10 Best Country Road Trip Songs

If you’ve ever been on a road trip, you know the playlist is CRUCIAL. TheBoot.com ranked the 30 best country songs to listen to on a road trip.

1.  “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson.  (1980)  It’s the safe choice, but it’s hard to argue it doesn’t belong there.

2.  “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver.  (1971)  Another classic.

3.  “Wagon Wheel”.  The version by Old Crow Medicine Show (2004) or Darius Rucker (2013).  They didn’t pick a favorite.

4.  “Heads Carolina, Tails California” by Jo Dee Messina.  It was her debut single in 1996.

5.  “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts.  Tom Cochrane did it in 1991.  Rascal Flatts covered it for the movie “Cars” in 2006.

6.  “Traveller” by Chris Stapleton.  (2015)  It was the first single off his debut album of the same name.

7.  “Amarillo by Morning” by George Strait.  (1982)  About a rodeo cowboy bouncing from town to town.

8.  “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” by Kathy Mattea.  (1988)  About a truck driver who’s finally retiring and heading home to his wife.

9.  “Blazer” by Luke Dick, featuring Dierks Bentley  (2020)  About an old Chevy Blazer that’s still kickin’.

10.  “East Bound and Down” by Jerry Reed.  (1977)  He did it for the original “Smokey and the Bandit” movie.

Here are a few more you might care about . . .

“My Church” by Maren Morris just missed the Top 10 at #12.  #15, “I’ve Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash . . . #17, “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line . . .  #18, “Wide Open Spaces” by The Chicks . . . #21, “Highway Don’t Care” by Tim McGraw . . . #24, “Fast Car” by Luke Combs . . . #26, “Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt . . . #29, “I’ll Be Loving You” by Miranda Lambert . . . and #30, “Drivin’ All Night” by Jake Owen.