Expressway to Your Heart
1967 single by The Soul Survivors
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"Expressway to Your Heart" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and performed by the Soul Survivors. It appeared on their 1967 album, When the Whistle Blows Anything Goes,[3] which was produced by Gamble and Huff.[4]
| "Expressway to Your Heart" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Soul Survivors | ||||
| from the album When the Whistle Blows Anything Goes | ||||
| B-side | "Hey Gyp" | |||
| Released | July 1967 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | Crimson 1010 | |||
| Songwriter | Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff | |||
| Producer | Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff | |||
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The song reached No. 3 on the R&B chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967,[5] and was ranked No. 18 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1967.[6]
Other versions
- Gil Now, with French lyrics, titled "Les Oiseaux dans la ville" in 1968.[7]
- Don Bryant, on his album Precious Soul.
- The Vibrations with Gamble & Huff producing, in 1969 on Neptune Records.
- Amen Corner as the B-side to their single "Judge Rumpel Crassila" in 1969 in the Netherlands.[8]
- Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, in 1973.
- Margo Thunder, as a single in 1975. It reached No. 25 on the R&B chart.[9]
- Mike Finnigan, as a single in 1978.[10]
- The Blues Brothers, as a single in 1981.[11]
- Breakfast Club, as a single in 1988. It reached No. 30 on the Dance chart in 1989.[12]
- King Tee sampled The Soul Survivors version on their song "Do Your Thing" which was featured on his 1990 album, At Your Own Risk.
- Bruce Springsteen performed it on his 2009 Working on a Dream Tour.
- Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
In popular culture
- The 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting featured a version of the song performed by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.[13]
- The 1987 Disney Channel TV special D-TV: Doggone Valentine used the Soul Survivors version, shown with clips of Goofy and other Disney cartoon dog characters in their cars, fighting their way through various traffic jams.
- The Soul Survivors rendition was used in the 1996 movie, Striptease.