"Car 67" is a pop song

Pop Song

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 by Driver 67 that appeared in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in December 1978. It was written

Songwriter

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 by Paul Phillips

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 and Pete Zorn

Pete Zorn

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 and was sung by Paul Phillips. The song

Song

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 is a ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

 revolving around a cab

Cab

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 driver who had split up with his girlfriend

Girlfriend

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 the previous day and how he is refusing to make a particular pick-up (the passenger, unbeknownst to the controller, is the woman in question). The song is arranged as the taxi driver singing the lyrics

Lyrics

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, interspersed with the voice of the taxi controller. The taxi controller had a distinctive West Midlands

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 accent.

It was in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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for twelve weeks, reaching a high of Number 7 in February 1979.