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Built For Speed Wiki Information
Built for Speed
is the first American album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was the most successful record for the band, with the videos for songs such as "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" reaching MTV regular rotation status. This album is a compilation of 12 songs taken from the band's first two albums which were released in the UK. Six songs from Stray Cats
and five songs from Gonna Ball
plus the title track, which had not previously been released in the UK. The title track can also be heard in the 1984 film Surf II
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BUILT FOR SPEED TICKETS
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Track listing
All tracks written by Brian Setzer except as indicated.
Side one
# " Rock This Town" – 3:24
# "Built for Speed" – 2:53
# "Rev It Up & Go" – 2:27
# " Stray Cat Strut" – 3:15
# "Little Miss Prissy" – 2:59
# "Rumble in Brighton" (Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom) – 3:11
Side two
# "Runaway Boys" (Setzer, Phantom)– 2:58
# "Lonely Summer Nights" – 3:16
# "Double Talkin' Baby" (Danny Wolfe) – 3:02
# "You Don't Believe Me" (Setzer, Phantom, Lee Rocker) – 2:54
# "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" (George Motola, Ricky Page) – 2:18
# "Baby Blue Eyes" (Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette)– 2:47
Note: "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" is often miscredited as having been written by Mike Chapman, who recorded a song of the same name with his band Tangerine Peel. However, Chapman's "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" is a completely different song than the one the Stray Cats recorded; they just happen to share the same title. The Stray Cats' "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" was originally done by Eddie Cochran, and was written by George Motola and Ricky Page (regardless of what the original Built For Speed
album or other various Stray Cats collections may claim).
Personnel
- Brian Setzer – guitars, lap steel guitar, vocals
- Slim Jim Phantom – drums, vocals
- Lee Rocker – bass, electric bass, vocals
Charts
Album
| Year
| Chart
| Position
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| 1982
| Billboard Pop Albums
| 2
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| 1983
| The Billboard 200
| 156
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Single
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
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| 1981
| "Rock This Town"/"Runaway Boys"
| Billboard Club Play Singles
| 35
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| 1981
| "Stray Cat Strut"
| Billboard Club Play Singles
| 78
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| 1982
| "Rock This Town"
| Billboard Pop Singles
| 9
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| 1982
| "Stray Cat Strut"
| Billboard Mainstream
| 4
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| 1983
| "Stray Cat Strut"
| Billboard Pop Singles
| 3
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