From Benzes to Bentleys, Birdman and Mannie Fresh like their cars with big rims, loud pipes, and preferably with the price tag sticker prominently displayed.īilly Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Carīilly Ocean declares his love for a woman walking down the street – and begs her to jump into his car so that he can whisk her away for some romance. New Orleans’ Big Tymers rap about their expensive rides in this hit song from 2000’s I Got That Work. Its stripped-down opening song, “The Golden Age,” sets the scene for the album, as Beck sings about the peace that comes from getting in a car, rolling down the windows, and letting the cool, evening breeze take you away. Years later, guitarist George Harrison penned his own ode to driving with “Faster” – but this time, it was actually about cars, and inspired by his 1977 travels with the Formula 1 World Championship.Ģ002’s Sea Change revolved around themes of loneliness, solitude, and heartbreak. However, the song wasn’t quite as innocent as it seems. In this upbeat tune off 1966’s Rubber Soul, The Beatles sing about a girl with big dreams, who flirtily asks a boy to be her chauffeur. He might not always be successful, but at least he’s got an 8-track player and an early cell phone to keep him company. As he drives across the country, our anti-hero is hot-wiring cars, stealing from Kmart, and trying to evade the police along the way. As any fan knows, the SoCal group loved cars almost as much as they loved surfing, and they paid tribute to another Ford (the 1932 Model 18) just a few years earlier in “Little Deuce Coupe.”īeastie Boys take on the role of a blue-collar criminal in this gem from 1989’s Paul’s Boutique. It’s easy to imagine this bass-heavy electro song (off 1999’s V 5.0) pumping on the stereo while driving down the palm-lined highways.Ī teenage girl goes behind her father’s back to drive his Ford Thunderbird in this catchy 1966 number from The Beach Boys. Stuck in traffic and feeling the pressure to make a decision, she wishes that they could simply be back on the smooth roads of Honeymoon Avenue.īass music pioneers Bass Mechanic (aka Neil Case and DJ Billy E) began their collaborations in a Miami car shop, creating test tones for car subwoofers. In this wistful ballad off 2013’s Yours Truly, Ariana Grande skillfully compares her rocky relationship to a trip in a car – looking back through a rearview mirror to the bumps and turns that she and her partner faced. In the US, it peaked at number five in the main Billboard Hot 100 chart.ADVERTISEMENT Ariana Grande – Honeymoon Avenue It sold its millionth copy in the UK in October 2013. It then suddenly returned at number nine, and remained on the chart for 48 consecutive weeks, purely on downloads.īut 2013, the song racked up an amazing 111 weeks on the UK Top 75, making it the 2nd longest runner of all time, behind only Frank Sinatra's 'My Way'. It was then absent from the chart altogether for seven weeks, but by January 2007, a change to the rules meant that all downloads, with or without a physical version, were now eligible. However, by November the CD single was deleted and, due to chart rules at that time, the song was removed from the chart two weeks later, after 17 weeks in total.
Released as a download-only single in July 2006, and followed by a CD version a few weeks later, it originally peaked at number six. The song has one of the most fascinating chart runs in UK history.
It was also performed as the last live performance on Top of the Pops.
It was later heard again in the 18th episode of the show's seventh season in 2011. The song was also made into a music video for the medical show, as a promotion for its third season.
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'Chasing Cars' became a big hit in the States, after its use in the TV drama One Tree Hill's third-season finale episode, 'The Show Must Go On'.Ī few weeks later, the song appeared on the second-season finale of Grey's Anatomy.
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