Car Songs

Best Car Songs

Are you heading out on a long road trip? A good selection of car songs can make even the most dreary car ride more enjoyable. Whether you’re going solo or have the entire family in tow, all it takes are the right tunes to keep everyone happy and entertained for the entire trip. But with thousands of songs to choose from, which car songs should you be playing? Well, the answer is a little different for everyone of course, but here’s a good list of some of the best tunes to play in your car for those long drives.

1. Silver Thunderbird – Marc Cohn
2. American Pie – Don McLean
3. Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
4. One Piece At A Time – Johnny Cash
5. Road Runner – Bo Diddley

AOL Radio recently put out a list of their list of songs about cars. Some of the top songs from the full top ten list were Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, Fuel by Metallica, Cars by Gary Numan, and Chevy Van by Sammy Johns. The number one song on the AOL list was War’s Low Rider, a funk classic.

Good car songs keep the trip more enjoyable

Songs for Kids and Families

If you’re about to embark on a long trip with small kids in the back seat, it will help to memorize a couple of sing-a-long classics to keep everyone entertained for the ride. Here are some of our favorites that the whole family is sure to enjoy. Even if they’re sung over and over and over again.

He’s Got the Whole World

CHORUS
He’s got the whole world, in his hands,
He’s got the whole wide world, in his hands,
He’s got the whole world, in his hands,
He’s got the whole world in his hands!

He’s got the little bitty baby, in his hands…
(3 times)
He’s got you and me, brother, in his hands…
(3 times)
He’s got you and me, sister, in his hands…
(3 times)

If You’re Happy And You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap! clap!]
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap! clap!]
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap clap!]

2. …stamp your feet [stomp! stomp!]
3. … shout “Hooray”! [Hooray!]
4. … do all three! [clap clap! stom stomp! Hooray!]

She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain

She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be coming round the mountain, she’ll be coming round the mountain,
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes

She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes
She’ll be driving six white horses, she’ll be driving six white horses,
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes

Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her, we’ll all go out to meet her,
We’ll all go out to meet her when she comes

We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes
We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes
We will all have chicken and dumplings, We will all have chicken and dumplings
We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes