Songs for the Car

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000Y2WAQG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,796 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Madness - Our House

2. Smash Mouth - All Star

3. Bob Dorough - Three Is A Magic Number

4. Chuck Berry - Route 66

5. Hanson - MMMBop

6. Patti LaBelle - Stir It Up

7. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

8. James Brown - I Got Ants In My Pants - Pt. 1

9. Joseph Israel - Teach Your Children

10. C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

11. Bobby McFerrin - Mañana Iguana*track listing subject to change

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Move Over Radio Disney!, August 26, 2008

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Dee Sharp "Cruzanson" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for the Car (Audio CD)

As a modern American family, we spend a *LOT* of time in the car, shuttling from one event to the next. During the commute, we usually have Radio Disney on, which, for the most part, isn't bad. It's "real" music (compared to, say, the Kids Bop series, whose cover versions I find atrocious), but being commercial radio (and one owned by a major entertainment company like Disney) there's a lot of repetition, and a lot of focus on Disney artists. So was I happily surprised when I stumbled on this collection. These are all the original versions (except "Teach Your Children," but more on that later), and I knew most of the songs, so I was taking a chance that my kids would enjoy it. Was I relieved when, on a handful of occasions, my kids would go, "Hey, I know this song!"

The CD opens with Madness' "Our House," a fun romp of a tune that I remember growing up and my kids now know as the theme to a coffee company commercial. Smash Mouth's "All Star" my kids know from Shrek, while they remember "Stir It Up" and "Everybody Dance Now" from the "Chicken Little" film. Chuck Berry's "Route 66" was in "Cars," and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long" was the inspiration for the Cheetah Girls' "En Fuego."

"Three Is A Magic Number" and "Teach Your Children" are two tunes from *MY* youth; the former I recall from the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons, while my dad would always crank up Crosby Still Nash & Young's "Teach Your Children" whenever it came on the radio while we were in the car. It's a shame they couldn't get CSNY's version, but Joseph Israel's beachcomber reggae version has a great feel to it, especially during the dog days of August.

James Brown's "Ants In My Pants" is an interesting choice. It's not one I know well, but it's classic James Brown funk (and a welcomed departure from "I Feel Good"). My 10 year old loves it. My 7 year old, however, loves The Temptations, and sings the opening line like a man wounded.

It's fun to hear Hanson's "MMMBop" (which was always a guilty pleasure of mine) in this setting; they give the Jonas Brothers a run for their money. You can hear the seeds of "Year 3000" in this.

The CD closes with a whimsical track from Bobby McFerrin called "Manana Iguana," a little live gem.

Really smartly selected, I catch myself listening to this disc even when the kids aren't in the car. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars We cannot take a trip in the car without this CD, May 5, 2011

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GrandmaRe - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Songs for the Car (Audio CD)

My grandkids LOVE this CD - Songs for the Car. I had another CD with some of the same songs on it and it somehow broke. The kids were devastated. I was so happy to find it on Amazon and the price was awesome. It arrived so quickly that we were back in song in no time. Great to keep kids busy on a long or short car ride.

4.0 out of 5 stars fun songs!, October 16, 2008

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B. Bailey (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs for the Car (Audio CD)

These are fun songs. It's great to have some cds that are real songs that we know that the kids like, too. We have the whole series (Songs for the Car, Motown For Kid, Future Idols, Totally 80's For Kids, Miss Ella's Playhouse, Jazz Lullaby)