OK Go’s Ultimate Road Trip Playlist Contest
Help OK Go create the Ultimate Road Trip Playlist, and win a Gretsch Electromatic guitar from the band’s video “Needing/Getting”.
Listen to OK Go’s Ultimate Roadtrip Playlist on Spotify here. Then add your favorite driving song to the playlist to enter. Six randomly selected fans will win a free 3-month subscription to Spotify Premium, and one Grand Prize Winner will receive the Gretsch Guitar.
Here’s the part of the playlist that OK Go added. The rest is up to you!
“Little Willy” – Sweet
“Lies” – The Rolling Stones
“Life Is Good” – Los Lobos
“High On Your Love” – Kings Go Forth
“Everybody’s Talkin'” – Harry Nillson
“Popcorn” – Hot Butter
“You Make Loving Fun” – Fleetwood Mac
“Are You A Hypnotist??” – The Flaming Lips
“Tonight You Belong To Me” – Patience & Prudence
“Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
“The Night They Drove Down Old Dixie Down (Alternate Mix)” – The Band
“Come And Get It” – Badfinger
“Good Times Roll” – The Cars
I’m gonna be (500 miles) by the Proclaimers
“Rock This Town”
Wiggle Stick
Abbey Road, the whole album
One piece at a time
Little sister-Elvis
Anything Jerry Lee Lewis
Airstream Driver by Gomez
I Feel Free by Cream
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2
Road Trippin by Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Know You Rider by Grateful Dead
Immigrant Song – Led Zepplin
Rock N Roll Fantasy- Bad Company
I Can See For Miles – The Who
IMHO, The greatest driving song of all time is “Radar Love” by Golden Earring. No Road Trip list is complete without it!
Golden Earring – Radar Love
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
“Jessica” by the Allman Brothers
“Route 66″ the Asleep At the Wheel version
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes
how do you add a song to the playlist? I don’t see an option for it anywhere…
Trashcan Sinatras – Obscurity Knocks
Steppenwolf, “Born To Be Wild.”
Asleep At the Wheel – Bloodhound Gang
so how do you add a track to the playlist exactly?
drag your song to the playlist
“Human Wreckage” by Sponge
One simply cannot avoid turning up the volume and mumbling along (and therefore a textbook example of a driving song).
Took me a bit to figure out, but you just find the song you want and drop in into the playlist
Bombay Bicycle Club – Evening / Morning
Alexander Ebert (aka Edward Sharpe) – A Million Years ♫ ♪
What a phenomenal idea. It’s got to be Slow Ride by Foghat
“Car Radio” Spoon
“Runnin Down A Dream,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Down in Mexico” The Coasters
“Red Morning Light” Kings of Leon
“Lukin” Pearl Jam
“West Country Girl” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“The Last Crusade” Sam Roberts Band
“Tired of Hangin Around” The Zutons
“Big Bang Baby” STP
“Seen the Light” Supergrass
“Baby Britain” Elliott Smith
“Power to Change” The Black and White Years
“Dear God” XTC
“Have a Nice Day” The Stereophonics
That’d be one hell of a mixtape. You’re welcome.
“What I Am” – Edie Brickell
Rocket – Smashing Pumkins
G Love – Hot Cookin
Filter – Take a Picture
Jesus Jones – Right Here Right Now
School of Fish – Three Strange Days
One Eskimo – Amazing
Robert Palmer – Sneaking Sally Through The Alley
Loser – Beck
Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right
Ok Go Live -The Confrontation (from Les Miserables)
“Airstream Driver” – Gomez
“Float On” – Modest Mouse
“Long Way” – Antje Duvekot
Get Out Of My Dreams (Get Into My Car) by Billy Ocean
Proud Mary – CCR
Rollin’ on dat rivah
I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash
U2 “Where The Streets Have No Name”
Black Water by the Doobie Brothers
Behind the Wheel/Route 66 megamix by Depeche Mode!!!
+1
“Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens
Goin’ Mobile by The Who
“California” – Phantom Planet
1000 Mph – I swear it’s the first track on one of my road trip mixes
Starlight by Muse
Easily Steppenwolfe’s “Born to be Wild”. Came back from a camping trip and a hard, summer rain came pounding in. Couldn’t help but roll down manually the windows blast this song and stick my head out the window as I rolled down the highway.
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Drive South by John Hiatt
“Women love country boys” Trace Adkins
I can’t help but crank this one up whenever I hear it.
Doo wah diddy
You know..there she was just a walkin down the street
Can we add multiple tracks?
“Will Do” -TV on the Radio
Blood red youth by California Wives
^ Just right click the song’s album artwork when it’s selected and choose Add
Born To Be Wild / Steppenwolf
Start Me Up / the Rolling Stones
I can’t Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar
What about “Life is a Highway”,Yellow Submarine and Bad to the Bone?
Calibretto 13- High Five http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08jEJV7XIY and
David Crowder Band – Undignified http://youtu.be/jQeNVXY6ZIc
Silly Boy by The Blue Van
My Body by Young the Giant
Winter Winds by Mumford & Sons
Punching in a Dream by The Naked & Famous
You and Me Song by The Wannadies
We Are Young by fun.
Radar Detector by Darwin Deez
You Are A Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie
Stockholm Syndrome by Muse
Take On Me by A-Ha
Colours by Grouplove
You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall & Oates
George Clooney & Feathers by Highfives & Handshakes
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
Grace Kelly by Mika
Feeling Good by Nina Simone
In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
I Want You To by Weezer
and anything by OK Go. duh
Take It Easy – Eagles
“Last Train Home” by Pat Metheny Group
Roll On Down the Highway – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
“The road to hell” Chris Rea
greetings from Poland
The playlist used to be closed but now you can just drag a song into it
I haven’t got Spotify (in Hong Kong. BOOO!!!) but I would defo add OK Go’s 1000 mph… xx
Birdhouse in Your Soul – They Might Be Giants
Two perfectly road tested songs, ‘ Radar Love’, by Golden Earring, and ‘ Roll with the Changes’ , by REO Speedwagon.
Space Traveller – Dennis Coffey
hi, you have to connect to spotify and find their list. then subscribe to it, there is a + sign. finally look for the song you want to add in a new browser, and then right click it to find the option add to, so you can share it to their list, once subscribed. sorry for my english i hope it helped you. i have other questions too; the link to the terms of the contest is broken. when do they announce the winners? can we add more than one song? would they contact the winners somehow? if so, how? hehehe, OK Go are great! good luck to you all.
you have to do it through spotify.
@AnonyMason: You have to agree and download a program called Spotify from the link above. Then you use the APP to insert your song in the playlist.
Steriogram – Walkie Talkie Man
Runnin’ Down A Dream ..Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would be cool.
does adding multiple songs exclude you from the winning?
train train – blackfoot
highway song – blackfoot
freebird – skynard
Silly Boy by The Blue Van
Winter Winds by Mumford & Sons
Punching In A Dream by The Naked & Famous
Feeling Good by Nina Simone
We Are Young by fun.
Radar Detector by Darwin Deez
George Clooney & Feathers by Highfives & Handshakes
My Body by Young the Giant
Stockholm Syndrome by Muse
You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie
Colours by Grouplove
Grace Kelly by Mika
Come Sail Away by Styx
Sixteen by The Heavy
You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall & Oates
and anything by OK Go
I’m on My Way – The Proclaimers
Old Pine by Ben howard
deadline? limit to number of entries??
Prong – Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
Anything from The Ofspring – Smash album!
Don’t stop me now – Queen
http://open.spotify.com/track/4o5fBqfpDwhr8DGkkKANEA
Over the Hills And Far Away – Led Zeppelin
R.E.M Driver 8
cant get spotify in canada but i’d chose
crazy on you by hart .
such a fab intro i mean come on really.
“Going to California” by Led Zeppelin.
“Rebel Rebel”, by David Bowie
“To Modern Science”, by The Black and White Years
“Baby, Please Don’t Go”, AC/DC cover
And, for those long stretches of straight road, “Dramamine” by Modest Mouse!
“Low Rider” by War
I’m A Goner – Matt & Kim ft. Soulja Boy & Andrew WK
Block After Block – Matt & Kim
Ca Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand
Everlasting Light – The Black Keys
Flower – Moby
Sleepyhead – Passion Pit
Ottoman – Vampire Weekend
Fader – The Temper Trap
Orange Shirt – Discovery
PHamous – Midi Mafia
Good Time – Crystal Castles
Under Your Spell – Desire
Tick of the Clock – The Chromatics
Shake it Out – Florence + The Machine
Walkin on Sunshine Katrina and the Waves, but (Covered by DOLLY PARTON
I confess by English Beat
Two way Action by Andrew Bird
American Boy by Estelle
In between Days by the Cure
Graceland by Paul Simon
Fences by Phoenix
Dirty Boots by Sonic Youth
I would have to say for new stuff I like I can’t Live Without You or Consulting with the Pharaohs (one song haha) by Digger Wells. Once it kicks in it reminds me of Radar Love by Golden Earring and other good road song come to think of it .
