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Recently, I asked our editors and writers to forward me their favorite travel tunes. Here’s a sampling of songs they sent my way:
- Lindsey Buckingham, “Holiday Road”
- Simon & Garfunkel, “America”
- Willie Nelson, “On the Road Again”
- Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee”
- R.E.M., “Don’t Go Back to Rockville”
- Kenny Rogers, “The Gambler”
- ABBA, “Dancing Queen“
- Phantom Planet, “California”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Road Trippin’“
- Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”
- Bob Dylan, “Song to Woody”
- LL Cool J, “Going Back to Cali”
- Loretta Lynn, feat. Jack White, “Portland, Oregon”
- Ryan Bingham, “The Weary Kind”
- Jay-Z, feat. Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
- Frank Sinatra, “Come Fly With Me”
- Steppenwolf, “Born to Be Wild”
- John Denver, “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
- Led Zeppelin, “Going to California”
- Prince, “Let’s Go Crazy”
- A Tribe Called Quest, “Award Tour”
- Van Morrison, “Into the Mystic”
- Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar, “These Roads Don’t Move”
Bonus tracks: low-key music to listen to while you view sweeping vistas and people-watch at the airport:
What’s your go-to road trip song?
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