The week of June 15, 2013, is putting Throwback Weekends to the test. Not only has the #1 song already appeared on the blog, but so have numbers two through four. No worries, though… it’s called the Hot 100, after all.
Topping the charts that week was ‘Can’t Hold Us‘ by Macklemore — Ryan Lewis, still hanging on from three weeks ago. In second place was Justin Timberlake’s ‘Mirrors,’ which I wrote about nine years ago. At #3 was Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky,’ which I featured on the blog a decade ago in a post that makes me sounds like an old man shouting at a cloud. Finally, the fourth spot is occupied by Pink and Nate Ruess, whose ‘Just Give Me a Reason‘ featured on a recent edition of Throwback Weekends.
That brings us to the #5 spot and today’s featured song, ‘Cruise’ by Florida Georgia Line. Specifically, this is the remixed version of the song that features rapper Nelly. The original version peaked at #16 then fell off the chart. Months later, this version made it to #4.
This is a typical bro country song given a hip-hop sheen that does it a world of good. I’d immediately turn the dial if the original came on the radio, but I might listen to this version for at least 30 seconds.
[Note: Happy Father’s Day to my own dear dad, and to all the fathers reading this!]
Baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
(Let’s go!)
[Refrain: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
I got my windows down and the radio up (Yeah)
Get your radio up
What up, Nelly? (Alright)
I got my windows down and the radio up
Get your radio up
[Verse 1: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
Yeah, when I first saw that bikini top on her
She’s poppin’ right out of the South Georgia water
Thought, “Oh, good lord, she had them long tanned legs”
Couldn’t help myself, so I walked up and said (I said)
[Chorus: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
Baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
Down a back road blowin’ stop signs through the middle
Every little farm town with you
In this brand new Chevy with a lift kit (Hey)
Would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it (Come on)
So baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
[Refrain: Florida Georgia Line]
I got my windows down and the radio up
Get your radio up
[Verse 2: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
Yeah, she was sippin’ on Southern and singin’ Marshall Tucker
We were fallin’ in love in the sweet heart of summer
She hopped right up into the cab of my truck and said
“Fire it up, let’s go get this thing stuck” (I said)
[Chorus: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
Baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise (Hey)
Down a back road blowin’ stop signs through the middle
Every little farm town with you
In this brand new Chevy with a lift kit (Hey)
Would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it (Come on)
So baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s go)
[Verse 3: Nelly]
My windows down, my seats back, my music up and we ride
Her legs up on my dashboard, and it’s just the way I like
Hey country girl, this country boy, like e’rything about you
Don’t change a thing, no way, you stay the same and I got you
I likes all that, all that, head to toe, you all that
Tell ‘ole boy he call back, send her a text, say “fall back”
‘Cause I can see you got a thing for the fast life (For the fast life)
So come on, shawty, let me show you what the fast like (Uh-huh)
Whipping ‘cross the border, Florida into Georgia
‘Cause baby, you a song
And you make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
Down a back road blowin’ stop signs through the middle
Every hood, ev’ry town with you
And this drop-top Chevy painted real slick
Would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it (You up in it)
‘Cause baby, you a song
And you make me wanna roll my, roll my, roll my, r-r-r-roll…
[Chorus: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
Baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
Down a back road blowin’ stop signs through the middle
Every little farm town with you
In this brand new Chevy with a lift kit (Hey)
Would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it (Come on)
So baby, you a song
You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
[Refrain: Florida Georgia Line & Nelly]
I got my windows down and the radio up (Come on)
Get your radio up (Yeah, get those windows down and cruise)
I got my windows down and the radio up
Get your radio up (Got my windows down and cruise)
I got my windows down and the radio up
Get your radio up, up, up, up
Meet Me In Montauk 
And a Happy Father’s Day to you!
For those who may not follow you on social media, I wanted to share here your wonderful Father’s Day story published today in the Palm Beach Post:
‘Deep down, I felt I was second on the call sheet,’ recalls Clay Clifton. That was before daughter’s health crisis sent him across an ocean to help. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/entertainment/2023/06/14/fathers-day-daughters-health-scare-puts-dad-in-new-lead-role/70282941007/
Thanks for sharing the article Dana. I can relate, having taken a similar trip with my wife (although it was only 300 miles from Massachusetts to upstate New York) when our son’s appendix burst at college. A most Happy Father’s Day, Clay!
Oh yeah, that Daft Punk album rules!
Happy Father’s Day to you Clay and all the fathers who follow your blog! Thank you Dana for sharing Clay’s article and a Happy Father’s Day to you and Reb as well 😊