{"id":8431,"date":"2023-10-12T02:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/freddie-mercury-queen-classic-voted-greatest-driving-song-of-all-time-in-uk-poll-music-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T02:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:36:16","slug":"freddie-mercury-queen-classic-voted-greatest-driving-song-of-all-time-in-uk-poll-music-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/freddie-mercury-queen-classic-voted-greatest-driving-song-of-all-time-in-uk-poll-music-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Mercury Queen classic voted greatest driving song of all time in UK poll | Music | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s nothing like belting out a rock anthem while driving on the motorway. And now British motorists have taken part in a new UK poll to name the best driving song of all time.<\/p>\n
An incredible 39 per cent voted for Freddie Mercury\u2019s 1979 Queen classic Don\u2019t Stop Me Now.<\/p>\n
The energised track beat the likes of Livin\u2019 On A Prayer by Bon Jovi (33 per cent), Dancing Queen by ABBA (29 per cent), I\u2019m Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers (28 per cent) and Fleetwood Mac\u2019s, Go Your Own Way (26 per cent).<\/p>\n
The research by Direct Line Essentials Insurance discovered that over half of people had a dedicated playlist for road trips with an average of 51 songs.<\/p>\n
Check out the full list of Britain\u2019s Top 30 essential driving anthems below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
BRITAIN’S TOP 30 ESSENTIAL DRIVING ANTHEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Don\u2019t Stop Me Now, Queen \u2013 39 per cent 16. I Would Do Anything for Love, Meatloaf \u2013 21 per cent [ad_1] There\u2019s nothing like belting out a rock anthem while driving on the motorway. And now British motorists have taken part in a new UK poll to name the best driving song of all time. An incredible 39 per cent voted for Freddie Mercury\u2019s 1979 Queen classic Don\u2019t Stop Me Now. The energised track beat …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[766],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2. Livin\u2019 On A Prayer, Bon Jovi \u2013 33 per cent
3. Summer of \u201969, Bryan Adams \u2013 32 per cent
4. Dancing Queen, ABBA \u2013 29 per cent
5. I\u2019m Gonna Be (500 miles), The Proclaimers \u2013 28 per cent
6. Hotel California, The Eagles \u2013 28 per cent
7. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac \u2013 26 per cent
8. Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019, Journey \u2013 25 per cent
9. I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Whitney Houston \u2013 24 per cent
10. Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon \u2013 24 per cent
11. Highway To Hell, ACDC \u2013 23 per cent
12. Africa, Toto \u2013 22 per cent
13. 9-5, Dolly Parton \u2013 22 per cent
14. American Pie, Don Mclean \u2013 22 per cent
15. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd \u2013 22 per cent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
17. The Chain, Fleetwood Mac \u2013 21 per cent
18. Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen \u2013 20 per cent
19. In The Air Tonight, Phil Collins \u2013 20 per cent
20. Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners \u2013 20 per cent
21. Paradise City, Guns N\u2019 Roses \u2013 20 per cent
22. Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran \u2013 20 per cent
23. River Deep – Mountain High, Tina Turner \u2013 19 per cent
24. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 \u2013 18 per cent
25. Town Called Malice, The Jam \u2013 18 per cent
26. Tiny Dancer, Elton John \u2013 17 per cent
27. Shut up and Drive, Rihanna \u2013 17 per cent
28. Hey Ya, Outkast \u2013 17 per cent
29. Life on Mars? David Bowie \u2013 17 per cent
30. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Arctic Monkeys \u2013 17 per cent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"