"The Car Song" is a song by Australian band

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. it was released in June 2005 as the second single from the band's second studio album, ''

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''. The single peaked at #46 in the

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. In the song,

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narrates his experiences as a struggling student who everyone insisted was "going to be a lawyer some day". However, rather than study or concentrate on an exam, all he could think about was playing music, playing basketball, or asking a childhood crush out on a date. In the latter part of the song, he meets one of his highschool acquaintances, who has indeed become a lawyer, and is now going out with the same girl. It was rated number 25 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005. It was also featured as the opening and closing theme for 'The Wrong Way Home with Akmal, Cal and Ed' on

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in 2008. The Ben Quinn directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the

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.ARIA Award previous winners.

Music video

The music video features the members of the band competing in a basketball match (the "Guilt Resolution Cup") against people from Harry James Angus' "sordid past". Sigmund Freud is the team's coach. At the end of the game, Angus fails to score a critical basket, and the Cat Empire loses the game. It was filmed at Victoria University's Footscray Park campus, with fans of the band used as extras.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Car Song, The 2005 singles The Cat Empire songs 2004 songs EMI Records singles