Mercury Blues

About Mercury Blues

"Mercury Blues" is a song written by K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, and first recorded by Douglas in 1948. The song, originally titled "Mercury Boogie," pays homage to the American automobile marque, which ended production in 2010. The song has been covered among others by the Steve Miller Band (1967, at The Monterey International Pop Festival, and 1976, on their album, Fly Like an Eagle), David Lindley (1981), the Finn Pave Maijanen (1987), Alan Jackson (1993), Meat Loaf (2003) and Dwight Yoakam (2004). Maijanen's version in Finnish is named "Pakko saada BMW" (meaning Gotta get a BMW), but Maijanen has performed the song as "Mercury Blues" live as well. Lindley's version, from his 1981 album El Rayo-X, peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Meat Loaf's version appears as a hidden track at the end of his 2003 album Couldn't Have Said It Better. Dwight Yoakam's version appears on his 2002 boxed set, Reprise Please, Baby, and later on his 2004 compilation album, Dwight's Used Records. More recently, a blues version appeared on Jackson Browne's Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino (2010), backed by David Lindley.  more »

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2004

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If I had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown
Buy a Mercury or two

I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
Oh I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road

Well, I had me a girl
Stole her from a friend
Friend got lucky
Stole her back again

Cause she thought he had a Mercury
Oh she thought he had a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road
C'mon!!

Well, hey now mama
Lookin' so fine
Cruisin' round
In your Mercury 69

I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
Ooo, I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road

My girl went out
Didn't stay long
Bought herself a Mercury
And cruised it on home

Cause she know I have a Mercury
Oh she know I have a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road

Well, hey now mama
Lookin' so fine
Cruisin' round
In your Mercury 69

I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
Ooo, I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down the road
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
Cruise it up and down

I'm going out
I'm gonna get me a real job
And I'm gonna buy me some
Mercury!! Yeah

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Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday, September 27, 1947), known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide. After 35 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time. more »

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