Playlist
The Cars Essentials
Apple Music Rock
Tracks: 26101:12
Translating New Wave into chart-topping arena rock.
Updated Dec 2, 2022
Tracks 26
- 1Complete Greatest Hits3:43
- 2Shake It Up3:31
- 3The Elektra Years 1978-19873:04
- 4Complete Greatest Hits3:43
- 5Heartbeat City3:54
- 6The Cars3:45
- 7Candy-O3:33
- 8Complete Greatest Hits3:57
- 9The Elektra Years 1978-19874:13
- 10Complete Greatest Hits4:56
- 11The Cars4:12
- 12Complete Greatest Hits3:31
- 13Complete Greatest Hits3:53
- 14The Elektra Years 1978-19873:45
- 15Complete Greatest Hits4:09
- 16Complete Greatest Hits4:31
- 17Candy-O2:36
- 18Complete Greatest Hits4:43
- 19Sad Song - Single3:38
- 20Heartbeat City4:03
- 21Heartbeat City3:46
- 22The Cars4:14
- 23Complete Greatest Hits3:53
- 24Candy-O4:14
- 25The Cars3:03
- 26The Elektra Years 1978-19874:30
About this playlist
The Cars pulled off the nearly impossible in the late '70s: translating sleek New Wave into chart-topping arena rock. Ric Ocasek, Ben Orr and their Boston bandmates were classic rock 'n' rollers under their skinny ties; early singles like “Just What I Needed” and “My Best Friend's Girl” boasted sharp hooks, slash-and-burn guitars and dizzying vocal harmonies. In the '80s they modernised their sound on the kinetic, keyboard-splashed “Shake It Up”, and with the 1984 MTV staple “Drive” they proved to be synth-pop perfectionists too.