
If you’re going on a road trip it is absolutely essential that you have an awesome playlist! As a passionate road tripper, who’s been traveling in an RV with my parents and four siblings for the last 5 years, and music lover, going on a road trip without an awesome road trip playlist the worst packing mistake you could make.
I’ve put together a complete road trip playlist to last you til the end of time (or at least 9 hours). Below is the perfect road trip playlist divided into four parts whether you’re looking for happy music, chill background tunes, head-nodding jams, or classics sing-alongs!
I’ve included a link at the bottom so you can download this entire playlist on Spotify as well as each individual playlist.
Before you head out on that epic road trip, check out our other Road Trip Blogs:
- Road Trip Pack List
- How to Plan a Successful Road Trip
- Tips for Your First Camping or RV Trip
- 14 Tips For Your First Road Trip
- How To Road Trip on a Budget
- Essential RV Gadgets for Your RV
- Roadschooling Your Kids

The Perfect Road Trip Playlist
Happy Playlist
Songs to keep to the good vibes rolling
1. Buttercup – Jack Stauber
2. Shut Up And Dance – WALK THE MOON
3. Blisters In The Sun – Violent Femmes
4. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes
5. Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
6. Someday – The Strokes
7. One Of Us – New Politics
8. NBHD – Onerepublic
9. Good Life – Onerepublic
10. Life in Color – Onerepublic
11. Lucky – Jason Mraz
12. Midnight City – M83
13. Oxygen – Dirty Heads
14. I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran (with Justin Bieber)
15. Dog Days Are Over – Florence And The Machine
16. When It Was Wrong – California Honeydrops
17. Cleopatra – The Lumineers
18. Burn The House Down – AJR
19. Everything Now – Arcade Fire
20. Ride – Twenty One Pilots
21. High Hopes – Panic! At The Disco
22. We Are Young – fun
23. The Walker – Fitz And The Tantrums
24. Wake Up – Arcade Fire
25. Upside Down – Jack Johnson
26. Starman – David Bowie
27. 9 to 5 – Dolly Partson
28. Faith – George Michael
29. Take It All Back 2.0 – Judah & The Lion
30. Unbelievers – Vampire Weekend
31. Might Be Right – White Reaper
32. Everybody Talks – Neon Trees
33. The Hype – Twenty One Pilots
34. Fool – Dan Luke and The Raid
35. The Underdog – Spoon
36. Safe And Sound – Capitol Cities
37. Best Day Of My Life – American Authors
38. My Life – Billy Joel

Jam On Playlist
Songs for when you’ve been driving for hours on end and to need a jump start
39. What’s Up- 4 Non Blondes
40. Back In Black – AC/DC
41. Like A Stone – Audioslave
42. E-Pro – Beck
43. Hard To Handle – The Black Crowes
44. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
45. Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen
46. Come A Little Closer – Cage the Elephant
47. The Distance – Cake
48. What I Got – Sublime
49. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) –
50. The Kids Aren’t Alright – Fall Out Boy
51. This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fall out Boy
52. Handlebars – Flobots
53. Best Of You – Foo Fighters
54. Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns N’ Roses
55. Choke – I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
56. Believer – Imagine Dragons
57. Overthinker – INZO
58. Gloria – The Lumineers
59. Float On – Modest Mouse
60. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
61. Come As You Are – Nirvana
62. Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man
63. Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen
64. Creep – Radiohead
65. Sky Is The Limit – Rebelution
66. Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers
67. Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
68. Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
69. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – The Slits
70. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
71. Best Friend – Sofi Tukker (Feat. NERVO, The Knocks, & Alli Ueno)
72. Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
73. Dream On – Aerosmith
74. Drive – Incubus

Chill Playlist
Songs perfect for when you want good music that can be in the background
75. Stand Tall – Dirty Heads
76. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
77. Take a Walk – Passion Pit
78. Young Folks – Peter Bjorn & John
79. High Dive – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
80. When It Was Wrong – California Honeydrops
81. The Girl – City and Colour
82. Clocks – Coldplay
83. Hang Me Up To Dry – Cold War Kids
84. Half The World Away – Oasis
85. Space Oddity – David Bowie
86. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
87. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
88. Everlong (Acoustic Version) – Foo Fighters
89. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
90. Dead Sea – The Lumineers
91. Dirty Paws – Of Monsters And Men
92. Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend
93. Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
94. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
95. Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
96. The Night We Met – Lord Huron
97. The World At Large – Modest Mouse
98. Guiding Light – Mumford & Sons
99. Starlight – Muse
100. Liztomania – Phoenix
101. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
102. Circles – Post Malone
103. death bed (coffee for your head) – Powfu, beabadoobe
104. Karma Police – Radiohead
105. Courage To Grow – Rebelution
106. Losing My Religion – R.E.M
107. Wish I Knew You – Revivalists
108. Tiger Striped Sky – Roo Panes
109. New Slang – The Shins
110. Sunday Best – Surfaces
111. Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader
112. Riptide – Vance Joy
113. Superposition – Young The Giant
114. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins

Classics Playlist
Songs we consider classics in our household that you will want to sing along to, dance, or both
115. A-Punk – Vampire Weekend
116. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
117. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
118. Starman – David Bowie
119. American Pie – Don Mclean
120. Heartache Tonight – Eagles
121. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
122. Without Me – Eminem
123. Africa – Toto
124. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
125. Santeria – Sublime
126. Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
127. Come And Get Your Love – Redbone
128. Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Robinson
129. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
130. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
131. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
132. Counting Stars – Onerepublic
133. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
134. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
135. You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall & Oats
136. Hotel California – Eagles
137. Loser – Beck
138. Hooked On A Feeling – Blue Swede
139. Cigarette Daydream – Cage The Elephant
140. Dancing Queen – ABBA
141. House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals
142. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? The Clash
143. All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
144. Island In The Sun – Wheezer
145. Fell In Love With A Girl – The White Stripes
146. The Chain – Fleetwood Mac
147. Free fallin’ – Tom Petty
149. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrn
150. The Joker – The Steve Miller Band
151. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
152. The Devil Went Down To Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
Download the Entire Playlist on Spotify
You can click here to get the whole Spotify playlist or the titles below for each individual playlist

Road Trip Inspo
Here are some our favorite road trip itineraries to inspire your next vacay!
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- Northern California Waterfall Road Trip
- Washington Cascade Loop Road Trip
- Southwest National Parks Road Trip
- Washington State National Parks Road Trip
- South Dakota Black Hills Road Trip
- Canada National Parks Road Trip
- Sea To Sky Highway Road Trip
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