John Parr

Songwriter: Pete Tidball John Parr

Producer: John Parr

My pulse is racin'
I'm drivin' too fast
One hand on the wheel
The other one on your...

Miles are unfolding
I love what you're holding
Don't know if I can hold out
With ya chewin' my ear

Makin' love in a layby
Can't wait to get home
You're drivin' me crazy
Just want your love

Dashboard is glowing
Your love is smolderin'
Don't stop what ya doin' baby
You know what I mean

I'm feelin' on a roll
Don't need no cruise control
Automatic selection
Just need your speed

Makin' love in a layby
Can't wait to get home
You're drivin' me crazy
Just want your love

Hey pretty baby
You're drivin' me wild
Curled up in my front seat
You're a heavenly child

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” and for his 1984 single “Naughty Naughty” (US Rock #1). Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for “St Elmo’s Fire” in 1985.

Parr first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men’s clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a “Super Band” with musicians from other working men’s club bands, and named the band Ponders End , a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on Bad Attitude. Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr’s solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

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