# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/41 "2002-05-07T05:15:38Z")
_Sunny Day_ Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody In the Summertime - Mungojerry Mommy’s Little Monster - Social Distortion Come on Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners _At Night_ This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy Psycho Drift - Shriekback Nemesis (Arch Deviant Mix) - Shriekback Sympathy for the Devil - Guns ‘n’ Roses cover Godless - UFO Monkey Man - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/42 "2002-05-07T05:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\*For some reason, I immediately thought of Beethovens 9th, second movement. 😃 \*\* That’s scary, man! :eek: ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/43 "2002-05-07T05:19:27Z")
I don’t know… the first third really kicks. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/44 "2002-05-07T05:31:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\*I don’t know… the first third really kicks. \*\* LMFAO! Another “At Night” song: Juke Joint Jezebel by KMFDM ---
**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, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/45 "2002-05-07T05:33:03Z")
Believe it or not, rock and roll isn’t the only music in the world that has a beat and is played really fast. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/46 "2002-05-07T07:36:45Z")
For driving fast, nothing beats Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell.” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/47 "2002-05-07T14:05:09Z")
What about Tom Petty’s _Runnin’ Down a Dream_? **The Old 97s** ’ _Timebomb_ and _West Texas Teardrops_ and **The Vaughan Brothers** ’s _Hillbillies From Outerspace_ And for a completely different flavor: **Asleep At The Wheel** ’s _Boogie Back To Texas_. **Charlie Daniels** ’ _Uneasy Rider_ and **Waylon Jennings** ’ _Reno and Me_ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/48 "2002-05-07T15:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > [ **Charlie Daniels** ’ _Uneasy Rider_ Uneasy Rider! I didn’t know anyone but me remembered that song. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/49 "2002-05-07T17:53:04Z")
**Travelling Without Moving** and **Do You Know Where You’re Coming From** both by Jamiroquai are great songs to which to drive. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047/50 "2002-05-07T18:22:49Z")
I would have to add these songs to the lot that have been named so far… Comfort Eagle - Cake Life in the fast lane - Eagles Strange Dreams - Frank Morino and Mahogony Rush Dancing days/Boogie with Stu - Led Zeppelin Hmmm then again pretty much anything from Led Zeppelin is great driving music 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-great-for-driving/107047.md?page=2)