Good songs to listen to in the car

Looking for good road trip songs? Honestly, the right driving songs in the right playlist can make or break a road trip! Here are 100+ best road trip songs to sing along with as you drive!

Planning a road trip or long drive is tough. There are a million things to think about. And one of the things often overlooked is a road trip playlist!

Whether you're travelling by car, RV, camper or bike, this list of the 100 best road trip driving songs is guaranteed to make the miles fly past!

We've got a mix of great driving songs to sing along to: songs for girly summer road trips, classic rock, all-American, a bit of country and some modern 2020 tunes- all designed to create the PERFECT playlist for your journey. And with over 100 road trip songs to choose from, you're guaranteed to find something for everyone to sing along with on the road.

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How to create a great road trip playlist with sing-along songs!

The window wound down, the stereo cranked up and some awesome tunes you can sing along to- perfection, right? But if you're anything like us, your phone/ ipodis a random mix of all sorts of music- including a Christmas album or 7.

That's why a road trip playlist is so important- you don't have to worry if the next tune will be great, you already know it will be!

TOP TIPS:

• Make sure the songs are downloaded onto your phone/ ipod. Otherwise, you're going to use up a lot of data and/ or run the risk of being in an area with bad signal and no music!
• Like listening to things as you drive? Check out Audible you can get podcasts, audiobooks and more- it's a perfect way to pass the time on a long drive.

I'll be honest- there was some. let's call it discussion over the best travel songs to include on this list. My husband prefers classic rock for driving songs. I like songs you can sing along with in the car and songs to drive fast too [NEVER above the speed limit though right?!]

We compromised on creating a road trip playlist with song choices from all of us, so we hope there's something in here for you!

So, let's get to the best road trip songs.

[Update: This post started off as 100 of the best road trip songs it's growing as we add more in, so no idea how many are here now!! ]

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20 Rock Classics- the BEST Road trip Rock songs

• Danger Zone Kenny Loggins
• Nutbush City Limits Ike & Tina Turner
• Dude Looks like a Lady Aerosmith
• American Pie Don Mclean
• Whole Lotta Rosie AC/ DC
• Don't Stop Believing Journey
• Paradise City Guns N' Roses
• All Night Long Rainbow
• Cats in the Cradle Ugly Kid Joe
• Here I Go Again Whitesnake
• Jump Van Halen
• We Built This City Starship
• Summer of '69 Bryan Adams
• Hell ain't a Bad Place to Be AC/DC
• The Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy
• Rio Duran Duran
• Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Elton John
• Who are You The Who
• Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
• Love Walked In Thunder

Best Driving Songs- All-American road trip songs

• Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen
• Sweet Home Alabama LynyrdSkynyrd
• Walk This Way Aerosmith & Run DMC
• My Life Billy Joel
• Living on a Prayer Bon Jovi
• Footloose Kenny Loggins
• One of these Nights The Eagles
• Born to be Wild Steppenwolf
• Nothing but a Good Time-Poison

25 Modern road trip songs to sing along with [2020 update]

Our favourite modern [ish!] driving songs, all of which are perfect to sing along to in the car and belt it out- especially in a traffic jam with people staring at you!! Add any [or all!] of these to your perfect summer road trip playlist.

• Physical- Dua Lipa
• Stupid Love Lady Gaga
• Dance Monkey Tones & I [you know you love it]
• Take Me Back to London Ed Sheeran
• All the Good Girls go to Hell Billie Eilish
• What a Man Gotta Do Jonas Brothers
• Castle on the Hill Ed Sheeran
• Uptown Funk Mark Robson & Bruno Mars
• Rockstar Nickelback
• Looking for a Good Time Lady Antebellum
• It's My Life Bon Jovi
• Take me to Church Hozier
• Hold Back the River James Bay
• Shut Up & Dance Walk the Moon
• Happy Pharell Williams
• The Pretender Foo Fighters
• Hall of Fame The Script
• Centuries Fall Out Boy
• Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
• The Kill 30 Seconds to Mars
• Mr Brightside The Killers
• My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark Fall Out Boy
• Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time Panic at the Disco
• Knights of Cydonia Muse
• If I had you Adam Lambert
• All the Small Things Blink 182

The ultimate girls road trip playlist- perfect songs to sing along with in the car!

Ah- I LOVE girly road trips, especially in the summer. There's nothing better than some sunshine, good friends and some GREAT songs on the stereo. Here are some of our favourite road trip songs for girls [although we don't mind if you boys listen to them too! ]

20 Modern road trip sing-along songs for girls

• Rolling in the Deep Adele
• Waking Up in Vegas Katy Perry
• Trouble Pink
• EverytimeWe Touch Cascada
• According to You Orianthi
• Bang Bang Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Menaj
• Black Magic Little Mix
• Heartbeat Song Kelly Clarkson
• Sax Fleur East
• Can't Be Tamed- Miley Cyrus
• Fight Song Rachel Platten
• The Best Damn Thing Avril Lavigne
• Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
• U and Ur Hand Pink!
• Part of Me Katy Perry
• Shake it Off Taylor Swift
• This is Me Greatest Showman Soundtrack
• Raise Your Glass Pink
• Living la Vida Loca Ricky Martin
• Baby one more time Brittany Spears

