Convoy • Theme Song (Film Version) • C.W. McCall

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[@kwehrdaenka]

Iconic movie from my childhood!!! We need this "trucker-spirit" again! Greets from Germany🤠

[@Moneymark1979]

und den geben wir uns gleich mit der ganzen Familie😁 And THAT`S what our whole Family will watch now🥰

[@josephhodges9819]

I agree 100%. It got me into trucking and then I realized I was not rebel enough.

[@tncavscout]

My father was a trucker for over 30 years and I remember the culture from the mid 70’s! He’s gone now and I miss him terribly! Best father I could have wished for!

[@markharris627]

He did

[@TheGhostScorpion]

so was mine, at his wake a bunch of his trucker buddies arrived

[@SigmaSkibitiRizzOhio]

Womp womp

[@josephvalentine3422]

Same

[@bbcala9719]

Remember the days movies were made about truckers. Been trucking for 40 years and have 10 to go. Keep On Truckin Truckers 👍🏻. Days of the Convoy are over, but we have to keep going

[@sluproar]

While I'm not a trucker I am on the road quite a bit. Saw a new Mack with that flat black paint and a duck as the hood ornament. Just awesome! This is one of my favorite movies. Each of my children have watched this multiple times on their own.

[@sergeyputilin5836]

MACK-это огромнейший красивый корабль. Это сила. Очень хороший автомобиль. У нас,в России пока таких нет. Ну,если только Краз. И то.Он не предназначен на такие длинные перевозки.

[@thunderL34]

even in 2022 this song is still a beautiful walk down memory lane, that movie defined my childhood love every part of it

[@markrutter2486]

Class in its own glass of class

[@shaunypie99]

@@markrutter2486 Absolutely 🥰

[@markrutter2486]

@@shaunypie99 am just hearing it now boy i wish i could drive this blearting out of the speakers and the traffic jam infront of me clears out for me kris and the convoy speakers load as hell happy new year shaunypie ha ha

[@shaunypie99]

@@markrutter2486 yeahhhhhhh thank you sooooo mucH. i don't know what era you are from, but I was 70's and 80's and nothing beats it yet 😄 Keep rockin' y'all...

[@JosephHernandez-ur7nk]

Yeah boy !! I was just 4 years of age when this came out fuck yeah!!😅😭.

[@oby-1607]

So many memories from all the millions of miles I did all over North America. It all started when I was a kid listening to this and had to get a CB radio.

[@SandyFlanagan]

I have so many fond memories of this song from my childhood. I, thank all of you. The key to being rich is not to be rich, just care for everyone in need❤️🙏🏻😎

[@GrnXnham]

Remember the 70's? That's when it was considered really really COOL to be a trucker!

[@sumg33k6]

Truckers are the heart of industry. Have to be brain dead to not appreciate them.

[@klofu_the_furry]

Rest In peace C.W. McCall 1928-2022 may a legend rest in peace you will be missed

[@thomasmccormick399]

10-4 good buddy.

[@connorwesley973]

Rip Burt young

[@pat56theman]

My first ever trip to the cinema [ aged 12, will be 58 next month ] thanks for the fond Memories, Martin penwald! still love this today!😎😎

[@drewsale7288]

Happy 88th birthday Kris Kristofferson. They're playing this movie on TV in Sydney right now!

[@sergeyputilin5836]

Да. Возможно,это легенда для дальнобойшиков,где показывли фильм. Хороший фильм. Лет в 10 в кинотеатре посмотрел.))) Вот,теперь иногда смотрю в интернете.)))

[@fzbwarlust]

One of my favorite 70's movies. I was 6 when this came out. Long live the Rubber Duck and his big, black, and beautiful Mack truck!

[@marcidee869]

Absolutely I born ‘77 love the since I was little boy….the American 🇺🇸 Trucks are so beautiful 🤩 Germany hasn’t this beautiful trucks

[@walterbishop1697]

Hollywood was so different back then. I hate to imagine if they made Convoy today how it would turn out.

[@jamosh1967]

I turned 11 years old in 1978 when the movie came out, saw the movie at the drive-in in 1978.

[@niftyjig]

Best version (choir has balls, Chip's genius is on full display with those piano strings hitting hard, dynamics open wide), and a great quality audio encoding This is GLORY

[@zegrze]

Best combo of music and film cuts.

