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Mobility Playlist from the Smarter Driver Challenge

A mobility (driving as well as walking, running, biking taking trains and planes) playlist was created to get the Smarter Driver Challenge Team pumped up for their drive across Canada east-west between June 11-20, 2012.
Take a look and let me know what your favourite mobility tunes are!

1. The Clash – Brand new Cadillac.  London Calling (1977)

2. Talking Heads – Road to nowhere. Little Creatures (1985)

3. Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers – Road runner (1972)

4. Canned Heat – On the road again. Single followed by album Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)

5. Brad Paisley – All I wanted was a car. 5th gear (2007)

6. U2 – Where the streets have no name. The Joshua Tree (1987)

7. Gary Numan – Cars. The pleasure principle (1979)

8. The Doobie Brothers – Long train runnin’. The Captain and me (1973)

9. The Stills-Young Band/Neil Young  – Long may you run. Long may you run (1976)

10. Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway. Mad mad world (1992)

11. Van Morrison – Bright Side of the Road. Into the music (1979)

12. Black eyed Peas – Let’s get it started. Elephunk (2004)

13. AC/DC – Highway to Hell. Thunderstruck (1979)

14. The Beatles – Drive my car. Rubber Soul (1965)

15. Steppenwolf –Born to Be Wild. Steppenwolf (1968)

16. Eddie Kendricks – Keep on Truckin’. Eddie Kendricks (1973)

17. Tom Petty –Turn this car around. Highway companion (2006)

18. Prince – Little Red Corvette. 1999 (1984)

19. The Wallflowers – One Headlight. Bringing down the horse (1996)

20. Kraftwerk – Autobahn. Autobahn (1974)

21. Golden Earring –Radar love. Moontan (1973)

22. Arcade Fire – No cars. Neon Bible (2007)

23. The Commitments – Mustang Sally. The Commitments (1991)

24. The Mixtures – The push bike song. (1971)

25. Yes – Roundabout. Fragile (1972)

26. Flux Pavilion – I can’t stop. Circus One (presented by Dr P & Flux Pavilion)(2011)

27. Linkin’ Park – New Divide. Single and Transformers soundtrack (2007)

28. Curtis Mayfield – Move on up. Curtis (1970)

29. Elbow –Weather to fly. The seldom seen kid (2008)

30. Phoenix – Run, run, run. Alphabet (2004)

31. AWOLNATION – Sail. Megalithic symphony (2011)

32. Gorillaz – Pirate Jet. Plastic beach (2010)

33. Joe Jackson – The uptown train. Rain (2008)

34. Kathleen Edwards – Run. Asking for Flowers (2008)

35. Keith Urban – Faster car. Love, pain and the whole crazy thing (2006)

36. Luke Doucet & White Falcon – Long haul driver. Blood’s too rich (2008)

37. Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia. Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)

38. Arctic Monkeys – 505. Favorite worst nightmare (2007)

39. B.o.B – Airplanes. Single (feat. Hayley Williams) (2010)

40. The Who – 5:15. Quadrophenia (1973)

41. Matchbox Twenty – How far we’ve come. Exile on Mainstream (2007)

42. Snow Patrol – Chasing cars. Eye’s open (2006)

43. Alan Jackson – Drive (for Daddy Gene). Drive (2002)

44. Queen – Bicycle race. Jazz (1978)

45. Daddy Yankee – Gasolina. Barrio Fino (2004)

46. Carlos Santana – Put your lights on. Supernatural (1999)

47. The Rolling Stones – Start me up. Tattoo you (1981)

48. The Black Keys – Have love, will travel. Thickfreakness (2003)

49. Foster the people – Don’t stop (Color on the walls). Torches (2011)

50. Bruce Springsteen – Born to run. Born to run (1975)

I'm a photographer, writer, filmmaker, and university teacher, with a Ph.D. in ecology, exploring sustainability, culture and natural heritage. I run Betula Books.

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