Hitch Hike

About Hitch Hike

"Hitch Hike" is a 1962 song by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. Another song Gaye co-wrote (this time with Clarence Paul and William "Mickey" Stevenson), this time instead of confessing to being stubborn, the singer is now hitchhiking on the look out for his girl, whom he feels has run so far that he has to travel "around the world" thinking of places she could have found herself at including St. Louis, "Chicago City Limits" and "L. A."The song sparked a brief dance craze when audience members from American Bandstand performed the "hitch hike" dance. Marvin performed the song on the show and also did the move onstage. The dance was also performed during Marvin's performance of the song in the T. A. M. I. Show. The single was successful enough to land Gaye his first top forty pop single in 1963 with "Hitch Hike" reaching number thirty on the pop singles chart while reaching number twelve on the R&B singles chart. Again, like "Stubborn", Martha and the Vandellas accompanied Gaye on this song. Artists including The Sonics, The Rolling Stones, The Mothers of Invention and Alice Cooper covered this song during their early years. more »

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1965

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I'm going to Chicago that's the last place my baby stayed 
I'm packing up my bags I'm gonna leave this town right away 
I'm gonna find that girl if I have to hitch hike around the world 

"Chicago City" that's what the sign on the freeway read 
I'm gonna keep on going 'til I get to that street's called 6th and Main 
I've gotta find that girl if i have to hitch hike around the world 

C'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike children 
Hitch hike 
Hitch hike baby 
Hitch hike 
Hitch hike baby 
C'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike darling 

I'm going to St. Louis but my next stop just might be L.A., that's what I say 
I got no money in my pocket so i'm going to have to hitch hike all the way 
I'm gonna find that girl if i have to hitch hike around the world 

C'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike children 
Hitch hike 
Hitch hike baby 
Hitch hike 
Hitch hike baby 
C'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike children 

Now c'mon c'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike children 
Hitch hike 
Hitch hike darling 
c'mon hitch hike 
Hitch hike children 
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Hitch hike baby 
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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in Dartford in 1962. The earliest settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Ian Stewart (keyboards, piano), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Bill Wyman (bass) and Charlie Watts (drums). Since Wyman's retirement in 1993, the band's full members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood who joined in 1975. Darryl Jones (bassist) and Chuck Leavell (keyboardist) are regular contributors but not full band members. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Rolling Stones in 1989, noting that "critical acclaim and popular consensus has accorded them the title of the “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.”Rolling Stone magazine ranked them 4… more »

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