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TIL that Rush's 1981 single "Red Barchetta" was based on a 1973 short story published by Road & Track magazine. The subject matter of both stories were dystopian futures where certain types of vehicles were either heavily legislated or outlawed entirely, and government surveillance was everywhere.

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