Song · The Arcade Fire
“No Cars Go” by The Arcade Fire
From the EP Arcade Fire (2003)
“No Cars Go” by The Arcade Fire appears on 16 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2007 and 2023. It was first released in 2003 on the EP Arcade Fire. Its best result is #7 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #94 alternative song of 2007.
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"No Cars Go" had two lives with Arcade Fire. It first turned up on the Canadian band's self-released debut EP in 2003, then got rebuilt for their second full-length album, Neon Bible, and went out as its fourth single in 2007. The title was borrowed from the solo project of former member Brendan Reed, and the song itself is a giddy, runaway anthem that keeps swelling until the whole band sounds like it's sprinting for the horizon.
Television couldn't resist it. Top Gear used it to preview its tenth series, ITV put it behind its Champions League coverage, and in Italy it served as the theme of the Sunday football show Quelli Che Il Calcio. It also scored Mike Mo Capaldi's part in the skate video Fully Flared and turned up in Eric Bana's 2009 documentary Love the Beast.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 58 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 72 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 | 102 |
| 2007 | 46 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
| 2007 | 7 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 17 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 81 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 131 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 203 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2010 | 212 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2012 | 816 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2013 | 168 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 820 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 142 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2020 | 1411 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 503 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2023 | 950 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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