Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Tear Down These Walls
Released	July 1988
Format	7', 12'
Recorded	1987
Genre	Synthpop, Soul, R&B
Length	8:59 (extended version) 5:36 (original album version) 5:29 (instrumental version) 4:43 (single version)
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Billy Ocean Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"Love Is Forever" (1986) "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (1988) "Calypso Crazy" (1988)

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is a number one single by singer Billy Ocean. Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) video, which featured cartoon mixed with live-action sequences. The song went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Black Singles chart. It also peaked at three on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the 1988 film License to Drive. The song was covered by Fenix TX for the soundtrack of NASCAR Thunder 2003.

Music video

The music video consists of an interpolation of Billy Ocean driving around in a car and different cartoon characters. It was featured in the movie License to Drive.

The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien

The song was used in the premiere episode of The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien during a pre-taped sketch revolving around Conan's infamous 1992 Ford Taurus being driven around Los Angeles, California.

Chart Position

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	1
Belgian Singles Chart	8
Austrian Singles Chart	8
Canadian Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart	41
German Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	2
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	25

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Preceded by "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson	Billboard Hot 100 number one single 9 April 1988 – 16 April 1988	Succeeded by "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston
Preceded by "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie	Hot R&B Songs number one single 16 April 1988	Succeeded by "Da Butt" by E.U.
Preceded by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley	Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single 9 April 1988 – 30 April 1988	Succeeded by "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby