Challenger
| "Challenger" | |
|---|---|
 Mercury cover | |
| Song by American Music Club from the album Mercury | |
| Released | March 15, 1993 |
| Format | LP / CD / CS |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Label | Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK) |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom |
| Mercury track listing | |
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"Challenger" is the third song on American Music Club's sixth album, 1993’s Mercury.
Lyrics
Back seat over the wing
And I'm the happiest hot potato on the plane
Yeah I'm looking, I'm looking, it's beautiful
I think I wanna go and live out there right now
Oh stewardess can you fix me some Mercury
The city below me shines
I guess I’m part of Detroit's shining dream
The ones that forget that I was ever here
The one that’s going to forget that I had ever been
Oh stewardess can you fix me
I’ll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of Mercury
My throttle’s open wide
And I’m wasting my life and I’m wasting time
And I’d give all of Hitler’s broad oceans
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over
The city below me shines
I guess I’m part of Detroit's shining dream
The ones that forget that I was ever here
The one that’s going to forget that I had ever been
Oh stewardess can you fix me
I’ll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of Mercury
My throttle’s open wide
And I’m wasting my life and I’m wasting time
And I’d give all of Hitler’s broad oceans
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over
Video
Personnel
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vudi - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
- Tim Mooney - drums
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel guitar
Also appears on
- Over And Done promo Demo
- Johnny Mathis' Feet promo Live version
- A Toast To You Live version
- 1984-1995
- The Mercury Band Demos April 1992 Demo
- Our First Trip to Nottingham Live version
