Song · The Cars
“All Mixed Up” by The Cars
From the album The Cars (1978)
“All Mixed Up” by The Cars appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1978 on the album The Cars. Its best result is #470 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,567 alternative song of all time.
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The Cars saved "All Mixed Up" for the end of their 1978 debut, The Cars, sliding it straight off the tail of "Moving in Stereo" so the two play as one long, cool-headed dream. Ric Ocasek wrote it and sang the demo, but on the record the lead vocal belongs to bassist Benjamin Orr. Greg Hawkes stepped out from behind his synthesizers to blow the closing saxophone solo, the only sax solo in the Cars' catalog, and the track also puts a Mu-Tron Octavider pedal to work, a gadget Orr recalled he simply had to have. Roy Thomas Baker produced, with Geoff Workman engineering.
It first surfaced as the B-side of "Good Times Roll", yet FM rock radio latched on, and classic rock stations still tend to spin it back to back with "Moving in Stereo". Classic Rock History's Brian Kachejian rated the pair together as the Cars' finest moment.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 470 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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