The topic for this Friday: driving. Let's try to stay on topic--not just CAR songs, but the acting of driving (also OK, by extension: cruising, parking, crashing, rolling down the highway). Subtle distinction in some cases, use your best judgment.

You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile...if you chauffeur me, I will chauffeur you.

I'm Gonna Drive--Rolling Stones (non-lp b-side)
Who's Driving Your Plane--Rolling Stones
Drive My Car--Beatles
Cruisin'--Jefferson Airplane (a favorite from my college days)
Always Crashing in the Same Car--David Bowie
Driving--Everything But the Girl
Don't Drive Drunk--Stevie Wonder

Driving With the Brakes On -- Del Amitri
Driving Wheel -- Foghat
Driving Around -- Raspberries
Back Street Driver -- Kim Wilde
Shut Up and Drive -- Rhianna
Drive -- Shannon Noll
Driving Lessons -- Garbage
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom -- Everclear
Driving My Life Away -- Eddie Rabbit
Driving One of Your Cars -- Lisa Miskovsky
No Brakes -- John Waite
Hit the Brakes -- Saint Etienne
Rev On the Red Line -- Foreigner
Human Racing -- Nik Kershaw
You Can Sleep While I Drive -- Melissa Etheridge

Cars - Gary Numan
Fast Cars - The Buzzcocks
Driving - Pearl Harbor And The Explosions
Honkin' Down The Highway - The Beach Boys
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Driver's Seat - Sniff 'N' The Tears

Drive - Geoffrey Williams
Still Cruisin' - The Beach Boys
Desert Drive - Brian Wilson
Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro
Wheels on Fire - Cream
Shut Down - The Beach Boys
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Our Car Club - The Beach Boys

Pure pop heaven!

Baby Driver - Simon and Garfunkel
I Drove All Night - Celine Dion
Get Out of Dream, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
I Want to Be Your Driver - Nic Armstrong
You Can Sleep While I Drive - Melissa Etheridge
Traffic Jam - James Taylor
Lost My Driving Wheel - Cowboy Junkies
Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean

Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial
Drag City - Jan and Dean
Cars - Gary Numan
Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean
Cars are Cars - Paul Simon
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
Drive-In - The Beach Boys
Three Window Coupe - Jan and Dean
Bucket "T" - Jan and Dean
Rockin' Little Roadster - Jan and Dean
"B" Gas Rickshaw - Jan and Dean
My Mighty G.T.O. - Jan and Dean

album:

Four Wheel Drive - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Drag City - Jan and Dean
Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School - Jan and Dean

artist:

The Cars
The Super Stocks

Heading Out To The Highway - Judas Priest
Roll On Down The Hightway - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Baby Driver - Kiss
Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus
Going The Distance - Cake
I'm In Love WIth My Car - Queen

Drive All Night-Bruce Springsteen

Riding In My Car - NRBQ

(if you don't know the song, you should!!)

"Black Limousine" by Rolling Stones (sorry, Jimbo!)

"Behind the Wheel/Route 66" by Depeche Mode
"Freeways" by Bachman Turner Overdrive
"Eastbound and Down" by Jerry Reed
"Convoy" by CW McCall
"Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
"Willin" by Little Feat
"Truck Stop Girl" by Little Feat
"Space Truckin" by Deep Purple
"Truck Drivin Man" by Uncle Tupelo
"Avenues" by Whiskeytown
"Traffic Jam" by Teenage Fanclub
"Pink Cadillac" by Bruce Springsteen
"Wear Out The Turnpike" by Jim Croce
"She'll Drive The Big Car" by David Bowie


ALBUM: "On The Road" by Traffic (Double-score?)
ALBUM: "One For The Road" by Kinks
ALBUM: "One More From The Road" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
ALBUM: "The Car Over The Lake Album" by Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Long Black Limousine - Elvis Presley
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
Tell Laura I Love Her - John Leyton
Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

album:

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

artist:

The Highwaymen

long may you run - stills- young band

Thought of a few more at the gym...

Road Rage -- Catatonia
Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts -- Bonnie Tyler
Race to the Fire -- Bonnie Tyler
When the Heat Hits the Streets -- Laura Branigan
24 Hours From Tulsa -- Dusty Springfield
Letters from the Road -- Sheena Easton
Devil in a Fast Car -- Sheena Easton
60 Miles an Hour -- New Order
2-4-6-8 Motorway -- Tom Robinson
Motorway -- Kinks
Like a Motorway -- Saint Etienne
Speeding -- Go-Go's
Speeding Up to Slow Down -- Better Than Ezra
Road to Rouen -- Supergrass
The Road to Hell -- Chris Rea
Highway (LP) -- America
Helen Wheels -- Macca
Hell On Wheels -- Cher
Asleep at the Wheel -- Wallflowers

Somewhere down the road, I see a song with that last title by George Michael, too...

Lord of The Highway - Joe Ely
Road Hog - Joe Ely
Drivin' Man - Joe Ely
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley
The Carroll County Accident - Porter Wagoner
Warm Leatherette - The Normal

24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
99 Miles From LA - Albert Hammond
99 Miles From LA - Art Garfunkel
True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - Elvis Presley
True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - Percy Sledge
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Route 66 - King Cole Trio
409 - The Beach Boys

I Get Around - The Beach Boys
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys

album:

Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
Shut Down, vol. 2 - The Beach Boys
Still Cruisin' - The Beach Boys
Salute NASCAR - The Beach Boys

Drivin' - the Kinks (from "Arthur")
Keep Your Hands On the Wheel (said marie to the driver) - Roy Wood
Walk Upon the Water - the Move (as is revealed in the final verse, the song's
point, not to drink and drive)
Drivin' Wheel - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Drivin' Wheel - Poco (entirely different song; ah, duh, ya think?....)
Driving Me Backwards - Eno (granted, a different type of driving; but the key word
is in the title....)
Red Cars Are After Me - Roy Wood



LP - "The Four Of Us" - John Sebastian (by virtue of the LP's theme, two couples
on a cross-country drive)

Hope none of these have been mentioned yet... Trying to read through them fast before I leave the office...

Driving In My Car -- Madness
Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbreak -- Kate Bush
Motorcrash -- Sugarcubes
Car Song -- Elastica

For years I've been been meaning to make a CD of songs about driving to play (of course) in the car. With this list we are building I have no excuse now not to do it.

One Headlight - Wallflowers