Sammy Johns -- Chevy Van ( Extended Version )

[@lindatimmons3675]

Who is still listening to this timelessclasdic in Feb. 2024

[@TinaRobinson-qf1dh]

Iam this is the only music I listen to old school the garbage they pass 0ff as music today isn't worth listing to we didn't know how good we had it back then

[@flawdanative3223]

June 11, 2024. I was 16 in 1973 and my boyfriend picked me up for our first date in a Chevy Van. We didn't get married but remained good friends throughout our lives. He passed away a year ago... I miss you, David.

[@faegrrrl]

Dec. 15, 2024

[@busterevans4104]

They just don't have good music like this anymore this was a great song still is

[@bludalwoodalwoo]

Remember this song at highschool. Thought Sammy Johns was great! And the song very sexy. The 70's free spirit never did me any harm. Learned a lot......

[@TheNana2five]

Love Love Love Love this song since it first came out...CLASSIC !!!!!! ❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️ R.I.P. Sammy Johns..

[@Dave-lq2le]

What memories!! Smokin' a doob, coppin' a feel!! Those were the days!! Thanks!!!🎉

[@Chris-ey5fv]

Wonderful sweetest love filled song;Makes virtually everyone feel the super greatest.❤ It! True love expressed and conveyed as it universally rightfully should be😊.Thanks a million for CV Sammy.

[@justinhersh6727]

One of my dad's favorite, mine too still listening, missing my dad....RIP

[@christopherrodriguez8424]

I LOVE Chevy Van. It is entirely nothing but loveable. Hense and Thus,Virtually no one can help but love it. - It's mission is always an utmost successful accomplished.

[@shirleyanderson1177]

I was 15 when it came out my dad bought me the single so many times. one of my favorite. loved. Then and now

[@johns2453]

Back when America was cool.. real cool

[@terrycrotts2522]

What a blast from the past! Absolutely loved the song when it came out in the 70s! You can visualize every aspect of the song!

[@reneewheeler333]

Had. Bass player friend that just passed away, we went to gigs on that Van...Rip John..👼

[@darincooney3988]

So sorry for your loss

[@dean7045]

I GIVE THIS SONG THE RARE DISTINCTION OF BEING A MASTERPIECE

[@dellalavallie755]

I sure agre I play it still play it all the time and i'm now 65 oops lol

[@brianmallen8887]

Damn right it's a masterpiece. Right into the pocket of us 70's kids right? Yeah, of course it's nostalgia, and sentimental. But objectively speaking that rythmn guitar intro that makes the tone of the song is just flat out fucking beautiful. .....The decades passed, the cynical, jaded, judgemental creeps on the story. Hitchhiking girl with bare feet getting into a windowless van? And yeah they end up having sex. WTF? ...I don't care, cause I lived it, and I remember how innocent and spontaneous we all were. Something tells me that the story of "Chevy Van" really happened. I hope it's true, cause that's how I wanna remember the 70's.

[@Chris-ey5fv]

RIGHT ON, MAN! One of the 1970s BIGGEST GIGANTIC MPs.Chevy Van is an exstremely lovable love song - And one of the most loving at that.❤

[@watchingtelevision]

According to the pictures in the Sammy Johns entry on Discogs this is the LP mix. Running time on label is 3.52. Too bad Spotify carries only the single edit. Thanks for posting this, all the keyboard/bass/guitar interactions in the outro are outstanding. And of course, this is one of the best folk-pop songs ever released.

[@Chris-ey5fv]

CV.......Amongst easily the very best loveliest love song for sure. Sammy you are a genius - honest❤.

[@judybarney9194]

LOVE this song! GREAT memories!

[@whofreak1]

Makes me think of my van, even though it was a Dodge!

[@buffalohawk65]

Thank you for posting. I was 10 when this came out and I got the meaning. Between this and the women from ABBA I was already wanting women.

[@jackiewgauntt9936]

buffalohawk65 lol, you're very welcome

[@teray45]

Definitely great memories.Absolutely nailed it

[@hingham147]

LOVE this song!

