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Are there any great songs travel songs or songs about travelling? Yes, there are and I have compiled a playlist.
On my YouTube channel – Sandalfilm – I have a compilation of songs about travels and travelling. They deal with going from one place to another, moods, the people you meet, and the places you see. The songs are from popular music in a very wide definition of the term: Metal, Rock, Country, Folk, Blues etc.
In compiling this amazing list of songs I have consulted other lists on the web. However, I have not found any other “Best of” list as a YouTube playlist.
YouTube playlist
Follow the link to open my “Travel Songs” playlist on YouTube. It used to contain more than 90 songs, but now only 70 are available. Find the original list below.
None of the videos are mine. Some videos might be blocked in your country. I have tried to single out the versions with many views to reduce the risk of it.
Here’s my original list
A to P of great travel songs
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| 2 4 6 8 Motorway | Tom Robinson Band |
| Africa | Toto |
| America | Simon & Garfunkel |
| American Girl | Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
| Around the World | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Back in the U.S.S.R | Beatles |
| Born To Be Wild | Steppenwolf |
| Born To Run | Bruce Springsteen |
| Cambodia | Kim Wilde |
| Car Song | Woody Guthrie |
| China Girl | David Bowie |
| City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie |
| Come away with me | Norah Jones |
| Destination Anywhere | The Commitments |
| Discovering Japan | Graham Parker |
| Driving Home for Christmas | Chris Rea |
| E6 | DDE |
| Far, Far Away | Slade |
| Fly Away | Lenny Kravitz |
| Free bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Girl in Oslo | Bigbang |
| Going Down to Mississippi | Phil Ochs |
| Going Mobile | The Who |
| Going To California | Led Zeppelin |
| Grand Hotel | Procol Harum |
| Gypsy | Shakira |
| Half Past France | John Cale |
| Hear My Train A-Comin’ | Jimi Hendrix |
| Highway Star | Deep Purple |
| Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles |
| Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel |
| I Drove All Night | Roy Orbison |
| I’m Moving On | BB KING |
| International Love | Pitbull ft. Chris Brown |
| Israel | Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| It Began in Afrika | The Chemical Brothers |
| I’ve been everywhere | Johnny Cash |
| Katmandu | Cat Stevens |
| King Of the Road | Roger Miller |
| La mer | Charles Trenet |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | John Denver |
| Life Is A Highway | Tom Cochrane |
| Life On Mars? | David Bowie |
| Long May You Run | Neil Young |
| Map Of The World | Marillion |
| Marrakesh Express | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| Down Under | Men At Work |
| Move On | David Bowie |
| Mystery Train | Elvis Presley |
| Night Boat To Cairo | Madness |
| No Particular Place To Go | Chuck Berry |
| On the Road Again | Willie Nelson |
| One Night in Bangkok – | Murray Head |
| Promised Land | Chuck Berry |
| Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
P to Z of great travel songs
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Promised Land | Chuck Berry |
| Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Ramblin’ Man | Allman Brothers |
| Reise, Reise | Rammstein |
| Rivers Of Babylon | Boney M. |
| Road To Nowhere | Talking Heads |
| Road Trippin’ | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Roam | The B-52’s |
| Rockin All Over The World | Status Quo |
| Route 66 | Nat King Cole |
| Runnin’ Down A Dream | Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| Sailing | Rod Stewart |
| Singapore | Tom Waits |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Take Me Home Country Roads | John Denver |
| Take the Long Way Home | Supertramp |
| Tangled Up In Blue | Bob Dylan |
| Telegraph Road | Dire Straits |
| The Long and Winding Road | The Beatles |
| The Passenger | Iggy Pop |
| The Rocky Road To Dublin | The Dubliners |
| The Vagabond | Vaughan Williams |
| Thunder Road | Bruce Springsteen |
| Time to Move On | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| Tipperary Song | Das Boot Soundtrack |
| Train Song | Tom Waits |
| Travelin Band | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Travelin’ Man | Ricky Nelson |
| Travelin’ Prayer | Billy Joel |
| Truckin’ | Grateful Dead |
| Under African Skies | Paul Simon |
| Vienna | Ultravox |
| Walk Like An Egyptian | The Bangles |
| Walk On The Wild Side | Lou Reed |
| Wheels Of Steel | Saxon |
| Where the streets have no name | U2 |
| Wherever I May Roam (Video) | Metallica |
| Woman From Tokyo | Deep Purple |
| Zanzibar | Hoodoo Gurus |
Updates?
Some time in the future I might provide a link to my Spotify playlist of great travel songs as well. It is less likely to be hampered by licensing issues.