[@haroldmc7976]

Another great movie from my childhood

[@lenniegoodband2677]

This was my favorite film for me and my late father because he was a British truck driver and the song was played at his funeral and Teddy Bear's last ride. I've got the movie on DVD but I did add it on video but lost it. R.I.P CW Mcall 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲😪😪😪😪😪

[@grishacazatcekgorclutc]

Папе светлой памяти! Григорий кубань сам через это прошёл крепись брат.

[@haydengoodall6767]

Wouldn't your ol man be a 'Lorry' driver. God Save the King.👍

[@MurgenTemplar]

Convoy, Cannonball Run, Smokey and the bandit: legendary!

[@289cobra9]

Escape from New York.

[@IRISHIONA]

Pure 100% classics!

[@tangogolf8436]

But quite unthinkable in todays hollywood...

[@DanielBrownVlogs]

What about highballin with Jerry reed in it

[@Airbus320lover]

Absolutely 💯 percent!!!!

[@AvengerBB1]

As the son of a long-haul trucker growing up in the '80s this movie and the song were among my favorites.

[@GnonplussedGnome]

48 years under the wheel, this brings back lots of memories ;-)

[@igord1740]

Memories, you say? I hope not such stupid nonsense as in the movie?

[@mochoa1034]

Yup, Pops was a diesel Mechanic for Holt Bros in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Got diesel in the blood!!!

[@fenris6051]

@@igord1740 - wow your life must suck epically to look up songs from "nonsense" movies just to piss on people in the comment section

[@cyclenut]

The 70s - what a time to be a kid.... I was 14 when the song hit the top of the charts. Rushed to Radio shack and got me a 40 channel.

[@av8tor261]

10-4 Good Buddy

[@289cobra9]

I had a 24 channel, also from Radio Shack. 10-4.

[@Jeanie363034]

40 channel in 1970 ?

[@289cobra9]

@@Jeanie363034 The 70's. Not 1970.

[@cyclenut]

@@Jeanie363034 CB short for Citizen Band two way radio. The first had 23 channels, but 77 they had 40 channels. High end had "side bands" channels between normal channels so a 40 channel could have 120 channels. But very few had side band CB. If you were not around then, they were kind of like a cell phone, but you could only talk to people close to you. Channel 19 was a channel people kept tuned to. And 10 codes were used, something similar to police radio code.

[@fw1421]

I’d forgotten how gorgeous Allie McGraw was . What a Babe!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@spirg]

Sure was !!!!

[@dangermartin69]

She was married to Steve McQueen.

[@proberaum7015]

"We trucked all day, we trucked all night..." Could be metaphoric.;-)

[@Tonetwisters]

Love Story. Very profane. But that face speaks an entire story without saying a word.

[@js0988]

Ali McGraw MY EYES!!!!!!!

[@lawrencesmith3101]

Convoy saw the movie and even through its a old movie I love the song and the movie too.

[@tichdaddy1]

Great work here, nicely edited, great quality! Brings back some great memories. Thank you for sharing this!

[@swedisheinherjer]

When I was kid in the early 80's... This is what I thought what America was all about... Rebellion, massive trucks, bar fights, smashing buildings, ignore the law. My only wish is that younger generations will discover movies like these so they will learn the difference between male and female....

[@shelleydaly1726]

One of my favourite movies of all time

[@mackemftm74]

Early 80’s NE England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 every time I went to my grandparents they’d put this on for me ❤

[@jackrabbit5047]

Ah, I remember when CBs were king in the '70s!

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

Yes all the trucker movies & trucking tv series of the 70s, there were many, & everybody had cbs, man the good ole days👍✌️

[@robertgould3297]

Brings back so many memories....Love the film, love the music....

[@americanveteranaceshigh9051]

CW McCall...FATHER of rapped lyrics

[@mr.bentwrench5459]

I still have and use my old CW Macall CB radio. It a 21 channel Midland convoy buddy it was the baddest radio at the time It been in probably 20 semi trucks

[@katefos2771]

I remember way back then! I met my husband on the CB radio! Good times they were! Such a good movie it was!

[@bsteven885]

My sister first got a CB Radio from RadioShack because of her first boyfriend, and I met my first boyfriend through that CB.

[@daveshaw2342]

Great track started the CB radio craze in the 70s

[@billbixby7877]

Vanlife during the 70s must've been fun as hell. No local restrictions on where to Park overnights.