Scar tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Here I go again by Whitesnake
Avon by Queens of the Stone Age
Everybody Loves Me Baby ~ Don McLean
Oh yes AND
Life Is A Highway ~ Tom Cochrane
atlas hands – benjamin francis leftwich
how it ended – the drums
guns out – young the giant
1996 – the wombats
just like heaven – the cure
footloose – kenny loggins
“Fuel” by Metallica
“Black Water” by the Doobie Brothers
“Move Bitch” by Ludacris
Sink, Florida, Sink – Against Me! (Acoustic)
Island in the sun – weezer
She’s got me dancing – tommy sparks
Two doors down – mystery jets
Love you madly – cake
When I’m with you – simple plan
I can’t get enough – Rooney
Tongue tied – grouplove
Flowers in my pocket – beyond borders
Shake it – metro station
The violet hour – sea wolf
I wanna – the all-American rejects
I’d do anything – simple plan
You always make me smile – Kyle Andrews
Falling for the first time – barenaked ladies
Just a day – feeder
You’re an ocean – fastball
Girls freak me out – the summer set
Time after time – quietdrive
Rhythm of love – plain white ts
I’d rather dance with you – kings of convenience
Techno fan – the wombats
As you can see below, I whole-heartedly second “Love You Madly”
You and me song – the wannadies
skrillex – first of the year
Capsula – Hit ‘n’ Miss
“Never Let Me Down Again”, Depeche Mode.
Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffet
dirty little secret -all american rejects
Yours to keep – Teddybears Sthlm
Cold hard bitch – Jet
Drive my car – The Beatles
Stickshifts and safetybelts – Cake
I hope it’s ok to post multiples!
Scott Walker – Jackie
Moondog – Wine Women and Song
!!! – Me and Guilliani down by the schoolyard
Can – Vitamin C
Orbital – Belfast
The Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Life is a highway – Tom Cochrane
Peter Gunn theme, especially if it is dark and I’m wearing sunglasses.
Jon Bon Jovi – Shot through the heart
Here are some great ones, too.
“Lucretia My Reflection,” Sisters of Mercy
“Immigrant Song,” Led Zeppelin
“The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
”Take It Easy,” Eagles
“Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues,” The Eels
Wrote a blog post on this a few month’s ago. Here’s my Top 20: http://www.rarasfarm.com/2011/driving/
Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys
Also any of OK GO’s songs*
*gotta suck up!
Smells like teen spirit – Nirvana
Absolute classic
Highway to Hell- AC/DC
Here it Goes Again- OK go
Band of Horses – The Great Salt Lake
Peter Gunn Theme by Blues Brothers
I’m listening this track when my long trip (of thousands km) starts.
L O V E I S A H I G H W A Y – The Rascal Flatts version…
20th Century Boy – T.Rex
Suffragette City – David Bowie
“500 Miles” by the Proclaimers
“Circle of Life” from The Lion King
“Ramble On” Led Zeppelin
“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye
“September” by Earth, Wind, and Fire
“Bombtrack” by Rage Against the Machine
“Winter Winds” by Mumford and Sons
“Drive” – R.E.M.
“Truckin’ ” – The Greatful Dead
“La Grange” – ZZ Top
“Shotgun” – William Elliot Whitmore
“Sleepwalk” – Santo and Johnny
“Ooh La La” – Goldfrapp
“Paradise City” – Guns N’ Roses
“Touch Me I’m Sick” – Mudhoney
“If 6 Was 9″ – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
“Tour de France” – Kraftwerk
“For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield
“The Air That I Breathe” – The Hollies
“Hanging On The Telephone” – The Nerves
“Do What You Want” – OK Go
“Walk On The Wild Side” – Lou Reed
“Beercan” – Beck
“Come Together” – The Israelites
“Got To Give It Up” – Marvin Gaye
“California” – John Mayall
“Upon 9th and Fairchild” – The Boo Radleys
“All Hail” – The Devil Makes Three
and the road trip isn’t complete w/o……
“Fish Heads” – Barnes and Barnes
“Lunatic Fringe”- Red Rider (TOTALLY forgot this one!! It’s on my “Vision Quest” soundtrack tape….classic.)
“Something Wicked This Way Comes”- Barry Adamson (while i’m going the soundtrack route..might as well throw this one in! LOVE IT just as much as………;)
“Talk Show Host”- Radiohead
“In the backseat” – Arcade Fire
Crowded House – Weather With You
“Love You Madly” by Cake
Nata Di Marzo – Pizzicato Five
Baby Brittan – Elliott Smith
Shine – Milkyway
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
Stars Come Out – Calvin Harris
Swing Tree – Discovery
Piazaa, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian
Deadbeat Summer – Neon Indian
In Love – Milkyway
Glowworm – The Apples in Stereo
Buddy Holly – Weezer
Pizzicato Five – Catwalk
No Embrace – Dirty Projectors
I know – Milkyway
Vacanze a Settembre – Fitness Forever
What’s the Difference – Dr. Dre
Needles in the Camels Eye – Elf Power
Bacharach – Fitness Forever
Independence Day – Elliott Smith
Dance Wiv Me – Calvin Harris Ft. Dizzy Rascal
Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple
Orange Shirt – Discovery
First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes
At the Hop – Devendra Banhart
Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
Fire on the Mountain – Grateful Dead
Run Through The Jungle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Steady As She Goes – The Raconteurs
40 oz. To Freedom & Santeria – Sublime
En Concert album – Jack Johnson
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song by The Flaming Lips!
Crazie train – Ozzie Ozbourne!!!!!!!!!!!!!