charts – he hasn’t found his way back into the American top 40 since – his one hit was sufficiently wondrous that his name still immediately conjures up memories of his distinctive delivery while singing, “Here in my car / I feel safest of all.” While his out-of-the-box success failed to transform him into a staple of the U.S. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, with Numan’s debut solo album, The Pleasure Principle, making its way into the top 20 of the Billboard 200. “Cars” proved to be a significant hit across the pond as well, eventually motoring to No.
(“Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”), but Numan – who’d been the band’s frontman as well as its lone songwriter – retired the name in favor of embarking on a proper solo career, one which provided him with a smash hit of his own: “Cars.” Gary Numan was just 19 when he and his band Tubeway Army signed to Beggars Banquet Records and released their first single, “That’s Too Bad.” By the time he turned 21, not only had Tubeway Army scored a No.
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