Radio Show". Theoutletradioshow.tumblr.com. 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 221. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0959." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  11. ↑ Nanda Lwin (1999). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  12. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8936." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in French). Les classement single.
  14. ↑ "Musicline.de – Billy Ocean Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  15. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 10 (25. mars 1988)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Get Outta My Dreams". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Billy Ocean" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  18. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Charts.nz – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Top 40 Singles.
  20. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". VG-lista.
  21. ↑ "SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs E-G". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  22. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  23. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Singles Top 100.
  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Swiss Singles Chart.
  25. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  29. ↑ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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