Bye Bye Love (The Cars song)
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"Bye Bye Love" is a song by the American Boston
-based rock band The Cars
. The song appears on the band's (1978
) eponymous debut album
. It was written by band leader Ric Ocasek
and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr
. Although the song was not released as a single, it is considered to be one of The Cars' most enduring radio hits.
The song title differs from the Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love" in its placement of an implied comma. The Cars song title is spoken as "bye, bye love" whereas The Everly Brothers title is spoken as "bye bye, love".
It was featured in a 2010 episode of Big Love
, "The Sins of the Father", where it is being played when Bill Hendrickson and his family are hosting a 1980s-themed nostalgia fund-raiser party for his bid for the Utah Legislature. It was also featured in a scene of the 2011 film Super 8 (film)
.
The song was first performed as a demo sometime in the mid-1970s when Ocasek and Orr were in the band "Cap N' Swing".
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
-based rock band The Cars
The Cars
The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
. The song appears on the band's (1978
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
) eponymous debut album
The Cars (album)
The Cars is the self-titled debut album by the American rock band The Cars released in 1978. With the popular tracks "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" getting heavy airplay on AOR radio stations, the album sold one million copies by the end of the year and steadily climbed the...
. It was written by band leader Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars....
and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr
Benjamin Orr
Benjamin Orr was an American rock musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the Boston based rock band, The Cars....
. Although the song was not released as a single, it is considered to be one of The Cars' most enduring radio hits.
The song title differs from the Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love" in its placement of an implied comma. The Cars song title is spoken as "bye, bye love" whereas The Everly Brothers title is spoken as "bye bye, love".
It was featured in a 2010 episode of Big Love
Big Love
Big Love is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy...
, "The Sins of the Father", where it is being played when Bill Hendrickson and his family are hosting a 1980s-themed nostalgia fund-raiser party for his bid for the Utah Legislature. It was also featured in a scene of the 2011 film Super 8 (film)
Super 8 (film)
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction action film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters...
.
The song was first performed as a demo sometime in the mid-1970s when Ocasek and Orr were in the band "Cap N' Swing".
External links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6GDGoiO8Y
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG98jRi6H-M- Cap N' Swing version of Bye Bye Love
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXzAAXOBsY
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAcTMKMSKA