From Hemmings Motor News... Round out your road trip repertoire with this list of more than 100 songs Thomas A. DeMauro at 4:00 pm | 4 comments cartunes_2000 Photo by the author. I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hands wet on the wheel. There’s a voice in my head that drives my heel. It’s my baby callin’: says I need you here. And it’s a half-past four and I’m shiftin gear. Golden Earring’s 1973 hit “Radar Love” is a classic-rock road-trip anthem with lyrics so descriptive that they put you in the driver’s seat. Listed here, are over 100 more car-and/or-road-and-travel-related songs that were culled from my 8-Track, record, cassette and CD collections, and also found through Internet searches. This is not a ranking of the 100 best songs for car lovers or a debate over which ones belong and which ones don’t. It’s much simpler than that. These tunes have been posted, in no particular order, in an effort to help you add to your listening pleasure, while cruising in your favorite ride. They are broken down into genres and sub-categories to make the search easier. While each is generally self-explanatory, for the purposes of this list, “Road Tunes” are songs that discuss travel but do not have a car name in the title or regularly mention a specific car make or model, or possibly even the mode of transportation used. Sometimes it’s a motorcycle (Born to Run) or train (King of the Road) or truck (Me and Bobby McGee), but they still find their way onto car song lists. “Car Songs” mention a specific make or model more than once and may name it in the title. “Standards” are the songs that we regularly see whenever lists like this are compiled. If you see more than one artist or band listed after a song, it means that they each recorded it, and differences between them may be substantial, so it’s worthwhile to check out the various versions. Songs contained in the list range from the highly popular to closet classics and downright rarities. Hopefully, you’re able to find tunes here that you have never heard before, but would like to add to your collection by purchasing them as internet downloads, on new or used CDs or on vintage cassettes or 8-Tracks. As you know, there are thousands of Road Tunes and Car Songs that we haven’t listed here. That’s where you come in. Please respond with your own lists of your favorites and even not-so-favorite songs. Provide the title of the song, the name of the artist or group and what genre it would fit into. If there’s a significant response, this list can be updated and periodically reposted, so that we can all acquire additional Road Tunes and Car Songs to enjoy while rolling down the highway. Classic Rock – Road Tunes Radar Love—Golden Earring Born to be Wild—Steppenwolf Life in the Fast Lane—Eagles Panama—Van Halen Midnight Rider—Allman Brothers Band Born to Run—Bruce Springsteen Highway to Hell—AC/DC I Can’t Drive 55—Sammy Hagar Highway Song—Blackfoot Runnin’ Down a Dream—Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Thunder Road—Bruce Springsteen Ramblin’ Man—Allman Brothers Going Up The Country—Canned Heat Me and Bobby McGee—Janis Joplin Highway Star—Deep Purple Ventura Highway—America Call Me the Breeze—Lynyrd Skynyrd Lowrider—War The Passenger—Iggy Pop Riders on the Storm—The Doors I’m in Love With My Car—Queen Rockin’ Down the Highway—The Doobie Bothers Hot Rod Honeymoon—Jeff Beck Hot Rod Heart—John Fogerty Grease Monkey—Jeff Beck Red Barchetta—Rush Turn the Page—Bob Seger and a Silver Bullet Band, Metallica Roll on Down the Highway—Bachman Turner Overdrive Keys to the Highway—Eric Clapton Free Ride—Edgar Winter Classic Rock – Car Songs Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)—Sammy Hagar Pink Cadillac—Bruce Springsteen Roadrunner-Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Take it Easy—Eagles Rock – Road Tunes Wherever I May Roam—Metallica Fuel—Metallica Wanted Dead or Alive—Bon Jovi Dragula—Rob Zombie Black Sunshine—White Zombie With Iggy Pop Gasoline—Audioslave Kickstart My Heart—Motley Crue She Loves My Automobile—ZZ Top Rockabilly – Road Tunes The Little Sports Car—Bruce Eller Let’s Coast Awhile—Eddie Cochran 18 Miles to Memphis—Stray Cats You Can’t Catch Me—Chuck Berry Race With The Devil—Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Hot Rod Race—Bob Williams & His Band As Long As I’m Moving—Ruth Brown Rockabilly – Car Songs Brand New Cadillac—Bill Jones, Vince Taylor & The Playboys, The Clash Look at that Cadillac—Stray Cats ’32 Ford—The Pilt Down Five My Bonneville—Vanity Fare Real Gone Daddy—Howie Strange Buick ’59- Veron Green & The Medallions Dig That Ford- Doug Harden Women & Cadillacs- Dock Starkes & The Nite Rider Maybeline- Chuck Berry ’49 Mercury Blues—Brian Setzer Orchestra In My Merry Oldsmobile—Billy Murray Rhythm and Blues – Car Songs Rocket 88—Jackie Brenston/Ike Turner Mustang Sally Bought a GTO—John Lee Hooker Pontiac Blues- Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds Popular – Road Tunes Cars—Gary Numan Driver’s Seat—Sniff ‘n’ the Tears Life is a Highway— Tom Cochrane Running on Empty—Jackson Browne Drive My Car—The Beatles Steve McQueen—Sheryl Crow Carefree Highway—Gordon Lightfoot Highway Song—James Taylor Loveshack- The B-52s Standards – Road Tunes No Particular Place to Go—Chuck Berry Road Runner—Bo Diddley King of the Road—Roger Miller Standards – Car Songs Hot Rod Lincoln—Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Charlie Ryan & The Timberline Riders Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler)—The Playmates Little GTO—Ronnie & the Daytonas Mustang Sally—Wilson Pickett, The Young Rascals Route 66—Bobby Troup, Chuck Berry and others Surf – Road Tunes Shut Down— The Beach Boys Deadman’s Curve—Jan & Dean Drag City—Jan & Dean Stick Shift—The Ventures Surf – Car Songs Hey Little Cobra—The Rip Chords Fun Fun Fun—The Beach Boys 409—The Beach Boys Little Old Lady from Pasedena—Jan & Dean Little Deuce Coupe— The Beach Boys Hot Stocker—Jan & Dean 3-Window Coupe—Jan & Dean Country – Road Tunes On the Road Again—Willie Nelson Amarillo By Morning—George Strait Baton Rouge—Garth Brooks My Old Yellow Car—Dan Seals East Bound and Down—Jerry Reed West Bound and Down—Jerry Reed One Piece at a Time—Johnny Cash Car Song—Woodie Guthrie Hell On Wheels—Brantley Gilbert Country – Car Songs Uneasy Rider—Charlie Daniels Wrong Side of Memphis—Trisha Yearwood Long White Cadillac—Dwight Yoakam The Mercury Blues—Allan Jackson Cadillac Red—The Judds The Corvette Song—George Jones
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:35:02 +0000
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