# Recommend love songs & driving music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 13, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289 "2010-05-13T13:40:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289/1 "2010-05-13T13:40:33Z")

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I have a new smartphone with much more capacity for songs than my previous one. Want to help me fill it?!

Your recommendations please for:

(a) smoochy, romantic love songs. Pop / rock / soul / R&B / whatever, old or new, cheesy or quality, all suggestions welcome! Male or female vocals.

(b) good mood, fast-paced, wind-in-your-hair, life is good driving songs for highways in sunshine, ditto all suggestions welcome!

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289/2 "2010-05-13T13:46:09Z")

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[Route 101-Herb Alpert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_8z3Cv5PjI) is really about driving and does the trick for me.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289/3 "2010-05-13T20:47:17Z")

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I have always thought that “Time to move on” by Tom Petty is a great driving song. (sorry - found no link)

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-love-songs-driving-music/539289/4 "2010-05-14T07:50:15Z")

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Mostly for Part b:

Some of my favorite “top down on the convertible” music is from an album by Stan Getz. He plays the music of Tom Jobim. It’s all bossa nova. Very light and jazzy saxaphone. Timeless recording.

Good moving on song: Midnight Rider by the Allman Brothers