CAR SONGS

PRE-HISTORY
"Terraplane Blues" — Robert Johnson
"Rocket 88" — Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats

SPECIFIC MODELS
"Hot Rod Lincoln" — Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Cover of a 1955 song.)
"Brand New Cadillac" — Vince Taylor & His Playboys and later covered by the Clash
"Bucket T" — the Beach Boys
"Fun, Fun, Fun" — the Beach Boys
"409" — the Beach Boys
"G.T.O." — Ronny & The Daytonas
"Hey Little Cobra" — the Rip Chords
"Mustang Sally" — Wilson Pickett (actually a cover)
"Jeepster" — T. Rex
"Mercedes Benz" — Janis Joplin
"Pink Cadillac" — Bruce Springsteen
"Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler)" — the Playmates
"Little Deuce Coupe" — the Beach Boys

CAR EROTICA
"I'm in Love with My Car" — Queen
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" — T. Rex
"Drive My Car" — the Beatles
"Little Red Corvette" — Prince
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" — Meat Loaf
"Sex Drive" — the Embarrassment
"The Back Seat of My Car" — Paul McCartney
"Pull Up to the Bumper" — Grace Jones

CAR CRASH SONGS
"Dead Man's Curve" — Jan and Dean
"Tell Laura I Love Her" — Ray Peterson
"Crawling from the Wreckage" — Dave Edmunds (Graham Parker cover)
"Always Crashing in the Same Car" — David Bowie
"Teen Angel" — Mark Dinning
"A Young Man Is Gone" — the Beach Boys
"Mink Car" — They Might Be Giants

SONGS ABOUT DRIVING
"Slow Ride" — Foghat
"Drivin'" — Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
"Roadrunner" — The Modern Lovers
"Drive" — the Cars
"No Particular Place to Go"— Chuck Berry
"Low Rider" — War
"Cars" — Gary Numan
"Drivin' on 9" — the Breeders (Ed's Redeeming Qualities cover)
"Baby Driver" — Simon & Garfunkel

SONGS ABOUT DRIVING FAST
"I Can't Drive 55" — Sammy Hagar
"Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman
"Drag City" — Jan and Dean
"Maybellene" — Chuck Berry
"Road Runner" — Bo Diddley
"Highway Star" — Deep Purple
"You Can't Catch Me" — Chuck Berry
"Run It" — the Replacements
"Life in the Fast Lane" — the Eagles

NON-CAR VEHICLES
"Truckin'" — Grateful Dead
"Going Mobile" — the Who
"Chevy Van" — Sammy Johns
"Convoy" — C.W. McCall
"Keep on Truckin'" — Eddie Kendricks

SONGS ABOUT THE HIGHWAY ETC.
"Highway Star" — Deep Purple
"Rockin’ Down the Highway" — The Doobie Brothers
"Radar Love" — Golden Earring
"Highway to Hell" — AC/DC
"Holiday Road" — Lindsey Buckingham
"Road to Nowhere" — Talking Heads
"Autobahn" — Kraftwerk
"Low Rider" — War
"On the Road Again" — Canned Heat
"On the Road Again" — Willie Nelson
"Life Is a Highway" — Tom Cochrane

INSTRUMENTALS
"Freeway Jam" — Jeff Beck
"Car Jam" — the Minutemen

SONG ABOUT LISTENING TO MUSIC IN THE CAR
"Running Down a Dream" — Tom Petty

Comments

[Steve Holtje]

"Bang a Gang" bit of a Freudian slip?

[Michael Azerrad]

Hang you very much, Steve!