The Best Car Songs In The World...Ever! - The #1s Collection

Hit the road with The Best Car Songs In The World...Ever! – The #1s Collection, a fantastic 3CD set bringing together 66 chart-topping classics from the 60s through to the 90s. Packed with timeless singalongs and some of the most recognisable songs ever recorded, this is the perfect soundtrack for every journey.

CD1 celebrates the golden age of pop with legendary hits including The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’, The Animals’ ‘House Of The Rising Sun’, Dusty Springfield’s ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’ and Elvis Presley’s ‘It’s Now Or Never’. Motown favourites from The Supremes and Four Tops sit alongside enduring classics from Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Everly Brothers and Scott McKenzie. Tammy Wynette’s number 1 ‘Stan by Your Man’ ushers in the disc closing run of 70s chart-toppers including Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree and  ‘Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs’ from Brian & Michael.

CD2 features a stellar lineup of 70s smashers plus a couple of early 80s gems, kicking off with iconic chart-toppers with Blondie’s ‘Heart Of Glass’, The Jam’s ‘Going Underground’ and Pretenders’ ‘Brass In Pocket’. The hits continue with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ from The Buggles and favourites ‘Uptown Top Ranking’ by Althea & Donna and ‘Brown Girl In The Ring’ from Boney M. Disco classics feature throughout, including Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ and Baccara’s ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’, plus soul classics including The Three Degrees ‘When Will I See You Again’, Commodores’ ‘Three Times A Lady’ alongside glam-pop favourites from Bay City Rollers, Mud and Sweet. To close the disc, we have Harry Nilsson’s timeless ‘Without You’ and The Flying Pickets 1983 chart-topper ‘Only You’.

 

CD3 is loaded with some of the biggest hits of the 80s and 90s, opening with Duran Duran’s ‘The Reflex’ and continuing with unforgettable synth-pop anthems from Soft Cell and The Human League ahead of Culture Club, Spandau Ballet and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Enduring pop classics from Dead or Alive, Adam Ant and Bucks Fizz lead into power pop favourites from Belinda Carlisle and Bonnie Tyler. The disc concludes with a run of 90s essentials from Gabrielle, UB40, Take That, Wet Wet Wet and Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’.

DISC ONE

1. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

2. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

3. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

4. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

5. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

6. The Supremes - Baby Love

7. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

8. The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You

9. The Overlanders - Michelle

10. Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone

11. Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never

12. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

13. Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony

14. Herman's Hermits - I'm into Something Good

15. The Honeycombs - Have I the Right

16. Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

17. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

18. Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

19. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

20. Pussycat - Mississippi

21. Dawn Feat. Tony Orlando - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

22. Peters & Lee - Welcome Home

23. Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs

 

DISC TWO

 

1. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

2. The Jam - Going Underground

3. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket

4. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

5. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking

6. 10cc - I'm Not In Love

7. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

8. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

9. Boney M. - Brown Girl in the Ring

10. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything

11. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

12. The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything

13. The Stylistics - Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

14. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again

15. Commodores - Three Times A Lady

16. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby

17. Mud - Tiger Feet

18. Sweet - Blockbuster

19. David Essex - Hold Me Close

20. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun

21. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

22. Harry Nilsson - Without You

23. The Flying Pickets - Only You

 

DISC THREE

 

1. Duran Duran - The Reflex

2. Soft Cell - Tainted Love

3. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

4. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

5. Spandau Ballet - True

6. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy

7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

8. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

9. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

10. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

11. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth

12. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

13. The Bangles & Susanna Hoffs - Eternal Flame

14. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You

15. Billy Ocean - When the Going Gts Tough, The Tough Get Going

16. Gabrielle - Dreams

17. UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You

18. Take That - Back for Good

19. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

20. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You