Buckner & Garcia Songs - Pac-Man Fever Lyrics

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever

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Album: Pac-Man Fever
Released: 1982

Pac-Man Fever Lyrics

I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade.
I don't have a lot of money, but I'm bringing everything I made.
I've got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder's hurting too.
I'm gonna eat them all up, just as soon as they turn blue.

[Chorus]
'Cause I've got Pac-Man Fever;
Pac-Man fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.

I've got all the patterns down, up until the ninth key.
I've got Speedy on my tail, and I know it's either him or me.
So I'm heading out the back door and in the other side;
Gonna eat the cherries up and take them all for a ride.

[Chorus]

I'm gonna fake it to the left, and move to the right;
'Cause Pokey's too slow, and Blinky's out of sight.

Now I've got them on the run, and I'm looking for the high score;
So it's once around the block, And I'll slide back out the side door.
I'm really cookin' now, eating everything in sight.
All my money's gone, so I'll be back tomorow night.

'Cause I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.
Repeat and fade

Writer/s: J. BUCKNER, G. GARCIA
Publisher: EUFAULA MUSIC, INC.
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Pac-Man Fever

Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were a songwriting team who recorded jingles and commercials in the Atlanta area when they got hooked on Pac-Man. After a recording session one night, they went to a bar that had the game and started playing. After a few more nights playing Pac-Man, they wrote a song about it.

Buckner & Garcia were slightly ahead of the Pac-Man trend. By the time the game became a phenomenon, they had already released the song on a small label and were in a position to capitalize on the Pac-Man craze. One of their friends who was a disc jockey in Atlanta played it a few times on his show, and the single started selling. This got the attention of CBS records, who signed them to a deal and issued it as a single in wide release.

When CBS signed Buckner & Garcia, they needed them to put out an album, but it had to be quick, before the Pac-Man fad passed. For 3 weeks, Buckner and Garcia went to arcades researching video games and writing songs about them. The result was an album of video-game songs like "Do The Donkey Kong," "Ode To A Centipede," and "Froggy's Lament."

The single sold over 2 million copies and was a major source of revenue for CBS Records. They dropped Buckner and Garcia the next year.

Contains sound effects from the video game. Since there was no good way to do it, the sounds were recorded directly from the machine.

This was recorded in German by Gerald Mann. The title was "Pac-Man Fieber."

Pac-Man was a big deal in 1982. Spin-off games include "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Pac-Man Jr." It was also made into a cartoon series that year.