I’m putting together a CD for a friend who is getting a car
I’ve found some lists of songs about cars/driving, but they tend to include every song ever known to man that has the word “drive” or “road” in it, regardless of whether it actually has anything to do with cars.
So far, I have:
Wheels of a Dream- from Ragtime
Drive My Car- The Beatles
Born to be Wild- Steppenwolf
On the Road Again- Willie Nelson
No Particular Place to Go- Chuck Berry
Life is a Highway- Tom Cochrane
Greased Lightning- from Grease
I’m In Love With My Car- Queen
Going Mobile- The Who
there’s one in particular my dad used to like and I can’t remember any of the specific lyrics to look it up. It was something about everything being okay when you’re in your car, your car being where you want to be most, something like that. I think it’s from the seventies because my dad talked about liking it when he was a kid. I really don’t know how popular it was.
I’ll let others fill in with songs like “Hot Rod Lincoln”, “Little GTO”, “Fun, Fun, Fun (Till her daddy takes her T-bird away)”
And submit “Running down a dream” by Tom Petty, where the singer is definitely driving his car along (cruise control, pedal down) and also a favorite for other band call-out lists (“Me and Del were singing, Little runaway”
She Loves My Automobile - ZZ Top
Nationwide - ZZ Top
Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck
Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent
Low Rider - War
Ridin’ High - Moxy
Red Barchetta - Rush
Mercury Blues - Stevie Guitar Miller
“Windfall” – Son Volt
“Drivin’” – the Kinks
“Drive South” – John Hiatt
“Nothing But the Wheel” – Peter Wolf
“Little Red Corvette” – Prince
“Key to the Highway” – Little Walter, Derek and the Dominos, etc.
“Highway 49” – Howlin’ Wolf
“Moonlight Drive” – the Doors
'(I Live For) Cars and Girls" – the Dictators
Stick Shift - The Duals
Cruisin’ - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Maybelline - Chuck Berry
The Ballad of Thunder Road- Robert Mitchum
SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
Hot Rod - The Collins Kids
Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin’ Wolf
Highway Patrol - Junior Brown
Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe
Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
Motorhead Baby - Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Led Sled - Denny Freeman
Rockin’ Down the Highway - The Doobie Brothers
Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics
Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
Hot Rod Race - Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan
Draggin’ - Curtis Gordon
Dragster - Johnny Fortune
Race With the Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Devil in My Car - The B-52’s
Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Rocket “88” - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters
Every Woman I Know - Billy “The Kid” Emerson
Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King
Bring My Cadillac Back - Baker Knight & The Knightmares
Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm
Let’s Go For a Ride - The Collegians
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band
No Money Down - Chuck Berry
Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds
Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith
'41 Ford - The Grand Prix
‘64 Ford - Phranc
Stolen Car - The Green Hornets
Go Lil’ Camaro Go - The Ramones
Road Runner - Bo Diddley
Beep Beep - The Playmates
Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates
Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
'54 Corvette - The Customs/Gary Usher
Sting Ray - The Routers
Gas Money - Jan & Arnie
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Automobiles - The Spaniels
V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison
Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas
Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl
Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers
Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen
Four in the Floor - The Shutdowns
Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll
Buick 59 - The Medallions
Freeway - The Fugitives
Two Lane Highway - Pure Prairie League
Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley
Wheels - Flying Burrito Brothers
