Moving in Stereo
| "Moving in Stereo" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Cars | |
| from the album The Cars | |
| Released | June 6, 1978 (1978年06月06日) |
| Recorded | February 1978 |
| Studio | AIR (London, UK) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:43 |
| Label | Elektra |
| Songwriter(s) | Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes |
| Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker |
| The Cars track listing | |
9 tracks
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| Audio | |
| "Moving in Stereo" on YouTube | |
"Moving in Stereo" is a song by the American rock band The Cars. It appeared on their first album, The Cars , released in 1978. It was co-written by Ric Ocasek and the band's keyboard player Greg Hawkes, and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr.
Reception
[edit ]Although not released as a single, except in the UK where it was the B side of 'My Best Friends Girlfriend', "Moving in Stereo" received airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations in the United States, often coupled with the song "All Mixed Up" which it segues into on the album.[3] The song continues to receive airplay on classic rock radio stations.[4]
Donald A. Guarisco of AllMusic described the song as "one of the Cars' finest experimental tracks," noting that it "sounds like a new wave update of Eno-era Roxy Music."[2] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated "Moving in Stereo" combined with "All Mixed Up" as released on the album as the Cars' all-time greatest song.[5] Classic Rock History critic Emily Fagan rated it as the Cars 7th best song sung by Orr, saying that it "captures a sense of disorientation and ennui, with Orr delivering lyrics that seem to drift between reality and a dreamlike state."[6] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Dave Swanson rated it as the 4th best Benjamin Orr Cars song, stating that "the atmospheric mood of the track puts the listener in a late night, post-psychedelic haze."[7]
A demo version recorded in 1977, featuring only Ocasek and Hawkes, was released on The Cars: Deluxe Edition in 1999.
Cover versions
[edit ]- Fu Manchu on their tenth studio album, We Must Obey .
- Byzantine covered the song on their 2017 album The Cicada Tree.[8]
In other media
[edit ]An instrumental portion of "Moving in Stereo" was used prominently in the 1982 feature film Fast Times at Ridgemont High , in which it accompanies Judge Reinhold's character's fantasy of Phoebe Cates's character removing her bikini top while embracing him.[2] [7] Although the song was popularized in the movie, it was not included on the soundtrack album. "Moving In Stereo" was one of the last 2 songs Nirvana played live.[9]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Edwards, Luke (March 23, 2024). "Best Cars Songs: 10 New Wave Hits To Rev Your Engine". Dig! . Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Guarisco, D.A. "Moving in Stereo". Allmusic . Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Top FM Rotation" Cash Box September 23, 1978: 24
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Rock Tracks. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 325. ISBN 0-89820-153-5.
- ^ Kachejian, Brian (February 2024). "Top 10 Cars Songs". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 2024年09月16日.
- ^ Fagan, Emily (September 2024). "Top 10 Cars Songs Sung By Benjamin Orr" . Retrieved 2024年09月17日.
- ^ a b Swanson, Dave (September 8, 2015). "Top 10 Benjamin Orr Cars Songs". UltimateClassicRock. Retrieved 2024年10月25日.
- ^ "Byzantine - The Cicada Tree review". Blabbermouth . 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2018年01月07日.
- ^ gearspace.com 9 Jan 2012