Mr. Cab Driver

1990 single by Lenny Kravitz

"Mr. Cab Driver"

Standard non-US artwork (Australasian release pictured)

Single by Lenny Kravitz

from the album Let Love Rule

Released

June 29, 1990 (1990-06-29)

Recorded

1989

Genre

Rockabilly
funk rock

Length

3:50

Label

Virgin

Songwriter(s)

Lenny Kravitz

Producer(s)

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz singles chronology

"I Build This Garden for Us"
(1990)

"Mr. Cab Driver"
(1990)

"Freedom Train"
(1990)

"Mr. Cab Driver" is the third single released from Lenny Kravitz debut album, Let Love Rule. It was released in 1990.

Song information

Kravitz wrote the song after an altercation with a cab driver.^[1] Although the song deals with racism and discrimination, he wrote it with a sense of humor.^[2]

Music video

The black and white music video for Mr. Cab Driver, directed by Geoff Barish, features Kravitz in a similar situation of the song's topic. The music video was shot in the streets of New York City.

Track listing

"Mr. Cab Driver" – 3:52
"Blues for Sister Someone" (live – 03.1990 – Boston) – 3:33
"Does Anybody Out There Even Care" – 3:59
"Rosemary" (live – 12.12.1989 – Amsterdam) – 7:11

See also

Anti-racism

References

^ Wuench, Kevin (2015-06-29). "History lesson from the '80s: Lenny Kravitz and 'Mr. Cab Driver'". Tampa Bay Times.
^ "Lenny Kravitz". VivaMusic. Lenny Kravitz official site. Retrieved 2011-06-18.

External links

Lenny Kravitz official site
"Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

v
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Lenny Kravitz singles

Let Love Rule

"Let Love Rule" (1989)
"I Build This Garden for Us" (1990)
"Mr. Cab Driver" (1990)

Mama Said

"Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991)
"It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991)
"Fields of Joy" (1991)
"Stand by My Woman" (1991)
"What the Fuck Are We Saying?" (1991)

Are You Gonna Go My Way

"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993)
"Believe" (1993)
"Heaven Help" (1993)
"Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993)
"Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)

Circus

"Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995)
"Circus" (1995)
"Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996)

5

"If You Can't Say No" (1998)
"I Belong to You" (1998)
"Fly Away" (1998)
"American Woman" (1999)
"Black Velveteen" (1999)

Greatest Hits

"Again" (2000)

Lenny

"Dig In" (2001)
"Stillness of Heart" (2002)
"Believe in Me" (2002)
"If I Could Fall in Love" (2002)

Baptism

"Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004)
"California" (2004)
"Lady" (2004)
"Calling All Angels" (2004)

It Is Time for a Love Revolution

"I'll Be Waiting" (2008)
"Love Love Love" (2008)

Black and White America

"Stand" (2011)
"Rock Star City Life" (2011)
"Black and White America" (2011)
"Push" (2011)

Strut

"The Chamber" (2014)
"Sex" (2014)
"New York City" (2014)
"The Pleasure and the Pain" (2015)

Raise Vibration

"Low" (2018)
"Johnny Cash" (2019)
"Here to Love" (2019)

Blue Electric Light

"TK421" (2023)
"Human" (2024)

Soundtracks

"American Woman" (1999)

Other singles

"The Buddha of Suburbia" (vs. David Bowie) (1993)
"Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994)
"Show Me Your Soul" (2003)
"Storm" (2004)
"(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010)
"Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)

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