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Red Cars Are After Me

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"Red Cars Are After Me"
Song by Roy Wood
from the album Starting Up
ReleasedFebruary 1987
Recorded1985–86
GenreRock music
Length3:55
LabelLegacy
Songwriter(s)Roy Wood
Producer(s)Roy Wood

Red Cars Are After Me is a song made and produced by Roy Wood from the year 1987.[1] It was released in Starting Up and was the first song in the album.[2] Wood plays every instrument in the song and album overall.[3] It was also included in Look Thru' The Eyes of Roy Wood, a compilation album that consists of songs from 1974 to 1987.[4]

The song starts in a factory-sounding beat, which is then followed by saxophones and guitars, and the paranoiac narrator singing about red cars following him.[5] Both the front and back cover of the Starting Up album contain a red car, possibly a Jaguar XJS, which is a nod to the song.

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References

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  1. ^ Roy Wood – Red Cars Are After Me – hitparade.ch, retrieved 11 July 2024
  2. ^ Nielsen, Ken Stavensoe (9 October 2023). "Roy Wood Starting up 12 inch". 10538 Overture. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ Gardener, James A. "Starting Up: Roy Wood". OoCities. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ Medien, Hung. "Roy Wood – Red Cars Are After Me". Norwegian Charts. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ Kiste, John Van der (19 August 2017). Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song. Fonthill Media.