Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride (Lyrics)

I Own Nothing
All Rights To
Steppenwolf

[@cokebottle1707]

NASCAR thunder 2003. Greatest game ever made. I loved my childhood growing up with that gem.

[@JoyleneWestmoreland]

What about CALL of duty cold ops complain heli

[@Pimp-Master]

Everything about the song, the singer, the band's name and 1968 is totally badass!

[@andrewhowse6882]

Exactly

[@bikersoncall]

Yes , so true.

[@Adamguy2003]

This song may very well have saved my life once: I normally am not good at driving late at night; I'm a morning person, the later in the evening it gets, the more fatigue starts taking its toll on me. One night, about six and a half years ago, I was in a position in which I had to make a 3- hour drive along the interstate at night. At one point, I began feeling tired, so I cranked the radio up full blast, and 'Magic Carpet Ride' was playing. To help myself stay awake, I started singing along to it at the top of my lungs (It probably would have really been something to hear, my almost bellowing "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN FIND, WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME, LITTLE GIRL, ON A MAGIC CARPET RIDE"). Sure enough, it may have been a rough drive, but I got home safely. Thank you, Steppenwolf!

[@tammymann3624]

Great store God is faithful

[@bornawake4483]

Awesome story!! Oh yeah... I sing my lungs out with that one as loud as I can! Glad you made it safe and sound!

[@billjoe39]

Good thing you didn't wait for the interlude in the middle, that puts me asleep each time.

[@laurabyers5172]

Classic rock rocks! I was fortunate to b alive in this music era, love me some classic rock!

[@HaleeHuckleberry]

one of the best songs ever!!

[@ringohendrix9659]

Halee Fisher damn straight

[@andrewhowse6882]

Top ten 💯

[@nicidevine6670]

For sure

[@bornawake4483]

In my mid 60's now and this is STILL my favorite song and I admire John Kay so much for what he went through and his moral compass, and now his activism! I saw him in a little roadhouse in Sacramento area years ago when he was building up the band again, lost some of my hearing from that but can die a happy woman for seeing him in person!

[@katiebea9258]

65 yrs old ... all these children culturally appropriating our generations excellence cuz they have NOTHING of their own. I owned this on platter, cassette, 8track and got some to this song more than once. And THEY play video games to it??? Why the country is in the shape it's in ... pretend world vs real

[@beckanadikudi6964]

I'm 37, but i heard the song today and added it on my playlist. I loved it in high school too. Its been on repeat for a while...

[@bornawake4483]

@@beckanadikudi6964 Yes, I think I nearly drove my dad crazy listening to it over and over and over! LOL! He bought me some good earphones/headsets. 🙃😄

[@0123renee]

Yep, NASCAR Thunder 2003 brought me here too. So satisfying hearing this while lightning struck all the other cars in the menu. Sucks I wasn't so good at this game, and I no longer have my PS2, but this still brings back childhood memories.

[@evilkitsune9968]

Late reply but you took the words right out of my mouth.

[@bigz3700]

Heard it today an reminded me of my friend playin this game for hours everyday. Good times

[@jjames016]

Yep. I’m only 11 but 3 year old me and older bro loved this game. My brother would teach me the controls. Idk why he said the brake. I never used it

[@botandrew1]

Oh I played PS1 version. It was fun to crash oncoming traffic once a while

[@miriamregan4025]

this song had a really sick beat for its time, and it was a good song to smoke to back in the 60's

[@imherefordumbvideos]

It's got a sick beat for now too! :)

[@Virgin_Oil]

Oh Miriam not only in the 60’s :-)

[@blackishpariah]

It really does

[@tennesseetennesseeaintnopl3585]

Smoking pot brought me here

[@ethandumas6937]

2020 never realized how dope this song is

[@chrischanin767]

I’m here cause I’m old and this here tune first come out when I’m young

[@osspartans6096]

I was 14 and didnt know a dam thing about this band until i heard my old man playing it on his 8 track stereo👍👍👍👌👌👌✌✌✌ Then in 1985 i believe, I saw John Kay/Sttepenwolf in concert at Rockafellers on Washington Ave. Houston,Tx "Born to be Wild" "The Pusher" "Carpet Ride" "The Ostrich" "Sam".........

[@jimramsey238]

Thank you for the upload. I have been singing the lyrics wrong for 40 years.

