"You Can't Catch Me" is a song written and performed by Chuck Berry, released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in 1956. The song's lyrics mention racing a souped-up "air-mobile" down the New Jersey Turnpike

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. It was featured in the 1956

1956 in film

The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...

 Berry film Rock Rock, Rock

Rock, Rock, Rock (film)

Rock, Rock, Rock is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture featuring performances from a number of early rock 'n' roll stars, such as Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, The Moonglows, The Flamingos, and The Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as lead singer. Future West Side Story cast member David...

, and was one of only four songs from the film that made it to the "soundtrack", and the only Berry song to make both the movie and the soundtrack. The Rolling Stones

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 covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 the song in 1965, as did John Lennon

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 in 1975. A version was also recorded by The Blues Project

Blues Project

The Blues Project is a band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and originally split up in 1967. While their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles, they are most remembered as one of the earliest practitioners of psychedelic rock, as well as one...

 on their album Projections. Chuck Berry's music publisher sued John Lennon for copyright infringement

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 because Lennon used some of the song's lyrics ("here come old flat-top") in The Beatles

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' 1969 song "Come Together

Come Together

"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road....

". The suit was eventually settled out of court. The settlement included Lennon covering the song for his 1975 cover album Rock 'N' Roll

Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)

Rock 'n' Roll is a 1975 album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs covered by John Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned a year. Though critically derided, it reached #6 in both the United Kingdom and the United States.-History:...

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