"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is a song by the Trinidadian-British singer

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". It was released as the first single from Ocean's seventh studio album '' Tear Down These Walls'' (1988). Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time)

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, which features animation mixed with live-action sequences. The saxophone solo is performed by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.

Music video

The music video for "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" consists of Billy Ocean driving, sometimes involving scenes with different cartoon characters. It was featured in the 1988 American teen comedy film ''

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Track listings

* 12-inch single (BOS T 1) # "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59 # "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (7-inch version) – 4:43 # "Showdown" – 4:58 * 7-inch single (BOS 1) # "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – 4:10 # "Showdown" – 4:58 * CD maxi-single (BOS CD1) # "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59 # "

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Reception

"Get Outta My Dreams" became Ocean's third and most recent US no. 1 single, going to number one on both the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and

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charts. It was also his seventh and most recent single to reach the US top 10. The song also peaked at no. 1 in seven other countries, including Canada, where it was the country's most successful single of 1988, and at no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Ocean's sixth and final top 10 hit there.

Commercial performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers and parodies

The song was later covered by

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covered the song in a video featured on

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website as part of the site's A.V. Undercover series. Approximately three minutes into the performance, the band incorporates

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Bites. The song was parodied by comedian and actor

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as 1980s fake singer Ocean Billy in the "Worst of Soul Train" sketch on ''

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'' with the title "Get Out of My Car, Get into My Trunk". Amazon Prime later included a version with lyrics rewritten and performed by

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in an advertisement to promote Prime Day. In 1989, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the telecommunications company ENTEL Chile, this song was parodied as "ENTEL está aquí" ("ENTEL is here").

In popular culture

The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film ''

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References

External links

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