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Best Road Trip Songs
Planning a road trip or long drive is tough. There are a million things to think about. And one of the things often overlooked is a road trip playlist!
Whether you’re travelling by car, RV, camper or bike, this list of the 100 best road trip driving songs is guaranteed to make the miles fly past!
We’ve got a mix of great driving songs to sing along too: songs for girly summer road trips, classic rock, all-American, a bit of country and some modern 2020 tunes- all designed to create the PERFECT playlist for your journey. And with over 100 road trip songs to choose from, you’re guaranteed to find something for everyone to sing along with on the road.
How to create a great road trip playlist with sing-along songs!
The window wound down, the stereo cranked up and some awesome tunes you can sing along to; perfection, right? But if you’re anything like me, your phone/iPod is a random mix of all sorts of music- including a Christmas album or 7.
That’s why a road trip playlist is so important- you don’t have to worry if the next tune will be great, you already know it will be!
TOP TIPS:
- Make sure the songs are downloaded onto your phone/ ipod. Otherwise, you’re going to use up a lot of data and/ or run the risk of being in an area with bad signal and no music!
- Like listening to things as you drive? Check out Audible– you can get podcasts, audiobooks and more- it’s a perfect way to pass the time on a long drive.
You might be able to get 3 MONTHS FREE music at Amazon. Click HERE to take advantage
I’ll be honest- there will be…. let’s call it “discussions”… over the best travel songs to include on your list. Someone may prefer classic rock for driving songs and some may like songs they can sing along with in the car and songs to drive fast too (NEVER above the speed limit though… right?!)
Just compromise on creating a road trip playlist with song choices from all everyone,
So, let’s get to the best road trip songs, that here, at Wandering Bird, we have created for you, so we hope there’s something in here for you!
(Update: This post started off as 100 of the best road trip songs… it’s growing as we add more in, so no idea how many are here now!! )
20 Rock Classics- the BEST Road trip Rock songs
- Danger Zone– Kenny Loggins
- Nutbush City Limits– Ike & Tina Turner
- Dude Looks like a Lady– Aerosmith
- American Pie– Don Mclean
- Whole Lotta Rosie– AC/ DC
- Don’t Stop Believing– Journey
- Paradise City– Guns N’ Roses
- All Night Long– Rainbow
- It’s My Life – Bonjovi
- Here I Go Again– Whitesnake
- Jump– Van Halen
- We Built This City– Starship
- Summer of ’69– Bryan Adams
- The Boys are Back in Town– Thin Lizzy
- Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting– Elton John
- In the End – Linkin Park
- Bring Me to Life – Evanescence
- Africa – TOTO
- I was Made for Loving You – Kiss
- Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
- Take Me On – a-ha
Best Driving Songs- All-American road trip songs
- Born in the USA– Bruce Springsteen
- Sweet Home Alabama– Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Walk This Way– Aerosmith & Run DMC
- My Life– Billy Joel
- Living on a Prayer– Bon Jovi
- Footloose– Kenny Loggins
- One of these Nights– The Eagles
- Born to be Wild– Steppenwolf
- Nothing but a Good Time- Poison
- The Final Countdown – Europe
- Jump (For My Love) – The Pointer Sisters
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
- Surfing USA – Beach Boys
- Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
- You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
- Layla – Derek & The Dominos
- Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- More Than a Feeling – Boston
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25 Modern road trip songs to sing along with (2025 update)
We’ve put together a list of modern songs from various artists, that are perfect for cruising down the road!!!! We hope you enjoy these.
- Texas Hold’em – Beyonce
- Lose Control – Teddy Swims
- Stick Season – Nohan Kahan
- Scared to Start – Michael Marcagi
- Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
- We Cant be Friend – Ariana Grande
- Illusion – Dua Lipa
- Praise Jah In The Moonlight – YG Marley
- Lovin On Me – Jack Harlow
- Worth It – RAYE
- Feels Like I’m Falling in Love – Cold Play
- Lovers in a Past Life – Calvin Harris & Rag’n Bone Man
- Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
- Too Sweet – Hozier
- Good Luck Babe – Chappell Roan
- Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
- Stargazing – Myles Smith
- Before You Go – Lewis Capaldi
- Shotgun – George Ezra
- Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma – Luke Combs
- Gimme Love – Sia
- Eyes Closed – Ed Sheeran
- I Found Her – Olly Murs
- Before You Leave Me – Alex Warren
- Bad Dreams – Teddy Swims
The ultimate girl’s road trip playlist- perfect songs to sing along with in the car!
