Driving in My Car explained

Driving in My Car
Cover:Driving In My Car.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Madness
Released:24 July 1982
Recorded:1982
Genre:New wave, pop
Length:3:17
Label:Stiff Records
Producer:Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Prev Title:House of Fun
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Our House
Next Year:1982

"Driving in My Car" is a song by Madness. It was released as a stand-alone single on 24 July 1982 and spent eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number four. It reached number 20 on the Australian Singles Chart.

The B-side to the single was "Animal Farm", a mostly instrumental reworking of the song "Tomorrow's Dream" from the album 7. The 12" release of the single included the song "Riding on My Bike", which is basically a rewording of the main track, sung by Lee Thompson.

"Driving in My Car" was the 13th in a run of 20 consecutive UK top 20 hits for Madness, and is the only one of those 20 never to have been officially released on a Madness album in the USA. It was later included on the 2010 re-release of the band's 1982 album The Rise and Fall, as well as its two B-sides.

Video

The video shows Madness as car mechanics larking about in their workshop, and in their normal suits driving around in their "Maddiemobile" – a white 1959 model Morris Minor. The members of fellow ska/pop group Fun Boy Three make a brief appearance, trying (and failing) to hitch a ride to their home town of Coventry, which the A45 mentioned in the song passes through.

Track listing

  1. "Driving in My Car" – 3:17
  2. "Animal Farm (Tomorrow's Dream Warp Mix)" -4:02
  1. "Driving in My Car" – 3:17
  2. "Animal Farm (Tomorrow's Dream Warp Mix)" -4:02
  3. "Riding on My Bike" – 4:35