"Highway Star" is a song recorded by Type O Negative included on NASCAR: Crank It Up soundtrack, released in 2002. This song is a Deep Purple cover and was written by every member of Deep Purple led by Ian Gillan. It is also included on the compilation album The Best of Type O Negative released in 2006. Its lyrics is about protecting his girlfriend, and is unusual for a Type O Negative song as it involves the mention of a car in the lyrics.
Lyrics[]
Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
It's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tires
And everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
She's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth body control
And everything
I love her I need her
I seed her
Yeah She turns me on
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again
I'm in heaven again I've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
And everything
I love it and I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
It's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big
Fat tires and everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
Personnel[]
Group performers
- Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass, additional guitar and keyboards
- Kenny Hickey – guitar, co-lead vocals
- Josh Silver – keyboards, backing vocals
- Johnny Kelly – drums, backing vocals
Enginucers
- Ian Gillan – writing
- Ritchie Blackmore – writing
- Roger Glover – writing
- Jon Lord – writing
- Ian Paice – writing
- Mike Marciano – engineering, mixing
- Josh Silver – samples, effects, production
- George Marino – mastering
- Peter Steele – production