Cruisin'

Cruisin' may refer to:

  • Cruisin' (album), a 1978 album by the Village People
  • "Cruisin'" (Smokey Robinson song), a 1979 song performed by Smokey Robinson and covered by D'Angelo and by Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow for the movie Duets
  • "Cruisin'" (Michael Nesmith song), a 1979 song written and performed by Michael Nesmith, formerly of The Monkees
  • Cruisin', another name for the Jaleco video arcade game City Connection
  • Cruis'n (series), a game series or Cruis'n, a Wii video game
  • Cruisin' (sampler series), a pop music sampler series that covered the years 1955-1970
  • See also

  • Cruising (disambiguation)
  • Cruisin' (album)

    Cruisin' is the third studio album by the American disco group Village People, released on September 25, 1978. Its name carries a double meaning: it may mean just driving around or gay cruising. This became obvious even for straight audiences in 1980, when William Friedkin's movie Cruising was released. Features the hits "Hot Cop" and "Y.M.C.A." which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    Track listing

    All songs written by Jacques Morali & Victor Willis.

  • "Y.M.C.A."  – 4:47
  • "Medley: The Women / I'm a Cruiser"  – 12:57
  • "Hot Cop" – 6:19
  • "My Roommate" – 5:20
  • "Ups and Downs" – 6:21
  • Personnel

  • Russell Dabney drums
  • Alfonso Carey bass
  • Jimmy Lee guitar
  • Rodger Lee rhythm guitar
  • Nathanial Wilkie fender rhodes
  • Richard Trifan synthesizer
  • Peter Whitehead percussion
  • Felipe Rose – percussion
  • Bitter Sweet – hand claps
  • References


    Cruisin' (sampler series)

    Cruisin' was an American Rock-and-Roll and pop music sampler series covering the years 1955-1970 released by Increase Records, originally in 1970 on vinyl (Years 1955 to 1963, with later years being released in the 1980s, and in 1993 on CD and audio cassette. The covers were stylized after the works of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

    Each album of the series purported to be an authentic roughly 40-minutes recording of a contemporary radio station from that year, complete with contemporary ads, station jingles, and a radio DJ from that era introducing each song, reading out local news, and inviting the listeners to join in competitions.

    External links

  • CRUISIN': The ORIGINAL History of Rock and Roll Radio!, website dedicated to the series, including a lot of background material about its creation (Wayback Machine snapshot, dating October 16, 2013)
  • Increase Records on Discogs.com, including all entries in the Cruisin' series
  • Cruisin' 1958, review by Stephen Cook on Allmusic.com
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Cruisin'

    by: Tygers Of Pan Tang

    Full moon is rising the adrenaline's high
    Just a few miles drive
    Doors are open on time
    Going down - in and out
    Feel the sound
    As the tires hit the ground
    No high speed limit gonna screw up my night
    No weekend driver gonna slow down my ride
    Cruisin' to the music - that's all I need
    Cruisin' to the music - satisfaction guaranteed
    Ooh time to put out the fire let the music take you
    higher
    Hear the sound of thunder
    Through the amplifiers once again
    Take a bite . all tonight
    Tygers eyes - in your sight
    Raise your glasses shout it out for more
    Let's hit the stage let the good of tock times roll
    [CHORUS]
    I'm gonna make it right
    Sure it's gonna be tonight
    Engines are pumping the streets are alive
    Ready for the bite




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