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About Pink Cadillac
"Pink Cadillac" is a song by Bruce Springsteen released as the non-album B-side of "Dancing in the Dark" in 1984. The song received moderate airplay on album-oriented rock radio and appeared on the Billboard Top Tracks chart for 14 weeks, peaking at No. 27. The song was also a prominent concert number during Springsteen's Born in the U. S. A. Tour. The song follows Prince's "Little Red Corvette" and Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally" in using automobile travel as a metaphor for sexual activity, in particular the lyric "I love you for your pink Cadillac", which was intended to be a veiled reference to a vagin*. Springsteen, in fact, vetoed the first attempt by a female singer to release a version of "Pink Cadillac", that being Bette Midler in 1983. However, "Pink Cadillac" had its highest profile incarnation via an R&B interpretation by Natalie Cole, which became a top-ten single in 1988.more »
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Well now you may think I'm foolishFor the foolish things I doYou may wonder how come I love youWhen you get on my nerves like you doWell baby you know you bug meThere ain't no secret 'bout thatWell come on over here and hug meBaby I'll spill the factsWell honey it ain't your money'Cause baby I got plenty of thatI love you for your pink CadillacCrushed velvet seatsRiding in the backCruising down the streetWaving to the girlsFeeling out of sightSpending all my moneyOn a Saturday nightHoney I just wonder what you do there in backOf your pink CadillacPink CadillacWell now way back in the BibleTemptations always come alongThere's always somebody temptingSomebody into doing something they know is wrongWell they tempt you, man, with silverAnd they tempt you, sir, with goldAnd they tempt you with the pleasuresThat the flesh does surely holdThey say Eve tempted Adam with an appleBut man I ain't going for thatI know it was her pink CadillacCrushed velvet seatsRiding in the backOozing down the streetWaving to the girlsFeeling out of sightSpending all my moneyOn a Saturday nightHoney I just wonder what it feels like in the backOf your pink CadillacPink CadillacNow some folks say it's too bigAnd uses too much gasSome folks say it's too oldAnd that it goes too fastBut my love is bigger than a HondaYeah, it's bigger than a SubaruHey man there's only one thingAnd one car that will doAnyway we don't have to drive itHoney we can park it out in the backAnd have a party in your pink CadillacCrushed velvet seatsRiding in the backCruising down the streetWaving to the girlsFeeling out of sightSpending all my moneyOn a Saturday nightHoney I just wonder what you do there in backOf your pink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink CadillacPink Cadillac
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running up to an uninterrupted 250 minutes in length. more »
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Written by: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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11 facts about this song
Song Writing"Pink Cadillac" was written by Bruce Springsteen during his 1981-82 period around the time of the "Nebraska" album. |
Release and RecordSpringsteen's version was first released in 1984 through Columbia records as the B-side to his hit "Dancing in the Dark." |
Contention with Record LabelInitially, Springsteen's manager and record company had been reluctant to release "Pink Cadillac" because of its sexual metaphors. |
PopularityDespite being a B-side track, "Pink Cadillac" gained considerable airplay and peaked up to #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. |
Natalie Cole's VersionIn 1988, Natalie Cole covered "Pink Cadillac" which became a big pop and R&B hit. Her version includes a rap towards the end of the song titled "Pink Cadillac Swing." |
Chart PerformanceCole's rendition of "Pink Cadillac" peaked at #5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B chart, even surpassing the peak position of Springsteen's original version. |
Grammy NominationsNatalie Cole's version of "Pink Cadillac" earned her nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in the Grammy Awards of 1989. |
Music VideoBruce Springsteen has never made a full music video for "Pink Cadillac," while Natalie Cole made a very interesting one inspired by the 1968 film "Bullitt." |
Live PerformancesSpringsteen often performs "Pink Cadillac" in his live concerts, notably with different lyrics in the third verse. |
Metaphoric LyricsThe lyrics of "Pink Cadillac" are often seen as an allegory for sexual activity, with the 'pink Cadillac' serving as a metaphor for the female body. |
Cultural InfluenceSince the song's release, the term 'pink Cadillac' has been used in popular culture to symbolize wealth, glamor, and post-war consumerism. |
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