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“I'm In Love With My Car” by Queen
From the album A Night at the Opera (1975)
“I'm In Love With My Car” by Queen appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2010 and 2016. It was first released in 1975 on the album A Night at the Opera. Its best result is #102 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,251 classic rock song of all time.
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"I'm in Love with My Car" is Roger Taylor's moment on A Night at the Opera, Queen's fourth album, from 1975, and the only song on it he wrote alone. The inspiration was one of the band's roadies, Johnathan Harris, whose Triumph TR4 was apparently the love of his life, and the liner notes dedicate it to him, "boy racer to the end". Taylor sings lead, pounds the drums and doubles on electric guitar, Brian May recut the demo's guitar parts on his Red Special, and the engine revving at the finish is Taylor's own Alfa Romeo.
He was so attached to it that when the band picked the album's first single, he shut himself in a cupboard until they agreed to make it the B-side of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Roy Thomas Baker produced with the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 102 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 951 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 919 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 961 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2016 | 933 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
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