Road trips have increased in popularity this summer due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is leading to many people spending some extra quality time in their automobile.

This got us thinking about all of the outstanding songs about cars and driving, so we created this list of 15 classic songs dedicated to cars and driving. Perhaps some car and driving metaphors are also thrown in there, but just put on cruise control and enjoy!

• Aretha Franklin – “Freeway of Love”

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  "City traffic's moving way too slow/Drop the pedal and go, go, go/We going riding on the freeway of love/Wind's against our back/We going riding on the freeway of love/In my pink Cadillac."

• Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

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  "Get outta my dreams/Get in to my car/Get outta my dreams/(Get in to the back seat baby)/Get in to my car/ (Beep Beep, yeah)."

• Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night”

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  "I was dreaming while I drove/The long straight road ahead, uh, huh/Could taste your sweet kisses/Your arms open wide/This fever for you is just burning me up inside/I drove all night to get to you."
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

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  "It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down/I had the radio on, I was drivin'/Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway/I was flyin'."

• Tom Cochrane – “Life is a Highway”

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  "Life's like a road that you travel on/When there's one day here and the next day gone/Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand/Sometimes you turn your back to the wind."

• Bruce Springsteen – “Pink Cadillac”

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  "Now some folks say it's too big/And uses too much gas/Some folks say it's too old/And that it goes too fast/But my love is bigger than a Honda/It's bigger than a Subaru."
• Gary Numan – “Cars”

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  "Here in my car/I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors/It's the only way to live/In cars."

• Willie Nelson

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• The Cars – “Drive”

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  "You can't go on/Thinking nothing's wrong, oh no/Who's gonna drive you home/Tonight?"
• Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road”

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  "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick/Take a ride on the West Coast kick."

• Prince – “Little Red Corvette”

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  "I guess I should've closed my eyes when you drove me to the place/Where your horses run free/'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures/Of the jockeys that were there before me."

• The Go-Go’s – “Skidmarks On My Heart”

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  "Spend all your time and money/On that Pontiac GTO pile/Getting tired of your greasy antics/My pride's getting hurt by the mile."
• Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone”

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  "Revvin' up your engine/Listen to her howlin' roar/Metal under tension/Beggin' you to touch and go."

• Sheryl Crow – “Everyday is a Winding Road”

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  "I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man/He said he's been down this road more than twice/He was high on intellectualism/I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice."

• Queen – “I’m in Love With My Car”

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  "The machine of a dream/Such a clean machine/With the pistons a pumping/And the hubcaps all gleam."

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