Hell on Wheels
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Oct 22, 2026
Allen SalkinHOST
In this era, there is a craze for a hybrid of roller skating and dancing called roller disco that starts in New York City.
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The iconic performer Cher records a song, Hell on Wheels, that appears in the 1979 film Roller Boogie.
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Opening lyrics include, "'I can slide down places that you never knew.'" The epicenter of roller disco is the village skating rink in Greenwich Village, long a hotbed of gay culture.
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So it's very possible Andy Simmons puts roller skating in the comic to create an association with a world where people imagine gerbils are commonly slid down.
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Editing, sound design, and mixing by Tristan Bankston.
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Voice acting by Jacques Peterson, Alex Salem, and Gersh Kunzman.
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The song, Gerbils in Space Ultimate, is written and performed by Allen Salkin.
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Mastered by Cameron Tagge.
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In the United States, it had a huge huge bunch of advanced orders and therefore ended up dethroning the beatles abbey road from the number one spot when they got to number one the record's commercial legs were extended by its single which was the only one released off the album called a whole lot of love it climbed to number four on the billboard hot 100 singles chart and it was a top 10 fixture on the chart In more than a dozen countries worldwide.
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Beyond the lead single, the record, of course, has a whole bunch of other songs like Heartbreaker, Ramble On, Thank You, and also the John Bonham drum showcase, Moby Dick.
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The album ended up getting some awards, but not when it first got released.
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It earned a nomination at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards in 1970 for Best Recording Package, and that was the one that acknowledged David Juniper's album cover design.
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In 1979, Cher released Prisoner.
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This was her 16th studio album, and she stepped away from the disco sound to a more rock and new wave sound.
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Didn't really do anything on the charts, unfortunately, but the lead single, Hell on Wheels, did manage to get to number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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In 1984, Paul McCartney released a soundtrack to give my regards to Broad Street.