# Songs that are great for driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047 "2002-05-03T12:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@smilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smilla)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/21 "2002-05-03T22:12:17Z")
Anything by Soul Coughing. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/22 "2002-05-06T06:33:39Z")
**smilla** , there was an episode of Homicide:LOTS once that opened with a bunch of cars getting stolen to “Super Bon Bon”. They also used that song in Gran Turismo 2. I have a CD with a bunch of songs from Grand Theft Auto 3, and another that is the complete “Chatterbox” call-in station. Definetly puts me in an interesting mood on the road. ;D ---
**Author:** ![novacaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@novacaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/novacaine)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/23 "2002-05-06T07:28:44Z")
“racecar ya-ya’s” by cake ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/24 "2002-05-06T08:12:52Z")
The entire _Repo Man_ soundtrack… ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/25 "2002-05-06T14:29:46Z")
Real Quick. Get yourself a copy of Bachman Turner Overdrive’s Greatest hits. If you can’t find driving songs there, your tastes are stranger than I can imagine. Best of luck! ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/26 "2002-05-06T14:44:50Z")
anything fom u2’s **rattle and hum** is great (i would imagine) for driving across the u.s. i mean, i’m driving around in urban nsw and listening to that i can imagine i’m halfway across kansas or something. also, i’ve found that **suck my kiss** by the chili peppers has just the right amount of testosterone and funk to make it the perfect driving music. and for something gentler - **road trippin’** , again by rhcp. ---
**Author:** ![knarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@knarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knarf)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/27 "2002-05-06T15:47:48Z")
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go Living Colour - Cult of Personality ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/28 "2002-05-06T22:21:53Z")
I have a specific driving CD called “Cruisin’”. Included on it are gems such as: “Crazy on You” Heart “When the Sh\*t goes Down” Cypress Hill “Kiss” Prince “Faith” George Michael “Concrete Schoolyard” Jurassic Five… I wish I’d put a little John Cougar Mellencamp on. ---
**Author:** ![HIXLAX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@HIXLAX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HIXLAX)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/29 "2002-05-07T01:17:35Z")
“LA Woman” - the doors. A must have ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/30 "2002-05-07T01:40:05Z")
**I Can’t Drive 55**. Best driving song ever. ---
**Author:** ![Anemone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@Anemone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anemone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/31 "2002-05-07T02:00:16Z")
cool bumpin’ for a summer night Hello operator-white stripes figure ill only contribute one as ive already seen a whole host of my favorites on this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/32 "2002-05-07T02:03:31Z")
Pearl Jam’s MFC and Golden Earring’s Radar Love are essential. ---
**Author:** ![Anemone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@Anemone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anemone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/33 "2002-05-07T02:08:18Z")
For that sunny day with the top down… Stick Shifts and Safety Belts-cake. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/34 "2002-05-07T02:28:34Z")
If you want a weirder version of Prince’s “Kiss,” try the version by Tom Jones and Art of Noise. Good daytime drive version. Agree with “Radar Love.” Add to that Peter Wolf’s “Drive All Night” from his solo album [“Up to No Good”](http://www.peterwolf.com/albums/NoGood.html). Frankly, the whole album is full of good, hard-driving songs, and I am generally very critical of albums. But “Drive All Night” is perfect for what you have in mind (about a guy getting back to his girl, natch: _I’m gonna drive all night / baby, just to be with you / it’s gonna be all right / long as I can get to you_ You’ll be dancin’ in the seats to that one. Also, I’d suggest Yello’s “Flag” album. More hard-driving beats that sound like movie soundtracks to European films. “Tied Up In Gear” starts with an air-raid siren, then an electric guitar riff that plays the scales before settling into a rapid assault on the senses. More of a dayside tune. For nighttime driving, there’s the track “Of Course I’m Lying.” It’s a slower tune in which a man’s driving with his girlfriend through a hot summer night, and he’s struggling with him knowing that she’s been lying to him. “But then, she surprises me by saying, ‘Of course I’m lying,’ but I think I love you.” Pair that with “Boys of Summer” and you’ve got some achin’ memories in the making. Great list to tunes. I was thinking about putting together a tape like this only a week ago, so I’m glad someone beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/35 "2002-05-07T02:56:37Z")
I find happy hardcore good driving music. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/36 "2002-05-07T03:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minor Irritant \* > \*\ ***I Can’t Drive 55**. Best driving song ever. \*\* That’s my senior song! That’s what happens when you’re best known for hitting a telephone pole. Here are some good ones: Fire - Jimi Hendrix Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin Travellin’ Band - CCR It’s Tricky - Run DMC More laid back: Change Lanes - Madness ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/37 "2002-05-07T03:35:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minor Irritant \* > \*\ ***I Can’t Drive 55**. Best driving song ever. \*\* My senior song. That’s what happens when you’re best known for wrapping your car around a telephone pole. Here are some good ones: Travellin Band - CCR Ramblin Man - Allman Brothers Fire - Jimi Hendrix Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/38 "2002-05-07T03:57:12Z")
Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull Chain – Fleetwood Mack Strut – Bob Segar Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Guns n’ Roses Superman – Crash Test Dummies Empire – Queensryche Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics Headlong – Queen Innuendo – Queen Lookin’ Out My Back Door – CCR Sandman – Metallica ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/39 "2002-05-07T04:47:10Z")
Aargh! As soon as I saw the subject title, I immediately thought of _Summer Song_ by Joe Satriani. Here some other suggestions: Sunny Day _Cliffs of Dover_ - Eric Johnson _Serpentine Fire_ or _September_ - Earth, Wind & Fire _Hotel California_ - Eagles _Magic Power_ - Triumph _Low Rider_ - Gary Hoey _State of Grace_ - Liquid Tension Experiment _Europa_ - Santana _Coming Up Close_ - 'Til Tuesday _Spirit of '76_ - The Alarm _Ventura Highway_ - America _Before the Rain_ - Lee Oskar Cruising At Night _Original Sin_ - Pandora’s Box _Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)_ - Savatage or Trans-Siberian Orchestra _Where Were You_ - Jeff Beck _Still Got the Blues_ - Gary Moore ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/40 "2002-05-07T05:12:32Z")
For some reason, I immediately thought of Beethovens 9th, second movement. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047.md?page=3)