"Motor City (I Get Lost)" is the first single from

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supergroup Company of Strangers. The single was released in July 1992 and peaked at number 26 in Australia in September 1992. It features the vocals of

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and

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. At the

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, the song was nominated for 'breakthrough artist single' award, but lost out to "Ordinary Angels" by

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Video

A video was also created. James Reyens plays a guitar with various industries in the backgrounds and Daryl Braithwaite drives a car.

Track listings

; CD Single # "Motor City (I Get Lost)" - 4:45 # "Damn California" - 4:51

Chart positions

Weekly charts

External links

References

1992 songs 1992 singles Columbia Records singles Company of Strangers (band) songs Songs written by Simon Hussey Songs about Detroit {{1990s-rock-single-stub