50 Fun Songs for your All American Road Trip Playlist

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It’s almost 4th of July here and we’re ready to hit the road again. There’s something nostalgic and all-American about road trips, isn’t there? We American’s like to take to the road, explore new frontiers, and simply discover this vast country of ours. Whether you’re heading to the lake or “up north” for a long weekend, hitching up the trailer for a few nights camping out, or simply packing up the family for your annual summer vacation, you need great music to get you on your way. And since we’re planning to See the USA, I picked 50 Fun songs to put on your All-American Road Trip Playlist.  

My rules for making an all-American road trip playlist? It must have something to do with driving or America. I stuck to 50, in honor of the 50 states.

How to Create a Playlist

First off, making a playlist is fun and seriously sidetracking! While a lot of these came off the top of my head, I also did searches and created this playlist with Amazon Music. Do you have Amazon Prime? Did you know that you can stream music for free? They do have an upgrade option with Amazon Music Unlimited, $.99 a month for Prime members, and $9.99 a month if you’re not. Since I’m already paying for Prime, I found Amazon Music to be a better deal than paying for Pandora or Spotify, even though I still love a lot on Spotify.

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R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A

Nothing says all-American like good ole’ rock-n-roll. I’m talking classic rock, Americana Rock, some folk rock and everything from the Elvis to Springsteen. Does it get more American than this?

1. R.O.C.K in the U.S.A. – John Mellencamp
2. Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
3. Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley
4. Memphis, Tennessee – Chuck Berry (Elvis, Johnny Rivers, and The Beatles did covers of this as well.)
5. America – Simon and Garfunkel
6. American Girl – Tom Petty
7. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard
8. America – Neil Diamond
9. American Woman – Lenny Kravitz
10. Living in America – James Brown
11. Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
12. Proud Mary – Tina Turner
13. Drive By – Train
14. Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
15. Small Town- John Mellencamp
16. Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
17. Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
18. Back in the USA – Chuck Berry
19. Slow Ride – Foghat
20. Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
21. Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
22. Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
23. Beverly Hills – Weezer
24. Santa Monica – Everclear
25. We Built This City – Starship

Country about the Country

There’s something about country singers and the patriotic passion they put in their songs, especially about the country they love. Here are a few of my favorites about back roads, cruisin’ or the USA.

1. American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley
2. Cruise – Florida Georgia line
3. Nowhere Fast – Old Dominion
4. American Kids – Kenny Chesney
5. All-American Girl – Carrie Underwood
6. Summertime – Kenny Chesney
7. American Love – Jake Own
8. Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts
9. Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
10. It’s America – Rodney Atkins

Pop Party in the USA

Don’t hate me, but I did put Miley Cyrus on this list. Pop music is perfect for beach days. Add these songs when your cruising with the convertible top down to the summer sun.

1. Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
2. Kids in America – Kim Wilde
3. Surfin’ U.S.A. – The Beach Boys
4. California Gurls – Katy Perry
5. California Girls – The Beach Boys
6. Low Rider – War
7. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
8. Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
9. Summer – Calvin Harris
10. I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) – The Proclaimers
11. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (Yes, I went there…A1A Beach Front Avenue!)
12. Cars – Gary Numan
13. Roam – B-52s
14. Cake By the Ocean – DNCE
15. AM Radio – Everclear
16. Should I Stay or Should I go – The Clash

Did you catch it? There are actually 51 songs for your all-American road trip playlist. I hope you find these fun to sing along to.

More Road Trip Inspiration

If you haven’t already, check out my ultimate list of Road Trip planning books. These are very popular with my readers and I’m sure you’ll find inspiration here as well too.

Quickly jump over to Amazon for this list instead.

Did I miss one of your All-American Road Trip Playlist favorites? Comment below and let me know!