Challenger

"Challenger"
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Song by American Music Club from the album Mercury
Released	March 15, 1993
Format	LP / CD / CS
Length	2:57
Label	Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK)
Writer(s)	Mark Eitzel
Producer(s)	Mitchell Froom
Mercury track listing
"Gratitude Walks" "If I Had A Hammer" "Challenger" "I've Been A Mess" "Hollywood 4-5-92" "What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life" "Keep Me Around" "Dallas, Airports, Bodybags" "Apology For An Accident" "Over And Done" "Johnny Mathis' Feet" "The Hopes And Dreams Of Heaven's 10,000 Whores" "More Hopes And Dreams" "Will You Find Me?"

"Challenger" is the third song on American Music Club's sixth album, 1993’s Mercury.

Lyrics

Back seat over the wing
And I'm the happiest hot potato on the plane
Yeah I'm looking, I'm looking, it's beautiful
I think I wanna go and live out there right now

Oh stewardess can you fix me some Mercury

The city below me shines
I guess I’m part of Detroit's shining dream
The ones that forget that I was ever here
The one that’s going to forget that I had ever been

Oh stewardess can you fix me
I’ll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of Mercury

My throttle’s open wide
And I’m wasting my life and I’m wasting time
And I’d give all of Hitler’s broad oceans
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over

The city below me shines
I guess I’m part of Detroit's shining dream
The ones that forget that I was ever here
The one that’s going to forget that I had ever been

Oh stewardess can you fix me

I’ll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of Mercury

My throttle’s open wide
And I’m wasting my life and I’m wasting time
And I’d give all of Hitler’s broad oceans
Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over

Personnel

• Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
• Danny Pearson - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Vudi - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
• Tim Mooney - drums
• Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel guitar

Also appears on

• Over And Done promo Demo
• Johnny Mathis' Feet promo Live version
• A Toast To You Live version
• 1984-1995
• The Mercury Band Demos 1992 Demo