Cammy Awards: Best 1980s Driving Songs

Maybe you think we totally blew it by nominating Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream” over “Free Fallin’”.

Maybe you’re obsessed with National Lampoon’s Vacation movies.

Or maybe you just like rocking out and pressing the pedal a little harder to Van Halen’s exquisite “Panama.”

There’s no way to be wrong here. Only chided for poor taste. (We kid. Only not really.)

What makes a song a good driving song? The music? The lyrics? Good memories of driving around while listening to it?

You get to decide.

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But the 2016 nominees for the Cammies category of “Best 1980s Driving Song” are:

Kickstart My Heart — Motley Crue

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She Sells Sanctuary — The Cult

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Panama — Van Halen

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Runnin’ Down a Dream — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Holiday Road — Lindsey Buckingham