Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin” Voted Best Song for Driving
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Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" has been voted the best song for driving, while "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by The Baha Men was picked as the worst, according to an Insurance.com survey.
Insurance.com commissioned a survey of 2,000 drivers and asked them to choose the best and worst songs for driving, as well as music that they secretly listen to in the car.
Rounding out the top five were Queen's 1975 rock-opera "Bohemian Rhapsody," AC/DC's classic "You Shook Me All Night Long," another Journey tune from the 80s, "Any Way You Want It" and
The following percentage of voters chose these songs as the best car music:
• "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey: 30 percent
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen: 27 percent
• "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC: 22 percent
• "Any Way You Want It" by Journey: 22 percent
• "Life is a Highway" by
• "Dancing Queen" by ABBA: 19 percent
• "American Girl" by
• "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" by
• "Born to Run" by
• "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival: 14 percent
• "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire: 13 percent
• "Every Day is a
• "California Love" by 2Pac: 13 percent
• "Drive My Car" by the Beatles: 13 percent
• "Little Red Corvette" by Prince: 13 percent
• "Runnin' Down a Dream" by
• "This is How We Do It" by
• "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers: 9 percent
• "Holiday" by Madonna: 9 percent
• "London Calling" by The Clash: 6 percent
Percentages total more than 100 because respondents were allowed to choose up to five songs.
"Some people mock the
Respondents could also provide their own picks for songs that make you want to crank up the volume when behind the wheel. "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, "Radar Love" by Golden Earring and "I Can't Drive 55" by
One-hit wonders The Baha Men, country-crossover superstar
• "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by The Baha Men: 29 percent
• "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together" by
• "Believe" by Cher: 22 percent
• "Feelings" by
• "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna: 18 percent
• "Firework" by
• "Mambo #5" by
• "You're Beautiful" by
• "Arms Wide Open" by Creed: 13 percent
• "I Will Survive" by
• "Let's Hear it for the Boy" by
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• "Maneater" by Hall and Oates: 10 percent
• "We Built this City" by Jefferson Starship: 8 percent
• "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by
Drivers were also asked to write in the names of songs and artists that make them want to tune out immediately. "Baby" by
When asked what bands ,artists or stations they listen to when driving that they don't make known to others,
• Bruno Mars: 12 percent
• Taylor Swift: 12 percent
• Lady Gaga: 11 percent
• Journey: 9 percent
• Katy Perry: 9 percent
• Coldplay: 8 percent
• Justin Bieber: 7 percent
• Madonna: 6 percent
• NPR: 6 percent
• Rush Limbaugh: 5 percent
• Howard Stern: 4 percent
“Strictly from data analysis we can surmise that the ideal driving songs would be duets with
When guilty-pleasure listening is broken down by gender, tied for the top write-in response for women are gospel music and Eminem; for men, Adele and 2Pac tied for top write-in response.
Read the full article at: http://www.insurance.com/auto-insurance/safety/best-and-worst-driving-songs-survey.html
Methodology
Insurance.com surveyed 2,000 licensed drivers age 18 and older. Respondents were split evenly between males and females and distributed across age groups according to Census data on age distribution. The online-panel survey was fielded in
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