The Best Songs for a Road Trip

It's that time of year, the sun is shining, school days are winding down and the feeling of wanting to go anywhere is overwhelming. Summer is a season made for road trips, long days on the open road with nothing ahead of you and nowhere to be. However whether that drive is being made with a group of friends, family or by yourself, one of the best things about taking a road trip is the music you get to listen to along the way. Below is a list ten songs that are tailor made for the long days and nights on the open road - and makes the journey just as much fun as finally getting to the destination.

10. Slow Ride - Foghat

From the awesome beat to the sing-along ready lyrics, Slow Ride is the perfect song to sing along too and bop along too all at the same time. The song is incredibly catchy and will get everyone in the car pumped for the ride.

9. Ride Wit Me - Nelly

One of Nelly's biggest hits, Ride Wit Me is a song that takes you to a specific time and place and with a catchy chorus that invites you to not only sing along but scream "must be the money" at the top of your lungs many times, everyone is sure to have a good time.

8. On the Road Again - Willie Nelson

A road trip staple, the song perfectly sums up the feelings of being out on the open road so perfectly. The song is a low-key, mid-tempo gem.

7. Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts

An incredibly catchy song, Life is a Highway has a great beat, fun lyrics that invite you to join into and a chorus that is so great to sing it's almost ridiculous. The face that the song is, at its core, about driving on the open road only further makes it a perfect song for the road.

6. Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna

One of Rihanna's best songs, filled with car-themed come-on's and a crashing beat that makes you want to get up and dance, Shut Up and Drive is one of the best songs to blast in a car and dance like crazy to.

5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf

Just an incredible, epic song to begin with, one can't help but be taken in by and singing loudly along with one of Meatloaf's biggest hits. The song is long, but never feels that way when you're singing at the top of your lungs.

4. Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi

A song that's great to sing along anywhere, it just seems better and more fun when being pumped from the stereo system in a car with everyone singing along to the infamous, amazing chorus, built specifically for group participation.

3. Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

With its blazing beat and rebellion-tinged lyrics, Born to be Wild is a great song to blast out loud and sing out loud with during a long drive. It will get you pumped and moving.

2. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

A rock song with a country tinge, Sweet Home Alabama has one of the best beats that is widely recognizable and lyrics that allow you not only to participate, but make you want to participate. The best part of the song is the great chorus that will make a person from any state shout out love to Alabama.

1. Highway to Hell - AC/DC

With the classic beat and awesome lyrics this song has become a road trip staple for a reason; it would be a challenge for someone to not want to sing and dance when this song comes on, and it plays over real well with a group of people in a car. The song is one of the best road trip songs ever recorded

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