The Best 200 Songs for a Road Trip

Here’s our first selection of music to travel and enjoy on your road trips. 200 songs perfect for travel by car.

I don’t know if you’ll be the same way of thinking like me, but music is a key factor for me while I’m traveling.

There are indeed times when what I need is a little silence, and in those moments, I enjoy while I am driving, and I only hear the very noise of the car and the asphalt.

But most of the time, what I like is listening to music to travel, my music.

Music for your Road Trips

I love music, but all good music. So for the first time, I’ve decided to share the 200 tracks that I don’t think should be missing from a music play-list to travel, and I leave a lot of songs, really, many.

The list I currently have designed for my travels has more than 1200 songs (so I don’t miss anything), and when I put it on, there’s still no song that’s sounded that makes me say, “Wow, don’t forget me when I get home to remove it from the list.”

From this list that I find difficult to cut, I have set the goal of taking the top 200 and selecting them for you.

And I couldn’t, I had to leave her in 210 because I’m not able to remove any more. And I feel like there’s a lot of… so many that I’m sure I’ll have to expand this list shortly.

Please, if you want to add more, please let them in the comments.

How have we selected this music to travel?

What have been my criteria for selecting these music songs for your road trips? Well, first of all, it’s music I love, and second, anyone can listen to it and like it, let’s be good universally speaking.

And finally, if they are related to travel or a road trip, then perfect, do not forget that it is a selection of music to travel.

There are songs that some friends have told me are awesome, and I can’t listen to them for more than 15 seconds. So I’ve set out to find those 210 songs that almost anyone might like.

But well, as they say in my village, “for taste the colors.” Although you’ll realize the kind of music I like, hehe quickly.

• Songs that sounded on our Podcast about Route 66
• Enjoy The most famous Irish songs

Tell you that I have not ordered the songs from best to worst, but by artist, I say it because the same thing in 199 someone sees it’s fantastic and wonders where I have the sense of style and good taste…

What has become clear to me after making this list is that I have to do more because, with one, I think it’s not enough… Well, there go my 210 songs for your road trip.

And you know, would you add any, tell me and we’ll include it in the next one!!!

