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TIL Roy Orbison's song "I Drove All Night" was first released on the Super Mario World-themed "White Knuckle Scorin'," a compilation licensed by Nintendo and released by MCA Records in 1991. Orbison recorded the song in 1987, it became a posthumous hit in 1992.

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