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[tchafe1978]

What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving. One of my current favorites is Big Foot, by Chickenfoot:

Don't you worry, it's gonna be allright
I'm in a hurry, gonna drive all night
I'll be there in the morning, you can bet your ass
I got both hands on the wheel, and my big foot on the gas

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A couple other favorites of mine include "Drive" by Incubus and "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar.

[allniter89]

RADAR LOVE, Golden Earing

[1995hoo]

I played "I Can't Drive 55" the first time I drove on the Intercounty Connector in Maryland. Seemed appropriate.

Some others that come to mind:

—Back when I was in law school, I was heading back down for the spring semester one year and as I turned onto I-95 in Springfield, VA, I turned on the radio just in time for the opening chords of "Highway to Hell" to come on. Seldom have I heard a more appropriate driving song for a particular occasion. Technically it doesn't really "mention" driving per se, but I figure it's close enough.

—"Motorway" by the Kinks.

—"Wreck on the Highway" by Springsteen (final song on the River album). Also, if sitting in a car at the end of a date counts as close enough to driving for this poll, "I'm Goin' Down" by Springsteen (off the Born in the USA album); I've always loved the lyric "You let out one of your bored sighs."

—"Drive" by the Gaslight Anthem. These guys are easily my favorite new band of the last few years. I highly recommend all their music.

[Stephane Dumas]

No mention of Steppenwolf's "Born to be wild" or Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"?

[Mr_Northside]

—"Motorway" by the Kinks.

Would it be lazy to just say "Driving", by the Kinks....

[jwolfer]

What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving. One of my current favorites is Big Foot, by Chickenfoot:

Don't you worry, it's gonna be allright
I'm in a hurry, gonna drive all night
I'll be there in the morning, you can bet your ass
I got both hands on the wheel, and my big foot on the gas

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A couple other favorites of mine include "Drive" by Incubus and "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar.

Driving Song bt Widespead Panic. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekvnAT3YQuw

[1995hoo]

—"Motorway" by the Kinks.

Would it be lazy to just say "Driving", by the Kinks....

Well, the song is named "Motorway."

I love the lyrics, too. "You've never seen loos like motorway loos, thousands of people passing through. It's enough to put you off of that motorway food."

[Brandon]

Lake Shore Drive.

Enjoy the images as well.  :sombrero:

[Stephane Dumas]

"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker.

[Dr Frankenstein]

RADAR LOVE, Golden Earing

Of course. It's a highway song classic. I love it too.

Also,

Long Time by Boston.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay/Long_Time
http://grooveshark.com/s/Foreplay+Long+Time/4cxKjI?src=5

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Most obvious choice should be Kraftwerk's Autobahn.

Personal favorite of mine would be Departure from REM's New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

[ftballfan]

Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

[allniter89]

Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

Wow ftballfan, imho you have excellent taste in music!!
Most of your list was recorded/popular music before you were even born, did your parents or grandparents turn you onto this great music? I'd be interested in how you discovered this music, I mean the Outlaws are pretty far from main stream music and for someone your age to appreciate their great music is awesome!

A few more of my favs
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody  
Deep Purple - Burn
Carlos Santana - Everything he plays
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Lets Roll (Down the Highway)
Grateful Dead - Truckin
Jackson Brown - Loadout/Stay
I can still recall the 1st time I heard BoRhap in 1976, it was 3a.m. and I was delivering newspapers by car when a Philadelphia FM station began the 3 o'clock hour playing BoRhap without ANY introduction at all, IT WAS AWESOME, I couldnt even drive the car, I pulled off and enjoyed it and spent the rest of the nite searching for another station to play it again. Freddy Mercury at his best imo!

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

Green Grass and High Tides is a most excellent tune, as is Roll With the Changes.

I applaud your taste in music.

I have too many favorite 'driving' songs to list.  Many of them go with certain places; I listen to more 1970s Elton John than anything else while driving in Pennsylvania, for instance.

I have to watch what I listen to as well if driving a car that doesn't have cruise control.  Blackfoot - Train, Train as well as The Doors - L.A. Woman will have me doing triple-digits if I'm not careful.  The worst part of that?  I start wondering "hey, why are all these people going so slow all of a sudden?"

[agentsteel53]

I have to watch what I listen to as well if driving a car that doesn't have cruise control.  Blackfoot - Train, Train as well as The Doors - L.A. Woman will have me doing triple-digits if I'm not careful. 

I think I once did 82mph through the East LA Interchange when that Doors song came on. 

(82 isn't objectively that fast, but there's a 35 curve in there on 5 southbound!)

[allniter89]

"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker.

Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!

[Brandon]

"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker.

Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!

The film's idiotic.  The song is a bit fun.

[allniter89]

"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker.

Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!

The film's idiotic.  The song is a bit fun.

My bad. The thread topic is "driving songs" NOT "driving movies".
Agreed,  "Convoy" is a fun driving song.

