Moving in Stereo
- Side one
- "Good Times Roll"
- "My Best Friend's Girl"
- "Just What I Needed"
- "I'm in Touch with Your World"
- "Don't Cha Stop"
- Side two
- "You're All I've Got Tonight"
- "Bye Bye Love"
- "Moving in Stereo"
- "All Mixed Up"
"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
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.[1] The song continues to receive airplay on classic rock radio stations.[2]
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."[3]
A demo version recorded in 1977, featuring only Ocasek and Hawkes, was released on The Cars: Deluxe Edition in 1999.
Cover versions
- Fu Manchu on their tenth studio album, We Must Obey.
- Byzantine covered the song on their 2017 album The Cicada Tree.[4]
In other media
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.[3] 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.[5]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Guarisco, D.A. "Moving in Stereo". Allmusic. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Byzantine - The Cicada Tree review". Blabbermouth. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ gearspace.com 9 Jan 2012
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