It was released on 78 RPM record, then collected on 12" vinyl LP on Guthrie's 1951 album Songs to Grow on, Volume One: Nursery Days.
[1] The song's playful lyrics include onomatopoeia, with the "motorboat" sound[5] (an extended raspberry) imitating a car's engine.
[8] "Riding in My Car" has been covered by artists including Peter, Paul and Mary on In Concert (1964)[9] and Donovan on What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (1965; US title Catch The Wind)[10] (Donovan also performed the song at an October 2012 concert at the Kennedy Center,[11] released on Woody At 100!
[13][14][15] Bruce Springsteen performed the song at a Woody Guthrie tribute concert at Severance Hall in Cleveland on September 29, 1996, released that year on the record Til We Outnumber 'Em.
[19][20] Scott Menchin published a 2012 children's book, Riding in My Car, inspired by the song, and including his illustrations of the lyrics.