wayne carson wrote the original lyrics to pink cadillac.
who wrote the original lyrics to pink cadillac?
wayne carson
in mid 1987, 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 the modern label; that project was canceled and cole's "pink cadillac" and another lambert production: "i live for your love", were picked up by emi-manhattan records to appear on cole's 1987 album "everlasting". "pink cadillac" was released as that album's third single in march 1988, returning cole to the top ten for the first time since 1978 in april 1988 to ascend to a #5 peak - matching cole's previous pop chart best with "i've got love on my mind" - that may. cole's "pink cadillac" also reached #9 r&b, #16 a/c and - via a remix by david cole (no relation) and robert clivilles - #1 on "billboard" hot dance club play chart. 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". (springsteen had vetoed a 1983 release of bette midler's version of the song as gender-inappropriate, as detailed below.) the song was played on the 7836th episode of the american daytime television soap opera general hospital on november 11, 1993, during a scene when luke & laura were in a pink cadillac car on their way to gh.
pink cadillac (song)
springsteen originally wrote "pink cadillac" as "love is a dangerous thing" in december 1981; this version was lyrically distinct from the eventual "pink cadillac" except for the line "eve tempted adam with an apple", which springsteen decided to make the basis for a more lighthearted lyric. the first lyrics springsteen wrote for "pink cadillac" were: "they say eve tempted adam with an apple but man i ain't going for that/ i know it was her pink cadillac". the auto imagery was inspired by elvis presley's 1954 rendition of "baby let's play house" in which presley replaced the original lyric: "you may get religion" with: "you may have a pink cadillac", a reference to the custom painted cadillac that was then presley's touring vehicle.
pink cadillac (song)