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The A Side:
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Extended Version) 8:59
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Instrumental Version) 5:29
The B Side:
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Single Version) 4:43
Showdown 4:58
Special Mix 9:40
The Brief:
‘Tear Down These Walls’ was the seventh album recorded by Billy Ocean and featured the hit single “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” which kicked off promotion for the LP. The single was the Hit Shot Debut song of the week on 2/13/88. As it rose up the Hot 100 it was the Power Pick/Airplay song of the week for 2 weeks straight and the Power Pick/Sales song the week following that. The song eventually spent 2 weeks in the #1 spot.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot 100 | 2/13/88 | 49 | 1 | 20 |
| Hot Black Singles | 2/20/88 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hot Dance/Disco | 4/2/88 | 25 | 6 |
The Source:
Label: Jive Records
Catalog#: JDI-9679
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
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Lovin the Billy Ocean posts – many thanks! This one is a classic.
Sure appreciate another Billy post, Richie.
And this is his last BIG hurrah, and thing went downhill after that…LOL!