NOVEMBER 11, 1978 – The Cars released “My Best Friend’s Girl,” the first picture-disc single commercially available in the UK, which went on to be a #3 hit on the UK charts. Ric Ocasek wrote the song and sang lead on the track, but the story is one we’ve heard before: Someone’s girlfriend has left him and taken up with his best friend.
LYRICS:
You’re always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eyes
Every new boy that you meet
He doesn’t know the real surprise
(Here she comes again)
When she’s dancing ‘neath the starry sky
Ooh, she’ll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she’s dancing ‘neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dipsWell she’s my best friend’s girl
She’s my best friend’s girl
But she used to be mine
got your nuclear boots
And your drip dry glove
Ooh, when you bite your lip
It’s some reaction to love
(Here she comes again)
When she’s dancing ‘neath the starry sky
Ooh, I’ll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she’s dancing ‘neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips’Cause she’s my best friend’s girl
She’s my best friend’s girl
But she used to be mine
She’s so fine
