Goddess on a Hiway

Infobox Single
Name = Goddess on a Hiway


Artist = Mercury Rev
from Album = Deserter's Songs
B-side =
Released = November 2, 1998
August 16, 1999 (re-issue)
Format = CD, 7" vinyl
CD, eCD (re-issue)
Recorded = Tarbox Studios, NRS Studios, Six Hours Studios
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:45
Label = V2 Records
Writer = Jonathan Donahue, Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak
Producer = Dave Fridmann, Jonathan Donahue, Aaron Hurwitz
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Everlasting Arm"
(1995)
This single = "Goddess on a Hiway"
(1998)
Next single = "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp"
(1999)

"Goddess on a Hiway" is the first single from Mercury Rev's fourth studio album, "Deserter's Songs". The single was first released on November 2, 1998, and then re-issued on August 16, 1999. Two music videos were produced for the song, one directed by Anton Corbijn, the other directed by James & Alex (featured on the 1999 eCD single). B-sides include a cover of "I Only Have Eyes for You" featuring musician Sean O'Hagan.

The song takes advantage of a possible malapropism: the first verse contains the lines "I got us on a highway, I got us in a car..." This changes to "She's a goddess on a highway, a goddess in a car..."

Track listing

UK:

1998 CD:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "Ragtag" - 2:42
# "I Only Have Eyes for You" (featuring Sean O'Hagan) - 4:22

1998 7" vinyl:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "Ragtag" - 2:42

UK Re-issue:

1999 CD #1:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" (Live Peel Session, May 5, 1999) - 3:30
# "Car Wash Hair" (Live BBC Radio Session) - 7:55

1999 CD #2:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "I Dreamt" (read by Robert Creeley) - 1:30
# "Very Sleepy Rivers" - 12:31
# "Goddess on a Hiway" (enhanced video)

US:

"Goddess on a Hiway +5" promo EP CD:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" (The Chemical Brothers Remix) - 6:22
# "Ragtag" - 2:42
# "I Only Have Eyes for You" (featuring Sean O'Hagan) - 4:22
# "Vampire Blues" (Live) - 2:50
# "Isolation" (Live) - 4:10

Japan:

EP CD:
# "Goddess on a Hiway" - 3:45
# "Car Wash Hair" (Live BBC Radio Session) - 7:55
# "Caroline Says Pt. II" - 3:33
# "Vampire Blues" (Live) - 2:50
# "Holes" / "I Collect Coins" [unlisted] (Live) - 7:04
# "Isolation" (Live) - 4:10
# "Very Sleepy Rivers" - 12:31
# "I Only Have Eyes for You" (featuring Sean O'Hagan) - 4:22
# "Goddess on a Hiway" (enhanced video)