"She Has Funny Cars" is a song by the band Jefferson Airplane. It is a collaboration between vocalist Marty Balin (lyrics) and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (music). The song appeared as the opening track on their influential breakthrough album, Surrealistic Pillow - released in 1967. The song discusses materialism in American society. It has also been said that the song is about one of Spencer Dryden's girlfriend's "funny cars". The song features Jack Casady on fuzz bass, and uses the famous "Bo Diddley Beat". Marty Balin is singing the first part vocal with Grace Slick's contrasting second part.
The song was covered in 1969 by The Allman Brothers Band and in 2011 by Robert Plant's Band of Joy. In 2016, Stranger Things employed the song in the pilot episode to introduce Eleven, a girl with psionic ability.
Personnel
- Marty Balin - Lead Vocals, Percussion
- Grace Slick - Vocals
- Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar
- Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
- Jack Casady - Bass Guitar, Fuzz Bass
- Spencer Dryden - Drums
"She Has Funny Cars" Song by Jefferson Airplane from the album Surrealistic Pillow Released 1967 Format LP record Recorded October 31, 1966 Genre Psychedelic Rock Length 3:07 Label RCA Victor Songwriter(s) Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin Producer(s) Rick Jarrard |
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