Most Dangerous Songs To Drive To Revealed

When it comes to dangerous driving, it’s usually alcohol and phone use that tops the list, but there’s another element in play that is getting overlooked.

New research from UK-based driving school PassMeFast has revealed the most dangerous songs to listen to whilst driving, based on in-depth analysis of Spotify's 20 most popular car playlists, which included 1,485 songs.

Each song was scored across three categories: energy, danceability and how emotionally charged they are.

According to PassMeFast, “songs with a high distraction score have high energy and are emotionally charged, but with low danceability. The last factor means it has an irregular beat or tempo.”

The results show that pretty much any song that elicits a listener to involuntary move or yell its lyrics isn’t ideal when it comes to soundtracking the car.

So, it’s not surprising that Outkast’s Hey Ya! has been crowded the most dangerous driving song of all with a distraction score of 72.6%, while The Killers’ Mr. Brightside lands at #2 with a score of 69.6%.

Here’s the top 10:

1. Hey Ya! – Outkast (72.6%)

2. Mr. Brightside - The Killers (69.6%)

3. Empire State Of Mind - JAY-Z (69.5%)

4. Take On Me - a-ha (69.4%)

5. Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers (69.0%)

6. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris (68.5%)

7. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (68.5%)

8. Bring Me To Life – Evanescence (67.3%)

9. Levitating - Dua Lipa (67.2%)

10. Dusk Till Dawn – ZAYN (66.2%)

And as far as the least distracting songs go?

1. bad guy - Billie Eilish (8.1%)

2. July - Noah Cyrus (9.3%)

3. Bruises - Lewis Capaldi (10.2%)

4. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (10.3%)

5. Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (10.4%)

6. Dancing On My Own - Calum Scott (11.5%)

7. 7 rings - Ariana Grande (11.6%)

8. enough for you - Olivia Rodrigo (12.2%)

9. Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (12.3%)

10. All Of Me - John Legend (13.4%)

You can check out the full top 50 lists here.