"Don't Cha Stop" is a song by the American

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the Cars The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...

. The song appears on their 1978 debut album ''

The Cars The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...

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Reception

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said in his review of ''The Cars'' that "the songs bristle and -- in their harsher, more angular moments (' Bye Bye Love,' 'Don't Cha Stop') -- bray." On the ''

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'' review of ''The Cars'', "Don't Cha Stop" was named one of the albums " st cuts

Other appearances

After being released on the 1978 album ''The Cars'', "Don't Cha Stop" saw release as the B-side to " My Best Friend's Girl" in the U.S. and Japan. That single hit #35 in America. However, in Europe, the song "

Moving in Stereo "Moving in Stereo" is a song by the American rock band the Cars. It appeared on their first album, ''The Cars'', released in 1978. It was co-written by Ric Ocasek and the band's keyboard player Greg Hawkes, and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr. Recep ...

" was used as the B-side instead. "Don't Cha Stop" later appeared on the compilation album '' Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology'', as one of the six songs from ''The Cars'' to appear.

References

{{authority control 1978 songs The Cars songs Songs written by Ric Ocasek Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker