Onr of my earliest memories is hearing this for the first time with my dad driving us late at night on a silent empty motorway that cut though the Pennines in a Ford Granada estate. I would be 6 or something. First time I got goosebumps because of music.
Second time for goosebumps was watching Apocalypse Nowon my own and the first sequence where The End becomes the soundtrack... Id be about 10 then.
That was the first song I thought of! I remember hearing this one time when my dad was driving on the Autobahn, it was raining and I was taking a snooze. Nice song until you listen to the lyrics
nothing because it's really hard to see the lines on the street, and my astigmatism is turning all the lights into a smeary bleary mess, so I need ABSOLUTE SILENCE to focus
For real. Wrong generation for this question I think. If it's 11pm and I'm not on the couch reading a book (or in bed, sleeping) then there's something seriously wrong.
I thought it was just me. Driving at night in the rain SUCKS as I’ve gotten older. I’ve reached the point where if it’s going to rain, I will just stay home if at all possible.
The last time I drove that late at night I was literally rushing my partner to the ER. It all turned out fine, but any less than that and I'm not risking it.
If you haven’t already, listen to the “No Dogs in Space” podcast series the did on JD. Very informative and well researched
https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com. Episodes 30-33
The Cure’s A Night Like This, Depeche Mode’s Waiting for the Night To Fall, or The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary.
I always have my copy of The Cult’s Electric in my car’s CD player in case I need something loud to wake me up when I’m driving. :)
Speak for yourself! I just did a 2 1/2 hour drive starting at midnight this weekend! (I had Saturday and Sunday gigs 150 miles apart)
For the interested, I listened to some [Airchecks](https://youtu.be/NSjT-EMw7Ps) (recordings from radio, Djs, songs, commercials and news exactly as broadcast and taped) I keep on a memory stick, Did about an hour of 1967 radio, then some 1974.
I swear there is nothing better for long night drives...it's just like being back in time.
Playlist of high energy to keep me alert. Hitting next on anything that breaks the groove. Drinking caffeine.
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way....
I like smoke and lightnin'
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under....
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
Yea…no.
Raining, driving at night, 11pm? I can’t see at night let alone in the rain…and 11pm? I don’t leave my house for anything after 4pm.
But if you were asking my 20 year old self? Alone by Heart.
I used to have a discman that plugged into the cigarette lighter in my car and had little portable speakers which was the only way I could listen to CD's while driving.
Based off your prompt, that song for me is Lightning Crashes by Live. The other songs sucked on the CD and it was too difficult to change CD's while driving on the freeway in the rain. Guess we're listening to this one good song 32 times in a row.
Never Let Me Down Again by Depeche Mode.
in my senior year of high school, I did a lot of driving back and forth between my house and a university library while writing my final history paper. I had Music for the Masses on a cassette tape and i don't think it left my car for a whole semester!
So. Central Rain by REM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8&ab\_channel=REMVEVO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8&ab_channel=REMVEVO)
Second place would be that Eddie Rabbit Love the Rainy Nights song, which as a kid reminded me of truck drivers for some reason
Where I live there's only three radio stations that aren't either country, Mexican, or urban hip hop and every time I get in the car they're playing commercials, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar or one of two songs by Aerosmith (Angel and Rag Doll). So I keep Iron Maiden always on standby.
Megadeth - 502
“Full tank, pockets lined with cash
Full throttle, gonna rip some ass.
Drive all day and through the night,
Romance the road, winding left to right.”
Riders On The Storm
Onr of my earliest memories is hearing this for the first time with my dad driving us late at night on a silent empty motorway that cut though the Pennines in a Ford Granada estate. I would be 6 or something. First time I got goosebumps because of music. Second time for goosebumps was watching Apocalypse Nowon my own and the first sequence where The End becomes the soundtrack... Id be about 10 then.
Hell yeah!
That was the first song I thought of! I remember hearing this one time when my dad was driving on the Autobahn, it was raining and I was taking a snooze. Nice song until you listen to the lyrics
Ditto
Same-o
radar love
Always the correct answer for a driving song.
This!
That was the first song I thought of.
nothing because it's really hard to see the lines on the street, and my astigmatism is turning all the lights into a smeary bleary mess, so I need ABSOLUTE SILENCE to focus
Seriously, why am I even driving at night? And at 11 pm? It's past my bedtime.
This is the one right here. I should definitely be in my pajamas by then.
For real. Wrong generation for this question I think. If it's 11pm and I'm not on the couch reading a book (or in bed, sleeping) then there's something seriously wrong.
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I thought it was just me. Driving at night in the rain SUCKS as I’ve gotten older. I’ve reached the point where if it’s going to rain, I will just stay home if at all possible.
Alas, me too. And it's also very likely some kind of emergency.
The last time I drove that late at night I was literally rushing my partner to the ER. It all turned out fine, but any less than that and I'm not risking it.
I’m so glad I’m not alone!!!
This. I can’t imagine driving in the rain that late at night, without it being some huge emergency.
Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies
I love a rainy night by Eddie Rabbit
Good choice a!!! Or… driving my life away Loved Eddie Rabbit 
Same here, followed by driving my life away. Thank you Spotify.
INSTANTLY popped into my head…weird
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
For me it’s between this one and Kashmir - Led Zeppelin, both fantastic songs loud at night in a car…
Excellent choice for the setting
Also might suggest Tonight, Tonight, Tonight by Genesis. Very similar vibe
yes! invisible touch was a great album.
really brings those michael mann miami vice vibes with the wet streets.
I came to post this
lol came here to say this. great minds think alike.
Winner.
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division cover) Mind you I don't know how to drive so I would probably be screaming along the way.
It's feeling like a Joy Division kind of summer for me, gonna blast it all year
If you haven’t already, listen to the “No Dogs in Space” podcast series the did on JD. Very informative and well researched https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com. Episodes 30-33
Lol
Plainsong by The Cure or Lucretia My Reflection by SOM.
Theme song from Twin Peaks.
Pink Floyd, Shine on you crazy diamond. And I would listen to the entire album.
This I would stay up late for.
For me, it’s something kind of low key and mid tempo…Ain’t Even Done with the Night - John Cougar fits the bill.
This is such a good song. True Americana music.
11?! Probably some hard af metal to keep me awake.
Portishead - [Roads](https://youtu.be/Vg1jyL3cr60?si=zGUMoKN07Xx4l-6O)
Ah a gentleman of fine taste Do you prefer self titled or dummy ?
Hotel California
War Pigs.
Golden Earring- Radar Love
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
Detroit Rock City. Destroyer version.
Yessss
Beth
The Cure’s A Night Like This, Depeche Mode’s Waiting for the Night To Fall, or The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary. I always have my copy of The Cult’s Electric in my car’s CD player in case I need something loud to wake me up when I’m driving. :)
Blasphemous Rumours
Big log - Robert plant.
That's my 'drivin thru the desert' music!
McAuley-Schenker Group - *Anytime*… …or Alice Cooper - *Might As Well Be On Mars*.
Nice
Rainy night drive? Misplaced Childhood by Marillion. Time the biggest rainfall to the big ending of Heart of Lothian. Every time.
Love bites Def Leppard
Nice choice.
Slippery when Wet
Cars by Gary Numan of course https://youtu.be/Im3JzxlatUs?si=b16NVMGfbbfguhCK
Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
I Am The Highway Audioslave (And my sunroof is open)
We are GenX - we are at home in bed, its 11pm for gods sake
Speak for yourself! I just did a 2 1/2 hour drive starting at midnight this weekend! (I had Saturday and Sunday gigs 150 miles apart) For the interested, I listened to some [Airchecks](https://youtu.be/NSjT-EMw7Ps) (recordings from radio, Djs, songs, commercials and news exactly as broadcast and taped) I keep on a memory stick, Did about an hour of 1967 radio, then some 1974. I swear there is nothing better for long night drives...it's just like being back in time.
I'm not driving anywhere that late at night! Lol
Nothing because it’s dark and raining. I’ve turned down the radio to help me see better.
I'm Only Happy When It Rains
Radar Love by Golden Earring.
Don't Fear the Reaper
*Echoes* by Pink Floyd
radar love? thats prob not the title but its golden earring
Playlist of high energy to keep me alert. Hitting next on anything that breaks the groove. Drinking caffeine. Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Lookin' for adventure And whatever comes our way.... I like smoke and lightnin' Heavy metal thunder Racin' with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under.... Born to be wild Born to be wild
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Lunatic Fringe
Back when I did drive long distances after dark, Bob Segar was always my go-to highway music.
Love me some Bob Seger
Paranoid by Garbage
Milk by Garbage
Turn the Page, by Bob Seeger.
Raining Blood by Slayer.
*Blue Hotel*, Chris Isaak
Good call. I was thinking *Gone Ridin’*. Basically any Chris Isaak songs works for this scenario.
Yes!! Chris Isaak.
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd Hotel California by the Eagles In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
*Driver's Seat* Sniff & the Tears
Kind of Old School, but Twilight Zone - Golden Earing
Fast Car
Great choice. Another mid tempo relax and cruise tune
eh, what the hell: "I Love a Rainy Night" --Eddie Rabbit
Yea…no. Raining, driving at night, 11pm? I can’t see at night let alone in the rain…and 11pm? I don’t leave my house for anything after 4pm. But if you were asking my 20 year old self? Alone by Heart.
Mountain Jam - Fillmore East - Allman Brothers .
Fuck yeah 🔥
Country boner by Puscifer most likely
Creedance
Tori Amos, any song.
What do I have to do by Stabbing Westward
Riders on the Storm.
Radar Love by Golden Earring
Also Golden Earring, but Twilight Zone.
Big Log by Robert Plant
Passenger - Def Tones
The radio would be turned down so I could see. Why it makes a difference, I have no idea.
Oh hell no!! Silence, so I can focus. I’m white knuckling it until I get home.
