Gary Numan - Cars explained | Electric Friends Podcast

First released: 28th Sep 2022

For this episode, we're tackling perhaps Gary Numan's best-known song, and the track which made him an international star at the turn of the 1980s: 'Cars'.

From its scary inspiration, to its multitude of covers and remixes, we look back at one of the best ever synthpop songs that inspired countless artists, and turned many of us into instant Numanoids.

Clips used:

Gary Numan - 'Cars'
Gary Numan - 'Asylum'
Gary Numan - (R)Evolution (audiobook)
Gary Numan - 'Cars (Premier Mix)'
Gary Numan - 'Cars (93 Sprint)'
Carling Premier advert, 1996
Gary Numan - 'Cars (Hybrid remix)'
Fear Factory - 'Cars'
Barron Knights - 'We Know Who Done It'
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - 'Cars'
Shampoo - 'Cars'
Armand van Helden - 'Koochy'
Chicane - 'Hiding All the Stars'
Nine Inch Nails & Gary Numan - 'Cars'
Bill Bailey - 'Cars'
South Park
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Two and a Half Men
DieHard batteries commercial