When did Steve McQueen put his hand and foot prints in cement at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood?

(Coincidentally, Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw's prints are the only two upside down)

Here are the lyrics to Sheryl Crow's great new song "Steve McQueen" from her CD C'Mon C'Mon.

Well I went to bed in Memphis
And I woke up in Hollywood
I got a quarter in my pocket
And I'd call you if I could
But I don't know why
I gotta fly

I wanna rock and roll this party
I still wanna have some fun
I wanna leave you feeling breathless
Show you how the west was won
But I gotta fly
I gotta fly

Like Steve McQueen
All I need's a fast machine
I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen
Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonight

I ain't takin' shit off no one
Baby that was yesterday
I'm an all American rebel
Making my big getaway
Yeah you know it's time
I gotta fly

Like Steve McQueen
All I need's a fast machine
I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen
Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonight

We got rockstars in the Whitehouse
All our popstars look like porn
All my heroes hit the highway
They don't hang out here no more
You can call me anytime
You can page me all night long
But you won't catch this freebird
I'll already be long gone

Like Steve McQueen
All we need's a fast machine
And we're gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen
All I need's a fast machine
I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen
Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonight

(There's another version of this song with the line "You can call me on my cell phone," instead of "You can call me anytime". Thanks to Wendy from Richmond, VA for the info.)

In 1973 the Rolling Stones were about to release the album Goat’s Head Soup. Its release was held up initially because the last song was called Starf*cker and Atlantic Record chief Ahmet Ertegun said no way. He hated the song, the lyrics and the title. The Stones countered that they would name the song Star Star. Ertegun still said no as he really did not want the song released and cited that they would get sued by McQueen because of the lyrics of the last verse. The premise of the song is about a groupie with wide experience. Here is the last verse:

Yeah, Ali McGraw got mad with you
for givin' h**d to Steve McQueen,
yeah, and me we made a pretty pair,
fallin' through the Silver Screen.
Honey, I'm open to anything
I don't know where to draw the line.
Yeah, I'm makin' bets that you gonna get
John Wayne before he dies.

The Stones would not budge and Ertegun said “let’s send a copy to McQueen and if he okays it then the single could be released. He okayed it and the single was released. What is funny, is why Atlantic would not have insisted that McGraw also okay it however, no one could hear clearly what was actually said on the record. To most it sounds like Jagger speaking to the groupie saying ”yeah I’m really not mad with you for” Jagger did not clarify the matter and it slid past. Same with the John Wayne line. Most think that it says “your man” However, when one listens to the live bootlegs, the line is clearly Ali McGraw as well as John Wayne. Perhaps Steve okayed it for himself and Ali and no realized the John Wayne line.

The Drive By Truckers also have a song titled Steve McQueen. Here are the lyrics:

STEVE MCQUEEN

Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
When I was a little boy I wanted to grow up to be
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
The coolest doggone motherscratcher on the silver screen

I’d drive real fast everywhere no one would ever catch me
and I’d kick your ass if you pissed me off so be careful what you ask me
and I’d never have an empty bottle or an empty bed
and as cool as Paul Newman is I bet Steve could whup his head

Steve McQueen............................

Bullitt was my favorite movie that I’d ever seen
I totaled my go-cart trying to imitate that chase scene
That Duster had six hubcaps, know what I mean
and I love the way they all flew off when it landed in that ravine

Steve McQueen............................

