# Great Driving Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575 "2013-04-24T07:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/61 "2013-04-25T06:34:11Z")
I always liked “I Need A Man To Love” by Big Brother & The Holding Company as a driving song. Of course, it has to be played loudly. If it’s in the wee hours and you’re away from city stuff, for a change you might like “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly or “The End” by the Doors. For a real change, Tales From The Vienna Woods, Emperor Waltz, and The Blue Danube work. ---
**Author:** ![NIKI50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@NIKI50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIKI50)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/62 "2013-04-26T08:12:54Z")
Can’t leave out “Red Barchetta” by Rush! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/63 "2013-04-26T12:49:19Z")
No mention of “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/64 "2013-04-26T14:05:38Z")
For a change of pace, a disc full of Motown. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/65 "2013-04-26T14:27:18Z")
Rob Zombie - “Dragula” - makes me drive faster! 😛 Loreena McKennit “The Mummer’s Dance” (the whole album) can make a long drive in the rain seem much shorter. Though it might be too relaxing. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/66 "2013-04-26T17:19:06Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > No mention of “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts? …or the original version by Tom Cochrane. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/67 "2013-04-26T17:26:23Z")
_Mississippi Queen_, Mountain _Barracuda_, Heart _Tusk_, Fleetwood Mac (Actually, most of the greatest hits album works) _Long Cool Woman_, The Hollies _Stray Cat Strut_, Stray Cats ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/68 "2013-04-26T17:28:33Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > “East Bound and Down” by Jerry Reed! Seconded!! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/69 "2013-04-26T17:52:11Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Rob Zombie - “Dragula” - makes me drive faster! 😛 Speaking of Rob Zombie, I heard “Thunder Kiss '65” on the radio earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/70 "2013-04-26T21:12:52Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Springsteen “Born to Run” > I’ll add “Thunder Road” too You forgot, from “Nebraska” Highway Patrolman State Trouper Open All Night And from I think, Darkness on the Edge of Town, “Drive All Night”. I would like to also add Robert Plant’s “Big Log” “My love is in league with the freeway. And the coming of the nightime” ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/71 "2013-04-26T21:42:02Z")
[I Drove All Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y1TZXc5DiY#t=0m25s), Cyndi Lauper ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/72 "2013-04-26T23:30:47Z")
I like listening to this while driving King Tiger through the steppes: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJ9Ocxf8lY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJ9Ocxf8lY) ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/73 "2013-04-27T00:08:31Z")
No Eleison road trip is complete without at least one play of Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/74 "2013-04-27T01:20:08Z")
[_The Road Goes On Forever_ by Robert Earl Keen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NePvCT4itTs) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/75 "2013-04-27T07:18:29Z")
Rock Lobster and Love Shack - B52s We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel Pump It - Black Eyed Peas Heart of Glass - Blondie Baba O’Riley and Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who Don’t Look Back - Boston I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter The Ramones (pretty much anything) The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Rock the Casbah - The Clash Pump Up the Volume - Colourbox ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/76 "2013-04-27T10:47:19Z")
[Earthless - Sonic Prayer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnRwaOrqRHM) [Sleepy Sun - Sandstorm Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7NiXcsGV7w) [Sleep - Dopesmoker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIw7oeZKpZc) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/77 "2013-04-28T04:19:30Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > And from I think, Darkness on the Edge of Town, “Drive All Night”. From The River, but depending on his mood, this would be a real downer. To me, sometimes it’s sexy and sometimes it’s time to put a bullet in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/78 "2013-04-28T05:35:29Z")
See if you can find a copy of this album. Then and roll down all the windows crank the stereo up to full volume as you rocket through the night along the Interstate, just like the Caped Crusader on a sacred mission: [http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/upc08/090431655825.jpg](http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/upc08/090431655825.jpg) Works for me every Bat-time! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/79 "2013-04-28T05:57:25Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [_The Road Goes On Forever_ by Robert Earl Keen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NePvCT4itTs) I should have also mentioned REK’s _[Amarillo Highway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-VIlPy0yI)_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575/80 "2013-04-28T11:44:56Z")
Indeed, as **Terentii** says, above—[selections](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iK7KKsO3BY) [from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mdV50dDYm4) the [various](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls) Batman soundtracks, to taste. 🆒 After that…I can suggest [Willin’ by Little Feat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DyesPp6OUY) (Or [Linda Ronstadt,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szT7cPPDKq4) if you’re a James Cameron fan); and [the theme from Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jj6HFafZwc) right off the bat. I can dig out my specific “car cruising” playlist, if requested. Or my “emergency stay-awake mix,” for that matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-driving-songs/656575.md?page=5)