B-side "Door to Door" Length 4:22 Writer(s) Ric Ocasek | Genre Hard rock, new wave Label Elektra 69427 | |
Released October 19, 1987 (1987-10-19) | ||
"Strap Me In" is a 1987 song by The Cars, appearing on their sixth studio album Door to Door.
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Music video
Like its predecessor, "You Are the Girl", a music video was produced for "Strap Me In". The video featured the band playing in a barren wasteland as a couple fought. It was also the final video the Cars made before they broke up, with the next video being made for "Sad Song" in 2011.
Release and reception
"Strap Me In" first saw release on the Door to Door album in August 1987, opening the second side of the album. In September 1987, "Strap Me In" also saw single release in America (as well in Japan, Germany, and Australia) as the follow-up to the top-twenty single "You Are the Girl". However, it was unable to match the chart success of its predecessor, only managing to reach #85 on the Billboard Hot 100, although it did reach #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. A follow-up single, "Coming Up You" performed marginally better, hitting #74 in America.
"Strap Me In" was noted in the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes as the "standout track" from Door to Door, which also said, "'Strap Me In' proved that [Ric] Ocasek could still turn an automotive double-entendre with the best of them."