50 Best Highway Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Highway Driving Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a certain buzz that hits when the highway stretches out in front of you. Not pure freedom, not boredom either, but that strange middle where the hum of the tires starts syncing with your thoughts. You’re half-lost in the view, half-focused on the next exit, and then the right track drops. The kind that makes the horizon feel endless, even if you’re really headed somewhere ordinary. Some of these picks might not literally be tied to highways, but they still ride that restless pulse that belongs on the road.
It’s not all glossy road trip vibes like in commercials. Sometimes it’s sweaty pit stops, traffic that keeps breaking your rhythm, gas station coffee that makes you jittery, and windows cracked for air that never feels fresh enough. The right song has to cut through that clutter. Maybe it’s Fleetwood Mac carrying the weight of distance, maybe it’s Travis Scott making the pavement feel alive, or even Shania twirling country grit into something stubbornly hopeful. The energy swings between reckless and steady, but that’s exactly what keeps the drive moving.
Highways aren’t smooth narratives, and neither are the playlists that soundtrack them. Some tracks come from nights that blur together, others feel ripped from an old CD in a glovebox, and a few lean into that heavy beat that makes the streetlights blur past. You’ll find pop, rock, country, and R&B songs mixed here, stitched together in a way that matches the speed of the road and the mood of the driver. Here are the best highway songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Road Trip Instagram Songs
1. 'Life Is a Highway' by Rascal Flatts
2. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers
3. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift
4. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers
5. 'Shut Up and Dance' by WALK THE MOON
6. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac
7. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey
8. 'Unwritten' by Natasha Bedingfield
9. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman
10. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen
Popular Driving Songs for Social Media #11 to 20
11. 'Good Life' by OneRepublic
12. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
13. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
14. 'Take It Easy' by Eagles
15. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
16. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson
17. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen
18. 'I Drove All Night' by Cyndi Lauper
19. 'Fly Away' by Lenny Kravitz
20. 'Take on Me' by a-ha
Best Playlist Songs for Car Videos #21 to 30
21. 'You Can't Catch Me' by Chuck Berry
22. 'King of the Road' by Roger Miller
23. 'Hotel California' by Eagles
24. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
25. 'Around the World' by Daft Punk
26. 'Drive' by The Cars
27. 'Running on Empty' by Jackson Browne
28. 'A Horse with No Name' by America
29. 'I Get Around' by The Beach Boys
30. 'Drive By' by Train
Car Ride Soundtrack Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys
32. 'American Pie' by Don McLean
33. 'Where the Streets Have No Name' by U2
34. 'Golden Hour' by Vance Joy
35. 'Here I Go Again' by Whitesnake
36. 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's
37. 'Come Fly With Me' by Frank Sinatra
38. 'Little Red Corvette' by Prince
39. 'Paradise' by Coldplay
40. 'Ride' by Lana Del Rey
Highway Travel Songs for Videos #41 to 50
41. 'Vienna' by Billy Joel
42. 'Adventure of a Lifetime' by Coldplay
43. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver
44. 'Ventura Highway' by America
45. 'A Sky Full of Stars' by Coldplay
46. 'I'm Still Standing' by Elton John
47. 'Shotgun' by George Ezra
48. 'Come Away With Me' by Norah Jones
49. 'Send Me On My Way' by Rusted Root
50. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash
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