“Pedal To The Metal” by Kazzer

"Pedal to the Metal" was the calling card for Go for Broke, the Epic Records debut from Canadian musician Kazzer, the stage name of Mark Kasprzyk: it led off the album as its first single and charted in both Canada and Australia. He wrote it with Brian West, a Grammy-nominated producer whose résumé includes Nelly Furtado, and it also turned up in the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, on the film's soundtrack.

Kasprzyk came to music sideways: a judo competitor from Binbrook, Ontario, near Hamilton, he made the Canadian national team, and being named only an alternate for the 2000 Summer Olympics is what pushed him toward songs. Here he sings and co-produces with Tawgs Salter, who also plays guitar and bass and engineers; Craig Lapsley drums, and Lenny DeRose mixed.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.