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…
- Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
- Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
- Don’t Stop me Now – Queen
- Steppenwolf – Born to be Wild
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Highway Star – Deep Purple
- We will Rock You - Queen
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
- Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
- Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
- Mr Brightside – The Killers
- Radar Love - Golden Earring
- Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
- Shut up and Drive – Rihanna
- Club Tropicana – Wham
- More Than a Feeling – Boston
- Lovely Day – Bill Withers
- Speed King – Deep Purple
- The Who – My Generation
- Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
- Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
- Rio – Duran Duran
- Highway to Hell – AC DC
- Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- Ace of Spades – Motorhead
- Firestarter - The Prodigy
- Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings
- Poker Face – Lady Gaga
- Road to Hell - Chris Rea
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!
Driving home for Christmas? - Chris Rea
ReplyDeleteOut at all for me marra except CFM lol
ReplyDeleteWhy not add best driving album?
ReplyDeleteGood idea ! - will do this soon!
DeleteOasis - What's the Story Morning Glory?
DeleteThe Killers - When You Were Young
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Arctic Monkeys- Bet That You Look Good on The Dancefloor
Bat out of hell for ultimate speeding ticket track
ReplyDeleteBryan 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)
ReplyDeleteI 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!!
ReplyDeleteSue C
Driving Away From Home - It's Immaterial - pure escapism!!! 80's classic.
ReplyDeleteRolling Stones - Start Me Up
ReplyDeleteAgree with many of the above, but 'LOVE TRAIN' by Wolfmother takes a bit of beating!!!!
ReplyDeleteSan H
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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