The first version of Cars was not strictly an 80s tune, as it was a 1979 release that was taken from the album The Pleasure Principle. In the UK charts, it reached Number 1 in 1979, and rose to
Number 9 on the U.S. Billboard charts, in 1980. This debuted
on the American Top 40 on March 29, 1980, and spent a total of 17 weeks
in the AT40.
The track has been a UK Top 20 hit for Numan in three successive
decades. First the original release that I've already mentioned in 1979, then in 1987
as the 'E Reg Model' remix (reaching No.16), and again in 1996
following its use in an advertisement for Carling Premier beer, and reaching No.17.
Watch a video of Gary Numan performing Cars live at Wembley in 1981 at my 80s Remix blog.