Ah- I LOVE girly road trips, especially in the summer. There’s nothing better than some sunshine, good friends and some GREAT songs on the stereo. Here are some of our favourite road trip songs for girls (although we don’t mind if you boys listen to them too! 😉 )
20 Road Trip Sing-Along for Girls
- Rolling in the Deep– Adele
- Trouble– Pink
- Bang Bang– Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Menaj
- Black Magic– Little Mix
- Heartbeat Song– Kelly Clarkson
- Sax– Fleur East
- Fight Song– Rachel Platten
- Call Me Maybe– Carly Rae Jepsen
- U and Ur Hand– Pink!
- Part of Me– Katy Perry
- Shake it Off– Taylor Swift
- This is Me– Greatest Showman Soundtrack
- Raise Your Glass– Pink
- Living la Vida Loca– Ricky Martin
- Baby one more time– Brittany Spears
- I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cindy Lauper
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Wrecking Ball – David Campbell & Miley Cyrus
- Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne
- You’re So Vain – Carly SimonPaul Buckmaster
- Roar – Katy Perry
25 Road Trip Classic Songs- Sing Along for Girls
- Walking on Sunshine– Katrina & the Waves
- Bitch– Meredith Brooks
- Everything I do, I do it for you– Bryan Adams
- Holding Out for a Hero– Bonnie Tyler
- Wake Me up before you Go-Go– Wham
- It’s Raining Men– Weather Girls
- Love Shack– B52s
- I’m so Excited– Pointer Sisters
- Dancing in the Moonlight– Toploader
- 9 to 5– Dolly Parton
- Uptown Girl– Billy Joel
- Heaven is a Place on Earth– Belinda Carlisle
- Man! I Feel like a woman– Shania Twain
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun– Cyndi Lauper
- Poker Face– Lady Gaga
- Burning Love– Wynonna (I much prefer this version- sorry Elvis!!)
- Angels– Robbie Williams
- Torn– Natalie Imbruglia
- Proud Mary– Tina Turner
- Summer Nights- Grease
- My Girl – The Temptations
- All of Me – John Legend
- Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
- Just the Two of Us – Bill EatonBill WithersGrover Washington, Jr.
- We Found Love – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
20 Driving Songs with ‘road in the title’- perfect for a road trip playlist!
- Hit the Road Jack– Ray Charles
- Every Day is a Winding Road– Sheryl Crow
- Take me Home, Country Roads– John Denver
- The Long and Winding Road– The Beatles
- Bright Side of the Road– Van Morrison
- Long Road To Ruin– Foo Fighters
- Road Trippin’– Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Back on the Road Again– REO Speedwagon
- Thunder Road– Bruce Springsteen
- Road to Hell– Chris Rea
- Road to Nowhere– Talking Heads
- Old Town Road– Lil Nas X
- Roadhouse Blues– The Doors
- Road Less Traveled– Lauren Alaina
- The Road To Mandalay – Robbie Williams
- Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads
- Roads – Portishead
- High Road – Zach Bryan
- Roads – Archie BeckWaypoint
- ROADS UNTRAVELED – Linkin Park
15 best songs about driving and cars
Some of the best songs about driving (and cars!) – all perfect for a road trip playlist!
- Mustang Sally– The Commitments
- Bat out of Hell– Meatloaf
- I Drove all night– Roy Orbison
- Rhythm Made Me Do It– Shania Twain
- Drive By– Train
- Greased Lightnin’– Grease Soundtrack
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light– Meatloaf
- Bad Habit– The Offspring
- Car Wash– Rose Royce
- 2,4,6,8 Motorway– Tom Robinson Band
- Little Red Corvette– Prince
- Pink Cadillac– Bruce Springsteen
- Route 66– Chuck Berry
- Drive– The Cars
- Drive My Car– The Beatles
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Best Driving songs for the Open Road (and sing along with!!)
