Sniff n’ The Tears – Driver’s Seat

February 27, 2016

Track: Driver’s Seat
Artist: Sniff n’ The Tears
Album: Fickle Heart
Year: 1978

Lyrics:

Doing alright
A little jiving on a Saturday night
And come what may
Gonna dance the day away

Jenny was sweet
Show a smile for the people she needs
I’m trouble, let’s drive,
I don’t know the way you came alive

News is blue (the news is blue)
Has its own way to get to you
What can I do (what can I do)
When I remember my time with you

Pick up your feet
Got to move to the trick of the beat

Pick up your feet
Got to move to the trick of the beat
There is no lead
Just take your place in the driver’s seat

Driver’s seat, oohoo, driver’s seat, yeah
Doing alright
A little jiving on a Saturday night
And come what may
Gonna dance the day away

Driver’s seat, oohoo, driver’s seat, yeah
Jenny was sweet
There is no lead
Pick up your feet, pick up, pick up
Pick up your feet, gonna dance the day away

Driver’s seat, oohoo, driver’s seat, yeah
Driver’s seat, oohoo, driver’s seat, yeah
Driver’s seat

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Sniff n’ The Tears are a British rock outfit that formed in the early 1970s and enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame in 1978 with the release of Fickle Heart, which contained their sole hit, Driver’s Seat. The song hit number 15 on the U.S. charts but quickly faded into obscurity (for reasons I’ll never understand). It enjoyed a resurgence in 1997 when Driver’s Seat was used in the movie, Boogie Nights.

Driver’s Seat is a regular in several of my playlists and remains five of my favorite minutes from the late 1970s. There is simply no way any human with a normally operating sense of rhythm could dislike this song. None. Whatsoever.

The band broke up in 1983, but reformed in 1993, still tours today, and enjoys a fair amount of success thanks to this one-hit wonder. As a side note, the dude in the sunglasses and flight jacket in the background is gettin’ it!

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