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PINK CADILLAC^©

Natalie Cole's version

You may think I'm foolin'
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby you know you bug me
There ain't no secret 'bout that
Well come on over here and hug me
Baby I'll spill the facts
Well honey it ain't your money
'Cause I got plenty of that
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do there in the back
Of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac

Well now way back in the Bible
Temptations always come along
There's always somebody
Tempting you into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you, man, with silver
And they tempt you, sir, with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures
That flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
Man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you're doing in the back
Of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac
Yeah, yeah

Now now now now now now some folks say it's too big
And uses too much gas
Some folks say that it's too old
And that it just goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a Honda (Honda)
And it's bigger than a Subaru (that too)
Hey man there's only one thing
And one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it
Honey we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do there in the back
Of your pink Cadillac
You know the one I mean
Let's park
Whoah, oh
Cadillac
In the dark, hitting that
When we park, in the back
Of your pink Cadillac
Uh uh
Oh! I like what you do when you do what you do in your pink
Pretty pretty pretty pink
Cadillac
In the back, hittin' that
In the back of your pink Cadillac

Page last updated: 24 Feb 2010

Intro

The most famous version of PINK CADILLAC is Natalie Cole's cover which she recorded in an R&B style. She released it on her 1987 album Everlasting and became a Top 10 hit single the following year.

Recording and Release

In the mid-eighties Natalie Cole recorded PINK CADILLAC at the suggestion of producer Dennis Lambert. Cole recalls: "I thought to myself, 'I'm too old to be doing this kind of stuff' [...] but then I'd never worked with anyone quite like Dennis before. He was very passionate about his work [and] his enthusiasm gave me the confidence that I could pull [the song] off."

The track was intended for an album release on Modern Records but the project was canceled and Cole's PINK CADILLAC was later released on her 1987 album Everlasting on EMI-Manhattan Records. The track was the album's third single, released in March 1988 and returning Cole to the Top 10 for the first time since 1978. In April 1988 the single peaked at #5. It also reached #9 on the Hot R&B chart, #16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and - via a remix by David Cole and Robert Clivilles - #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was also a #5 UK Singles Chart pop hit across the Atlantic.

According to Cole, "word got back" to her that Bruce Springsteen "thought it was very cool that a woman could [sing 'Pink Cadillac'] and it would come out so great".

Official Releases

Natalie Cole's Everlasting album was originally released on 14 Jun 1987 on EMI-Manhattan Records. It was reissued in June 1991 on Elektra Records.

Natalie Cole -- Everlasting [album cover art]

Cole's PINK CADILLAC was released on singles worldwide. EP's included various mixes of the song including "Album Version", "Club Vocal", "Bass It Dub", "Radio Edit", "Ignition Megamix", "7-inch Turbo Mix", and "12-inch Mix". A UK-only 12-inch EP titled "Motorway Mixes" included a medley of Cole's PINK CADILLAC (Ignition Megamix) combined with her earlier hit JUMP START.

Natalie Cole -- "Pink Cadillac / I Wanna Be That Woman" U.S. 7-inch label Natalie Cole -- "Motorway Mixes" UK 12-inch EP
Form left to right:
- "Pink Cadillac / I Wanna Be That Woman" U.S. 7-inch label, no picture sleeve
- "Pink Cadillac / I Wanna Be That Woman" European 7-inch picture sleeve, common for UK, Holland, and Germany
- "Pink Cadillac / I Wanna Be That Woman" Aussie 7-inch picture sleeve
- "Pink Cadillac" U.S. 4-track 12-inch EP
- "Motorway Mixes" UK 12-inch EP

Cole's PINK CADILLAC was included on her Greatest Hits - Volume I compilation album, which was released in 2000 on the Elektra Records label. The song also made it on numerous various artists compilations.

Natalie Cole -- Greatest Hits - Volume I [album cover art]

Available versions

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Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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