Someone rightly said ‘Music is the medicine of mind’, music holds the power to make any moment 10 times more memorable. Now if you’re planning a trip, you’ll definitely need some good songs for road trips. That’s where we come in; we have done the heavy lifting for you by creating a list of some of the best English songs/playlists for traveling.
There’s something unique about music that makes us feel a certain way, be it the happy times with your close friends or some fond memories of your loved ones. We have covered almost 100 songs from Country music to Pop and Rock.
Primarily, the list is divided into four sections of 25 songs each with some of the best English Songs for Road Trips like:
- ‘Dance Monkey’
- ‘Take Me Back to London’
- ‘All the Good Girls go to Hell’
- ‘Uptown Funk’
- ‘Rockstar’
- ‘Looking for a Good Time’
- ‘It’s My Life’
The lists contain the songs for road trips that you can enjoy vibing to in case of both solo trips as well as with your group. Alongside great music, the lyrics will definitely bring a feeling of nostalgia. Read along and find out more about the songs in each subsection.

In This Article
25 Country Songs For Road Trips
No road trip is complete without country music. And so we’ve listed some of the best country songs for road trips that you won’t be able to resist singing along to.
- ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’
Artist: John Denver - ‘Cruise’
Artist: Florida Georgia Line - ‘Dirt Road Anthem’
Artist: Jason Aldean - ‘Johnny Cash’
Artist: Jason Aldean - ‘Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck’
Artist: Kip Moore - ‘East Bound and Down’
Artist: Jerry Reed - ‘Six Days on the Road’
Artist: Dave Dudley - ‘Who Says You Can’t Go Home’
Artist: Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles - ‘Life Is A Highway’
Artist: Rascal Flatts - ‘Forever Country’
Artist: Artists of Then, Now, And Forever - ‘The Road Goes On Forever’
Artist: Robert Earl Keen - ‘Amarillo by Morning’
Artist: George Strait - ‘Mud on the Tires’
Artist: Brad Paisley - ‘Good Directions’
Artist: Billy Currington - ‘Dixieland Delight’
Artist: Alabama - ‘King of the Road’
Artist: Roger Miller - ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’
Artist: Johnny Cash - ‘Take a Back Road’
Artist: Rodney Atkins - ‘On the Road Again’
Artist: Willie Nelson - ‘American Kids’
Artist: Kenny Chesney - ‘Small Town Big Time’
Artist: Blake Shelton - ‘Nothing On But The Radio’
Artist: Gary Allan - ‘White Line Fever’
Artist: Merle Haggard - ‘Pickup Man’
Artist: Joe Diffie - ‘A Thousand Miles From Nowhere’
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
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25 Pop/Rock Songs For Road Trips
Now, that we’ve covered country music, it’s time to jam to some pop and rock songs for road trips.
- ‘Castle on the Hill’
Artist: Ed Sheeran - ‘Physical’
Artist: Dua Lipa - ‘Dance Monkey’
Artist: Tones & I - ‘Take Me Back to London’
Artist: Ed Sheeran - ‘All the Good Girls go to Hell’
Artist: Billie Eilish - ‘Uptown Funk’
Artist: Mark Robson & Bruno Mars - ‘Rockstar’
Artist: Nickelback - ‘Looking for a Good Time’
Artist: Lady Antebellum - ‘It’s My Life’
Artist: Bon Jovi - ‘Take me to Church’
Artist: Hozier - ‘Shut Up & Dance’
Artist: Walk the Moon - ‘The Pretender’
Artist: Foo Fighters - ‘Hall of Fame’
Artist: The Script - ‘Centuries’
Artist: Fall Out Boy - ‘Danger Zone’
Artist: Kenny Loggins - ‘Dude Looks like a Lady’
Artist: Aerosmith - ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’
Artist: AC/ DC - ‘Don’t Stop Believing’
Artist: Journey - ‘Paradise City’
Artist: Guns N’ Roses - ‘All Night Long’
Artist: Rainbow - ‘Here I Go Again’
Artist: Whitesnake - ‘We Built This City’
Artist: Starship - ‘Hell ain’t a Bad Place to Be’
Artist: AC/DC - ‘The Boys are Back in Town’
Artist: Thin Lizzy - ‘Go Your Own Way’
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
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Romantic playlist for Traveling
This playlist is great if you’re travelling with your significant other or to bring back the old memories. Listen through these romantic songs for road trips and go down the memory lane.
- ‘Just the Way You Are’
Artist: Billy Joel - ‘You are my Sunshine’
Artist: Johnny Cash - ‘Lean on Me’
Artist: Bill Withers - ‘More than Words’
Artist: Extreme - ‘Stand by Me’
Artist: Ben E. King - ‘Miss You Like Crazy’
Artist: Natalie Cole - ‘True Colors’
Artist: Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendick - ‘Heal the World’
Artist: Michael Jackson - ‘I Knew I Love You’
Artist: Savage Garden - ‘If Life is So Short’
Artist: The Moffatts - ‘Right Here Waiting’
Artist: Richard Marx - ‘Nothing Like You’
Artist: Frightened Rabbit - ‘Precious Love’
Artist: Bob Welch - ‘She is’
Artist: The Fray - ‘Running Around in my Dreams’
Artist: Tyrone Wells - ‘Official’
Artist: Spencer Crandall - ‘The Only One’
Artist: Lionel Richie - ‘When You Say Nothing At All’
Artist: Keith Whitley - ‘Bless the Broken Road’
Artist: Rascal Flatts - ‘Lost in Your Love’
Artist: At Vance - ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’
Artist: Jonas Brothers - ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
Artist: Judy Garland - ‘I Will’
Artist: The Beatles - ‘It’s Alright’
Artist: Matt and Kim - ‘The Power of Love’
Artist: Jennifer Rush
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Wanderlust Playlist for Traveling
Bring out the wanderlust inside you by vibing to the lyrics and beats in this wanderlust section of songs for road trips.
- ‘3×5’
Artist: John Mayer - ‘Bonfire Heart’
Artist: James Blunt - ‘Step Out’
Artist: Jose Gonzalez - ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane’
Artist: Chantal Kreviazuk - ‘Life in a Northern Town’
Artist: Dream Academy - ‘No Roots’
Artist: Alice Merton - ‘Indian Summer’
Artist: Jai Wolf - ‘Dog Days are Over’
Artist: Florence + The Machine - ‘I Lived’
Artist: One Republic - ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’
Artist: Mike Posner - ‘Little Talks’
Artist: Of Monsters and Men - ‘The World Ain’t Slowing Down’
Artist: Ellis Paul - ‘Rocket Man’
Artist: Elton John - ‘Such Great Heights’
Artist: The Postal Service - ‘Send Me On My Way’
Artist: Rusted Root - ‘Good Life’
Artist: One Republic - ‘Escape’
Artist: Jack Johnson - ‘Come Fly With Me’
Artist: Frank Sinatra - ‘The Long Way Around’
Artist: The Dixie Chicks - ‘Scare Away the Dark’
Artist: Passenger - ‘Live Like You Were Dying’
Artist: Tim McGraw - ‘Guaranteed’
Artist: Eddie Vedder - ‘Atlas Hands’
Artist: Benjamin Francis Leftwich - ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’
Artist: Sleeping At Last - ‘Movin’ On’
Artist: Firekid
Wrapping up
This concludes our list of 100 best songs for road trips. We hope that you create some happy memories while listening and singing along to these amazing playlists for your traveling adventures. Comment down below with your favorite song from each list.
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