Song · Elastica
“Car Song” by Elastica
From the album Elastica (1995)
“Car Song” by Elastica appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1995 and 2021. It was first released in 1995 on the album Elastica. Its best result is #36 on The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #178 alternative song of 1995 and #5,269 alternative song of all time.
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"Car Song" sits on Elastica's self-titled 1995 debut, and it's singer Justine Frischmann's frank little number about having sex in a car. She wrote it alone, Alan Moulder mixed it and Dan Abnormal sat in on keyboards as a guest.
Britain never got it as a single, but North America and Australia did in January 1996, on a five-track Geffen CD, and it climbed to number 33 on America's Alternative Songs chart and 14 on Canada's alternative chart. The reviews were warm: Stephen Thomas Erlewine credited it with making car sex genuinely sexy, and Entertainment Weekly's Chuck Eddy placed the whole awkward, forward business in a Ford Fiesta. Another take, retitled "Four Wheeling", later turned up on Elastica Radio One Sessions.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 36 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 966 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2021 | 350 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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