20 Classic road trip songs for girls to sing along to in the car!

• Walking on Sunshine Katrina & the Waves
• Bitch Meredith Brooks
• Everything I do, I do it for you Bryan Adams
• Holding Out for a Hero Bonnie Tyler
• Wake Me up before you Go-Go Wham
• It's Raining Men Weather Girls
• Love Shack B52s
• I'm so Excited Pointer Sisters
• Dancing in the Moonlight Toploader
• 9 to 5 Dolly Parton
• Uptown Girl Billy Joel
• Heaven is a Place on Earth Belinda Carlisle
• Man! I Feel like a woman Shania Twain
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
• Poker Face Lady Gaga
• Burning Love Wynonna [I much prefer this version- sorry Elvis!!]
• Love My Life Robbie Williams
• Torn Natalie Imbruglia
• Proud Mary Tina Turner
• Summer Nights- Grease

14 Driving Songs with road in the title'- perfect for a road trip playlist!

• Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles
• Every Day is a Winding Road Sheryl Crow
• Take me Home, Country Roads John Denver
• The Long and Winding Road The Beatles
• Bright Side of the Road Van Morrison
• Long Road To Ruin Foo Fighters
• Road Trippin' Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Back on the Road Again REO Speedwagon
• Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen
• Road to Hell Chris Rea
• Road to Nowhere Talking Heads
• Old Town Road Lil Nas X
• Roadhouse Blues The Doors
• Road Less Traveled Lauren Alaina

15 best songs about driving and cars

Some of the best songs about driving [and cars!] all perfect for a road trip playlist!

• Mustang Sally The Commitments
• Bat out of Hell Meatloaf
• I Drove all night Roy Orbison
• Rhythm Made Me Do It Shania Twain
• Drive By Train
• Greased Lightnin' Grease Soundtrack
• Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meatloaf
• Bad Habit The Offspring
• Car Wash Rose Royce
• 2,4,6,8 Motorway Tom Robinson Band
• Little Red Corvette Prince
• Pink Cadillac Bruce Springsteen
• Route 66 Chuck Berry
• Drive The Cars
• Drive My Car The Beatles

Best Driving songs to drive faster to [and sing along with!!]

Yes, we've already had some AMAZING road trip songs for the playlist, but here are some more to crank it up and sing along with [just watch that speed limit!!]

• Don't Stop Me Now Queen
• Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters
• Eye of the Tiger Survivor
• Beat It Michael Jackson
• 50 Ways to say Goodbye Train
• River Deep, Mountain High Tina Turner
• Cherry Pie Warrant
• I would do anything for love Meatloaf
• Addicted to Love Robert Palmer
• Pour Some Sugar on Me Def Leppard [one of the best songs about sugar ever ]
• Any Way you Want it Journey [or the Rock of Ages version!]
• DOA Foo Fighters
• Lowlife Theory of a Deadman
• Making it Hard Hinder
• Oblivion Terrorvision
• Haven't Had Enough Marianas Trench
• Angel with a Shotgun The Cab
• Silent Majority Nickelback
• Run to You Bryan Adams
• Thanks for the Mmrs Fall Out Boy
• The Anthem Good Charlotte
• Teenagers My Chemical Romance
• High School Never Ends Bowling for Soup
• Seven Nation Army White Stripes
• Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas
• Build Me up Buttercup The Foundations
• Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry
• Come As You Are Nirvana
• Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus

20 Quieter Road trip songs- for when the kids are sleeping!

These songs are perfect when you want to turn it down a little bit. Admittedly, we tend to turn them up, but then we don't have young kids anymore!

[Top tip for parents- these children's car games won't drive you crazy. Promise!]

• Livin' Thing Electric Light Orchestra
• All I Need is a Miracle Mike and the Mechanics
• Everybody wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears
• Money for Nothing Dire Straits
• In the Air Tonight Phil Collins [just remember to air drum quietly!!]
• I don't want a lover Texas
• The Chain Fleetwood Mac
• The Gambler Kenny Rogers
• Stay with Me Rod Stewart
• All Night Long- Lionel Richie
• No Son of Mine Genesis
• Easy Lover Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
• Every Little Thing She Does The Police
• It's a Beautiful Day Michael Buble
• Jesus, He knows me Genesis
• The Day We Caught the Train Ocean Colour Scene
• All Right Now Free
• Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd
• Mama Told Me not to Come Tom Jones
• Boys of Summer Don Henley

Classic road trip driving songs for EVERY trip

These are some of our favourite driving tunes- but they didn't really fit anywhere else [or they did, but my OCD with the numbers wouldn't allow it!] Still, don't forget to put these onto your ultimate driving playlist!!

• Africa Toto
• Waterloo Abba
• Like I Roll Black Stone Cherry
• Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top
• I Love Rock n Roll Joan Jet
• Counting Stars OneRepublic
• Song 2 Blur
• Only The Good Die Young Billy Joel
• Dreadlock Holiday 10cc
• Englishman in New York Sting
• Stacy's Mom Bowling for Soup or Fountains of Wayne
• The Power of Love Huey Lewis and The News
• One of Us Joan Osborne
• Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
• When the Going gets tough Billy Ocean
• I Can't Dance Genesis
• Losing My Religion R.E.M
• We Are Family Sister Sledge
• Video Killed the Radiostar The Buggles
• Hit Me with your Best Shot Pat Benatar
• I Got You [I Feel Good] James Brown
• Graceland Paul Simon
• Since You Been Gone Rainbow
• Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
• Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2

Best Road Trip Songs- how did you like our Playlist?

Every single one of these songs makes us turn the volume up and sing along like crazy people- much to the amusement of anyone around us!

These are driving songs to embarrass yourselves to and enjoy every second. I hope it's given you some great ideas for your own road trip playlist- let me know what you include on yours!!

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