[@StefanosSoderstrom]

In memory of Chelsy's Dad, Tulius who passed this year. Driving his Kenworth in the freeways of heaven! RIP

[@charleskroman5006]

Convoy, Smokey and the Bandit and BJ and the Bear are the reasons I became a truck driver. And the songs from them didn’t hold me back from my dream either

[@wayne3302264]

Look at all those cab-overs. You see one now on the road you have seen a rare sight.

[@kevinkurtz9889]

I just seen one a few days ago. Took me by surprise. Freightliner 😎

[@steveschindler2802]

@@kevinkurtz9889 I see one almost every day on my way home from work. Big chrome visor and a very narrow windshield. It looks like its right on top of you even when its 50 yards away. very cool.

[@catey62]

We have plenty of them here in Australia. Kenworths are pretty popular, but we have a lot of European ones here now too..Mercedes, DAF's, Scania's are the most common ones. Freightliner CO's are another one as well.

[@hansfunkengruven9737]

Thank god! I hated driving those bob tailing bouncers!

[@speeedy95]

This is one of my all time favorite movies and songs.

[@franbrinda]

My dad loved Ernest Bordnine. Any movie he was in we had to watch. We saw him one time at the airport in West Palm Beach 77 of 78. This was a big movie when it came out.

[@CarlosSantero]

This is my overall favourite Movie of all time. As a kid, 13 yaers old I was 15!!! times in the movie theatre to watch this movie in germany In total i saw the movie about 100 times

[@DannySmith-c2v]

Watching this film was my first ever memory in life I’ve watched it about 300 times and still sing the songs and enjoy them like it’s the first ever time hearing them

[@devinray5997]

RIP Pig Pen

[@mikestonne]

Amen

[@Icbus688]

You Seriously? Nobody Even Died. (The Rubber Duck Seriously Injured)

[@tonysilliker5977]

Yep... RIP Bobby....

[@russellbrown1974]

​@@Icbus688 the guy that played pig pen was the guy that played Paulie in rocky. He died recently

[@UNCLEFATT8675]

RIP Burt Young

[@lastpme]

ABC Sunday Night Movie 🍿….when I hear 👂 this sounds that is what I think about…a great childhood memory.

[@Robin6512]

saw this in 78 when my cinema showed it. Great movie and dang Ali MacGraw!!!!!!!

[@Moondoggy1970]

When I was a kid in the 70’s my dad was a trucker from the late 60’s-90’s & I must have watched this movie 🎥 20+ times

[@spana123321]

RIP Burt Young aka Pig Pen or Paulie whatever you knew the great man as he will be missed 😞😞

[@dpbrooks1970]

Ernest Borgnine, Legend

[@289cobra9]

His last movie was RED.

[@DuderinoDeux]

That's Dominic from Airwolf.

[@289cobra9]

@@DuderinoDeux McHale from Mchale's Navy. And Cabby from Escape from New York. Ernest just died s couple of years ago, little longer maybe. He was in his 90's. He was in a lot of movies & TV shows.

[@fenris6051]

@@289cobra9 - Borgnine made everything better he was in, glad he got an Oscar during his career, too many great actors didn't. Borgnine was one of those few actors that could play the meanest ahole villains or the most sympathetic good guys. Another great movie was the Wild Bunch :)

[@暇つぶし暇だし]

このバージョンを40年間探し続けて、たった今ようやく再会する事が出来ました。 感激です。 どうもありがとうございました😊

[@andybowlin2385]

I've watched this movie over 100 times just like smokey and the bandit never gets old! I was 5 when this movie was released! Love it! Keep the pedal to the metal good buddy!

[@jamesnoble3502]

I wish Sam Peckinpah's initial two-and-a-half hour version existed before they fired him and edited down to 90 minutes but at this point I'm pretty positive any existing footage from this movie has long been thrown out or destroyed. Studios did not hold onto extra reels like they do now since most everything is digital and I'm not even sure if they still use actual 35mm film cameras anymore

[@Chris257X]

Seriously...These two movies were my childhood...I watched both of them countless times one after another...Love them both.

[@bojanglesthewizard8875]

​@James Noble it was supposed to be over 2 hours? That's disappointing they made it 90

[@Blake_Painter]

100 Times? I prefer porn movies.

[@Trainboy6010]

From watching the dukes of Hazzard and Smokey and the bandit I think convoy wins my most favorite movie ever

[@jenniferurban2216]

When I saw the movie for the first time I was about 6 years old and really wanted to drive one of these trucks when I grew up. I stood on highway bridges for hours and showed the truckers that they should honk...even today my biggest dream is still to be able to drive an FLD132 CLASSIC XL Freightliner...or rather at least to try it. (translated with google, written from germany) ps.: In fact, today I "only" drive a VW T4...

