MovieChat Forums > Take This Job and Shove It (1981) Discussion > take this job and shove it

take this job and shove it

posted 20 years ago by luckeydawg
7 replies | jump to latest

has anyone seen this movie? i'm looking for the name of the song at the beginning when robert hayes is driving his mercedes convertible out of the city headed to his home town. please help

[–] fathomblue 20 years ago

I can't help you with the song, as I haven't seen it since it came out at the theater. I guess I was 7 at the time. I remembered that I liked it and I'd love to see it again. Might pick it up on DVD if the price is right. If I find out the song I'll check back in here.

[–] lightninboy 19 years ago

It's something about "heading south." I suppose it's on the film credits.

[–] 19 years ago

[deleted]

[–] luckeydawg14 18 years ago

well i guess, nobody can help me figure this mystery out. thanks anyway

[–] NHC 17 years ago

Hi, I've got the VHS of this film, the next time I watch it I'll check out the song for you. I know what it's like to go crazy trying to find a certain song.
Naomi

[–] chahn-1 15 years ago

Hello,

I am sorry this took five years to answer!

....but I am listening to it right now, and it sounds
like the male voice is Joe Cocker.

It is a duet but I do not recognize the female voice.

...Checking the credits I do not see a likely candidate
besides "Road Song", performed by Steve Davis

[–] ChrisCuda 8 years ago

I have the movie playing so I hit Shazam and it couldn't identify the song! A rare miss for that app. Anyway, looking at the soundtrack list I would guess the same thing as the other poster above....most likely Road Song by Billy Sherrill performed by Steve Davis and Janie Fricke. I checked out the other soundtrack tunes on YouTube and they weren't a match.