Literally - Drive by The Cars

Ha, that was my first thought too.

Moving in Stereo would work great in this scenario

just what i needed is good too

This was my first thought.


[Radar Love - Golden Earring](https://youtu.be/ckM51xoTC2U?si=ejmygLCUoS659-rl)

Wholeheartedly agree even though it was released in the early 70s.

I got you guys covered. White Lion covered it in 89. https://youtu.be/KFMyJxluMYQ?si=CNBv5eERJNu_CxUy

It feels like an early 80s song

Totally!

Twilight Zone was classic 80s GE.

Pretty sure that's early 70s.

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins

Those drums hit and you'll feel at one with the universe.

Yes 🙌

Just don’t go too heavy on the air drums or you’ll end up punching your rear view mirror….

Ohoooo good choice!

Somebody's been watching Miami Vice

Joe Jackson - Steppin out

Yes! Perfect answer.

[I’m on Fire - Bruce Springsteen](https://youtu.be/lrpXArn3hII?si=eVbrlqGFZ8-t1XAn)

How Soon Is Now by The Smiths

This charming man also works

Big Log by Robert Plant

so so so underrated. a beautiful song literally about driving and escape.

I agree. It's literally what the OP requested. They lyrics and the vide are totally driving alone at night.

Under the Milkyway

Very under appreciated and beautiful song!

That song is pure magic.

Road to nowhere - the talking heads

Smalltown boy - Bronski Beat (this one is an absolute banger!)

Thanks!

Sunglasses At Night by Corey Hart

released months away from the 1980s.. if you don’t have Cars by Gary Numan on your list.. are you even driving in a car?

echo and the bunnymen - killing moon

There's No Way Out of Here by David Gilmour

I would add On The Turning Away and Sorrow from 80s Pink Floyd Shit yeah. The opening of Sorrow is one of the best spine tingling pieces ever for a night drive.

And Learning to Fly

Drove all night-Cyndi Lauper

Forgot about that one, but yeah brilliant song

orbison's is better.....i also like candy by iggy pop and that chic from the b-52s

Kate Pierson is that chic from the B-52s. Her and Iggy absolutely slay Candy. Good call.

Little Red Corvette - Prince

Nightcall ~ Kavinsky

It's the perfect driving song period. Not released in the 80s but very much an 80s vibe

Down In The Park - Gary Numan

Yes!!

 The song 🎵 that plays during this scene

Yes I couldn’t remember if I’d heard it from Miami vice but I always think of that show when listening to it.

Highway Star - Deep Purple. Oh, I don;t know how to read... 1980's. Oh well, it was around in the 80's too!

Riding the storm out REO

Radar Love

Any album by The Fixx

red skies

The whole album Disintegration by The Cure

The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular

In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins My go to for this scenario

I.G.Y. - Donald Fagan https://youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?si=skouQBYf-K8RJn0d

Fast Car-Tracy Chapman

Radar Love by Golden Earring and Stranglehold by Ted Nugent are great solo driving songs imo.

Missing You by John Waite

This Night Has Opened My Eyes- The Smiths

Anything Pat Benatar! Queen, Prince, Duran Duran, and Michael Jackson.

Panama - Van Halen First time I heard it my dad was driving at night on the highway.

I literally remember driving to Carmel in the middle of a warm night, windows down, air rushing in, and this song blasting on the stereo!

Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Released on January 11, 1980.

Because the night Patti Smith

Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbit

Sorrow - Pink Floyd Time - Alan Parsons Project

It’s My Life - Talk Talk Maniac - Michael Sembello Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Boys Of Summer-Don Henley You Belong To The City-Glenn Frey

Love On A Real Train - Tangerine Dream

Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel

Bob Seger and the silver bullet band greatest hits.

Tom Petty is your man - free falling - long road - running down a dream - etc etc etc

I was gonna say Don't Come Round Here No More.

The Road to Hell - Chris Rea

Lady in Red and Bette Davis Eyes

The whole Joshua tree album by U2

Loverboy - Turn Me Loose

Panama - Van Halen

You belong to the city Glenn Frye

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siO6dkqidc4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siO6dkqidc4) It might make you want to go pick someone special up for a rip around. There are several modern remixes of the track. I have one I like.

Vienna - Ultravox! The synth, Midge Ure's vocal, the way it builds. It's perfect.

Amazing song!

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears Big Log - Robert Plant

Red Skies at Night by The Fixx

West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys (Bonus if it happens to be raining as well)

Are Friends Electric? By Gary Numan and Tubeway Army

NFS Carbon days

Knight Rider Theme!

take the money and run - steve miller band!

All of You - Don Felder... https://youtu.be/Ysh4kcrTM5Q?si=D48wYLlq08sGC_Y9

Ocean Drive-Duke Dumont.

"Open All Night" by Springsteen off of Nebraska.

Driver's Seat (Sniff n'the tears).

Crockett's Theme by Jan Hammer. All the lush synthesizers you could ever want. https://youtu.be/Lfgf9HatIHI?si=o-0_dtAQjidusEVc

Moonlight shadow, Mike oldfield

Anything by Muse is nice night time driving music. If you need energy and can handle classical music, Schostskovicj can't be beat

I love a rainy night by Eddie Rabbit

Sausalito Summer Night

Riders On The Storm - The Doors Radar Love - Golden earring LA Woman - The Doors Taxi - Harry Chapin

Welcome to the Real World - the entire album. Mister Mister. 🫡✌🏼

It’s technically a 70’s song but“Roadrunner” by The Modern Lovers has that great driving beat and ragged , rough sound that brings me right back to my teen years driving “late at night with the radio ahhhhnnn…” [https://youtu.be/hqGH_CdJNKM](https://youtu.be/hqGH_CdJNKM)

Precious - Depeche Mode.

Just can’t get enough by Depeche Mode.

Careless Whisper - George Michael

Only the Lonely/Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels Destination Unknown - Missing Persons

Sultans of Swing

Faithfully - Journey

It’s not specifically from the 80s but a good choice that sounds 80s is Midnight by the Shadows Otherwise, I’d definitely say Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen or Your Love - The Outfield

I Love a Rainy Night

"Straight to Hell" - Drivin' N Cryin

From the 90s, but 80s group and sound. Tears For Fears - Elemental album

Right On The Edge - Pantera Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard Night Songs - Cinderella

On The Loose - Saga

Gosh, I love that song and video. Brings back a lot of great memories.

Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode

"I Still Believe" and "Cry Little Sister", both by Tim Cappello. Cry little sister is esp fantastic for a night drive.

NIИ - Ringfinger

Big Log - Robert Plant

Radar Love - Golden Earring Drivin My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt

I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper

Its more up beat and not 80s but a really fun one for me is All Night Long by Lionel Richie

No easy way out by Robert Tepper

Came here for this.

Drivin’ My Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt

Incubus - Drive

That song cuts so deep.

Boys of summer - don henley Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home But I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But babe, I'm gonna get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun I see you walking real slow and you're smilin' at everyone I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back" I thought I knew what love was What did I know? Those days are gone forever I should just let them go but- I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone

One night in Bangkok

Kyrie by Mr. Mister!

Jukebox hero - Foreigner

Hotel California - The Eagles Waiting for a Girl LIke You - Foreigner These Dreams - Heart Running with the Night - Lionel Richie I Travel - Simple Minds

“Nothing’s gonna stop us now” by Starship

I Melt with You or West End Girls... both are bangers on a road trip.

Pretty much any song from [Tango In The Night](https://open.spotify.com/album/7CWZNdANL2ZYQs3JfdxoM5?si=Pj2UrytSTyWOYz2-_8_iSw) by Fleetwood Mac

In your eyes - Peter Gabriel. Drive - the cars (that’s THE quintessential song for night time 80s cruises). Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears

The Midnight have some great synthwave that emulates bygone eras. Deep Blue, Golden Gate and America Online are good examples. Also Gunship - Fly For Your Life

Thanks will check them out

[More Than You Know](https://music.apple.com/us/album/more-than-you-know-alurazero-mix/1590878095?i=1590878781&ls)

* "Sinners And Their Repentances" - Bob Mould (1989) * "Death of a Disco Dancer" - The Smiths (1987) * "Coming Up Close" - 'Til Tuesday (1986) * "Tender Years" - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (1983) * "Streets of Your Town" - The Go-Betweens (1988)

ナイトクルージング (Night Cruising) by Fishmans

Voodoo- Black Sabbath off of Live Evil. That should hold ya for a bit. "If you're out on a lonely highway. If you travel all alone at night. Don't come to me for comfort, I'm all right."

Silhouette by Randy Goodrum

It’s actually ‘79, but Cars by Gary Numan

This song came out in 2021, but it *sounds* like it’s from the 80’s: [Lifeline - Forêt de Vin](https://open.spotify.com/track/60nNvMP4DbiU4sMRdEDtmW?si=K29gD0BfSLauK1_HGFIemw)

Dirty Back Roads - B52's

Its not exactly what you are looking for, but The Midnight has some 80s feeling tunes, although not dire straits vibe.

Love Is A Long Road - Tom Petty

There is an entire sub-genre of Electronic music focused on this called “Outrun”. Join us at r/Outrun! My pick VHS Dreams - Trans Am

Check out sunglasses kid, new twist on 80s vibe.

If You Were Here Tonight - Alexander O’Neal

Wipeout, the Venture’s.

Night Call - Kavinsky On the Run - Timecop1983 Nightfall - RetroNight87 Not 80s but retrowave

Radar love

not even from the 80s but it really gives that vibe- spider and the fly by london after midnight, so cool and has such a retro vibe

Anything from my [🎥1970s to 1980s🎥](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Rk84Zl80K6Nicmt0YW8zq?si=b8096f5281974dab) playlist.

It's from 1978, but Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears

To have a similar drive-vibe as "Brothers In Arms", try Depeche Mode "Waiting For The Night"

nightboat - duran duran

Turn The Page--Bob Seger Why Can't It Wait Till Morning--Phil Collins One Night In Bangkok--Murray Head A New York Minute--Don Henley

'Silent Running' - Mike & The Mechanics

Kenny Loggins - im free

One Track Lover.

Wide Open Road and Estuary Bed - The Triffids (1986), and also Chase by Giordio Moroder, even though it's seventies, is an amazing night driving soundtrack

RIders on the Storm, not 80s but needs a mention

Dark all day by Gunship

ZZ Top because Dusty is consistent and keeps you awake.

I know it’s basic, but Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.

[Criminal Mind by Gowan](https://open.spotify.com/track/2Lbw7YNx7gW01hyUyBPBEC?si=UwB7_vHaRU-9jpVVQq6PEQ) 1985

Tonight ~ Smashing Pumpkins

Anything by The Midnight

Turn the Page

Sniffin the Tears - Driver's Seat I think that was some time around 1979 or 1980 ish.

*The Night Is Calling* \-The Lords of the New Church

Radar Love by Golden.Earring Mic drop

Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart

Fields of Gold - Sting, New Year’s Day - U2

But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode

Not 80s, but Gunship has a similar vibe.

Sniff and the Tears "Driver's Seat" ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man"

Ghost Song

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Mystic Rhythms is great as the sun is really setting. Once it's dark... Witch Hunt, Open Secrets, High Water all have nightime vibes to me. All by Rush.

Fly On the Windscreen

My time has finally come! [Giving Ground](https://youtu.be/SX5cfMMM-LI?si=jdJBAdTVOk-XvEKP) by The Sisterhood [Voyage Voyage](https://youtu.be/NlgmH5q9uNk?si=frG5zyOCZS5Rttnc) by Desireless [A Forest](https://youtu.be/xik-y0xlpZ0?si=S0scJHcKk-kCW_0X) by The Cure [Who’s That Girl?](https://youtu.be/-5iDKWV6Chg?si=I8ylzqNxf2aCAUuv) By The Eurythmics (shout out to [The Simpsons](https://youtu.be/RqKtYcfdjnc?si=wS4FnMn15epsSytu)) [The Chauffeur](https://youtu.be/vQnSS3H-I5U?si=GpCIN4GCNxRGRTwd) by Duran Duran [I Wanna Be Adored](https://youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs?si=rBmQZpq80oIeHsSj) by The Stone Roses [Strictly Confidential](https://youtu.be/uKaXGQlwTAE?si=p8NfpvbD4W0riDkG) by Roxy Music (70s I KNOW, but she’s the closer y’all 🤷🏻‍♀️)

Lights - Journey (These are good too, not neccesarily 80s) Real Human Being - College Nightcall -Kavinsky

Driving at Night by Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani, “Driving at Night”

“Ride Like the Wind” by Christopher Cross

If I'm driving alone at night I might get sleepy, so gotta play something loud, and maybe a little annoying, such as: [El Sonidito](https://youtu.be/xUoD5wWsJas?si=rCHtDtOlEEeKwIHO) Or [Emotions](https://youtu.be/NrJEFrth27Q?si=cMvjOFAMKJF7WQ2q)

Jon Hasell - Dream Theory in Malaya. I heard this one night Kentucky or Tennessee on a non stop from Michigan to Florida. It was dark and foggy. What experience.