50 Best Country Songs About Running

Best Country Tracks on Running and Escape

There’s something wired into the act of running that makes it bigger than cardio. It can feel like freedom for a minute, or punishment, or a way to disappear without really leaving. Country music has always had a strange relationship with movement, and running shows up in plenty of ways. Sometimes it’s the literal sound of boots on gravel, sometimes it’s an image of leaving town before sunrise. A few tracks aren’t even directly tied to running, but they carry the same restless pull that makes them belong here.

The mix of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs over the years has turned running into a flexible theme. You get the outlaw sprinting from trouble, the lover fleeing heartbreak, the kid chasing something better down the highway. These songs lean into that messy overlap where running feels physical one second and metaphorical the next. The pulse is fast, the stories blur between escape and pursuit, and the rhythm mirrors the sound of feet pounding a road nobody’s mapped out.

Not every running track feels heroic or clean. Some are sweaty, desperate, wild in a way that makes sense later, when you’re catching your breath. Others are playful, almost careless, the way a run through an open field feels when you have nowhere important to be. Each one digs into a different angle of running and throws it back with its own energy. Here are the best country songs on running.

1. 'Run' by George Strait

2. 'Ready to Run' by The Chicks

3. 'I Run to You' by Lady A

4. 'Running for You' by Kip Moore

5. 'Runnin' Outta Moonlight' by Randy Houser

6. 'Runaway Feelin'' by Dolly Parton

7. 'Runnin' Just in Case' by Miranda Lambert

8. 'Renegade Runaway' by Carrie Underwood

9. 'Miles on It' by Marshmello and Kane Brown

10. 'The Race Is On' by George Jones

11. 'Life Is a Highway' by Rascal Flatts

12. 'Fast as You' by Dwight Yoakam

13. 'East Bound and Down' by Jerry Reed

14. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson

15. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash

16. 'Movin' On' by Merle Haggard

17. 'The Road Goes on Forever' by Robert Earl Keen

18. 'Tennessee River Run' by Darryl Worley

19. 'Drivin' My Life Away' by Eddie Rabbitt

20. 'Hillbilly Highway' by Steve Earle

21. 'Wide Open Spaces' by The Chicks

22. 'Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)' by Dierks Bentley

23. 'Get Out of This Town' by Carrie Underwood

24. 'Runnin' Out of Reasons to Run' by Don Williams

25. 'Just Me and the Highway' by Joshua

26. 'You Can Have the Crown' by Sturgill Simpson

27. 'Quitter' by Carrie Underwood

28. 'A Little Bit Stronger' by Sara Evans

29. 'I'm a Ramblin' Man' by Waylon Jennings

30. 'The Cowboy Rides Away' by George Strait

31. 'A Good Day to Run' by Darryl Worley

32. 'Where the Blacktop Ends' by Keith Urban

33. 'Born to Run' by Emmylou Harris

34. 'The Jogger' by Bobby Bare

35. 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' by John Denver

36. 'Live a Little' by Kenny Chesney

37. 'Walk On' by Reba McEntire

38. 'A Place in This World' by Taylor Swift

39. 'I'm a Runner' by Michael Hurley

40. 'Take a Back Road' by Rodney Atkins

41. 'Wagon Wheel' by Darius Rucker

42. 'Get Rhythm' by Johnny Cash

43. 'Fast Lanes and Country Roads' by Barbara Mandrell

44. 'I Can't Run' by The Judds

45. 'Run' by Lauren Alaina

46. 'Run, Run, Baby' by Lanco

47. 'Runaway' by The Duhks

48. 'Run, Boy, Run' by The Duhks

49. 'Run That By Me One More Time' by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner

50. 'I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)' by Alabama