[@markperron851]

Hard for a guy who remembers this first hitting the airwaves- to think that movies, games etc are what turned you on to this song. Do yourself a favor and realize that 95 % of the best music ever done happened from about 1966 until 1976. Go listen to all of it you can absorb and then read about what was happening in the world at that time. That music had a big impact on today. Before that timeframe I noted it was still a little too mainstream and after that time it splintered into a variety of styles and genres. The middle is filled with many great bands, songs, lyrics and for me memories. I was on the security team for a number of those acts.

[@rayavery5085]

What brought me here wasn't some movie or so. What brought me here is hearing a great song on the radio when I was a kid and it stuck with me !!!!!

[@stevejeffries5571]

The vocal phrasing in the second verse is Spectacular

[@Necro-the-Pyro]

"dammit I can't find it, we can't take off without it!" "we gotta abort" "nvm found it" *blasts magic carpet ride*

[@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero]

Is ThaT froM CheecB & ChonGs versioN?

[@GhalidiusTrident]

@@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero star trek first contact Not sure if you made a joke but i can't tell

[@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero]

@@GhalidiusTrident Oh I thought it was "NeXT Movie", when the TraNs Am takes off .

[@sourhour9054]

StAr TrEk FiRsT cOnTaCt

[@alicetremain7366]

Zefram Cochrane

[@JohnSmith-jt7yc]

This song brings me back to my younger days when me and my cuz would play NASCAR Thunder 2003. great song!!!!!

[@marcusporter3336]

John Smith Same.

[@internetgod5692]

Oh my god, yes.

[@NASCARBOY986]

Yes!! I used to love it!

[@randomboi9161]

Yeah that was how I found it!

[@jaredstout9335]

Same

[@lordlelouch2379]

Star trek first contact, mlb triple play baseball 2001 and nascar thunder 2003 i love this song.

[@Washikage]

Yes!! MLB triple play baseball was the game I heard this song from and I've been hooked on it since.

[@KimSpencer-g1h]

Love classic Rock! I graduated in 1980, and this was the best music among a few other's ❤

[@jameshowland7393]

This band has SO MUCH MORE awesome music that many people have never heard, and that's a damn shame.

[@nicholashartnett8444]

3 years later: any suggestions?

[@Jyonasan420]

"We Got A Job To Do"

[@lettuce3696]

“Hey Sims, you know reading that shits gonna make you go blind”

[@liambottorff2720]

"Yuup! Thats why i want it all up here"

[@lettuce3696]

“We got a new assignment, FOB Ripcord is holding a vital asset that Charlie wants real bad”

[@expertgamer52]

@@lettuce3696 you all sitting comfortably

[@dsldigi4395]

“What kind of asset are we talking about”

[@braddavis4276]

I was a SMALL KID when this came out , I’ll never forget the Front Cover with the BIG BAD WOLF on front cover . Wow Wharton’s a Greats song it turned out to Be ! Can’t get enough of the Air Craft Carrier Take Off . Perfect match for this Song

[@patszer8314]

This song is absolutely classic. Thanks for posting!

[@ArturiusMaxwell]

You haven't lived till you've heard this live in a sub basement party with a metal vocalist singing true to original style with a full on 6 piece band blasting. Fucking 80's man, best time to be 10 years old.

[@pappy451]

i lived the 80's to the fullest . i turned 18 in 1980 . what a time . great music , great people . . . miss those days .

[@ArturiusMaxwell]

@@pappy451 You are a living icon of a better time. Not just for the younguns but us older farts as well, '84 born here. For living, remembering and passing on your stories, essential lessons for us to be truly better and grow, I thank you. Rock on and keep rollin!

[@kylegrefe4399]

Ah yes, the music of my childhood. I'm 18. 2003 Nascar Thunder for the gamecube had some quality music.

[@starrocket666]

What a classic!!!!Never gets old.

[@davids6533]

Something about John Kay's voice that I can't seem to describe, but it just makes me want more. I was a kid when this music came out, and it makes me wish I had been born a little sooner. At least I was actually here when it came out and even though I wasn't sure of what I was listening to, I loved it even as a kid.

[@GrngoKush0420]

oh......my........god... nascar thunder "wish we could turn back time to the good ole days"

[@steelionx9255]

I absolutely laughed when he said that someone took the lamp away and when he called the candle lousy! Totally hilarious!

[@jameshowland7393]

Thank you for playing the entire song!

[@timcollentine9354]

John Kay! SO underrated!!

[@bendierking6986]

i love the grooviness of this!