Yes, we’ve already had some AMAZING road trip songs for the playlist, but here are some more to crank it up and sing along with (just watch that speed limit!!)
- Don’t Stop Me Now– Queen
- Eye of the Tiger– Survivor
- Pour Some Sugar on Me– Def Leppard (one of the best songs about sugar ever 😉 )
- Any Way you Want it– Journey (or the Rock of Ages version!)
- Come As You Are– Nirvana
- Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
- Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
- Black Betty – Ram Jam
- Enter Sandman – Metallica
- La Grange – ZZ Top
- Gimme All Your Lovin’ – ZZ Top
- Walk This Way – Aerosmith
- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
- Swamp Music – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- We Built This City – Starship
- Saturday Night’s Alright – Elton John
- Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen
- Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
- Nothin’ But A Good Time – Poison
- Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
- Takin’ Care Of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
25 Quieter Road Trip Songs- for when the kids are sleeping!
These songs are perfect when you want to turn it down a little bit.
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- Livin’ Thing– Electric Light Orchestra
- All I Need is a Miracle– Mike and the Mechanics
- Everybody wants to Rule the World– Tears for Fears
- Money for Nothing– Dire Straits
- In the Air Tonight– Phil Collins (just remember to air drum quietly!!)
- I don’t want a lover– Texas
- The Chain– Fleetwood Mac
- The Gambler– Kenny Rogers
- All Night Long- Lionel Richie
- Easy Lover– Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
- Every Little Thing She Does– The Police
- Another Brick in the Wall– Pink Floyd
- Budapest – George Ezra
- Somebody That I Used To Know – GotyeKimbra
- Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
- FourFiveSeconds – Kanye WestPaul McCartneyRihanna
- Last Request – Paolo Nutini
- Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
- She Moves In Her Own Way – The Kooks
- Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
- Lovely Day – Bill Withers
- The Man Who Can’t Be Moved – The Script
- Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
- Something Just Like This – ColdplayThe Chainsmokers
- Pompeii – Bastille
Classic Road Trip Driving Songs for EVERY Trip
These are some of our favourite driving tunes- but they didn’t really fit anywhere else (or they did, but my OCD with the numbers wouldn’t allow it!) Still, don’t forget to put these onto your ultimate driving playlist!!
- Africa– Toto
- Waterloo– Abba
- Like I Roll– Black Stone Cherry
- Sharp Dressed Man– ZZ Top
- I Love Rock n Roll– Joan Jet
- Counting Stars– OneRepublic
- Song 2– Blur
- Only The Good Die Young– Billy Joel
- Dreadlock Holiday– 10cc
- Englishman in New York– Sting
- The Power of Love– Huey Lewis and The News
- One of Us– Joan Osborne
- Won’t Get Fooled Again– The Who
- When the Going gets tough– Billy Ocean
- I Can’t Dance– Genesis
- Losing My Religion– R.E.M
- We Are Family– Sister Sledge
- Video Killed the Radiostar– The Buggles
- Hit Me with your Best Shot– Pat Benatar
- I Got You (I Feel Good)– James Brown
- Graceland– Paul Simon
- Since You Been Gone– Rainbow
- Total Eclipse of the Heart– Bonnie Tyler
- Are You Gonna Go My Way– Lenny Kravitz
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For– U2
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Take It Easy – Eagles
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- A Horse with No Name – America
- Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun -Cyndi Lauper
- You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
- Hungry Eyes – Eric Carmen
- Baby, I Love Your Way – Big Mountain
- Give A Little Bit – Supertramp
- Listen to the Music – The Doobie Brothers
- Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
- Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley
- California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas
Spotify Link from the 2024 playlist
The link to 2024 playlist on Spotify is here.
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Best Road Trip Songs- how did you like our Playlist?
Every single one of these songs makes us turn the volume up and sing along like crazy people- much to the amusement of anyone around us!
These are driving songs to embarrass yourselves to and enjoy every second. I hope it’s given you some great ideas for your own road trip playlist- let me know what you include on yours!!
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