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Coffee Break: Get up and drive

Toy car with luggage on a vintage globe map of the United States with a shallow depth of field.
Toy car with luggage on a vintage globe map of the United States with a shallow depth of field.michaelquirk/Getty Images/iStockphoto

by Anna Weggel

October 18, 2018

Today is the final day of the Fall Member Drive.

If you want to become a member of Minnesota Public Radio before the drive ends (and before a bunch of thank you gifts like the MPR Sweatshirt, Live Current, hat and socks disappear at 7 pm tonight), hop to it!

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have lyrics that include "drive" or "driving"?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Trip Shakespeare - Jill Can Drive
The Magnetic Fields - Drive On, Driver
The Doors - Moonlight Drive
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
R.E.M. - Drive
Al Green - Driving Wheel
The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape You Big Gorilla
The Cars - Drive