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“Moving In Stereo” by The Cars

From the album The Cars (1978)

“Moving In Stereo” by The Cars appears on 37 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album The Cars. Its best result is #124 on the WZLX Memorial 500 (1997). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,011 indie & aaa song of all time and #208 of the '70s.

37countdowns
20stations
#124best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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"Moving in Stereo" is the Cars at their most unsettling, a cold, hypnotic track from their 1978 debut album The Cars. Ric Ocasek wrote it with keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and bassist Benjamin Orr sings it in a voice that sounds half awake, floating over pulsing synthesizers and a relentless, machine-like beat. Roy Thomas Baker produced.

It was never a single, apart from a British B-side slot behind "My Best Friend's Girlfriend", but album-rock stations in the States took it up anyway, usually playing it straight through into "All Mixed Up", which follows it on the record. AllMusic later heard it as a new wave update of Eno-era Roxy Music.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 124 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2002 476 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2011 433 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2014 867 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 495 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 402 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 167 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 137 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 533 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2019 411 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 1600 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 486 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 319 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 163 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 958 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 209 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 856 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 581 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 252 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 147 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 358 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2023 642 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 167 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 429 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 491 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 521 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 307 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 424 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 701 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 176 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 163 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2025 173 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 654 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 171 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 243 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 170 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 328 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Moving in Stereo; Movin' in Stereo.

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