[@dennybish67]

Wistful memories of a carefree and misspent youth.

[@patriciaburgit5386]

awe yeh . sixteen and a great Chevy van.lol sweet 😁😁😁

[@1978garfield]

This is great. Thanks for sharing, I had never heard the extended version. I like the extra solo. I always thought it was funny this got used in the movie The Van when the main van was a Dodge :) Sammy Johns the vanner's songwriter. Hew wrote this and Common Man a hit for John Conlee.

[@jackiewgauntt9936]

***** you're very welcome , appreciate the info

[@redneckbuster3690]

Even though it was a Dodge, it fit into the movie quite well.

[@OldMusicGuy]

This song brings back good memories!

[@TheEchovoices]

GREAT memories ty

[@phillipcatron5391]

one bad love song love it

[@redneckbuster3690]

I discovered this song in The Van.

[@wtmjrchi1984]

The song was originally released in 1973 by GRC Records, then re-released in January 1975. The song would eventually peak at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, later that year. The 7" single version was 2:54 while the epynomous debut LP version was 3:52 long. Information is right here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Van_(song)

[@slantsix6344]

The custom van craze of the mid 1970s.

[@billconnelly4840]

Good song, good memories .

[@tenderpawsm473]

Wham, bam, thank you ma'am in my van.

[@MissilemanIII]

Oh, the days long ago 😢

[@mikeherbert470]

Tino Ataahua Waiata Hammi ae kia ora Aotearoa New Zealand ❤

[@carlweaver3243]

The Dude who Starred in the Movie, The Van, was Charlie from the Brady Bunch, Marcia's Boyfriend when the Football hit Marcia's Face.

[@minkasmom9092]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@amyath]

You mean LP version ? That I knew of the LP version didn't exist on CD...yet, unless someone knows something I don't. lol. I have pretty good connections to what's out there and what isn't. Thanks for the upload. No offense to the comment. I was told a while back it wasn't available.

[@danrogers9424]

Good stuff {~•~}

[@DallasPix]

Any clue to where this long version came from? The album is the same length as the 45rpm.. ......Thanx!

[@scottlarson8923]

Don't give up on me

[@MrSnazzy01]

Is this the version from his LP?

[@lilythomson881]

Where did this long version come from? I had this whole album and even it didn't have this version! Since you are doing requests, could you PLEASE post "Jenny" from this same album?

[@tinkaluisa8540]

"Jenny" is a great song!

[@lilythomson881]

In a meadow I saw a hummingbird following his nose He's a mover You hardly know he's been there when he goes. I sure hope we can get "Jenny" posted!

[@twistedsouth2757]

my dad used to request it from the oldies station when I. was a kid I don't see the whole you all did too much lsd thing I had a 78 ford e250 and a Ltd I had girls with he's talking about the same thing it was just a different atmosphere then. every generation had sex where you think you came from

[@toddthedrysocket]

a song about casual sex

[@mstamgagirl]

Perfect for the times.

[@joeyank2451]

Loved Them Seventies

[@derekmtheriault]

#ugottalisten2b4udie

[@lisalu910]

I love this song, don't get me wrong. It takes me right back to 1975 and lots of great memories. But I wonder if a sequel to this song could be about how he got an STD from the barefoot tramp he picked up in his Chevy Van!

[@frankhynes9974]

Lisalu, BTO wrote that "Sequel" song: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"! (Here's some lovin' you ain't ever gonna forget). Rock on class.of 73

[@ComeOnGetHappyStuff4u2Muse]

1/27/21 @ 6:47am

[@Dave-lq2le]

June 22, 2024✌️🎉

[@DeadBunny69]

Serial killer's dream date

[@kimbaamonde7791]

I love this song!!!

[@christopherrodriguez8424]

C.V. is the one that does it! Nice,very nicely;super great we are in complete contact agreement.I LOVE Johns's Chevy wholeheartedly❤ it will stand the test of time eternally. - Thanks very much really Sammy Johns We will always loyally love you and your Very great music.

[@minkasmom9092]

❤️❤️❤️❤️