best driving songs

For windows-down motoring, you want hooks, pace, and the odd air-drum moment.

Start with classic torque: AC/DC – Highway to Hell, Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway, and The Killers – Mr. Brightside when the caffeine wears off.

Mix in local flavour like INXS – Need You Tonight and Tame Impala – The Less I Know the Better, then cruise with Fleetwood Mac – Dreams.

When the road opens up, throw on M83 – Midnight City or The Chemical Brothers – Go; if it’s raining, Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark keeps morale high.

Make a playlist, keep it PG for the kids and the coppers, and don’t let the beat pick your right foot’s speed.