Men love their cars, women love their rides, and we can all agree that songs about cars are hot. You’ll find hit records about cars in all decades, proving that beautiful cars inspire great hit records.
Here is our short list of songs about or inspired by cars…
“409” – Beach Boys
“Mercedes Benz” – Janis Joplin
“Get Out of My Dreams (And Into My Car)” Billy Ocean
“Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody
“Pink Cadillac” – Bruce Springsteen
“Little Deuce Coupe” – Beach Boys
“Trans Am” – Neil Young
“Fast Car” – Tracy Chapman
“G.T.O.” – Ronny and the Daytonas
“Cars” – Gary Numan
“Little Red Corvette” – Prince
“Mustang Sally” – Wilson Pickett/Sir Mack Rice
“Drive” – Benjamin Orr (from the Cars of course)
“Low Rider” – War
Observations: As we mentioned above, nearly every decade is represented but this list of car songs. Our favs are from Prince, any Beach Boy car song, Tracy Chapman, and the Boss with his “Pink Cadillac”