Ultimate Road Trip Playlist

What is a road trip without some awesome tunes? I have some old stand-by songs that have been on my road trip playlist since I was making road trip mix cd's and there are new songs being added all the time. I won't lie, some of these songs are beyond a cliche and you will find them on every road trip mix, but I'm OK with that because I'm also betting there are some you've never heard of; variety is the spice of life :)

I'm going to link to my top 15 road trip tunes (you can also go to my YouTube 'Ultimate Road Trip Playlist here).

Bob Seger - Turn the Page (the Metallica version isn't bad either)

This is the epitome of road trip songs. 

Yonder Mountain String Band - 40 Miles from Denver, maybe 

not good for all road trips, but it always seems fitting in CO.

Elton John - Tiny Dancer, and yes I love Almost Famous, and

if you have ever seen it, you know why this song is on the list.

Fountains of Wayne - '92 Subaru, because my 'road-trip-mobile'

is a '90 Subaru (that I love with all my heart)

Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive, yes, this one is one of those

cliche road trip songs, but it is so fitting for a road trip.

Daughtry - Renegade, maybe it's a guilty pleasure, but this song

inspires my 'lead foot' on a road trip (maybe that's not so good)

David Wilcox - Eye of the Hurricane, this song is super nostalgic 

for me. It reminds me of being 18-19 and independence, my first 

road trips when I had just moved out on my own.  I picked this

version with Trace Bundy because I have known Trace, well for

just about forever and because he and Jonah Werner are how I 

discovered David Wilcox.

Jason Aldean - Dirt Road Anthem, the country girl in me

is definitely showing...

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin', another cliche pick, but

how could you have a road trip playlist without this song?

Jason Mraz - Dream Life of Rand McNally, Ok, I'm sure a lot of

people are too young to remember this, but before the days of

navigation systems and Google maps, even before mapquest,

we had maps, big paper maps and atlases. I know I remember the

days of having the Rand McNally Atlas on every road trip and

I remember spending days and weeks looking at it planning a 

vacation, planning every stop, highlighting the map and fighting

about where to go.

Katie Herzig - Sweeter Than This, Ok, maybe this song isn't

the best 'road trip song' for all occasions, but it's a great song

for the couples weekend getaway.

Marietta - Destination Unknown (Top Gun Soundtrack), Ok, yes,

I was born in the 80's, I was a teenager in the 90'sand Top Gun

was just one of those movies that everyone loved! My brother and

I have probably owned about a dozen copies of this soundtrack

over the years. So obviously this is one of those songs that has

always been on my road trip playlists.

Carbon Leaf - Life Less Ordinary, this is one of those songs

that I listen to when I am feeling bored. It is a reminder to go 

out and do something out of the ordinary.

Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway, the road trip song of all time!

Eels - Beautiful Day, this one doesn't need a defense or 

explanation... EVERYONE feels this way when they set off 

on a new adventure!

 So, there you have it, my 'top 15 Ultimate Road Trip Playlist songs' or close to it anyway. There are probably a few I would have added if they were on YouTube. A few of them are:

Smooth Money Gesture - The Road

Kinetix - Wishing Well

Newcomers Home - Drive

Newcomers Home - Life on the Road
Farrell Jackson - Tripping Down a Different Road

If you are on Spotify you can always view and subscribe to my full 'Ultimate Road Trip Playlist' here:

Enjoy and feel free to let me know what your favorite road trip songs are!