Top 30 Tunes to Jam Out to on Your Next Road Trip

Road trips are the best! There is something special about hopping in your car and traveling on the open road. No road trip would be complete without the perfect soundtrack! There are certain songs that just scream vacation to me. Here are my top 30 tunes to jam out to on your next road trip!

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So Cal Beats

Growing up in Northern California, we traveled south fairly often for summer vacations. These songs & albums bring me right back to summertime road-tripping in California!

1. No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom Album

2. Sublime – Sublime Album

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californiacation Album

4. The Beach Boys – California Girls

5. Katy Perry – California Girls (ok ok, this wasn’t from my childhood, but I can’t help but sing along!)

Beach Vibes

6. Jimmy Buffet – Margaritaville, Volcano, Cheese Burger in Paradise, It’s 5’Oclock Somewhere. He IS one of the most famous beach bums there is! A little Buffet in your life is sure to bring out your inner parrothead!

7. Jack Johnson – Anything by him, this is also my chill out cooking music! 

8. Rupert Holmes – Escape (aka The Pina Colada Song) 

9. The Beach Boys – Kokomo. More classic beach bums! Obviously you must listen to Kokomo, but all of their music will transport you to the sand and waves.

10. Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem, and When the Sun Goes Down. Many of Kennys’ songs are beachy, listening to his music always makes me feel like I’m on vacation!

11. Don Henley – The Boys of Summer

12. Weezer – Island in the Sun & Surf Wax America. Honestly, I just love Weezer! They aren’t your typical beach vibes, but I’ll take it!

13. Zac Brown Band – Toes 

14. Blake Shelton – Some Beach 

More Road Trip Tunes

15. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

16. The Eagles – Take it Easy 

17. Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere (and many more! Gotta love Johnny Cash! )

18. The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles). Any other How I Met Your Mother fans out there that can’t hear this song the same way again? Or is it just me?

19. Rascal Flatts – Life is a Highway. Admittedly, this song is a wee bit overplayed… but it’s still so dang catchy! 

20. Don McLean  – American Pie

21. Tracy Chapman  – Fast Car

22. Chuck Berry  – Route 66. Must respect the classics! 

23. John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane

24. Kansas – Carry On My Wayward Son. We could all use a little more air-guitar in our lives!

25. ACDC – Back in Black & Highway to Hell. More car jam sessions! 🙂 

Husbands Picks

26. Toto – Africa. No lie, my husband LOVES this song! I admit, it is pretty freakin’ great. 

27. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded by the Light

28. The Calling – Adrienne

29. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark

30. Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight We also played this at our wedding as our last song!

There you have it! My Top 30 tunes to Jam out to on your next road trip! Just thinking about my favorite road trip songs feeds my wanderlust and my soul! I cannot wait to get back on the open road with my soundtrack ready to rock!

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