THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

873-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On down the Highway.

1975-Number 22 single.

Best Bit-At 2.35.’Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck. You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c’mon?’

‘BTO’ were formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1973, the original line up was Randy Bachman (lead guitar,) Fred Turner (leads vocals, and bass guitar,) and Robbie Bachman (drums.) Blair Thornton (guitar) joined the group in 1974, replacing Tim Bachman, who had been fired after the release of the bands second Album,’Bachman-Turner Overdrive 2.’

‘Roll On down the Highway’ is taken from the bands third studio Album,’Not Fragile’ released in 1974, it was their most successful, and included the Billboard Number 1 song ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ (see also best songs 1005.)

The Ford Motor Company had contacted the band to write a song for the automotive company’s commercials, but decided against using any of their compositions.Robbie Bachman developed one of Fred Turner’s ideas to form this song.Randy Bachman has said,’It’s like getting an assignment.Write a new commercial for Ford, and you’ll get paid $100,000. Well, I’d sit down, and I’d write a commercial for Ford,’let it roll down the highway,’Ford never picks it up,and I have a song called ‘Roll On down the Highway.”

‘The time’s real short,you know the distance is long, I’d like to have a jet, but it’s not in the song.’