Best Songs to Keep You Awake While Driving at Night

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If you are driving at night, the last thing you want to do is doze off behind the wheel. To keep this from happening, you want to have some music playing. But, you don’t want just any music playing…you want songs that are upbeat, so you’ll stay awake. Here are some well-known, upbeat songs, listed by music genre.

1950’s Pop/Rock Songs

• Great Balls of Fire- Jerry Lee Lewis
• Jailhouse Rock- Elvis Presley
• Oh, Pretty Woman- Roy Orbison
• Roll Over Beethoven- Chuck Berry
• Tequila- The Champs
• Wake Up Little Susie- The Everly Brothers

1960’s Pop/Rock Songs

• Back in the U.S.S.R.- The Beatles
• Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys
• I Can’t Get No Satisfaction- The Rolling Stones
• Let’s Twist Again- Chubby Checker
• Magic Carpet Ride- Steppenwolf
• Whole Lotta Love- Led Zepplin
• You Really Got Me- The Kinks

1970’s Pop/Rock Songs

• Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac
• Jungle Love- Steve Miller Band
• Let the Good Times Roll- The Cars
• Life in the Fast Lane- The Eagles
• Mama Mia- ABBA
• Old Time Rock & Roll- Bob Seger
• Sweet Home Alabama- Lynyrd Skynyrd

1980’s Pop/Rock Songs

• Back in Black- AC/DC
• Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen
• Don’t You Want Me- The Human League
• I Can’t Drive 55- Sammy Hagar
• Panama- Van Halen
• Rock Me Amadeus- Falco
• Shakin’- Eddie Money

Contemporary Pop Songs

• Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepsen
• Genie in a Bottle- Christina Aguilera
• Hips Don’t Lie- Shakira
• Party in the U.S.A.- Miley Cyrus
• Please Don’t Stop the Music- Rhianna
• Rehab- Amy Winehouse
• Tik Tok- Kesha

Contemporary Rock Songs

• Breaking the Habit- Linkin Park
• How You Remind Me- Nickelback
• I Disappear- Metallica
• I Don’t Wanna Be in Love- Good Charlotte
• Misery Business- Paramore
• Paralyzer- Finger Eleven
• Top of the World- The All-American Rejects

Country Songs

• 9 to 5- Dolly Parton
• Barefoot Blue Jean Night- Jake Owen
• Boot Scootin’ Boogie- Brooks & Dunn
• Cruise- Florida Georgia Line
• Life is a Highway- Rascal Flatts
• Man! I Feel Like a Woman- Shania Twain
• My Kinda Party- Jason Aldean
• That’s My Kind of Night- Luke Bryan
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia- The Charlie Daniels Band
• Whiskey Girl- Toby Keith

Hip-Hop/Rap Songs

• Gold Digger- Kanye West
• In Da Club- 50 Cent
• Lose Yourself- Eminem
• OMG- Usher
• Run This Town- Jay-Z
• Smack That- Akon & Eminem
• Wild Wild West- Will Smith

R&B/Soul Songs

• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye
• Bad- Michael Jackson
• Dancing on the Ceiling- Lionel Richie
• Freeway of Love- Aretha Franklin
• How Will I Know- Whitney Houston
• It’s Raining Men- The Weather Girls
• New Attitude- Patti LaBelle

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