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Top 10 driving songs

The only song recorded in the past 10 years is the-less-than-summery Mr Brightside, by The Killers, at number four.

Lynard Skynard’s Sweet Home Alabama pipped Britain’s Katrina and the Waves summer hit Walking on Sunshine for pole position in an online survey by vehicle information company HPI.

The top 10 is dominated by songs from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.  The only song recorded in the past 10 years is the-less-than-summery Mr Brightside, by The Killers, at number four.

TOP TEN SUMMER DRIVING SONGS
1 Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard: 52%
2 Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves: 48%
3 Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams: 43%
4 Mr Brightside - The Killers: 40%
5 Club Tropicana - Wham!: 36%
6 Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys: 33%
7 Love Shack - The B52s: 33%
8 Rio - Duran Duran: 30%
9 Lovely Day - Bill Whithers: 27%
10 Sun is Shining - Bob Marley: 19%