Top Driving Songs by year – you agree?
TOP 50 DRIVING SONGS … According to a new survey by Honda (they did survey British drivers – so you know). Here’s the list by year. Do you agree?
1972 Alice Cooper – School’s Out
1973 The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
1974 Queen – Killer Queen
1975 Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces
1976 Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
1977 Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy
1978 Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
1979 The Specials – A Message To You Rudy
1980 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall
1981 Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
1982 Imagination – Just an Illusion
1983 Herbie Hancock – Rockit
1984 Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
1985 Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule The World
1986 Bruce Hornsby – The Way It Is
1987 Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full – Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Coldcut Remix
1988 Inner City – Big Fun
1989 Soul II Soul – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
1990 Oleta Adams – Get Here
1991 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
1992 Arrested Development – People Everyday
1993 Jamiroquai – Blow Your Mind
1994 Youssou N’Dour Feat Nen eh Cherry – 7 Seconds
1995 Oasis – Wonderwall
1996 Faithless – Insomnia
1997 Ultra Naté – Free
1998 Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine
1999 Moloko – Sing It back
2000 Coldplay – Trouble
2001 David Gray – Sail Away
2002 Justin Timberlake – Like I Love You
2003 Beyonce – Crazy In Love
2004 Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
2005 Jennifer Lopez – Get Right
2006 Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
2007 Timbaland Feat Keri Hilson & D.O.E – The Way I Are
2008 Madonna Feat Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – 4 Minutes
2009 Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
2010 Lady A – Need You Now
2011 Bruno Mars – Grenade
2012 Emeli Sandé – Next To Me
2013 Daft Punk – Get Lucky
2014 James Bay – Hold Back The River
2015 Hozier – Take Me To Church
2016 Drake Feat Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
2017 Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
2018 Rag’n’Bone Man – Human
2019 Calvin Harris and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man – Giant
2020 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
2021 Silk Sonic Feat Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak – Leave The Door Open
2022 Dave – Starlight
Top Driving Songs as nominated by public social media vote
1972 Stevie Wonder – Superstition
1985 Prince – Raspberry Beret
1992 House of Pain – Jump Around
2002 Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River
2011 Adele – Rolling In The Deep
2021 Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart
The list was compiled from a survey of 2,000 British drivers – click here for the story