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50 Road Trip Songs: The Ultimate Solo Playlist

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March 11, 2020 by Tracey Nesbitt

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What would a solo road trip be without a soundtrack?

What are the essential road trip songs that would create the perfect playlist?

Ideally, it should be made up of a number of components. They all have to be songs that you can sing along to, with bonus marks for the ones that you can sing at the top of your lungs, the ones to which you know all of the lyrics, and the ones that you enjoy so much you hit “rewind” and play again.

There has to be:

  • some country
  • some rock
  • a bit of metal
  • sad songs
  • happy songs
  • a song about being alone
  • a song about strength
  • songs about travel
  • a “to hell with you” song
  • some “pound the steering wheel to the beat” songs
  • and just a lot of songs that you know – or can fake – well enough to sing along.
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Hitting the open road in Iceland.

50 Songs for Solo Travelers

Herewith, in no particular order, my totally subjective solo road trip playlist. Some of these were my choices, others were mentioned so often when I asked readers and friends for suggestions, that they had to have a place on the list.

I'm So Excited
The Pointer Sisters

I Want to Break Free
Queen

Summer of 69
Bryan Adams
 
Wonderwall
Oasis
 
Ahead by a Century
The Tragically Hip
 
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
 
On the Road Again
Willie Nelson
 
Life is A Highway
Tom Cochrane
 
I’m Still Standing
Elton John
 
The Long and Winding Road
The Beatles
 
Running on Empty
Jackson Browne
 
America
Simon and Garfunkel
 
Ride Like the Wind
Christopher Cross
 
Proud
Heather Small
 
Radar Love
Golden Earring
 
Hotel California
The Eagles
 
Mustang Sally
WIlson Pickett
 
Ventura Highway
America
 
Drive
The Cars
 
Uptown Funk
Bruno Mars
 
Happy
Pharrell Williams
 
King of the Road
Roger Miller
 
The Gambler
Kenny Rogers
 
More than a Feeling
Boston
 
I Drove All Night
Céline Dion
 
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
 
Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf
 
Where The Streets Have No Name
U2
 
Greased Lightnin‘
John Travolta, Jeff Conaway
 
Tennessee Whiskey
Chris Stapleton
 
Every Day Is a Winding Road
Sheryl Crow
 
Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac
 
Take It on the Run
REO Speedwagon
 
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers
 
Running on Empty
Jackson Brown
 
Don't Stop Believing
Journey


  Take it Easy
The Eagles


Proud Mary
Tina Turner
 
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
 
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette
 
Jack and Diane
John Mellencamp
 
Africa
Toto
 
Havana
Camila Cabello
 
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
 
Bring Me Some Water
Melissa Etheridge
 
Good Morning Starshine
Serena Ryder  
 
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
 
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
Dwight Yoakam
 
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
 
End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys

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Your Solo Road Trip Playlist

Looking for some itinerary suggestions so you can get behind the wheel and sing your solo road trip songs? We have an entire road trip category! Here are some of the articles you'll find there:

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You can listen to all of these solo road trip songs right now from this playlist that I created for you on Spotify, or you can access it here.

What would you add to my road trip playlist? Please share your favorites in the comments section below.

Last updated: 27th April, 2020

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