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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…

7. “Legs” from ‘Eliminator’ (1983)

The band went pretty far into electronic territory here: supposedly, only Gibbons appears on this song (the synths and drums are all programmed). But the images that we’ll always have in our minds are the guys driving around in their ZZ Top car. And yeah, we usually consider band members not playing on their own record to be foul play, but we’ll let it slide here… “Legs” is just too good to deny.

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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 

Jim O'Brien is the Host of "Big Jim's House" Morning Show at 94.7 WCSX in Detroit. Jim spent eight years in the U.S. Naval Submarine Service, has appeared on Shark Tank (Man Medals Season 5 Ep. 2), raised over two million dollars for local charities and is responsible for Glenn Frey Drive and Bob Seger Blvd in the Motor City. Jim's relationship with Classic Rock includes considering Bob Seger, Phil Collen from Def Leppard, Wally Palmer of the Romantics and many others good friends. Jim writes about ‘80s movies, cars, weird food trends and “as seen on TikTok” content.