[@fighterpilot5105]

One of the first songs I ever got on vinyl (45)...

[@tony64t]

Did you become a fan of rap music in the 80s? Because this song is arguably a rap song.

[@webman1915]

till today and for years, still one of my favourite movie and song🥰

[@smug8567]

Here is what you dont know: This guy sang all the vocals on the "Ethel Page Organ Recital" on the third Tuesday of every month, from station YLRB. He also sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the opening of the County Insecticide Convention.

[@paulvincent3410]

Here's what you don't know: CW McCall was actually Mannheim Steamroller.

[@smug8567]

@@paulvincent3410 Not sure about that

[@timdeavin422]

I saw this in 78 when I was 5 and have since watched it with my daughter and then my grandchildren and maybe one day (if I'm lucky) with my great grandchildren

[@mayclarque4123]

Rest In Peace C. W. McCall

[@CornCod1]

The resistance to Jimmy Carter's fuel restrictions and speed downgrades in the late seventies was socially important and was one of the factors that led to Reagan getting elected in 1980. This song reflected a resistance to government overreach.

[@bryanphillips6088]

Still does to this day.

[@thizsotk3545]

Which is probably why this country is as effed up as it is now thanks to Reagan and misapplied "resistance".

[@scottburcham614]

Love it❤

[@jacobhinojosa6462]

Love this song and I have the same movie for Christmas and my grandfather has the one I have. My favorite truck is the Semi Mack Truck 1977.

[@thomasglynn2282]

That truck was a 77 RS700L, and when I was a kid just starting work as truck mechanic our company built a R700 for a customer. The cab and chassis came from Canada and we installed the motor, transmission, and the differentials. Years later that same customer had us build a second R700 for him. They were great looking rigs, but nothing beats the B model Mack series for great looks

[@roscop.coltrane7782]

Watching this at noon on the 7th of June 😂 46 years later

[@ОлегНиколаенко-в3ф]

После вестернов, был самый популярный фильм в СССР в 80-х!!!!

[@viktorh71]

И Джигарханян в роли шерифа! )

[@ОлегНиколаенко-в3ф]

@@viktorh71 Точно, я и забыл😃😃

[@VVotek]

Он также был очень популярен в Польше.

[@aleksandrshymkevych6249]

Еще был " Лихорадка на белой полосе", тж шёл в кинотеатрах...

[@gryzzl233]

Yes westerns were popular here in U.S., but in the 80's, this was more popular here also.

[@The2ndFirst]

My next door neighbor was a long haul trucker. When he pulled the "Beach Bum" in we were all over it. Truckers were our heroes. This was mid 70s.

[@DeborahAue]

Convoy is my Favorite Trucking movie . I Love Convoy ❤️

[@paulmoore7064]

The 70s was the high water mark of the "B" movies. They died with the drive-in theatres.

[@Robyrob7771]

Drive ins aren’t dead! I have two in a 45 min drive. One shows double feature first run movies all summer!

[@paulmoore7064]

@@Robyrob7771 My mistake, it must be a localized phenomenon. I live North of the 45th parallel, where Summers are brief and cool.

[@prolamer7]

I would say 80s and first half of 90s also have lot B movies, but then they really died out

[@Mr-Damage]

This was a big production in it's day and was no B movie.

[@prolamer7]

@@Mr-Damage Yes I think that too, and am always insulted when people say that about other movies which were great hits at time, while they think some CGI trash of today make movie AAA....

[@NigelCubitt-is3xr]

very great film .. and a great song as well

[@95clannad]

Rip Mr McCall ❤

[@Emily-yv1qu]

Prayers please and Thank You

[@Tonetwisters]

ALl I know, is ALi McGraw. Gorgeous beyond words.

[@Niftynorm1]

Always loved Ernest Borgnine, he played some great heavies in his time but was always working into his 90's.

[@donkeytime1704]

Here's an after thought with this song and it was cool for its time, the song in terms of style has a touch of rap to it. Hey everyone, here's one of the godfathers of rap...!!!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Haa, one from my youth. We all wanted to be truckers after this one. Beautiful film, thanks for sharing 👍 ✌, T.

