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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.

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  • 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.
  • "Just What I Needed" is a song by the American rock band The Cars from their self-titled debut album, released in 1978 on Elektra Records. "Just What I Needed" was sung by the Cars' bassist Benjamin Orr. The single peaked at number 27 in the US and number 17 in the UK. It also reached #38 in New Zealand. This song first appeared in 1977 on Boston radio stationsWCOZ and WBCN from the Cars' demo tape. Shortly thereafter it became one of the stations' most requested songs. "Just What I Needed", along with the entire The Cars album, was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series May 27, 2008. The song was featured during the end credits of Item 47, a short film that is part of the Marvel One-Shots DTV series that was packaged with the release of The Avengers on Blu-ra
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  • "Just What I Needed" is a song by the American rock band The Cars from their self-titled debut album, released in 1978 on Elektra Records. "Just What I Needed" was sung by the Cars' bassist Benjamin Orr. The single peaked at number 27 in the US and number 17 in the UK. It also reached #38 in New Zealand. This song first appeared in 1977 on Boston radio stationsWCOZ and WBCN from the Cars' demo tape. Shortly thereafter it became one of the stations' most requested songs. "Just What I Needed", along with the entire The Cars album, was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series May 27, 2008. The song was featured during the end credits of Item 47, a short film that is part of the Marvel One-Shots DTV series that was packaged with the release of The Avengers on Blu-ray.
  • 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) {| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
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