Peak
1
Weeks
20
Score
3,677
Chart Year
1988
The music video for "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" consists of Billy Ocean driving, sometimes involving scenes with different cartoon characters. It was featured in the 1988 American teen comedy film License to Drive.
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" is the top single from Ocean's 1988 album Tear Down These Walls, and also his third #1 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Billy Ocean and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who is a legend in his own right for having produced AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foreigner, The Cars, Bryan Adams, and many others. His resume is practically the who's-who of '80s music, so this song sounds like the kind of hit you'd expect from him. Notice that the song's structure, while sounding very much like 1988, still manages to break out of the decade and hold its own in later times. There's the stereotypical synthesizers, jerky beat, jazzy pop, and the video even mixes animation in with live action - but not too, too much of any one thing. Skillfully executed! This song was part of the soundtrack to the 1988 film License to Drive, a Brat-Pack teen flick featuring the "two Coreys." NASCAR fans will also recognize this song as having been covered by Fenix TX for the video game NASCAR Thunder 2003. And one more media mention: it was featured in the debut for The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, with O'Brien bebopping around town to the song. By turning the words "Out Of" into "Outta" in the title, Ocean kept it to eight words, which is good like for him. His previous American #1s both had eight-letter titles as well ("Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)," "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"), while his nine letter hit, "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going," stalled at #2.
Hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my car (Who me?) Yes, you Get in to my car Oh, hey Who's that lady coming down the road? Who's that lady? Who's that woman walking through my door? What's the score? I'll be the sun shining on you Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe I'll be your non-stop lover Get it while you can Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man Get outta my dreams Get in to my car (Get in to my car) Get outta my dreams Get in to the back seat, baby Get in to my car (Beep, beep, yeah) Get outta my mind (Get outta my mind) Get in to my life (Ooh) Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my car Oh-oh, baby Lady driver, let me take the wheel Smooth operator Touch my bumper (bumper) Hey, and let's make a deal Make it real Like a road runner Coming after you Just like a hero outta the blue I'll be your non-stop lover Get it while you can Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man Get outta my dreams, ooh Get in to my car (Get in to my car) Get outta my dreams Get in to the back seat, baby Get in to my car (Beep, beep, yeah) Get outta my mind (Get outta my mind) Get in to my life (Ooh) Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my car Oh, baby, let's go I said, open the door (Get in the back) Foot on the floor (Get on the track) Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah) Hey (hey), hey (hey) Let's go Oh, baby, ooh-ooh-oh-oh-oh Yeah I'll be the sun shining on you Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe I'll be your non-stop lover Get it while you can Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man Get outta my Get outta my dreams Get in to my car (Get in to my car) Get outta my dreams Get in to the back seat, baby Get in to my car (Beep, beep, yeah) Get outta my mind (Get outta my mind) Get in to my life (Ooh) Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my Hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my Hey (hey), ooh, you (you) Get in to my car Oh, oh, oh, you Oh, get in the back seat I need you Get in the back seat 'Cause I want you to be my baby Writer/s: Billy Ocean, Robert John Lange
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 13, 1988 | 49 | 77 |
| 2 | Feb 20, 1988 | 35 | 91 |
| 3 | Feb 27, 1988 | 29 | 97 |
| 4 | Mar 5, 1988 | 22 | 104 |
| 5 | Mar 12, 1988 | 12 | 114 |
| 6 | Mar 19, 1988 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | Mar 26, 1988 | 5 | 121 |
| 8 | Apr 2, 1988 | 3 | 123 |
| 9 | Apr 9, 1988 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Apr 16, 1988 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Apr 23, 1988 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | Apr 30, 1988 | 6 | 120 |
| 13 | May 7, 1988 | 15 | 111 |
| 14 | May 14, 1988 | 19 | 107 |
| 15 | May 21, 1988 | 34 | 92 |
| 16 | May 28, 1988 | 48 | 78 |
| 17 | Jun 4, 1988 | 66 | 60 |
| 18 | Jun 11, 1988 | 71 | 55 |
| 19 | Jun 18, 1988 | 87 | 39 |
| 20 | Jun 25, 1988 | 97 | 29 |