From favourite cars to favourite songs, we asked our staffers what’s their top automotive tune and why.
You can even listen to the playlist on Spotify.
RADIOHEAD – KILLER CARS 1998
This three-minute public service announcement about the dangers of driving complacency rings true even as NCAP-friendly modern cars do their best to avoid all accidents. Check your tyre pressure, make sure your lights work and put your seatbelt on.
Felix Page
JAN & DEAN – DEAD MAN’S CURVE 1964
This evocative, tyre-squealing earworm about a street race gone wrong is my favourite from this Californian duo’s impressive catalogue of car songs. It’s ironic that the car that fails to make the titular curve is the Jaguar E-Type (sorry, ‘XKE’) and the Chevrolet Corvette somehow emerges unscathed…
Alastair Clements
TAYLOR SWIFT – GETAWAY CAR 2017
A standout track from Swift’s sixth album, Getaway Car is a construction of pop perfection, telling a Bonnie and Clyde-esque story of love, loss and betrayal.
Georgia Patmore
ADAM AND THE ANTS – CAR TROUBLE 1980
As this track appeared at about the same time as I started my driving career, often at the wheel of various old Alfa Romeos, I can’t quite shake it from my mind.