[@Davo-gj7gl]

BADDEST TRUCKING MOVIE EVER

[@union_4014]

HOW

[@heikewinkler-malti-ix7jw]

Mein Vater hat diesen Film geliebt 👍❤ Leider ist mein Vater 2019 gestorben 😢 R.I.P. Daddy 😢

[@joevald3]

Ali MacGraw was hot then and still is

[@user-ok8tn4uj7b]

Great song, great movie that was loosely based on real events

[@matthewconroy1196]

My friends know I love this song , cool

[@daf62757]

Hard to believe that the name C.W. McCall was invented to sell Old Home Bread. I was living in Omaha/Bellevue back then and a local advertising agency invented the ad campaign to sell bread. Such a long time ago.

[@JackLiam-qi7rv]

My late father favourite film he was truck driver at his funeral last year this song was played at funeral on way to church they had convoy of trucks to church was lovely god bless you dad keep on trucking dad miss you every day

[@spudmurphy5648]

I was a late starter but I was a trucker here on the east coast of OZ

[@FINNSINCE]

Thats totally different story, still alive dears❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@corbru7566]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kris Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936)

[@scrubbyfan]

Love this watched it 20+ times, but missing my favourite part Texas Dawn. Before break out spider mike

[@bobdobalina838]

Remember this song when I was a kid growing up in the states. It was absolutely massive, at least in the South where I was. Good days they were, before all this political correctness, social justice, and cancel culture s***.

[@bryanhead2670]

Big tune in britain too

[@starpawsy]

A week and a half ago, my wife and I were on holiday in logging country in beautiful South West Tasmania, Australia. And you wouldnt believe it, but we had ... "Twas the dark of the moon, on a sixth of June, in a Kenworth, haulin' logs" LOL.

[@wax1776]

"We got a great big convoy Rockin' through the night, we got a great big convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight, CONVOY! Hey good looking! We'll be back for dinner later."

[@metalnickey6984]

One of my favourite movies! I have a classic truck I take to shows and this is usually on when arriving or leaving. That’s a big 10-4

[@jackbeam56]

Quack Quack, Ducks can swim 🙂

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

This has a deeper meaning now during these totalitarian days of the 4th Carter Administration.

[@doctorbrown2313]

Optimus Prime approves of this message... And Ali Mcgraw was fine as hell.

[@walterdavis4808]

Lol. It could be. !

[@MrSakamotothecat]

Back in 2002 had a chance to be in a convoy, what a beautiful view, hundreds of trucks, while pulling a set of doubles with a freightliner. I was yeeeeeha 🤠

[@юрийсеребряков-з1ш]

I love this film

[@moriver3857]

Ali McGraw was super hot in this movie. Still hot today too.. Only watched this move once, like 30 years ago.

[@FrankK.-lr1sm]

Super Film ❤👍👍

[@nathandodge665]

Still can't believe this song was a hit on the radio

[@davidknowles7466]

This was a proper old school radio tune " YEE HAAA THAT'S A BIG 10 / 4 rubber duck"

[@erenaldo4429]

Muito bom!!🇧🇷

[@deanbilton595]

I've always loved this movie Now a trucker in the UK for 30 years and everyday I'm in the movie lol

[@highplainsdrifter699]

Dirty Lyle sure was badass in this 70s classic .

[@That_AMC_Guy]

My big wish is that someday they'd revisit this movie and give us the movie a more sober Sam Peckinpah would've given us. Legend has it he shot enough footage for three films but once he was fired and the studio took over, they hacked the film to pieces, re-shot a bunch of scenes and simplified the movie to the point that it really has no story. Any of the socio-political stuff was cut, The Duck's backstory was cut, several scenes explaining why Ernest Borgnines' character was such an asshole was cut.... It almost got the Two-Lane Blacktop treatment. Would love to see the stuff Peckinpah shot.

[@Highgear145]

I've always wanted that Mack truck complete with that Detroit

[@deadon4847]

The sound of the Detroit engine was dubbed in.

[@jeanmarcguiriato7250]

Ça c'est un film memorable ce jour là où il est passé à la tv on avait un invité un routier.... Ça lui a bien plu, comme à moi une épopée moderne.

[@Eric--zs6um]

This was a favorite of mine growing up. Use to go with my dad on the as hauled steel for 32 years. Salty Army Freedom First