Spring is here, can you feel it? If you’re anything like us, longer daylight, warmer weather and the sight of the natural world awakening after winter makes you want to get out of the house and travel. It’s the perfect time to take a road trip to somewhere you’ve never been before and enjoy the inspiration that comes from seeing new sights and meeting new people.
An essential ingredient to an unforgettable road trip is some great music that can become part of your memories. For example, The Beach Boys are great anywhere but when you hear “California Girls” driving the Pacific Coast Highway it means so much more.
So, to help you assemble the ultimate playlist for your travels here are some of our favorite tracks to check out to make the miles fly by. Just for fun, we’ve assembled them in two distinct lists to suit a laidback cruise or a high-octane blast if you happen to be on a German Autobahn with no speed limit!
US Highway Cruising
- Here comes the Sun – The Beatles
- Crosstown Traffic – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Life is a Highway – Tom Cochrane
- Little Red Corvette – Prince
- Every day is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
- Shut up and Drive – Rihanna
- Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
- On the Road Again – Canned Heat
- Holiday Road – Lindsey Buckingham
- You Can’t Catch Me – Chuck Berry
- Keep the Car Running – Arcade Fire
- Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
- Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
- We Weren’t Born to Follow – Bon Jovi
- Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
- City – Natalie Imbruglia
- Travelin’ Band – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Waking up in Vegas – Katy Perry
- Maps – Maroon 5
- Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
Autobahn Energy
- Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
- Gasoline – Audioslave
- I’m Shipping up to Boston – Dropkick Murphys
- Somebody Told Me – The Killers
- Bad Habit – The Offspring
- The Chase is Better than the Catch – Motorhead
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- Animals – Nickelback
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
- Nightrain – Guns n’ Roses
- Crank it Up – David Guetta
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
- Unchained – Van Halen
- Road Runner – Aerosmith
- Fox on the Run – The Sweet
- 502 – Megadeth
- Further On (Up the Road) – Bruce Springsteen
- Speed King – Deep Purple
- Call Me the Breeze – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Yes, we know, there were a lot of classics that didn’t make this list! But we hope this might give you a few gems to add to your playlist and discover (or re-discover)!
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