Motor City (I Get Lost)

"Motor City (I Get Lost)"
CD single cover
Single by Company of Strangers
from the album Company of Strangers
A-side"Motor City (I Get Lost)"
B-side"Damn California"
Released27 July 1992[1]
Genre
Length4:45
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)S. Hussey J. Scott,
Producer(s)Simon Hussey
Company of Strangers singles chronology
"Motor City (I Get Lost)"
(1992) 		"Sweet Love"
(1992)

"Motor City (I Get Lost)" is the first single from Australian supergroup Company of Strangers. The single was released in July 1992 and peaked at number 26 in Australia in September 1992. It features the vocals of Daryl Braithwaite and James Reyne.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the song was nominated for 'breakthrough artist single' award, but lost out to "Ordinary Angels" by Frente!.[2]

Video

A video was also created. James Reyens plays a guitar with various industries in the backgrounds and Daryl Braithwaite drives a car.

Track listings

CD Single
  1. "Motor City (I Get Lost)" - 4:45
  2. "Damn California" - 4:51

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 49

Sydney Buses "We're Moving Sydney" Edit

Around 1994, the State Transit Authority of Sydney Buses introduced their "We're Moving Sydney" slogan for their advertising on television.

The advert featured a slightly altered version of Motor City where minor changes were made to the original lyrics to suit the theme of the advert. Most notably, the recurring lyric within the original song was changed from "Here in motor city" to "We're moving Sydney". The dubbed lyrics were still sung by both Braithwaite and Reyens together with the original instrumental backing track.

  • "Company of Strangers –"Motor City (I Get Lost)"". discogs.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

References

  1. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 27/07/92 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 130)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Company of Strangers – Motor City (I Get Lost)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Company of Strangers – Motor City (I Get Lost)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 11 March 2016.


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