| Red Cars Are After Me | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Roy Wood |
| Album: | Starting Up |
| Released: | February 1987 |
| Recorded: | 1985–86 |
| Genre: | Rock music |
| Length: | 3:55 |
| Label: | Legacy |
| Producer: | Roy Wood |
Red Cars Are After Me is a song made and produced by Roy Wood from the year 1987. It was released in Starting Up and was the first song in the album.[1] Wood plays every instrument in the song and album overall.[2] It was also included in Look Thru' The Eyes of Roy Wood, a compilation album that consists of songs from 1974 to 1987.[3]
The song starts in a factory-sounding beat, which is then followed by saxophones and guitars, and the paranoiac narrator singing about red cars following him.[4] Both the front and back cover of the Starting Up album contain a red car, possibly a Jaguar XJS, which is a nod to the song.