[@elinope4745]

This is another of those great old songs that sings about a kind of love that has been lost, stolen from people everywhere.

[@drugtrader3933]

Powerful music. Thank you! God bless

[@kaharold]

PEOPLE Says Im Weird Because Im a Black Male in My Late 30's AND I Love This Song... I Be Like WTF Ever !!

[@m.johnson9323]

Do your thing Brother. I get funny looks listening to Sevendust and Incubus. I be like wtf ever. More than just Black people make music. No reason to limit yourself.

[@kaharold]

@@m.johnson9323 I Know Right, EXACTLY

[@daviddriscoll7026]

Hey you know what I'm am an 59 year old white male . I couldn't care less about the ethnicity about anyone. Listen to Sam Cooke. Mariah , Cupid. Probably the greatest singer of all time.. Wish he would have stayed out of that Goddamn Hacienda motel.

[@kaharold]

@@daviddriscoll7026 I Can Totally Understand, That's Because you have an Open Mind And You're Open to All Tyoes of Music BUT I Have Ignorant Family Members asking me WHY I Listen to White Music, Thier Stupid. As I Told Them Good Music is Good Music.

[@daviddriscoll7026]

Stay strong young man. Be yourself. That's what this life is all about .Be safe.

[@theflano23]

90% of the comments: I CAME FROM NASCAR/AUSTIN POWERS/STAR TREK 10% of the comments (me): actually coming here because its good music

[@chieflongsmoke3672]

4 years to late but guilty as charge Austin powers tbh ut a great movie.

[@RonanBunny]

Team America

[@BigBoss-lp9yi]

You know, just because someone sees the song in Austin Powers doesn't mean they don't value it as good music. That was pretentious af 😂

[@ecardona53]

Nascar Thunder '03 sent me here

[@danielboster8937]

:)

[@AJayPerez223]

yass

[@marcusporter3336]

+Eric Cardona Same here. There was another song, I don't know the name, but I remember some of the lyrics: 'Hey you, get into my car.'

[@ecardona53]

marcus porter Fenix TX - Get Outta My Dreams

[@marcusporter3336]

***** Okay, well I just looked it up. Good times.

[@Deacat31]

By far my favorite steppenwolf song, good job on the lyrics

[@CharlesPhillipNeave]

I think about the movie, Sahara, with Matthew McConaughey, when I hear this song. Also takes me back to my teens when it came out!!

[@CharlesPhillipNeave]

I can see the scene with the wrecked airplane sailing across the desert!! 😵‍💫

[@andytsung9442]

Fantasy will set you free This song music is the ultimate escape...

[@mbk1511]

A classic and in 2024 still rocking out

[@vegconwaxman7331]

Steppenwolf's BEST SONG EVER!

[@ericaespinosa4030]

And Born to be Wild too

[@aarongoldstein8472]

@@ericaespinosa4030 duh

[@derekroland7998]

2nd to born to be wild and third is the pusher

[@srpdesigns]

I said God Dam.. GOD DAM!!!!!!...The Pusher Man !!..Kay sings his ass off on that one!!!

[@bikersoncall]

@@derekroland7998 Absolutely and Pusher is still awesome, always was.

[@montydaniels1054]

lol, I remember when this came out... Still a great tune. Thanks for posting it & with the lyrics too.....

[@LarrJax]

Such a shame that many of the comments are about video games and motion pictures that used this song as part of their content. This song was part of the content of society back in the 70's. It was a HUGE part of the scene. We didn't have no stinkin' video games. We didn't have no stinkin' VR machines. We didn't have no MP3 players. We had 8-track players and Jensen 6-by-9 speakers and WE LIKED IT !! As far as those uneducated authors of comments like "I thought the instrumental part was too long" and"The long musical part ruined the song" and other such nonsensical remarks, please let me tell you that the "long version" was something that we as listeners VERY MUCH appreciated back in the day. For instance, Light My Fire by the Doors had a "long version" and McArthur Park had a long version. Crimson and Clover had a long version. Many other songs had long versions but corporate controlled commercial radio stations were not allowed to play songs that were more than 3:52. So, it was a special treat to hear the long version on FM radio. Usually it was very very early in the morning when the DJ's would take a chance and play a long song. The long version gave us a chance to dip into our stash box and truly enjoy the toonz. It is really sad to realize that youngsters out there today (probably almost 30 y.o., but still YOUNGSTERS) don't even appreciate actual music. Go back to your sad little life in your 6" video screen on your Samsung S-28, push your earbuds into your brain and enjoy your 28th year as a teenager. Some day your governmental assistance will run out and you're going to have to put your phone down and get a job. I'm pretty sure it was the Grass Roots who said it best "Sha la la la la la live for today."

