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Yahoo! Autos Users Pick OutKast's ''Hey Ya'' as the Best Driving Song of 2003

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Dec. 2, 20032, 2003--Yahoo!(R) Autos (http://autos.yahoo.com), an informative and objective automotive site for people looking to buy, sell or research automobiles, has announced today the Best Driving Songs of 2003.

Over 2,400 Yahoo! Autos users chose their favorites from a list of ten songs displayed on Yahoo! Autos, which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during 2003.

According to the results, the hip hop and rap genres were the most popular driving soundtracks again for the second year in a row with OutKast's "Hey Ya" (20 percent) barely inching out 50 Cent's "P.I.M.P" (19 percent) for the top position. Coming in third was newcomer, Evanscence, with their rock single "Bring Me to Life" (14 percent). Other top favorite songs of the year include:

-- "Lose Yourself" by Eminem (9 percent)

-- "Crazy in Love" Beyonce and Jay-Z (7 percent)

-- "Get Busy" by Sean Paul (6 percent)

Close behind were No Doubt's "It's My Life" (5 percent), "Clocks" by Coldplay (5 percent), "Where is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas (5 percent) and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake with 4 percent of the vote.

The Yahoo! Autos poll had 2,482 respondents between December 8 - 17, 2003.

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