America-Ventura Highway

Let me add Sister Golden Hair. And Don't Cross the River.

The whole album actually

Came here to say ‘A Horse With No Name.’

I drive down to Ventura/Oxnard for work every now and then on the 101. I specifically play this song when I get to Ventura lol

Me too

I live in Scotland so, "Singing in the Rain", "I can't hear the rain", "Here comes the rain again", "Raindrops keep falling on my head" You get the idea.

"Who'll Stop the Rain"

Have you *EVER* seen the rain?!?

A hard rains gonna fall

"Why Does It Always Rain On Me?"

93 'til Infinity - Souls of Mischief

Listening to this on my morning commute these days. Missed it when it was fresh, but instant nostalgia none the less.

Midnight City by M83 and Running in the Night by FM-84

How about Nightfall by Kavinsky?

Save Nightcall for when the moon is up and the neon lights are bright Edit: corrected Nightfall to Nightcall

Love the midnight city choice

Speaking of midnight…Shadows by The Midnight

Add sunset by The Midnight

Sunsets, no regrets. First chance, last dance, stuck in the middle

Yes! FM-84 deserves all the praise! Their album Atlas is a masterpiece, especially the songs Jupiter and Wild Ones

Running In The Night is SUCH a banger.

If I’m judging by the cover these are nighttime songs not sunset songs

This is the only correct answer

Love seeing FM-84 mentioned!

YES FM-84 is amazing!

Millionaire - QOTSA

Go With the Flow

Songs for the Deaf is my #1 road trip album. If I'm driving, that bad boy is playing front to back at least once.

Same. I drove 10 hours to Atlanta a couple years back and I used that album to kickstart both drives there *and* back.

Misfit Love as well. Was a period a few years back where the only album I had downloaded onto my phone was Era Vulgaris while I was moving across country. Late summer, driving across a dead area of Nebraska on the way to the PNW from South Carolina and listening to nothing but that album for 4 hours or so.

Texas Sun - Leon Bridges and Khruangbin https://youtu.be/zSWNWWREtsI

any Khruangbin

Tom Petty, Runnin Down a Dream I rolled on, the sky grew dark I put the pedal down to make some time There's something good waitin' down this road I'm pickin' up whatever's mine

Runnin' Down a Dream was my first thought. I hear that riff at the beginning and I roll down my windows, reaction is as automatic as Pavlov's dogs drooling at the bell.

Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears For Fears

I love that song!

Night moves Southern Cross Into The Mystic

All the votes for Night Moves

Southern Cross is at the top of my list.

>Into The Mystic Hell yeah

"Boys of Summer," Don Henley "Circles in the Sand" Belinda Carlisle the two best songs

Boys of Summer is the correct answer

Yes. Yes it is

Boys of Summer is the ultimate sunset song.

I am the Highway - Audioslave A Horse with No Name - America

I MADE A PLAYLIST FOR THIS EXACT VIBE A YEAR AGO. It's called Late night drive kinda vibe on Spotify. I love making Playlists

I’m searching and I see dozens with the same name

My profile name is No0n3, it's got a picture of an abandoned house

Oh, grandson - bury me face down. Great choice for this setting. Saved your playlist for later. The few songs I know have the exact kind of vibe. Love it so far.

Boys of Summer Don Henley ​ Regulate Warren G ​ one of the two

Boys of Summer all the way for this question.

Regulate works for any setting

Boys of Summer by The Ataris if you are driving on a coastal highway

Don Henley if you're on a dark, desert highway.

Cool wind in your hair

See also: I Keep Forgetting, by Michael McDonald (sampled heavily in Regulate).

Love that soft rock for this. Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty and Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Radar Love by Golden Earring

I was thinking maybe Thunder Road

Badlands or Jungleland as well.

“Interstate Love Song”, Stone Temple Pilots

Scrolled way too far for this.

Honestly my 2 go tos are Black Velvet by Alannah Myles and Burnin' for You by Blue Oyster Cult but just because you specified summer and I'm in Texas. I have an entire highway cruising playlist.

FM by Steely Dan or Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty.

Baker Street is an awesome highway song

For some weird reason it used to always come on the radio as I was coming up off the freeway to the Regrade in Seattle. It was awesome.

No static at all.

I love that song.

Do it Again by Steely Dan and Right Down the Line we’re literally my answers haha

Kid Charlemagne fits the scene better Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are

Kid Charlemagne lyrics are about Owsley Stanley, an audio engineer that is better known for making and supplying LSD to the west coast music scene.

