This is the best, that is, as recommended by British car fans. Here they are folks; from the people who responded to our survey, this is the driving music that moves them the most.
Alan Friedberg rocks with his daily driver, a 1977 MGB.
Listed in the order that they were received…
Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
I want to take you Higher – Sly & the Family Stone
Shout – Isley Brothers
Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon
Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf
Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Guns N’ Roses
Paradise by the dashboard lights – Meatloaf
All Right Now – Free
Riders on the Storm – The Doors
Song 2 – Blur
Traveling Man – Ricky Nelson
MGB GT – Richard Thompson
Speedway at Nazareth – Mark Knopfler
I Get Around – The Beach Boys
1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
500 (Shake Baby Shake) — Lush
Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf
Boys of Summer – Don Henley
Green Onions – Booker T & The MGs
Long May You Run – Stills-Young Band
Carolina in My Mind – James Taylor
Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner
Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty
Drive my Car – Beatles
Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
Key To The Highway – Derek and The Dominoes
Ride Like the Wind – Christopher Cross
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
Lake Shore Drive – Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
Hotel California – The Eagles
I heard it Though the Grape Vine – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
Built for Speed – Stray Cats
409 – The Beach Boys
Radar Love – Golden Earring
“Appalachian Spring,” “Hoedown” and “Billy the Kid” – Aaron Copland
What Was I Thinkin’? – Dierks Bentley
Thunder Struck – AC/DC
Driving In My Car – NRBQ
Eat a Peach – Allman Brothers Band, the album
Born on the Bayou – CCR
Breakdown – Tom Petty
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel – Click & Clack
I’m In Love With My Car – Queen
Highway Star – Deep Purple
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Take it Easy – The Eagles
Cars – Gary Numan
Passing Lane – Charlie Daniels
Take Me Home Country Road – John Denver
Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys
Time Is Tight — Booker T and the MGs
Unfinished Symphony — Massive Attack
No Particular Place to Go — Chuck Berry
Wind & Wuthering (Entire Album) — Genesis
Have You Ever Seen the Rain — CCR
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding
Red Barchetta — Rush
Doin’ Time – Sublime
Time of the Season — The Zombies
La Grange — ZZ Top
Dead Man’s Curve — Jan and Dean
I Can’t Drive 55 — Sammy Hagar
Listen to the Music – Doobie Brothers
Get Back – Beatles
The Way — Fastball
Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
More than a Feeling — Boston
My Old Yellow Car — Tom Schuyler
Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts
Me and a dog named Boo — Lobo
Gear Jammer – George Throgood
Aqualung – Jethro Tull
Get Ready – Rare Earth
Ramblin Man – Allman Brothers
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Bad to The Bone — George Thorogood
Little Drummer Boy – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Home And Dry – Gerry Rafferty
On the Road Again – Canned Heat
Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – Little Feat
Open Season – Orgone
The Four Seasons — Vivaldi
Samba Pa Ti – Santana
1952 Vincent Black Lightning — Richard Thompson
Slow Ride – Foghat
Six Days on the Road – Taj Mahal
Driver’s Seat — Sniff and the Tears
Truckin’ — Grateful Dead
Big Log – Robert Plant
Rockin’ Down The Highway – Doobie Brothers
Can I Get A Witness — Marvin Gaye
Rock and Roll — Led Zeppelin
Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crüe
Here in My Car – Gary Numan
Jessica – The Allman Brothers
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
59th Street Bridge Song — Simon and Garfunkel
Stuck in the Middle with You — Stealers Wheel
Secret Agent Man — Johnny Rivers
TR3A — The Garajh Mahals
Going Up the Country — Canned Heat
By the time I get to Phoenix — Isaac Hayes
Driving in My Car — Madness
American Pie – Don McClean
Four on The Floor — The Shutdowns
Walking on Sunshine — Katrina and the Waves
China Grove — The Doobie Brothers
Red Lightning Blues — Brian Setzer
Bad Case of Loving You —Robert Palmer
Traffic Jam — James Taylor
Six Days on the Road — Flying Burrito Brothers
Crossroads — Cream
'The Best Music for Driving' have 3 comments
October 2, 2012 @ 1:38 pm Scott McGrath
Thanks! There’s a couple of new ones for the thumb drive here.
I thought that I’d sent in “Shake Baby Shake”, but if not, you can check the video here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2GoFl3bHc It’s got a “Walking On Sunshine” kind of happy top-down feeling and though it’s about a Fiat 500, could be about any given LBC just as easily.
-Scott
October 2, 2012 @ 1:50 pm stuursmad
Scott, you definitely put in your vote for Lush. I’m not sure how it slipped the list, because I clearly remember watching the music video as I was making this page. Sorry about that!
It’s on the list now.
December 17, 2015 @ 4:18 pm John Volk
A bit late, I’m afraid, but I thought I’d add some songs. Since we are talking British cars, I’d like to think we could add a couple of songs from the Hollies (Long, Tall Woman), The Who (Won’t Get Fooled Again, Happy Jack, I Can See for Miles), Gerry and The Pacemakers (Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey), Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love, The Immigrant Song, Stairway to Heaven), Elton John (Crocodile Rock), The Rolling Stones (Paint It Black, Get Off of My Cloud), Eric Burden & the Animals (We Gotta Get Out of This Place,) and so on. Since I didn’t see the original survey (I am new to this site) I don’t know what the criteria were. I will say that the list as is, is very good, diverse and extensive! Cheers!