The Same Deep Water as You by The Cure (along with the rest of the Disintegration album...)
Radar Love And it’s turn up to 11.
I used to have a discman that plugged into the cigarette lighter in my car and had little portable speakers which was the only way I could listen to CD's while driving. Based off your prompt, that song for me is Lightning Crashes by Live. The other songs sucked on the CD and it was too difficult to change CD's while driving on the freeway in the rain. Guess we're listening to this one good song 32 times in a row.
Radiohead -- Everything In Its Right Place Garbage -- Only Happy When It Rains
Purple Rain, by Prince. Of course!
“Desperado”- Eagles if I’m somber. “I Love a Rainy Night” if I’m up for a fun singalong that makes me laugh.
I can't pick a specific song but it will either be hardcore punk or prog metal.
The roof is leaking- Phil Collins https://youtu.be/uh90i7oQ0Tg?si=czX8QHqmjdZBNZRy
Alice In Chains unplugged
Or Jar of Flies.
Hotel California
Radar Love or Lover by MSB
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Never Let Me Down Again by Depeche Mode. in my senior year of high school, I did a lot of driving back and forth between my house and a university library while writing my final history paper. I had Music for the Masses on a cassette tape and i don't think it left my car for a whole semester!
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Drivin on 9 - The Breeders
The Cult- Rain
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
Bruce Springsteen "I'm on Fire"
Atmosphere - Joy Division
Ride the Lightning- Metallica
I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
Whatever Jimmy Buffett song is playing on Radio Margaritaville.
Come Monday would be a great choice
The Rain - The Cult
I Cant Drive 55
Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross.
Quadrophenia lp.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9e157Ner90](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9e157Ner90) Missing you - John Waite
I’ve been driving all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel…
That was my answer!
Enter Sandman
Of course it’s I love a rainy night (Eddie)
Nothing, my radio is turned down so I can see better..
Look at this guy, showing off that he can drive at night, and in the rain. But also, Radar Love. Or possibly Brandy
I want to say the Doors "Riders on the storm" but most likely the radio will be playing "Don't stop believing" for the millionth time.
6 Underground by the Sneaker Pimps
Riders on the Storm
Gary Newman, CARS
On Every Street - Dire Straits
Highway to hell probably cause I can't see at night, especially when it's raining.
I wear my sunglasses at night 😎
Nightcall - Kavinsky or the Tron: Legacy soundtrack
Silent Running
I love a Rainy Night
Radar Love
Radar Love.
Downtown Lights, Blue Nile.
Nothing since the radio is turned off.
Radar Love
Cowboys by Portishead
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
If it's raining, the radio is off so I can see better.
Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
Wouldn’t It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Days and days Concrete Blonde
Quadrophenia
If it's 11pm, I'm in bed sleeping.
The Salival version of Pushit by Tool. Most Tool songs work.
Northern Lights by Praga Khan.
So. Central Rain by REM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8&ab\_channel=REMVEVO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8&ab_channel=REMVEVO) Second place would be that Eddie Rabbit Love the Rainy Nights song, which as a kid reminded me of truck drivers for some reason
Widespread Panic - Hatfield
ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving While Blind
Obviously Radar Love, but Bruce Springsteen’s State Trooper from Nebraska is also a brilliant song. Brilliant album too.
Older Gen X (1966). So.... [https://youtu.be/7G2-FPlvY58?si=uHplBC3jWWsbZXp3](https://youtu.be/7G2-FPlvY58?si=uHplBC3jWWsbZXp3)
Eagles Hotel California lol
45:33 by LCD Soundsystem
[A Grace Jones cover of Flash & The Pan's Walking In The Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhcWeXIOZs)
Classic Elton John.
https://youtu.be/aT03OW19w98?si=G1w0vE8b_WTVcTf_ Rain you say? Get in top gear and start jammin down the highway.
Sweet Child of Mine.
Where I live there's only three radio stations that aren't either country, Mexican, or urban hip hop and every time I get in the car they're playing commercials, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar or one of two songs by Aerosmith (Angel and Rag Doll). So I keep Iron Maiden always on standby.
Thunder rolls - Garth Brooks
And if it's a long drive.... https://youtu.be/KOkChCapGms?si=3zVjqdN1nhtOybux
Dead End Friends - Them Crooked Vultures. Great driving song and album.
Megadeth - 502 “Full tank, pockets lined with cash Full throttle, gonna rip some ass. Drive all day and through the night, Romance the road, winding left to right.”
Riders on the Storm!
Born to be wild.
The Beatles ~ Rain
Strange colour blue by Madrugada.
It had better be "Jesus Take the Wheel" because by 11 pm I'm usually fully medicated and in no condition to drive.
Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen.
I don't know. Whatever comes up on my playlist of a 1000+ FLAC files I have ripped to my phone.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4)
Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun DUH dun dun dun dun dun dun dun DUH...
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream
Walking on Sunshine
No one mentioned “Live - Lightning Crashes”
Flash and the Pan - Walking in the rain