Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car by Billy Ocean
Saturday, April 9, 1988
– April 22, 1988
All day
Artist: Billy Ocean Weeks at #1: 2 weeks Chart dates: April 9, 1988 – April 16, 1988
About
Billy Ocean’s final big hit, titled after a line from the Sherman Brothers' song “You’re Sixteen” (walked out of my dreams, into my arms), was the lead single from 1988 album Tear Down These Walls. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as singles charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa, while also reaching top 3 on the German, Swiss, New Zealand and UK singles charts. Best known for its music video combining live-action sequences with animation, “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film License to Drive.
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