50 Best Country Songs About Riding Motorcycles
Country Songs for Riding Motorcycles on Open Highways
There’s a strange kind of electricity that comes with throwing a leg over a bike and hearing the engine rumble awake. It’s not neat or tidy, more like a restless push forward where the road feels endless and the air cuts sharper than you expected. Country music has a way of soaking into that space, matching the rhythm of tires on asphalt, sometimes wild, sometimes steady. The tracks that land hardest aren’t always written for riders, but the grit and motion in them lock right into the throttle twist.
It isn’t all leather jackets and outlaw poses either. Some cuts lean tender, spinning stories of running toward or away from something you can’t name, while others crank up a rowdy kick that makes the whole ride feel reckless in the best way. You can hear echoes of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs in the way certain choruses hit, though the twang keeps it rooted. A few tracks talk directly to the ride itself, others only graze the theme, yet when you’re rolling down two lanes with nothing around but sky and fence line, they fit like they were written for the moment.
The truth is, a ride can feel different every time. Some days it’s escape, other times it’s loud joy, or maybe something heavier you don’t want to name. That mix is what keeps riders coming back and what makes the right soundtrack so important. Here are the best country songs for riding motorcycles.
Top 10 Motorcycle Country Songs
1. 'Panheads Forever' by David Allan Coe
2. 'Motorcycle Cowboy' by Merle Haggard
3. 'A Harley Someday' by David Allan Coe
4. 'She Likes It Too' by Alan Jackson
5. 'Ride' by Trace Adkins
6. 'God Love Her' by Toby Keith
7. 'Ride On' by Dierks Bentley
8. 'Motorcycle' by Colter Wall
9. 'Biker Chick' by Jo Dee Messina
10. 'It's a Great Day to Be Alive' by Travis Tritt
Motorcycle Country Music for Your Playlist #11 to 20
11. 'Mainstreet' by Bob Seger
12. 'Uncaged' by Zac Brown Band
13. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash
14. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson
15. 'The Devil Always Along for the Ride' by Bryan Martin
16. 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Luke Combs
17. 'Bones' by Paul Cauthen
18. 'Midnight Rider' by The Allman Brothers Band
19. 'Southern Man' by Neil Young
20. 'The Other Kind' by Steve Earle & The Dukes
Best Country Music to Play While Riding #21 to 30
21. '1952 Vincent Black Lightning' by Richard Thompson
22. 'Take Me Home Country Roads' by John Denver
23. 'Motorcycle Mama' by Neil Young
24. 'Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane
25. 'Born to Ride' by Blackjack Billy
26. 'Mercury Blues' by Alan Jackson
27. 'Motorcycle Blues' by Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
28. 'Last Ride' by Doc Holliday
29. 'Slow Ride' by Foghat
30. 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Top Songs About Riding Motorcycles #31 to 40
31. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' by Bon Jovi
32. 'The Motorcycle Song' by Arlo Guthrie
33. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf
34. 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac
35. 'Ezy Ryder' by Jimi Hendrix
36. 'The Drifter' by Bryan Martin
37. 'Kickstart My Heart' by Mötley Crüe
38. 'Bad Motor Scooter' by Montrose
39. 'Freewheel Burning' by Judas Priest
40. 'Ride' by Joe Satriani
Country Songs with Motorcycle Themes #41 to 50
41. 'Highway Song' by Blackfoot
42. 'Can't You See' by The Marshall Tucker Band
43. 'Back in Black' by AC/DC
44. 'Radar Love' by Golden Earring
45. 'Simple Man' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
46. 'I'm a Biker' by Travis Bolt
47. 'I Ride a Motorcycle' by C.W. McCall
48. 'The Devil at Your Heels' by Corey Kent
49. 'Get Your Motor Runnin' by Steppenwolf
50. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen
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