[hobsini2]

This will be a longish list. A lot of these are also "Stormchasing" songs for me. Going thru my library.
Part 1 A-F by artist

AC/DC (1) - Thunderstruck
Aerosmith (1) - Living On The Edge
Alice Cooper (1) - School's Out
Amanda Marshall (1) - Birmingham
Audio Adrenaline (3) - Big House, Let Love, DC 10
Avril Lavinge (1) - Nobody's Home
Beastie Boys (1) - Sabotage
Beatles (1) - Get Back
Billy Joel (3) - We Didn't Start The Fire, Downeaster Alexa, River of Dreams
Bob Seger (4) - Turn The Page, Hollywood Nights, Main Street, Against The Wind
Bon Jovi (9) - Living On A Prayer, Runaway, It's My Life, Blaze of Glory, Have A Nice Day, Welcome To Wherever You Are, Who Says You Can't Go Home, Lost Highway, Summertime
Bruce Hornsby (1) - Mandolin Rain
Bruce Springsteen (7) - Radio Nowhere, Your Hometown, The River, Atlantic City, Nebraska, Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated
Bryan Adams () - Run To You, The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You, Heat of the Night, Summer of 69
The Cars (2) - Drive, Moving In Stereo
Chris Isaak (1) - Wicked Game
Christina Aguilera (2) - Keeps Getting Better, Genie 2.0
Coldplay (7) - Politik, In My Place, Clocks, Talk, Speed of Sound, Low, Yellow
Counting Crows (3) - Raining In Baltimore, Goodnight Elizabeth, Round Here
David Gilmour (formerly of Pink Floyd) (1) - Take A Breath
Depeche Mode (7) - Precious, Policy of Truth, Stripped, World in My Eyes, It's No Good, Halo, Waiting For The Night
Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler (4) - Sailing to Philadelphia, Telegraph Road, Sultans of Swing, So Far Away
Don Henley (2) - Boys of Summer, Garden of Allah
Don McLean (1) - American Pie
Doors (1) - Riders on the Storm
Duran Duran (2) - Come Undone, Ordinary World
Eagles (3) - Hotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado
Echoing Green (2) - Ambler, Oxygen
Elton John (1) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Enigma (1) - Return to Innocence
Eric Clapton (2) - Layla (original version), After Midnight (Color of Money version)
Evanescence (1) - Bring Me To Life
Foo Fighters (1) - Learning to Fly

[hobsini2]

Part 2 G-M

Garbage (3) - I'm Only Happy When It Rains, Special, Breaking Up The Girl
Garth Brooks (1) - Thunder Rolled
Genesis (6) - Tonight Tonight Tonight, Home By The Sea (Part 1 & 2), Land of Confusion, No Son Of Mine, Congo, Carpet Crawlers (1999 version)
George Michael (1) - Father Figure
Gin Blossoms (6) - Follow You Down, Hey Jealousy, Until I Fall Away, Found Out About You, Just South of Nowhere, Lost Horizons
Goo Goo Dolls (3) - Here Is Gone, Slide, Black Balloon
Gordon Lightfoot (2) - Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, Carefree Highway
Green Day (2) - Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Gwen Stefani (1) - What You Waiting For?
Hootie and the Blowfish (3) - Hannah Jane, I'm Goin Home, Time
INXS (2) - Devil Inside, Not Enough Time
Jars of Clay (5) - Dig, Crazy Times, Goodbye Goodnight, Grace, Frail
Jewel (1) - Standing Still
Jimi Hendrix (1) - All Along The Watchtower
John Mellencamp (20) - Human Wheels, Jackie Brown (Rough Harvest version), Minutes To Memories, Small Town, Pink Houses, Ghost Towns, Our Country, Freedom's Road, Rural Route, Just Another Day, Longest Days, If I Die Sudden, Don't Need This Body, Jena, Mean, County Fair, For The Children, This May Not Be The End Of The World, Circlin Around The Moon, Rain On The Scarecrow
John Fogerty/CCR (5) - Lodi, Born On The Bayou, Who'll Stop The Rain, Lookin Out My Back Door, Deja Vu
John Lennon (1) - Watchin The Wheels
Kansas (1) - Dust In The Wind
KT Tunstall (2) - Little Favours, Funnyman
Lenny Kravitz (2) - Are Going To Go My Way?, Fly Away
Linkin Park (5) - Runaway, In The End, Breaking The Habit, Numb, What I've Done
Lisa Marie Presley (3) - SOB, Lights Out, Indifferent
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2) - Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man
Madonna (5) - Die Another Day, Ray Of Light, Hung Up, Jump, Don't Tell Me
Matchbox 20 (11) - 3 AM, Push, Kody, Long Day, Back 2 Good, Bent, Unwell, If You're Gone, Rest Stop, Bright Lights, You Won't Be Mine
Melissa Etheridge (9) - I'm The Only One, Breathe, Tuesday Morning, Come To My Window, Silent Legacy, All American Girl, Nowhere to Go, Refugee, You Can Sleep While I Drive
Mike and the Mechanics (1) - Silent Running
Moby (2) - Southside, We Are All Made Of Stars

