Mr. Cab Driver
1990 single by Lenny Kravitz
"Mr. Cab Driver" | ||||
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Standard non-US artwork (Australasian release pictured) | ||||
Single by Lenny Kravitz | ||||
from the album Let Love Rule | ||||
Released | June 29, 1990 (1990-06-29) | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
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Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||
Producer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology | ||||
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"Mr. Cab Driver" is the third single released from Lenny Kravitz debut album, Let Love Rule. It was released in 1990.
Song information
Kravitz wrote the song after an altercation with a cab driver.[1] Although the song deals with racism and discrimination, he wrote it with a sense of humor.[2]
Music video
The black and white music video for Mr. Cab Driver, directed by Geoff Barish, features Kravitz in a similar situation of the song's topic. The music video was shot in the streets of New York City.
Track listing
- "Mr. Cab Driver" – 3:52
- "Blues for Sister Someone" (live – 03.1990 – Boston) – 3:33
- "Does Anybody Out There Even Care" – 3:59
- "Rosemary" (live – 12.12.1989 – Amsterdam) – 7:11
See also
- Anti-racism
References
External links
- Lenny Kravitz official site
- "Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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Lenny Kravitz singles
- "Let Love Rule" (1989)
- "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990)
- "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990)
- "Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991)
- "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991)
- "Fields of Joy" (1991)
- "Stand by My Woman" (1991)
- "What the Fuck Are We Saying?" (1991)
- "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993)
- "Believe" (1993)
- "Heaven Help" (1993)
- "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993)
- "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)
- "Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995)
- "Circus" (1995)
- "Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996)
- "If You Can't Say No" (1998)
- "I Belong to You" (1998)
- "Fly Away" (1998)
- "American Woman" (1999)
- "Black Velveteen" (1999)
- "Again" (2000)
- "Dig In" (2001)
- "Stillness of Heart" (2002)
- "Believe in Me" (2002)
- "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002)
- "Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004)
- "California" (2004)
- "Lady" (2004)
- "Calling All Angels" (2004)
- "I'll Be Waiting" (2008)
- "Love Love Love" (2008)
- "Stand" (2011)
- "Rock Star City Life" (2011)
- "Black and White America" (2011)
- "Push" (2011)
- "The Chamber" (2014)
- "Sex" (2014)
- "New York City" (2014)
- "The Pleasure and the Pain" (2015)
- "Low" (2018)
- "Johnny Cash" (2019)
- "Here to Love" (2019)
- "TK421" (2023)
- "Human" (2024)
- "American Woman" (1999)
- "The Buddha of Suburbia" (vs. David Bowie) (1993)
- "Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994)
- "Show Me Your Soul" (2003)
- "Storm" (2004)
- "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010)
- "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)
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