Friday 21 September 2012

Top 30 driving music tracks of all time. Is your favourite on the list?

Okay, so this isn't advice on how to look after your car, but I guess if any of these tracks perk you up on your journey then thats good enough for me!

This list has been put together after an extensive search on the internet (well, for at least an hour or so anyway!). It seems that everyone has an opinion on driving songs and many polls have been carried out by radio stations, motoring organisations, magazines and numerous websites.

Scientific and accurate? - probably not, but all of these songs appeared in a top 10 list in a major UK poll.

Here we go, the Poll of the Polls;



The top 30 most popular driving tracks in the UK are…
  1. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
  2. Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
  3. Don’t Stop me Now – Queen
  4. Steppenwolf – Born to be Wild
  5. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
  6. Highway Star – Deep Purple
  7. We will Rock You - Queen
  8. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  9. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  10. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
  11. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
  12. Mr Brightside – The Killers
  13. Radar Love - Golden Earring
  14. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
  15. Shut up and Drive – Rihanna
  16. Club Tropicana – Wham
  17. More Than a Feeling – Boston
  18. Lovely Day – Bill Withers
  19. Speed King – Deep Purple
  20. The Who – My Generation
  21. Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
  22. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
  23. Rio – Duran Duran
  24. Highway to Hell – AC DC
  25. Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
  26. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
  27. Firestarter  - The Prodigy
  28. Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings
  29. Poker Face – Lady Gaga
  30. Road to Hell -  Chris Rea
 Hmmn!  Quite a lot of faded blue denim in there, plus one 1 or 2 surprises.

Here's a few more of my suggestions;
  • Last Night – The Strokes
  • She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
  • This Charming Man– The Smiths
  • Plug in Baby - Muse
  • Times Like These – Foo Fighters
  • 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band
  • Silver Machine – Hawkwind
  • White Wedding – Billy Idol
  • Welcome to the Jungle - Guns ‘n Roses
  • Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols
  • Love Train – Wolfmother

And when you need to slow down a bit...

  • Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
  • Let your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
  • A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys
  • One day Like This - Elbow
  • Louis Armstrong - We Have All the Time in the World
  • Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
Don't be shy! -  Let's be having your comments, especially if any of your personal favourites are missing. Please also share with your friends!


12 comments:

  1. Driving home for Christmas? - Chris Rea

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  2. Out at all for me marra except CFM lol

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  3. Why not add best driving album?

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    1. Good idea ! - will do this soon!

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    2. Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory?
      The Killers - When You Were Young
      The Killers - Mr Brightside
      Arctic Monkeys- Bet That You Look Good on The Dancefloor

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  4. Bat out of hell for ultimate speeding ticket track

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  5. Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 and Don Henley - Boys of Summer but like lots of your suggestions too. Might just go put a few on my playlist now!! I just LOVE driving in the torrential rain! (Pam B)

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  6. I actualy cant believe my all time favorite 'driving track' hasnt been mentioned!!! Mr Blue Sky... ELO... come on peeps, get it on your play list!!
    Sue C

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  7. Driving Away From Home - It's Immaterial - pure escapism!!! 80's classic.

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  8. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

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  9. Agree with many of the above, but 'LOVE TRAIN' by Wolfmother takes a bit of beating!!!!

    San H

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  10. Fields of Athenry by Irish Rocker Brush Sheils is awesome but Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan has to be the ultimate way to arrive fully prepared for a tough meeting!

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