2:10
single, 1959
Written by Sharon Sheeley and Bob Cochran
Hey, lookee here! What's all this? In this rattling rockabilly number, the narrator wishes he could date a girl he's long pined after, but she's out of his class. But! But if he got a flash car, she'd go for him: "I'll buy that car that I been wanting so / Get me that girl and we'll go ridin' around." We are living in a material world, and I guess she's a material girl. He works hard, gets the car, works up the courage to knock. It's a simple song with no twists, but I like the primitive guitar and crashing, metallic percussion.
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