Top 15 Road Trip Songs

The songJourney follow young people leaving familiar places and looking for a feeling or future they have not found yet.

Best forIt is the ultimate roll-the-windows-down song. Everyone knows when to join in, even if they only know one part.

The songAC/DC turn the hard life of constant touring into a loud joke about being on the road to hell.

Best forIt brings reckless, funny energy to the drive. Perfect for a long highway when you need the car to wake up.

The songFreddie Mercury tells a strange, dramatic story about guilt, fear and trying to escape the consequences of a terrible choice.

Best forIt gives everyone in the car a different part to sing. Few songs make a normal drive feel this big.

The songMark Knopfler watches a small band play in a nearly empty pub and calls them the Sultans of Swing.

Best forIt has the easy feeling of finding a great song on the radio halfway through a journey and letting it play all the way through.

The songSmash Mouth tell a young person that life can be strange and difficult, but they should still keep going.

Best forIt is silly in the best way. This is for the part of a trip when everyone is tired but still laughing.

The songToto imagine a journey through Africa and a person pulled between love, travel and a bigger life.

Best forIt has that familiar far-away feeling that makes even a normal road feel like an adventure.

The songR.E.M. sing about losing certainty and feeling exposed after giving too much of yourself to a belief or relationship.

Best forIt works for the quieter part of a drive, when the road is long and people start looking out the window instead of talking.

The songLynyrd Skynyrd celebrate home, roots and the place they feel proud to come from.

Best forIt feels built for a sunny road with friends, especially when somebody knows every word and sings it first.

The songThe Killers sing about someone stuck watching an old relationship move on without them.

Best forIt has enough drama for a singalong and enough speed to keep the trip moving when the road gets boring.

The songA person asks someone to take a chance on love before time runs out.

Best forIt makes the whole car feel like it is in an old movie. The big chorus is impossible not to chase.

The songRed Hot Chili Peppers look at California as a beautiful place with a darker, emptier side underneath.

Best forIt is for sunset roads and city lights. It makes a familiar place feel a little more cinematic.

The songBon Jovi follow a working couple trying to hold on to love and hope when money is tight.

Best forIt is made for singing with your whole chest. A road trip is one of the few places you can do that without caring.

The songThe Eagles arrive at a beautiful hotel that slowly feels strange, tempting and impossible to leave.

Best forIt gives the drive a little mystery, especially after dark when every roadside sign starts to look important.

The songEd Sheeran sings about attraction and wanting to get close to someone through dance and touch.

Best forIt is an easy song for warm weather, friends in the car and no pressure to take the trip too seriously.

The songABBA celebrate a young woman escaping into one perfect night of dancing.

Best forIt is pure shared joy. Even a bad road trip moment feels better when this comes on.