The Cars My Best Friends Girl ( Live 1979)

My Best Friend s Girl is a song by American rock band The Cars from their 1978 selftitled debut album on Elektra Records. Written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the song was released as the album s second single. It peaked at number 35 on the U. S. Hot 100 chart, and reached number three in the UK. My Best Friend s Girl was included on the soundtrack to the 1979 film Over the Edge, and the song appears on numerous compilation albums, such as the band s 1985 Greatest Hits, 1995 s Just Wh