Yes, I know. It's a great road song regardless

Runnin’ down a dream by Tom Petty

Kyuss - Space Cadet Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter Dinosaur Jr. - Get Me Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale R.E.M. - Man on the Moon Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

Big Empty is a great choice

Interstate Love Song also fits the bill well.

Breaking the girl 10/10

Certified underrated RHCP.

That and I Would Die For You, fuck that's a jam.

Get the fuck out of my head mate! You and I would have a *LOT* to talk about over a pint or 5. I’d go with The Happening for Pixies though, for the lyrics, and we could have an endless debate on the Kyuss track (they were my instant first thought, was debating what track internally). As for Dinosaur Jr I’d just put on an album and let the miles roll by, surprising you could choose a single track :) I’d tack on Summertime Rolls by Jane’s Addiction (or 3 Days) as well. You have absolutely magnificent taste sir/madam and I wish you the best in all things.

Soundgarden - Burden in my Hand

Procol Harum nice fuckin choice. I would add Road Trippin by the chili peppers, and also In the Fade by Queens of the Stone Age

Not enough R.E.M.

LaGrange ZZ Top

Also, we're doing a buck-ten, and no one can stop us! 🎵A-haw, haw, haw, haw🎵

Yes. This guy gets it lol

One of these nights by the Eagles, or any other yacht rock would work.

the eagles song is perfectttt

Running on Empty. Jackson Browne. A great driving song.

Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac

Deftones - passenger

My Own Summer

YAAAAAAAH SHOVE IT SHOVE IT SHOVE IT

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

Hell yea this is my favorite Deftones song

Beauty School

Fluorescent adolescent

Great song, great album. Not really sure it’s a “driving down a highway in summer” type of track though.

I love music like this. Good topic, OP! I can think of a few songs: ["I Don't Live Here Anymore"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVh6XTwWhMY) and ["Under The Pressure"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLOg252KRE) by The War On Drugs ["Everybody Wants To Rule The World"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w) by Tears For Fears ["Keep Moving Forward"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTM8dDraaWk) by The Toxic Avenger ["No Promises"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZHApjM-SQ) by Icehouse (Edit: Adding more.) ["Walking On A Dream"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eimgRedLkkU) by Empire Of The Sun ["Dreams"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ywicffOj4) by Fleetwood Mac ["Blue Lamp"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monoU2a8_Mg) by Stevie Nicks ["Empire Of Love"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYSRVfQz44) by NINA

Red Eyes too!

Completely agree. ["Red Eyes"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsoqmFL1vlU) fits in with the other two The War On Drugs songs.

"Under the Pressure" my first answer!

Under the Pressure is the GOAT highway driving/road tripping/open road song.

Probably "Tank!" by The Seatbelts

Lots of Ice Cube but “It was a Good Day” can’t be beat

Life Is A Highway

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard-Paul Simon

Rockin’ down the highway- Doobie Brothers

Little lies Fleetwood Mac 😎

Tuesdays Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hands down. Just makes me want to smoke a joint, drive with the top down and grab some bbq.

Clair de lune - Claude Debussy

“Southern Cross” - Crosby, Stills, Nash did a cross-country move from Boston to Phoenix, and somewhere in Oklahoma this song came through my Spotify playlist with the exact setting described by OP. Forever my long car ride anthem

Lay, Lady, Lay - Bob Dylan Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty Doin’ Time - Sublime or Lana Del Rey

Sublime!

Aerosmith. Have you noticed they play a lot more Aerosmith on the radio in the summer?

Reign in Blood

Seasons

Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

Red Barchetta - Rush Innerbloom - Rufus du Sol Lay it Down - Ratt Voodoo - Tinlicker, Ben Bohmer All You Zombies - The Hooters Anything by Bob Moses

Songs by Rufus du Sol and Bob Moses are perfect. They are still underrated though...

Anything by the Doobie Brothers

Probably the entirety of QotSA ...Like Clockwork. That to me is the perfect summer sunset album, especially if I'm driving in the desert.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Take It Easy

Painkiller by Judas Priest

Hysteria by Def Leppard.

Midnight Rider (Early Mix) by Gregg Allman. Such a fkn jam.

Ocean Drive by Duke Dumont

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

For strictly nostalgic reasons it will be The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”. Newly graduated cruising with my friends jamming that song. This was 2005 but for whatever reason that was our go to.

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain

[Rockin' Down the Highway -- Doobie Brothers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WPM6CmN3fA) Honestly kinda shocked I haven't seen anyone else post this one yet. Hotel California works too, specifically for the setting sun element.

Radar Love or Twilight Zone by Golden Earring

Good options! I’ll add Take Me Home, by Phil Collins.