[hobsini2]

Part 3 N-S

Natalie Imbruglia (1) - Torn
Natalie Merchant (1) - San Andreas Fault
Neil Young (2) - Rockin In The Free World, Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
Nickelback ( 8 ) - Photograph, Feeling Way Too Damn Good, Far Away, Savin Me, If Everyone Cared, How You Remind Me, Good Times Gone, Too Bad
No Doubt (4) - Hey Baby, It's My Life, Simple Kind of Life, Hella Good
Oasis (1) - Wonderwall
Paul Simon (1) - Graceland
Paula Abdul (1) - Vibeology
Pearl Jam (1) - Even Flow
Peter Schilling (1) - Major Tom
Phil Collins (5) - In The Air Tonight, Lorenzo, I Wish It Would Rain, Both Sides Of The Story, Can't Turn Back The Years
Pink (5) - Feel Good Time, Long Way To Happy, Runaway, So What, Don't Let Me Get Me
Pink Floyd (9) - Time, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Hey You, High Hopes, Keep Talking, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-7, Wish You Were Here, One Slip, Comfortably Numb
Police (2) - Synchronicity II, Wrapped Around Your Finger
Pretenders (1) - Back To Ohio
Pure Prairie League (1) - Aime
REM (4) - End Of The World, The Great Beyond, All The Way To Reno, Everybody Hurts
Red Hot Chilli Peppers (4) - Californication, Scar Tissue, By The Way, Otherside, Danni California
REO Speedwagon (2) - Ridin The Storm Out, Take It On The Run
Richard Marx (2) - Hazard, Children Of The Night
Rod Stewart (4) - Forever Young, Downtown Train, Young Turks, Broken Arrow
Santana (1) - Smooth
Sarah McLachlan (2) - Building A Mystery, Possession
Savage Garden (2) - To The Moon and Back, I Want You
Shakira (1) - Whenever Wherever
Sheryl Crow (11) - My Favorite Mistake, There Goes The Neighborhood, Anything But Down, Crash and Burn, Weather Channel, Run Baby Run, Soak Up The Sun, No One Said It Would Be Easy, Leaving Las Vegas, If It Makes You Happy, Steve McQueen
Shiny Toy Guns (6) - When Did This Storm Begin, Ghost Town, Frozen Oceans, Rainy Monday, Major Tom, We Are Pilots
Sixpence None The Richer (3) - Angeltread, Love Salvation and The Fear of Death, Drifting
Smash Mouth (2) - Waste, Walking On The Sun
Smashing Pumpkins (2) - Disarm, Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Smiths (1) - How Soon Is Now?
Snow Patrol () - Chasing Cars
Soggy Bottom Boys (1) - Man Of Constant Sorrow
Soundtracks (various) (4) - Bang Bang (Kill Bill 1-Nancy Sinatra), Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Kill Bill 1-Tomoyasu Hotei), Goodnight Moon (Kill Bill 2-Shivaree), Malaguena Salerosa (Kill Bill 2-Chingon)
Spice Girls (1) - Say You'll Be There
Steve Miller Band (3) - Take The Money and Run, Rock N Me, The Joker
Sting (2) - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, Desert Rose
Stone Temple Pilots (1) - Interstate Love Song
Suzanne Vega (1) - Blood Makes Noise

[hobsini2]

Part 4 T-Z

TATU (2) - All About Us, Perfect Enemy
Tears For Fears (2) - Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tom Petty (10) - Into The Great Wide open, Savin Grace, Flirting With Time, Refugee, Here Comes My Girl, Running Down A Dream, Free Fallin, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Learning To Fly, King's Highway
Toto (1) - Africa
Trace Adkins (4) - Swing, Songs About Me, Chrome, Ladies Love Country Boys
Tracy Chapman (1) - Fast Car
Train (1) - Cab
U2 (20) - Zoo Station, Ultra Violet, Bad, I Will Follow, The Unforgettable Fire, Beautiful Day, Electrical Storm, Gone, The Hands That Built America, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Lady With The Spinning Head, City of Blinding Lights, All Because of You, Bullet The Blue Sky, In God's Country, Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For, Vertigo, New Year's Day, Where The Streets Have No Name, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Van Halen (3) - Top Of The World, Right Now, Dreams
Various Mix CDs (5) - Lightning Crashes (Live), The Freshman (Verve Pipe), Runaway Train (Soul Asylum), All The Things I Have Done (Killers), Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs)
Wallflowers (2) - 6th Ave Heartache, One Headlight
The Who (4) - Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, Who Are You?, Eminence Front
Willie Nelson (1) - On The Road Again
ZZ Top (2) - La Grange, Tush

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). 

[agentsteel53]

At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). 

at the risk of falling victim to troll bait ... the only versions I've ever heard are Skynyrd, and Metallica et al (I forget who the guest artists are on the Garage Inc. track, but Jerry Cantrell comes to mind, perhaps even accurately)

[CL]

Trucker's Atlas, by Modest Mouse:

I drew lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads.