Road trips still remain one of the most popular forms of travel, with more than 200 million Americans planning a road trip this year. Whether you’re driving 100 or 1,000 miles, prepping for a road trip means packing your essentials, selecting snacks and drinks, and planning stops for food, gas, and attractions along the way.
However, many road-trippers believe one of the most important tasks is putting together your road trip playlist. To celebrate road trip season, we’ve curated some of the top songs for your ultimate road trip playlist.
- Don’t Stop Believing—Journey
- Paradise City—Guns N’ Roses
- All Night Long—Rainbow
- Danger Zone—Kenny Loggins
- Dude Looks Like a Lady—Aerosmith
- American Pie—Don Mclean
- Jump—Van Halen
- We Built This City—Starship
- Summer of ’69—Bryan Adams
- Go Your Own Way—Fleetwood Mac
- Walk This Way—Aerosmith & Run-DMC
- Born in the USA—Bruce Springsteen
- Living on a Prayer—Bon Jovi
- One of These Nights—The Eagles
- Back on the Road Again—REO Speedwagon
- Bat out of Hell—Meatloaf
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light—Meatloaf
- Any Way You Want It—Journey
- It’s My Life—Bon Jovi
- Born to Run—Bruce Springsteen
IF YOU LIKE COUNTRY
- Every Day is a Winding Road—Sheryl Crow
- Take me Home, Country Roads—John Denver
- It’s a Great Day to Be Alive—Travis Tritt
- Sweet Home Alabama—Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Life is a Highway—Rascal Flatts
- Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
- Body Like a Back Road—Sam Hunt
- Days Go By—Keith Urban
- American Kids—Kenny Chesney
- Wagon Wheel—Old Crow Medicine Show or Darius Rucker
- Red Dirt Road—Brooks & Dunn
- Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy—Brooks & Dunn
- Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman—Shania Twain
- Jolene—Dolly Parton
- Old Town Road—Lil Nas X
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia—The Charlie Daniels Band
- All I Wanna Do—Sheryl Crow
- I Love This Bar—Toby Keith
- Dixieland Delight—Alabama
IF YOU LIKE POP
- Shut Up & Dance—Walk the Moon
- Mr. Brightside—The Killers
- If I Had You—Adam Lambert
- All the Small Things—Blink 182
- Every Time We Touch—Cascada
- Thnks fr th Mmrs—Fall Out Boy
- The Anthem—Good Charlotte
- Teenagers—My Chemical Romance
- Blinding Lights—The Weeknd
- Party in the U.S.A.—Miley Cyrus
- Shotgun—George Ezra
- Sucker—Jonas Brothers
- Watermelon Sugar—Harry Styles
- We Are Young—FUN
- Shut Up and Drive—Rihanna
- The Way—Fastball
- About Damn Time—Lizzo
- Hey Ya!—Outkast
- Hollaback Girl—Gwen Stefani
- Bad Guy—Billie Ellis
IF YOU LIKE CLASSICS
- Walking on Sunshine—Katrina & the Waves
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go—Wham
- It’s Raining Men—Weather Girls
- Love Shack—B52s
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun—Cyndi Lauper
- Billie Jean—Michael Jackson
- Africa—Toto
- Sharp Dressed Man—ZZ Top
- I Love Rock 'n' Roll—Joan Jet
- Counting Stars—OneRepublic
- Only the Good Die Young—Billy Joel
- Hit Me with Your Best Shot—Pat Benatar
- Little Red Corvette—Prince
- Fast Car—Tracy Chapman
- Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison
- Smells Like Teen Spirit—Nirvana
- Bohemian Rhapsody—Queen
- I Will Survive—Gloria Gaynor
- Sweet Child O’ Mine—Guns N’ Roses
- Stairway to Heaven—Led Zeppelin