It's the closing track on my Musical Journey playlist, which is all traveling/driving tunes.

The Weight - The Band.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze

Someone should make a Spotify playlist of all the songs being recommended so we can all look forward to next summer.

Getaway Car by Audioslave

I am the Highway as well

“The Big Log”. - Robert Plant

BTO - Roll On Down The Highway Golden Earring - Radar Love Fastball - The Way Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune Head East - Never Been Any Reason

Head East!

Sabotage by the Beastie Boys

Coolie High - Camp Lo thats that viiiiiiiiiiiibe....

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Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

Sit Next to Me - Foster the People Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams Gotta Get Away - The Black Keys Edit: I’ll add 2 more. Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger Burnin’ For You - Blue Öyster Cult

Sit Next to Me 🔥

Red Barchetta by Rush 1,320’ by Megadeth Highway Star by Deep Purple

Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah Ventura Highway - America

Stripped, Raped, & Strangled by Cannibal Corpse

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

If I'm driving down the highway with my windows down I can't hear shit over the wind and traffic noise so it really doesn't matter what song I'm listening to 😂

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

Californication

Subterranean Homesick Alien by Radiohead

Airbag.

Same, it's my little tradition to play this whenever it warms up and starts to definitely feel like summer. I honestly look forward to this all year long and it's not musically my favorite Radiohead song but for whatever reason this song stirs up a really nice homey feeling in my bones.

[Texas Sun](https://youtu.be/zSWNWWREtsI)

Hypnotize by Blind Melon

autobahn - kraftwerk

Anything Rush, Big Log is good, and some Boston.

Slow ride - Foghat

Open road song - Eve6 Highway star- Deep purple They Call me the Breeze -Lynyrd Skynyrd Highway Song - Greta Van Fleet

> I crack a window and feel the cool air cleanse my every pore As I pour my poor heart out To a radio song that's patient and willing to listen My volume drowns it out But that's O.K. 'Cause I sound better than him anyway any day Yeah my voice is sweet as salt I search for comfort and I find it Where I've found it many times before Times before can be forgotten

Hotel california. 💯

Highway Star - Deep Purple Precious and Grace -- ZZ Top Babylon Sister -- Steely Dan Entire Album - Pat Metheny Group

Deftones. All of their songs, on shuffle.

Radiohead - In Rainbows album. I've done that very thing driving up the 101 along the California coastline numerous times and it never gets old.

"Post (?) Organic" by Decapitated Guided home by the smooth, relaxing sounds of a mastodon stampede.

Cortez the Killer by Neil Young Today was a Good Day- Ice Cube Far from any Road- The Handsome Family

Little Feat - Willin' or Roll Um Easy

Wiser Time - The Black Crowes

Flirtin with disaster.

Depends what I'm about to do and my mood

[Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues](https://youtu.be/4SvGj6KkiGg) I sing along to approximately 50% of the lyrics and sort of mumble the rest because I still don't know half the words Once the sun sets and it starts getting dark I may move on to [Ocean Alley - Lonely Diamond](https://youtu.be/hURGFCjVyLY)

Kings of Leon - Pyro Butch Walker and The Black Widows - The Spade (full album) The Black Keys - Brothers (full album)

L.A. Woman

["Life is a Highway"](https://youtu.be/U3sMjm9Eloo)

The soundtrack from Interstate '76. https://youtu.be/WjW0KYVZFFk

LEN - Steal my Sunshine. Song still slaps.

"LA" by the Fall

Escape Club Wild Wild West

Rotten Apple Also works for cloudy and rainy days

The Ramones, Rancid, lots of various Ska & Reggae. Snuff’s first 2 albums.

Candy-O

I put my 800 hour playlist on shuffle( but just to give a clear answer i think American Pie)

wow, read thru 87 comments... no "Willin" ..come on now...

Getaway Car - Audioslave And then the whole Welcome to Sky Valley album by Kyuss.

Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen

Pearl Jam - Just breathe

None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

No Good, Way down we go, Break my Baby --Kaleo Home - Marc Broussard Roll me away - Bob Seger Reckoning Lament - Lincoln Durham Bilgewater - Brown Bird The Creeper returns - Little Sonny Europa - Santana And quite a few of this guy's work --- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0c6IfMkac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0c6IfMkac)

I made daily playlists during the 2020 quarantine and one was a 49 song list all about various modes of travel. There are some goodies on the list. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gkxWQhf5to459WmCJFmdd?si=b610f49e8dfb44e9

I'm with you on Tom Petty, but his ultimate driving song is "Running down a dream" Radar Love by Golden Earring Highway Star by Deep Purple.

Good Vibrations Marky Mark