Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) music video, which features animation mixed with live-action sequences.

3 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Ocean's sixth and final top 10 hit there.

The music video for "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" consists of Billy Ocean driving, sometimes involving scenes with different cartoon characters.

The song was later covered by pop punk band Fenix TX for the soundtrack of NASCAR Thunder 2003.

The song was parodied by comedian and actor Jason Sudeikis as 1980s fake singer Ocean Billy in the "Worst of Soul Train" sketch on Saturday Night Live with the title "Get Out of My Car, Get into My Trunk".