Other Covers, Live Performances and Samples
In 1980, Frank Zappa played "Cars" during some live shows, but sang the lyrics to his song "In France" instead of the original ones. When "In France" was released on his 1984 album Them or Us, it got its own blues background instead. Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo released their own hip-hop version of "Cars" on their debut Road to the Riches album in 1989. "Cars" was covered by the Judybats on the 1991 single "Daylight" and by Shampoo on the "Girl Power" single in 1995. Dave Clarke performed the song on the Random tribute album in 1997. Nine Inch Nails performed "Cars" several times during their Wave Goodbye Tour in 2009, featuring Numan on vocals.
The song was also heavily sampled in the 2000 song "Koochy" by Armand Van Helden, reaching #4 in the UK Singles Chart. The beat was later used for the song "Hot Wheels" by the hip-hop group Jim Crow. The 2009 songs "Hiding All the Stars" by Chicane and "Trucks" by J Dilla both sample "Cars." The song "New Car" by Cledus T. Judd used the instrumental portion of "Cars" after each chorus, partially performed with car horns. The song was remixed with "Technologic" by Daft Punk and with "Here Comes My DJ" by Grandmaster Flash which is featured as a playable track in DJ Hero.
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