Back of a Car
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| "Back of a Car" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Big Star | |
| from the album Radio City | |
| Released | 1974 |
| Recorded | 1973 |
| Genre | Power pop |
| Length | 2:46 |
| Label | Ardent |
| Songwriter(s) | Alex Chilton |
| Producer(s) | John Fry and Big Star |
"Back of a Car" is a song credited to Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel that was first released by Big Star on their 1974 album Radio City. According to Hummel, Chris Bell contributed to writing the song as well.
"Back of a Car" was one of the earliest songs written for Radio City. It was a song that Chilton, Hummel and Bell worked on before Bell left the band. At the time, Chilton and Bell split up the songs that they had worked on together, and "Back of a Car" was one of the songs that was assigned to Chilton. Although uncredited, Hummel has acknowledged that Bell was the principle writer of the song. After the song was released Bell asked to have his name added to the credits but the request was denied.[1][2][3]
Hummel described the lyrics as being related to "his own teenage experience, cruising Memphis' hamburger joints and other hangouts in his father's Lincoln, blasting a Led Zeppelin tape."[2]
