Magic Carpet Ride ( Steppenwolf song ) - wikipedia Magic Carpet Ride ( Steppenwolf song ) `` Magic Carpet Ride '' Cover of the 1968 Netherlands single Single by Steppenwolf from the album The Second B - side `` Sookie Sookie '' Released September 1968 ( 1968 - 09 ) Format 7 '' single Recorded 1968 Genre Acid rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock Length 4 : 25 ( album ) 2 : 55 ( single ) Label ABC Dunhill Songwriter ( s ) Rushton Moreve John Kay Producer ( s ) Gabriel Mekler The Second track listing `` 28 '' ( 6 ) `` Magic Carpet Ride '' ( 7 ) `` Disappointment Number ( Unknown ) '' ( 8 ) `` Magic Carpet Ride '' is a rock song written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve from the Canadian - U.S. hard rock band Steppenwolf. The song was initially released in 1968 on the album The Second. It was the lead single from that album, peaking at number three in the US, and staying in the charts for 16 weeks, longer than any other Steppenwolf song. The single version differs noticeably from the album version with a different vocal take by Kay used for the first verse of the song and differing instrumental balances, most notably the introduction feedback. The single version is also much shorter than the album version, with a running time of 2 minutes and 55 seconds. ( The album version is 4 minutes and 25 seconds long. ) The lyrics `` I like to dream, right between my sound machine '' were inspired by a hi - fi home stereo system John Kay bought with royalties from his first album. In 1988, the band rerecorded the song with the hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The track appeared on their reunion album On the Strength. Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Cover versions 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 - 69 ) Peak position Austria KMR 12 Canada RPM Top Singles Germany 11 New Zealand ( Listener ) 5 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1968 ) Rank Canada 45 US Billboard Hot 100 62 US Cash Box 60 Cover versions The song was covered by Creative Source on their self - titled debut album from 1973. A 1978 version by the South African group Buffalo spent 12 weeks the Springbok Radio charts peaking at number five. Band Mother 's Finest covered the song on their 1979 album Live. John Paul Young covered the song on the 1981 album, The Singer. Nashville group Bedlam recorded the song for the 1992 Reservoir Dogs film soundtrack. Sami Yaffa and Michael Monroe recorded the song with Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash for the movie Coneheads in 1993. The song was covered by singer Myra in Spanish and English for the 1999 Disney Latin album La Vida Mickey. Band Hanson played the song in their live performance at the Fillmore in 2000. Accordion rock band Those Darn Accordions covered the song for their 2002 EP Amped. All - girl teen rock band KSM covered the song for the 2009 Wizards of Waverly Place soundtrack. Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recorded a cover of the song on his solo covers album Origins, Vol. 1, released in April 2016. In popular culture The song or a remix appears in the films Easy Rider ( 1969 ), Candy, Star Trek : First Contact, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Apollo 13, The Dish, Legal Eagles, Amy & Isabelle, Team America : World Police, Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me, Wild America, Go, Home on the Range, Sahara, Friends with Benefits, Monster High : 13 Wishes, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Remixes of the song appear in the video games, Dance Dance Revolution Universe and Triple Play 2001. The original version of the song is featured in the video game, NASCAR Thunder 2003. The song was featured in commercials for Miller Genuine Draft in 1994, the Dodge Viper in 1999 and Chevy SSR in 2004. The song is featured in episodes of the TV series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show ! and The King of Queens. Comedian singer Sean Morey parodied the song as `` Magic Minivan ''. The guitar riff is sampled in the beginning of Milli Vanilli 's song `` All Or Nothing ( Club Mix ) ''. An Amish - oriented parody, `` Horse - and - Buggy Ride '', appeared on a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, radio station at one point in the 1980s. The song was featured in Star Trek Online as part of a ' First Contact Day Celebration ' special event that was held from March 30 to April 6, 2017. References Jump up ^ Gary Littman ( 1 October 2012 ). In Love. AuthorHouse. p. 3. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4772 - 7660 - 0. Retrieved 27 September 2015. Jump up ^ `` Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf - Song Info ''. AllMusic. Jump up ^ Steppenwolf - Chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 14. Jump up ^ ( Flavour of New Zealand, ) Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 7, 1968 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1968 Jump up ^ The South African Rock Encyclopedia, http://rock.co.za/ External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Steppenwolf Jerry Edmonton John Kay Goldy McJohn Michael Monarch Rushton Moreve current other musicians Ron Hurst Danny Johnson Gary Link Michael Wilk prior other musicians George Biondo Larry Byrom Andy Chapin Bobby Cochran Wayne Cook Ruben De Fuentes Les Dudek Welton Gite Kent Henry Nick St. Nicholas Chad Peery Jerry Posin Studio albums Steppenwolf The Second At Your Birthday Party Monster Steppenwolf 7 For Ladies Only Slow Flux Hour of the Wolf Skullduggery Wolftracks Paradox Rock & Roll Rebels Rise & Shine Live albums Early Steppenwolf Live Live in London Live at 25 Live in Louisville Compilations Gold : Their Great Hits Rest in Peace 16 Greatest Hits The ABC Collection The Best of Steppenwolf : Reborn to be Wild Born to Be Wild - A Retrospective The Millennium Collection The Collection Singles `` Born to Be Wild '' `` Magic Carpet Ride '' `` It 's Never Too Late '' `` The Pusher '' `` Ride with Me '' Related articles Discography Gabriel Mekler Mars Bonfire Rushton Moreve Grandmaster Flash Studio albums They Said It Could n't Be Done The Source Ba - Dop - Boom - Bang Flash Is Back The Bridge ( Concept of a Culture ) Compilation albums Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Greatest Messages Message from Beat Street The Greatest Mixes Adventures on the Wheels of Steel Salsoul Jam 2000 Essential Cuts Essential Mix : Classic Edition Essential Cuts Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five : The Definitive Groove Collection The Essential Grandmaster Flash with the Furious Five The Message On the Strength Songs `` The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel '' `` The Message '' `` Magic Carpet Ride '' ( with Steppenwolf ) Related articles Discography Melle Mel Sugar Hill Records Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magic_Carpet_Ride_(Steppenwolf_song)&oldid=798306008 '' Categories : 1968 singles Steppenwolf ( band ) songs 1968 songs ABC Records singles Dunhill Records singles Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 1 September 2017, at 03 : 58. 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Question: what movie is the song magic carpet ride in
Answer: Coneheads