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.

IF YOU LIKE ROCK

1.   Don’t Stop Believing—Journey
2.   Paradise City—Guns N’ Roses
3.   All Night Long—Rainbow 
4.   Danger Zone—Kenny Loggins 
5.   Dude Looks Like a Lady—Aerosmith
6.   American Pie—Don Mclean
7.   Jump—Van Halen
8.   We Built This City—Starship
9.   Summer of ’69—Bryan Adams
10.    Go Your Own Way—Fleetwood Mac
11.    Walk This Way—Aerosmith & Run-DMC
12.    Born in the USA—Bruce Springsteen
13.    Living on a Prayer—Bon Jovi
14.    One of These Nights—The Eagles
15.    Back on the Road Again—REO Speedwagon
16.    Bat out of Hell—Meatloaf
17.    Paradise by the Dashboard Light—Meatloaf
18.    Any Way You Want It—Journey
19.    It’s My Life—Bon Jovi
20.    Born to Run—Bruce Springsteen

   
IF YOU LIKE COUNTRY

1.    Every Day is a Winding Road—Sheryl Crow
2.    Take me Home, Country Roads—John Denver
3.    It’s a Great Day to Be Alive—Travis Tritt
4.    Sweet Home Alabama—Lynyrd Skynyrd
5.    Life is a Highway—Rascal Flatts
6.    Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
7.    Body Like a Back Road—Sam Hunt
8.    Days Go By—Keith Urban
9.    American Kids—Kenny Chesney
10.    Wagon Wheel—Old Crow Medicine Show or Darius Rucker
11.    Red Dirt Road—Brooks & Dunn
12.    Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy—Brooks & Dunn
13.    Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
14.    Man! I Feel Like a Woman—Shania Twain
15.    Jolene—Dolly Parton
16.    Old Town Road—Lil Nas X
17.    The Devil Went Down to Georgia—The Charlie Daniels Band
18.    All I Wanna Do—Sheryl Crow
19.    I Love This Bar—Toby Keith
20.     Dixieland Delight—Alabama 

  
IF YOU LIKE POP

1.     Shut Up & Dance—Walk the Moon
2.     Mr. Brightside—The Killers
3.     If I Had You—Adam Lambert
4.     All the Small Things—Blink 182
5.     Every Time We Touch—Cascada
6.     Thnks fr th Mmrs—Fall Out Boy
7.     The Anthem—Good Charlotte
8.     Teenagers—My Chemical Romance
9.     Blinding Lights—The Weeknd
10.     Party in the U.S.A.—Miley Cyrus
11.     Shotgun—George Ezra
12.     Sucker—Jonas Brothers 
13.     Watermelon Sugar—Harry Styles 
14.     We Are Young—FUN 
15.     Shut Up and Drive—Rihanna 
16.     The Way—Fastball 
17.     About Damn Time—Lizzo 
18.     Hey Ya!—Outkast 
19.     Hollaback Girl—Gwen Stefani
20.     Bad Guy—Billie Ellis

IF YOU LIKE CLASSICS

1.     Walking on Sunshine—Katrina & the Waves
2.     Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go—Wham
3.     It’s Raining Men—Weather Girls
4.     Love Shack—B52s
5.     Girls Just Wanna Have Fun—Cyndi Lauper
6.     Billie Jean—Michael Jackson
7.     Africa—Toto
8.     Sharp Dressed Man—ZZ Top
9.     I Love Rock 'n' Roll—Joan Jet
10.     Counting Stars—OneRepublic
11.     Only the Good Die Young—Billy Joel
12.     Hit Me with Your Best Shot—Pat Benatar
13.     Little Red Corvette—Prince 
14.     Fast Car—Tracy Chapman
15.     Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison 
16.     Smells Like Teen Spirit—Nirvana 
17.     Bohemian Rhapsody—Queen 
18.     I Will Survive—Gloria Gaynor 
19.     Sweet Child O’ Mine—Guns N’ Roses
20.     Stairway to Heaven—Led Zeppelin