# Who's That Drivin' in the Car, Car, Car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480 "2009-08-05T23:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/1 "2009-08-05T23:20:51Z")
I have a fragment of a tune going through my head, so I issue the traditional plea for help identifying it. The lyric I have is something like “driving in the [or my] car, car, car” with car repeated three times. That line itself is repeated several times. It’s not a children’s song, though it has the flavor of one. For some reason I associate a Python with it, maybe a tune from an album that wasn’t on the show. It’s not “Driving in the Car” by Madness or by Tah Geggy (Geggy Tah?), which pop up in Google. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/2 "2009-08-05T23:37:59Z")
I trust it’s not Woody Guthrie’s [“Car Car”](http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/04-08.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/3 "2009-08-05T23:38:36Z")
Is it [Woody Guthrie](http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Riding_In_My_Car.htm)? [Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDtFdnn9oQ) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/4 "2009-08-06T02:58:50Z")
Great song by Guthrie, but not it. The triple repetition of car in mine is what makes the song. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/5 "2009-08-06T03:07:48Z")
I’m thinking either [Gary Numan - Cars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw) or [Jim Crow - Hot Wheels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPFQJMQuBA) where they sampled Gary Numan’s _Cars_. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/6 "2009-08-06T03:10:23Z")
Cold. Very cold. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/7 "2009-08-06T04:40:21Z")
Peter, Paul and Mary, “Car-Car” [http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/p/Peter-Paul-And-Mary/Car-Car.html](http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/p/Peter-Paul-And-Mary/Car-Car.html) Can’t find it on youtube, obscure. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/8 "2009-08-06T05:50:49Z")
Could it be Martha Wainwright’s [The Car Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf_A_gDaJ_A)? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/9 "2009-08-06T13:04:49Z")
Drivin in your car… .you turn on the radio… you pullin me close… The pointer sisters and others? Fire ~ Pointer Sisters > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Icaraí Beach in Nikiti - Robert Gordon w/ Link Wray - Fire > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Bruce Springsteen - Fire > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/10 "2009-08-06T13:13:21Z")
The Waitresses “It’s My Car” from their first album. You can here a clip of it [here](http://www.amazon.com/Its-My-Car/dp/B001E6P1Q2), but not the whole song. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/11 "2009-08-06T13:15:31Z")
The Waitresses “It’s My Car” from their first album. You can here a clip of it [here](http://www.amazon.com/Its-My-Car/dp/B001E6P1Q2), but not the whole song. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/12 "2009-08-06T14:30:51Z")
[car trouble](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGgLwD8wdc)by Adam Ant has “car car car” repeated several times ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/13 "2009-08-06T16:28:53Z")
“[Driving Lesson](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/g/garbagelyrics/drivinglessonlyrics.html)” by Garbage? ---
**Author:** ![Betcey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betcey/32/3413_2.png) [@Betcey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Betcey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/14 "2009-08-06T20:26:24Z")
Marvin Pontiac aka John Lurie - “Small Car”? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqLQ_aLw9E) ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/15 "2009-08-06T21:36:49Z")
I believe that you are thinking of a stand up comedy routine where the guy does Elmer Fudd but as if he were singing Heavy Metal. I can’t remember the guys name, but I do recall that I saw him on (I think) Showtime in the late 80s and if memory serves he was a bit of a prop comic. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/16 "2009-08-06T22:37:29Z")
I can’t help you with the song you’re looking for, but the band is Geggy Tah, not the reverse. They got their name from their younger sisters inabilities to say their names as toddlers. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/17 "2009-08-07T01:01:07Z")
> [@Betcey](#): > > Marvin Pontiac aka John Lurie - “Small Car”? > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqLQ\_aLw9E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqLQ_aLw9E) Never heard it before, but I like that song. > [@elfkin477](#): > > I can’t help you with the song you’re looking for, but the band is Geggy Tah, not the reverse. They got their name from their younger sisters inabilities to say their names as toddlers. Actually, I never heard of any of the songs suggested. All I had to go by was Google. > [@Binarydrone](#): > > I believe that you are thinking of a stand up comedy routine where the guy does Elmer Fudd but as if he were singing Heavy Metal. I can’t remember the guys name, but I do recall that I saw him on (I think) Showtime in the late 80s and if memory serves he was a bit of a prop comic. This could explain why I can’t find it as a song. And will continue to drive me crazy. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/18 "2009-08-07T01:12:45Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I believe that you are thinking of a stand up comedy routine where the guy does Elmer Fudd but as if he were singing Heavy Metal. I can’t remember the guys name, but I do recall that I saw him on (I think) Showtime in the late 80s and if memory serves he was a bit of a prop comic. That sounds like Mark McCollum, who did “Kill the Wabbit” as Ozzy Fudd. But there’s no “car car car” in that song. [http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song\_details.aspx?SongID=431](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=431) So we may be thinking of different comics. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/19 "2009-08-07T05:10:16Z")
Total shot in the dark since the lyrics are off, but: -Not a children’s song but sounds like one **Randy Newman - Short People** "…they got little cars going beep, beep, beep… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480/20 "2009-08-07T05:34:15Z")
“Let’s all go to the Zoo” (not sure of the actual title) was used in a Monty Python sketch about Hippies living in a man’s body. He was in the Hospital to have them removed. They were singing this song. _Let’s all go to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo! (further lines use the same pattern of repeating the last word) etc. etc_. This it? Edit: I have the MP box set and time to kill. I’ll do some further research… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-that-drivin-in-the-car-car-car/505480.md?page=2)