Mercury Blues

About Mercury Blues

"Mercury Blues" is a song written by K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, and first recorded by Douglas in 1948. The song, originally titled "Mercury Boogie," pays homage to the American automobile marque, which ended production in 2010. The song has been covered among others by the Steve Miller Band (1967, at The Monterey International Pop Festival, and 1976, on their album, Fly Like an Eagle), David Lindley (1981), the Finn Pave Maijanen (1987), Alan Jackson (1993), Meat Loaf (2003) and Dwight Yoakam (2004). Maijanen's version in Finnish is named "Pakko saada BMW" (meaning Gotta get a BMW), but Maijanen has performed the song as "Mercury Blues" live as well. Lindley's version, from his 1981 album El Rayo-X, peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Meat Loaf's version appears as a hidden track at the end of his 2003 album Couldn't Have Said It Better. Dwight Yoakam's version appears on his 2002 boxed set, Reprise Please, Baby, and later on his 2004 compilation album, Dwight's Used Records. More recently, a blues version appeared on Jackson Browne's Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino (2010), backed by David Lindley.  more »

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1992

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Well if I had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy a mercury or two
Crazy 'bout a mercury
Lord I'm crazy bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well the girl I love
I stole her from a friend
He got lucky, stole her back again
She heard he had a mercury
Lord she's crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well hey now mama
You look so fine
Ridin' round in your mercury 49
Crazy 'bout a mercury
Lord I'm crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well my baby went out
She didn't stay long
Bought herself a mercury, come a cruisin' home
She's crazy 'bout a mercury
Yeah she's crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Oh, cruise now

Well if I had money
I tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy me a mercury or two
Crazy 'bout a mercury
Lord I'm crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road
Yeah, I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Oh, let's go!

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Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 14 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, one Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than 50 of his singles have appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs". Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Jackson has sold more than 60 million records worldwide. more »

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