War Baby (song) nine weeks in the Top 40. The No. 6 spot was just short of the achievement of his 1977 single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" with the Tom Robinson Band, which reached No. 5. It reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks. It later appeared on Robinson's 1984 album "Hope and Glory" and revived his career. Robinson has said that although "My flip answer to the question of what song am I the most proud is "(Wish I Had a) Grey Cortina" ... the true answer is "War Baby" is the song that I'm
Ford Cortina selling nameplate in the history of British motoring. The BBC Two documentary series "Arena" had a segment about the car and its enthusiasts. The British punk rock band The Clash reference the car in the song Janie Jones, singing "He's just like everyone, he's got a Ford Cortina that just won't run without fuel." British indie band Arctic Monkeys famously covered "I Wanna Be Yours" by John Cooper Clarke in 2013, a poem which contains the line "I want to be your Ford Cortina, I will never rust." During the 1960s and 1970s the Ford Cortina Lotus was a successful