100 Best Hollywood Songs for Road Trips

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. 

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.

1. ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’
   Artist: John Denver
2. ‘Cruise’
   Artist: Florida Georgia Line 
3. ‘Dirt Road Anthem’
   Artist: Jason Aldean
4. ‘Johnny Cash’
   Artist: Jason Aldean
5. ‘Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck’
   Artist: Kip Moore
6. ‘East Bound and Down’
   Artist: Jerry Reed 
7. ‘Six Days on the Road’
   Artist: Dave Dudley 
8. ‘Who Says You Can’t Go Home’
   Artist: Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
9. ‘Life Is A Highway’
   Artist: Rascal Flatts
10. ‘Forever Country’
    Artist: Artists of Then, Now, And Forever
11. ‘The Road Goes On Forever’
    Artist: Robert Earl Keen
12. ‘Amarillo by Morning’
    Artist: George Strait 
13. ‘Mud on the Tires’
    Artist: Brad Paisley
14. ‘Good Directions’
    Artist: Billy Currington
15. ‘Dixieland Delight’
    Artist: Alabama
16. ‘King of the Road’
    Artist: Roger Miller
17. ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’
    Artist: Johnny Cash
18. ‘Take a Back Road’
    Artist: Rodney Atkins 
19. ‘On the Road Again’
    Artist: Willie Nelson
20. ‘American Kids’
    Artist: Kenny Chesney
21. ‘Small Town Big Time’
    Artist: Blake Shelton
22. ‘Nothing On But The Radio’
    Artist: Gary Allan
23. ‘White Line Fever’
    Artist: Merle Haggard
24. ‘Pickup Man’
    Artist: Joe Diffie
25. ‘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.

1. ‘Castle on the Hill’
   Artist: Ed Sheeran 
2. ‘Physical’
   Artist: Dua Lipa 
3. ‘Dance Monkey’
   Artist: Tones & I 
4. ‘Take Me Back to London’
   Artist: Ed Sheeran 
5. ‘All the Good Girls go to Hell’
   Artist: Billie Eilish 
6. ‘Uptown Funk’
   Artist: Mark Robson & Bruno Mars 
7. ‘Rockstar’
   Artist: Nickelback 
8. ‘Looking for a Good Time’
   Artist: Lady Antebellum 
9. ‘It’s My Life’
   Artist: Bon Jovi 
10. ‘Take me to Church’
    Artist: Hozier 
11. ‘Shut Up & Dance’
    Artist: Walk the Moon
12. ‘The Pretender’
    Artist: Foo Fighters 
13. ‘Hall of Fame’
    Artist: The Script 
14. ‘Centuries’
    Artist: Fall Out Boy 
15. ‘Danger Zone’
    Artist: Kenny Loggins
16. ‘Dude Looks like a Lady’
    Artist: Aerosmith 
17. ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’
    Artist: AC/ DC 
18. ‘Don’t Stop Believing’
    Artist: Journey 
19. ‘Paradise City’
    Artist: Guns N’ Roses 
20. ‘All Night Long’
    Artist: Rainbow 
21. ‘Here I Go Again’
    Artist: Whitesnake
22. ‘We Built This City’
    Artist: Starship 
23. ‘Hell ain’t a Bad Place to Be’
    Artist: AC/DC 
24. ‘The Boys are Back in Town’
    Artist: Thin Lizzy
25. ‘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.

1. ‘Just the Way You Are’
   Artist: Billy Joel
2. ‘You are my Sunshine’
   Artist: Johnny Cash
3. ‘Lean on Me’
   Artist: Bill Withers
4. ‘More than Words’
   Artist: Extreme
5. ‘Stand by Me’
   Artist: Ben E. King
6. ‘Miss You Like Crazy’
   Artist: Natalie Cole
7. ‘True Colors’
   Artist: Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendick
8. ‘Heal the World’
   Artist: Michael Jackson
9. ‘I Knew I Love You’
   Artist: Savage Garden
10. ‘If Life is So Short’
    Artist: The Moffatts
11. ‘Right Here Waiting’
    Artist: Richard Marx
12. ‘Nothing Like You’
    Artist: Frightened Rabbit
13. ‘Precious Love’
    Artist: Bob Welch
14. ‘She is’
    Artist: The Fray
15. ‘Running Around in my Dreams’
    Artist: Tyrone Wells
16. ‘Official’
    Artist: Spencer Crandall
17. ‘The Only One’
    Artist: Lionel Richie
18. ‘When You Say Nothing At All’
    Artist: Keith Whitley
19. ‘Bless the Broken Road’
    Artist: Rascal Flatts
20. ‘Lost in Your Love’
    Artist: At Vance
21. ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’
    Artist: Jonas Brothers
22. ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
    Artist: Judy Garland
23. ‘I Will’
    Artist: The Beatles 
24. ‘It’s Alright’
    Artist: Matt and Kim 
25. ‘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.

1. ‘3×5’  
   Artist: John Mayer
2. ‘Bonfire Heart’
   Artist: James Blunt
3. ‘Step Out’
   Artist: Jose Gonzalez
4. ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane’
   Artist: Chantal Kreviazuk
5. ‘Life in a Northern Town’
   Artist: Dream Academy
6. ‘No Roots’
   Artist: Alice Merton
7. ‘Indian Summer’
   Artist: Jai Wolf
8. ‘Dog Days are Over’
   Artist: Florence + The Machine
9. ‘I Lived’
   Artist: One Republic
10. ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’
    Artist: Mike Posner
11. ‘Little Talks’
    Artist: Of Monsters and Men
12. ‘The World Ain’t Slowing Down’
    Artist: Ellis Paul
13. ‘Rocket Man’
    Artist: Elton John
14. ‘Such Great Heights’
    Artist: The Postal Service
15. ‘Send Me On My Way’
    Artist: Rusted Root
16. ‘Good Life’
    Artist: One Republic
17. ‘Escape’
    Artist: Jack Johnson
18. ‘Come Fly With Me’
    Artist: Frank Sinatra
19. ‘The Long Way Around’
    Artist: The Dixie Chicks
20. ‘Scare Away the Dark’
    Artist: Passenger
21. ‘Live Like You Were Dying’
    Artist: Tim McGraw
22. ‘Guaranteed’
    Artist: Eddie Vedder
23. ‘Atlas Hands’
    Artist: Benjamin Francis Leftwich
24. ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’
    Artist: Sleeping At Last
25. ‘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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