Music for road trips

Number	Name	Artist
1	Take On Me	A-HA
2	You Shook Me All Night Long	AC-DC
3	Back In Black	AC-DC
4	Jailbreak	AC-DC
5	Highway To Hell	AC-DC
6	Set Fire To The Rain	Adele
7	Someone Like You	Adele
8	Cryin’	Aerosmith
9	Livin’ On The Edge	Aerosmith
10	Crazy	Aerosmith
11	Fallin’	Alicia Keys
12	No One	Alicia Keys
13	They’re My Friends	Amaral
14	All Night On the Street	Amaral
15	This Is The Life	Amy Macdonald
16	Let’s Start A Band	Amy Macdonald
17	Back To Black	Amy Winehouse
18	You Know I’m No Good	Amy Winehouse
19	Skinny	Andrés Squid
20	Back	Andrés Squid
21	House Of The Rising Sun	Animals
22	I Say A Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin
23	Respect	Aretha Franklin
24	Resurrection shuffle	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
25	The Thrill Is Gone	B.B. King
26	Stand By Me	Ben E King
27	Halo	Beyonce
28	Kiss The Rain	Billie Myers
29	Mony Mony	Billy Idol
30	We Didn’t Start The Fire	Billy Joel
31	The River Of Dreams	Billy Joel
32	Where Is The Love	Black Eyed Peas
33	I Gotta Feeling	Black Eyed Peas
34	War Pigs	Black Sabbath
35	Paranoid	Black Sabbath
36	Call Me	Blondie
37	One Way Or Another	Blondie
38	Parklife	Blur
39	Song 2	Blur
40	Like A Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan
41	Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	Bob Dylan
42	Don’t Worry Be Happy	Bobby McFerrin
43	Livin’ On A Prayer	Bon Jovi
44	Bad Medicine	Bon Jovi
45	It’s A Heartache	Bonnie Tyler
46	The Letter	Box Tops
47	Black Is Black	The Braves
48	Dancing In The Dark	Bruce Springsteen
49	Born In The U.S.A	Bruce Springsteen
50	Brilliant Disguise	Bruce Springsteen
51	Streets Of Philadelphia	Bruce Springsteen
52	Bad things	BSO True Blood
53	La Lola	Cafe Quijano
54	You don’t have a heart	Cafe Quijano & Joaquin Sabina
55	I Need Your Love	Calvin Harris
56	A Countercurrent	The Mad Song
57	Back to Enjoy	The Mad Song
58	Slippers	The Mad Song
59	Do That To Me One More Time	Captain & Tenille
60	Smooth	Carlos Santana Ft Rob Thomas
61	April 20	Celtas cortos
62	Pokito A Poko	Chambao
63	Johnny Be Good	Chuck Berry
64	Politik	Coldplay
65	Clocks	Coldplay
66	Viva La Vida	Coldplay
67	Paradise	Coldplay
68	Gangsta’s Paradise	Coolio
69	Mr. Jones	Counting Crows
70	Omaha	Counting Crows
71	Graveyard Train	Creedence Clearwater Revival
72	Proud Mary	Creedence Clearwater Revival
73	Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival
74	I Put A Spell On You	Creedence Clearwater Revival
75	Who’ll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival
76	Good Golly Miss Molly	Creedence Clearwater Revival
77	Ramble Tamble	Creedence Clearwater Revival
78	Taste of love	Invisible Dance
79	Smoke On The Water	Deep Purple
80	Photography	Def Leppard
81	Pour Some Sugar On Me	Def Leppard
82	Enjoy The Silence	Depeche Mode
83	Strange Love	Depeche Mode
84	World In My Eyes	Depeche Mode
85	Personal Jesus	Depeche Mode
86	Layla	Derek & The Dominos
87	Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad	Derek & The Dominos
88	Have You Ever Loved A Woman	Derek & The Dominos
89	Ain’t No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross
90	The Wanderer	Dion
91	Sultans Of Swing	Dire Straits
92	Walk Of Life	Dire Straits
93	Money For Nothing	Dire Straits
94	Hot Stuff	Donna Summer
95	Ordinary world	Duran Duran
96	Hotel California	Eagles
97	Crocodile Rock	Elton John
98	Sacrifice	Elton John
99	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley
100	Hound Dog	Elvis Presley
101	Don’t Be Cruel	Elvis Presley
102	Jail House Rock	Elvis Presley
103	Trouble	Elvis Presley
104	Lose Yourself	Eminem
105	Spill The Wine	Eric Burdon & War
106	Traveling Alone	Eric Clapton
107	River Runs Deep	Eric Clapton
108	Judgement Day	Eric Clapton
109	The Final Countdown	Europe
110	Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics
111	I Want To Know What Love Is	Foreigner
112	We Are Young	Fun Ft Janelle Monae
113	Little Green Bag	George Baker Selection
114	Got My Mind Set On You	George Harrison
115	Bad To The Bone	George Thorogood
116	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
117	Crazy	Gnarls Barkley
118	Sweet Child O’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses
119	Live And Let Die	Guns N’ Roses
120	Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	Guns N’ Roses
121	The Passenger	Iggy Pop
122	Radioactive	Imagine Dragons
123	Never Tear Us Apart	Inxs
124	Flashdance	Irene Cara
125	Superstar	Jamelia
126	You’re Beautiful	James Blunt
127	I Got You	James Brown
128	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin
129	Are You Gonna Be My Girl	Jet
130	Look What You, see Done	Jet
131	I Love Rock N’ Roll	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
132	City Fish	Joaquin Sabina
133	The Lame Pirate	Joaquin Sabina
134	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin
135	Are you gonna go my way	Lenny Kravitz
136	Rumble	Link Wray
137	The Swag	Link Wray
138	Numb	Linkin Park
139	All Night Long	Lionel Richie
140	Cadillac Solitario	Loquillo And Los Trogloditas
141	Walk On The Wild Side	Lou Reed
142	What a Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong
143	I Try	Macy Gray
144	This love	Maroon5
145	Ain’t No Mountain High Enough	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
146	I Would Do Anything For Love	Meat Loaf
147	Nothing Else Matters	Metallica
148	When A Man Loves A Woman	Michael Bolton
149	Feeling Good	Michael Buble
150	Bad	Michael Jackson
151	Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield
152	Baby Don’t Forget My Number	Milli Vanilli
153	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)	Nancy Sinatra
154	99 Red Ballons	Baby
155	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana
156	Wonderwall	Oasis
157	Don’t Look Back In Anger	Oasis
158	Route 66	Pappo
159	Graceland	Paul Simon
160	Princesses	Laziness
161	I Can’t Dance	Phil Collins & Genesis
162	What’s Up	Pink
163	Something To Believe In	Poison
164	Brass In Pocket	Pretenders
165	Raspberry Beret	Prince
166	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
167	Creep	Radiohead
168	Hit the Road Jack	Ray Charles
169	Around The World	Red Hot Chili Peppers
170	Radio Song	Rem
171	Losing My Religion	Rem
172	Unchained Melody	Righteous Brothers
173	Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z)	Rihanna
174	Something Beautiful	Robbie Williams
175	Europe (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)	Santana
176	Dust In The Wind	Scorpions
177	Man! I Feel Like A Woman	Shania Twain
178	Whatever You Want	Status Quo
179	Born To Be Wild	Steppenwolf
180	The Joker	Steve Miller Band
181	She Is In Fashion	Suede
182	Toms Diner	Suzanne Vega
183	Paradise	Tesla
184	So Called Friend	Texas
185	Twist & Shout	The Beatles
186	Help!	The Beatles
187	Yesterday	The Beatles
188	All You Need Is Love	The Beatles
189	Hey Jude	The Beatles
190	Don’t Leave Me This Way	The Communards
191	Linger	The Cranberries
192	Tainted Love	Soft Cell
193	L.A. Woman	The Doors
194	Break On Through (To The Other Side)	The Doors
195	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd
196	Mrs. Robinson	The Lemonheads
197	Self Esteem	The Offspring
198	I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)	The Proclaimers
199	Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones
200	Paint It Black	The Rolling Stones
201	The Whole Of The Moon	The Waterboys
202	The Best	Tina Turner
203	Talkin’ Bout a Revolution	Tracy Chapman
204	Baby, I Don’t Care	Transvision Vamp
205	With Or Without You	U2
206	Where The Streets Have No Name	U2
207	Jump	Van Halen
208	Bright Side Of The Road	Van Morrison
209	Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison
210	La Grange	Zz Top
211	The Revelde	La Renga

Plan Your Road Trip

• Music to road trip the U.S Route 66, from the Touristear podcasts.
• How to prepare a road trip
• Rent a car well priced
• How to organize a step-by-step trip
• Tips for traveling by van or RV, motor-home

Last Updated on 17 April, 2024 by Veronica

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