Maybellene by Chuck Berry (#5 in 1955)

At last… a Chuck Berry song. Cars as women and women as cars has dominated the rock and roll mystique since, well, “Maybellene”. Chuck Berry, a master songwriter, puts the girl in another guy’s car and asks “why can’t she be true?” See: car = girl. It’s so deft and concise it looks too easy. We’ve been bombarded with a cadre of lame songs trying to recreate this effortless tale. Even the great car songs of the 60s suffer in comparison, because… Chuck Berry wasn’t playing guitar on those tracks. Now, put this song on. You’ll be glad you did.