Cars, love and music

MUSICIANS WHO SING THE MOST ABOUT CARS

Is there anything better than belting out your favorite song in the car? Whether it’s a road trip or just a solo grocery store trip, you’ve never felt so much like a rock star in the privacy of your own ride.

The connection between music and cars has existed ever since they started putting radios into cars in the 1930s—and the tie didn’t end there. Musicians have married this relationship between music and cars by using cars as their ultimate muse. We all know the famous songs about cars like the Beatles’ “Baby You Can Drive My Car” or Prince’s “Little Red Corvette,” but just how many songs about cars are there?

We decided to take a drive through the data about cars and songs to determine which artists and musicians mention cars the most in their lyrics. We analyzed over 100,000 songs to determine how many mention cars within their lyrics. In our research, we included various car variants such as “cars,” “coupe,” “whip,” “truck,” “4×4” and others as well as car brands and models like “Bentley,” “Ford,” “Mustang,” “Chevrolet,” and more.

So, which artists are car crazy and who sings the most about cars? Let’s take a look at the results.

Musicians have embraced the relationship between music and cars for decades, but we wanted to know which artists sing the most about cars?

To try and find out, we analyzed 100,000 songs from the lryics.com database.

• More than 13,000 artists and 72,000 songs mention car search terms within their lyrics. This includes variants (car, cars, coupe, whip, truck 4x4 etc.)
• 94% of the top 100 musicians who reference cars in their songs are classified as hip hop artists or rappers.
• We also included a breakdown of who sings the most about cars by music genre, the most mentioned cars (Mercedes, Cadillac and Bentley are the top 3) as well as the artists that reference specific brands the most. 

Our full analysis can be seen here. Take a look!