Just What I Needed

Just What I Needed The Cars The Cars Family Friendly Information Released 1978 Genre Rock Language English Source Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2 Available November 18, 2008 (Pack) (DLC) Playable in Rock Band Rock Band 2 Rock Band 3 Rock Band Blitz Lego Rock Band Difficulty Band 1 Basic Pro Guitar 2 2 Bass 2 2 Drums 1 1 Keys NoNo Part NoNo Part Vocals 1 1

Details Male singer 3-part Harmonies

Just What I Needed is a song by The Cars whic established them as one of New Wave's leading hitmakers and helped get them a deal with Elektra Records.

Lead vocals were by bass player Ben Orr, but it was written by lead singer/guitarist Ric Ocasek. Orr died of Pancreatic cancer in 2000.

Ocasek wrote this in a basement at a commune in Newton, Massachusetts where he lived.

The 2-track demo recorded by the band became the most-requested song by a local band in the history of WBCN, a popular rock station in Boston.

This was the group's first single. The Cars evolved from a trio called Milkwood.

The group's manager took the Cars' demo tape to two Boston radio stations and got it regular airplay before the group re-recorded it and released this as a single.

Seven years after it was first released, this made its second appearance on a single - this time as the B-side of the Cars' last Top 10 hit, "Tonight She Comes." (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 3)

This song was used in the opening credits of the Oscar winning film Boys Don't Cry starring Hillary Swank. (thanks, Melania - Moscow)

This was used in Circuit City ads when the electronics store used the slogan, "Just What I Needed." (thanks, Eric - Suffern, NY)