[@lu8440]

Yes, some younger people may not appreciate older music, but other young people do! I'm only in middle school and my friends and I listen to more than just new music, we also listen to older songs like this one :)

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

Song stuck inside my head for over 10 years now finally founded it

[@rejisha]

childhood memories restored

[@kevingaddis7276]

If this song doesn't get you AMPED up your soul has no chance.

[@danielrickel8807]

I can’t understand why music ever moved away from live musicians and instruments, they sound so much better than stinking synthesizers.

[@conker33350]

Spent like a million years looking for this

[@jonathanvazquez2952]

They should've used this in the Cars movie.

[@CardiacYew-xt5zq]

Yes

[@randomboi9161]

It was in the nascar game that I grew up on and I know it really well because of that game

[@linnharamis1496]

An all time GREAT R ‘N’ R song!!🎤🎹🎸🥁

[@johntoes52]

Many nights stoned under a black light with this!

[@nightshiftgarage8824]

Man....this is happening. This song was killing for it's time. That strumming rhythm guitar was the lick. Drop a tab of LSD and take a magic carpet ride.....

[@nathangray752]

Austin Powers baby. Yeah

[@boxMAN29]

NASCAR Thunder 2003 for me.

[@destinygaming5293]

Star Trek First Contact and Nascar thunder 2003

[@jimicusjolcen9460]

And I cannot disturb your 69 ;)

[@jimicusjolcen9460]

But someone else did, goddammit :/

[@rafaelrios2967]

"Which is it baby spits or swallows?"

[@thenaturalpathofdestiny244]

Creation brought me here and it's definitely not what we've been taught. The Magic Carpet Ride is the way to Creation, in a way.

[@BrendanLittellGaming]

NASCAR Thunder 2003 brought me here anyone else. I still play that game to this very day!

[@nicky8944]

me!

[@joshharbord820]

Me I used to play that game every night

[@Tyler.Bohannon]

Triple Play 01 brought me here

[@andya857]

Fantastic ,been listening since it came out ,yeah i'm old ,but never knew the real lyrics thank you.....Peace....

[@SteveReaperzForLife]

NASCAR Thunder '03 man oh man the memories

[@Bolchevsky1]

Still have that game on my PS2 i got like in 2005

[@SteveReaperzForLife]

Still have mine on the GameCube, works like a charm still

[@LoLHUBB3DG]

Steve_Reaperz I remember that game, lol. I used to set it up so this was the only song that played. I could never win a race :C

[@domonkasshu7743]

God the nostalgia this remained me when I won the Daytona 500 as Dale Earnhardt sr. on Thunder 03 good times

[@xKibbs]

YESSSSSS

[@coadybarker2628]

My dad and nascar also 98.9 THE ROCK BROUGHT ME HERE!!!!!!! HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!!!!

[@MG-ql8sg]

Thumbs up if Cold War brought you here

[@disgruntledandvengeful4652]

👍

[@Ian501st]

Fracture Jaw....that sure went sideways

[@penguin1662]

Well yes but no I listened to the song long before Cold War then remembered it in cold war

[@timherrmann1708]

@@penguin1662 same...

[@vadont]

Austin Powers YEAH BABY YEAH

[@kennygr8ify]

Criminally Underrated!

[@robwheelut]

Best Song By Steppenwolf

[@lindaeasley5606]

Psychedelics rock at it's finest Steppenwolf was a group out of LA made up of German/ Canadian singer John Kay while rest of band members were American musicians

[@PKD548]

We gota find perseus

[@stormsmith6772]

0:26 0:56 1:00 Parts Goodyear used in their commercials

[@WarScythe_XD]

Thumbs up if you just knew the song way b4 Cold War.

[@vanromero8192]

Reminds me of my old Karate instructor (Combat Medic Purple Heart Vietnam) Robert Ross. Missed him …

[@kennygr8ify]

Underrated band!

[@Sickofsociety1]

Ha ha ha yeah, no, they were quite well known back in the day.