I really loved The Getaway back when I was eight
that pussy Alec Baldwin sucked in the remake
and speaking of pussy, I guess Steve got it all
He f**ked Faye Dunaway and he f**ked Ali McGraw

Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
When I was a little boy I wanted to grow up to be
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
The coolest goddamn motherf**ker on the silver screen
(yee-haw)

(suddenly the scene turns slow and somber, as a campfire harp plays in the background)
I went to see The Hunter on my first date
The Hunter was the last movie Steve McQueen lived to make
They took my drivers license when I was just sixteen
the year Mesothelioma killed Steve McQueen

lyrics by Patterson Hood
music by Drive-by Truckers (Cooley, Hood, Howell, Lane, Neff, Stacy)
(c) 1998 Soul Dump Music

Here are the lyrics to (I JUST WANNA BE) YOUR STEVE MCQUEEN by Eytan Mirsky, from the movie The Tao of Steve:

I want to make, the Great Escape
and I confide, I want to speed
just like a Bullitt to your side.
I wanna be, the coolest man you've ever seen,
(I just wanna be) your Steve McQueen.

We'll get away, just like McQueen did with McGraw
when they were in
that groovy film by Peckinpah.
I wanna be, the coolest man you've ever seen,
(I just wanna be) your Steve McQueen.

Can't you see, the game we're gonna play?
Baby, I'm the hunter, you're the prey.

Black turtleneck, is all I'll ever have to wear
for you to say, "Let's start a Thomas Crown affair."
I wanna be, the coolest man you've ever seen,
(I just wanna be) your Steve McQueen.

Can't you see, that I will flip my lid
if I cannot be your Cincinnati Kid.

Our love will burn, and every minute it will grow
just like the flames did in the Towering Inferno.
I wanna be, the coolest man you've ever seen,
(I just wanna be) your Steve McQueen.

(I just wanna be) your Steve,
(I just wanna be) your Steve,
(I just wanna be) your Steve McQueen.

The Beastie Boys' song High Plains Drifter has the line "I feel like Steve McQueen, a former movie star."

Here is an interesting bit of information about Steve McQueen and Tori Amos.

"During her Plugged '98 Tour, singer Tori Amos added a new verse to her song Father Lucifer. The lyrics are not included on the album version of the song (Boys for Pele 1996) and can only be found on the bootlegs of the Plugged '98 Tour. She did sing the lyrics during her appearance on VH-1 Storytellers. The lyrics to the verse are:

And if you come
I'll take you
You will see through it all
When you were a young boy
And if you want
Something from her
Steve McQueen
I do believe
He keeps a-listening
And if you want
I'll take you
You will seee through it all
At ten you were a young boy
And if you go
I don't need to be it again
I can't be it all
But I can take you back through that door

Also, during the REM song Electrolite (from '96's New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
Steve McQueen is mentioned.

Steve is also mentioned in Gil Scott-Heron's song 'The Revolution Will not be Televised', from the album Pieces Of a Man. Gil sings: 'The revolution will not star Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood' (sent by Paul Dezentje)

There is an allusion to Steve McQueen in Nelly Furtado's song "Promiscuous Girl" on her popular CD "Loose."

Here are the lyrics from the verse where the reference is used:

N: Roses are red
Some diamonds are blue
Chivalry is dead
But you're still kinda cute

Hey! I can't keep my mind off you
who you with, do you mind if I come through

N: I’m out of this world come with me to my planet
Get you on my level do you think that you can handle it?

They call me Thomas
last name Crown
Recognize game
I'm a lay mine's down

N: I'm a big girl I can handle myself
But if I get lonely I’ma need your help
Pay attention to me I don't talk for my health

I want you on my team
N: So does everybody else.

Baby we can keep it on the low
Let your guard down ain’t nobody gotta know
If you with it girl I know a place we can go

N: What kind of girl do you take me for?

McQueen is referenced in Queen's 1980 hit "Another One Bites The Dust." (Thanks to John Liuzzi for the info!)

"Steve walks warily down the street...with the brim pulled way down low. Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet...machine guns ready to go."

Freddy Mercury was apparently inspired by Steve McQueen, who started carrying a gun after the Manson murders of McQueen's close friends Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring.

Steve walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Aint no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, Im gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think Im going to get along,
Without you, when youre gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Chorus

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When hes down
But Im ready, yes Im ready for you
Im standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating the sound of the beat