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33 Songs To Add To Your Playlist For Your Next Holiday Roadtrip

Get ready to expand your road trip music!

Reese Addison
Nov 13, 2018
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We all like listening to music, there's no question about that.

Sometimes, though, we go through a drought of new music and get stuck with the same things we've been listening to. Not that we're tired of our old favorites, but sometimes it's nice to add something fresh into the mix, even find a new style or two.

Here's a mix of 33 songs of multiple genres and decades to change up your usual playlist.

1. Wolves by Down Like Silver

Genre: Soft rock/Folk

Release Year: 2011

2. Terrible Thing by AG (The Rescues) & Brad Gordon

Genre: Soft rock

Release Year: 2015

3. Lydia by Highly Suspect

Genre: Alternative/Indie

Release Year: 2015

4. Dearest Sarah by Goodnight, Texas

Genre: Folk-rock

Release Year: 2014

5. Mother (cover) by Lissie

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2014

Original Artist: Danzig

Release Year of Original Recording: 1988

6. Edge of Darkness by Greta Van Fleet

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2017

7. Slow Burn by Kacey Musgraves

Genre: Contemporary country

Release Year: 2018

8. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (cover) by Patty Loveless

Genre: Country

Release Year: 2001

Original Artist: Darrell Scott

Release Year of Original Recording: 1997

9. Psycho Killer by Talking Heads

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 1974

10. Hey You by Pink Floyd

Genre: Classic rock

Release Year: 1979

11. Killer Queen by Queen 

Genre: Glam rock

Release Year: 1974

12. Medicine Man by Dorothy

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2016

13. One by Three Dog Night

Genre: Chamber pop

Release Year: 1968

14. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot

Genre: Folk

Release Year: 1976

15. Cat People by David Bowie 

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 1983

16. Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Genre: Country

Release Year: 1967

17. Zombie by The Cranberries

Genre: Alternative rock

Release Year: 1994

18. Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues

Genre: Psychedelic rock

Release Year: 1967

19. Hurricane by The Band of Heathens 

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2011

20. Desperado by Eagles

Genre: Classic rock

Release Year: 1973

21. The Sound of Silence (cover) by Disturbed

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2015

Original Artist: Simon and Garfunkel

Release Year of Original Recording: 1966

22. Jolene by Dolly Parton

Genre: Country

Release Year: 1974

23. Sara by Fleetwood Mac

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 1979

24. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys

Genre: Britpop

Release Year: 2013

25. Heaven Knows by The Pretty Reckless

Genre: Hard rock

Release Year: 2014

26. Bad Karma by Ida Maria 

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2010

27. Black Dog by Led Zeppelin  

Genre: Classic metal

Release Year: 1971

28. In the Year 2525 by Zagar and Evans

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 1969

29. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Genre: Psychedelic rock

Release Year: 1967

30. How Did You Love by Shinedown 

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2015

31. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz

Genre: Alternative/Indie

Release Year: 2005

32. Love Shack by The B-52's 

Genre: Pop

Release Year: 1989

33. Black Velvet by Alannah Myles

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 1989

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