[@willgriff]

first time I ever seen your page and you earned my sub just for this banger

[@brittanysevik9525]

I'm here because the song popped in my head

[@keeplowandstaylow8474]

This song brings back some good memories :)

[@Ksweat87]

I like to dream, yes, yes Right between the sound machine On a cloud of sound I drift in the night Any place it goes is right Goes far, flies near To the stars away from here Well, you don't know what We can find Why don't you come with me little girl On a magic carpet ride 2020 loud and proud

[@samuelschiff2531]

same here still rocking the magic carpet at psycdelic festivals lol

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Thanks for the lyrics; I knew most, but not all, of them.

[@SavageP.9000]

*Austin Powers has joined the chat* *Cod Black Ops Cold War has joined the chat*

[@kdiggerbr]

I was lucky to see them perform in Brazil!

[@sonoyta5386]

Me too

[@sonoyta5386]

Turismo

[@isaiahevans5905]

Is it crazy I’m here in 2024?😂

[@shelmoore6720]

I remember when someone took me on a magic carpet Ride. Showed me the world. Took me places I longed to see.

[@lookhowlongmyusernam]

Dr. Zefram Cochrane brought me here. also NASCAR Thunder 03' for Xbox (I think it was 03'...)

[@FinalFrost]

lookhowlongmyusernam did it come out on xbox? I know 03 was on GameCube

[@brianscalag.o.a.t3911]

I had it on ps2

[@Riley-tc1xi]

I loved this in Jay and silent bob strike back. If you guys know what that movie is than you guys are awesome

[@randywoodworth4028]

Star Trek First Contact brought me here!

[@jimtuck1958]

+Randy Woodworth Live long and Prosper.

[@gabrielmcadams6731]

yeah

[@AntiHoplophobia]

+Randy Woodworth Oh hell, yeah!! James Cromwell was excellent!

[@iamtenzin4409]

I've got a red light on the number two intake!

[@randywoodworth4028]

IamTenzin Ignore it!! We'll be fine!!

[@dennissawyer8496]

I never knew all the lyrics before. I like it even more👍

[@raijinmeister]

A magic carpet,brought me here.

[@viyzo1183]

raijinmeister A magic rag brought me here

[@IcyKcominyourway]

I also remember this song from NASCAR Thunder 2003. This seems like a very fitting song for NASCAR related content. I also heard this song in The King of Queens episode Whine Country last night.

[@Absurd941]

i love this kind of music when im stoned or buxxin..... makes me a very happy gentleman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@foureyedchick]

Kicks ass....even today.

[@tylermeadows8186]

Why don't you come with me little girl on a magic carpet ride

[@volclaire1]

+Tyler Meadows Back when I was a child, I didn't realize the meaning of it... until now. Dayum...

[@yeetmcyeetalot5979]

@@volclaire1 I’m 14 and this is deep

[@Gonzoweirdo1]

The Goodyear commercial is what brought me here.

[@snake_loverc5270]

“We got a job to do”

[@Patrickpiazza2009]

You know reading that shit is going to make you go blind

[@johnnyboyspero5470]

Bad mood made great by Steppenwolf

[@leepeffers9331]

Whoever the 9 people are that disliked this video need to jump off a cliff. How can you NOT like this?

[@UnseenAwareness]

Lee Peffers You could be the most ripest, juiciest, and sweetest peach in the world, and somebody's still going to hate peaches. lol

[@tylerwalton3717]

Lee Peffers They're deaf of course....lol ;)

[@DuckyWP]

ikr

[@DuckyWP]

but now, 2 years later, 111 people dislike it. 3K love tho

[@connorwelcher]

Lee Peffers Cause they have opinions

[@littledecucedakota7908]

Talking about playing games to this song, heck we use to dance to this song back in the day & watch great movies with these great songs in them , thats what you call great Rock & Roll Music ! & There's no subsitute either ! LOL!

[@sterlingbadig9987]

I just think of When Austin Power's was swaying his arms to this.

[@francesacevedoahumada4611]

forever Steppenwolf

[@jakesaysknee]

Can I just have an hour long version of this song, please?

[@connorheidt7037]

Love this song and loved hearing it in cod Cold War

[@kfcmcnuggets1867]

i died when i read the description I own Nothing

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

Are you alive now?

[@epictea5122]

"We got a heavy hitter in town, a russian operative known as Perseus"

[@NyanMudkip]

Nascar Thunder 2003, oh the nostalgia

[@marcusporter7565]

NyanMudkip If they were to release/port it for PS4 and Xbox One, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[@ethandumas6937]

July 2020! Shits dope asf

[@VeroincaSlayer3]

Austin Powers got me into this song :D

[@nicidevine6670]

Great song 🎶