{"id":85632,"date":"2018-08-14T12:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?p=85632"},"modified":"2026-09-17T00:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T00:43:34","slug":"songs-about-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/songs-about-travelling\/","title":{"rendered":"30 of the best travel songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good music equals good vibes, and tunes about travel bring together two of our greatest loves. We can&#8217;t always be lucky enough to be off exploring, but these songs do a pretty good job of transporting us around the world. We&#8217;ve\u00a0thrown together thirty of the best travel songs from some of our favourite artists for you to add to your escapism playlist! These epic songs speak of everything from our dream destinations, to finding yourself, appreciating the moment and letting loose. Excuse the cheese, and enjoy our playlist!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Great tunes for travel \" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/6V4Aa3KJrKiEStxfU2nuZc?si=J1Ra6BjxS72f2axLQaGsqw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>1. Free &#8211; Trevor Hall<\/h2>\n<p>Trevor Hall wrote\u00a0<em>Free<\/em> after his flight was delayed for seven hours, making him late to arrive for a performance in Squamish, Canada. He arrived at Vancouver airport at 3am and rushed to the festival. During the drive the sun began to rise over the ocean, and he realised that if he wasn&#8217;t late he never would have witnessed that amazing scene. Travelling can be stressful at times, but above all else it&#8217;s a privilege and a gift. We can handle late flights, lost baggage, or whatever else it throws at us!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180601-_DSC6366-1350x875.jpg\" alt=\"30 of the best travel songs - free trevor hall -Copenhagen\" width=\"875\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. Guaranteed &#8211; Eddie Vedder<\/h2>\n<p>This song was an instant classic. Eddie Vedder wrote <em>Guaranteed<\/em> for the film &#8220;Into The Wild&#8221;, which you should definitely watch (or read the book!) if you aren&#8217;t familiar with the story. It&#8217;s all about going back to the basics, living a simple life and being free to do as you please.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Big Sur &#8211; Jack Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>What&#8217;s a travel playlist without some Jack Johnson? <em>Big Sur<\/em> gives us tropical, surfy vibes, but we like listening to it wherever we are. It&#8217;s about about briefly escaping the things we can&#8217;t avoid in life, being surrounded by your best friends and getting lost in conversations that only end because you have to go to bed. Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<h2>4. New York &#8211; Cat Power<\/h2>\n<p>Cat Power&#8217;s cover of &#8220;New York, New York&#8221; is one of our favourites by far. The song was originally written for Martin Scorsese&#8217;s film\u00a0<em>New York, New York\u00a0<\/em>(sorry for saying New York so much) and was re-recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1979, which is the most famous version of the song. But we think this version is super special! The song is about the stiff competition and valuable rewards that can be found in New York City, and it makes us want to go there every time we hear it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Best-travel-songs-@_gabi_ka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"875\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_gabi_ka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@_gabi_ka<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5. Step Out &#8211; Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/h2>\n<p><em>Step Out<\/em> was written for the film &#8220;The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty&#8221;, which if you&#8217;ve seen you&#8217;ll understand why it had to be included in the playlist. This song (and the film) is all about getting out of your comfort zone and leaving behind the things that make you feel too &#8220;at home&#8221;, so it&#8217;s pretty perfect for us!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20170630-_DSC9581-1313x875.jpg\" alt=\"songs about travelling- Step Out - Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez\" width=\"875\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>6. Sunny &#8211; Bobby Hebb<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone knows this one!<em> Sunny<\/em> is definitely about a love that eases the pain during a difficult time in life, and in a way, isn&#8217;t that travel for all of us?<\/p>\n<h2>7. Here&#8217;s To Now &#8211; Ugly Casanova<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another song from a movie.\u00a0<em>Here&#8217;s To Now\u00a0<\/em>was written for the film &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">180\u00b0 South: Conquerors of the Useless&#8221;, a documentary of a man retracing the steps of Doug Tompkins and Yvon Chouinard, the founders of\u00a0The North Face and Patagonia, respectively. It&#8217;s a pretty epic journey as he drives south from Ventura, California to Patagonia, Chile (get it? 180\u00b0 South?) and then climbs Corcovado Volcano. <em>Here&#8217;s To Now\u00a0<\/em>is a perfect travel song because it&#8217;s about living in the moment, but also planning ahead. You know, the classic &#8220;should I plan my trip now or be spontaneous when I get there?&#8221; dilemma.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">8. These Old Shoes &#8211; Deer Tick<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>These Old Shoes<\/em> is about travelling long distances and getting to your love by any means necessary, which is pretty much how we feel when we know there&#8217;s a cold pint waiting for us at our next destination.<\/p>\n<h2>9. Riders On The Storm &#8211; The Doors<\/h2>\n<p>Another classic song that&#8217;s always been on our road trip playlists.\u00a0<em>Riders On The Storm\u00a0<\/em>is largely about how we&#8217;re a tiny part of a massive, chaotic universe, which is both terrifying and comforting at the same time.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Fast Car &#8211; Tracy Chapman<\/h2>\n<p>Tracy Chapman hit it out of the park with\u00a0<em>Fast Car.\u00a0<\/em>It&#8217;s been a favourite family road trip song for many of us even when we were kids, so there&#8217;s a bit of nostalgia there, but it&#8217;s also appropriate for a travel playlist\u00a0 as it&#8217;s all about chasing a dream. Sometimes you just gotta get away!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180209-_DSC4850-1313x875.jpg\" alt=\"songs about travelling - Road trip - fast car Tracy chapman\" width=\"875\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>11. Old Pine &#8211; Ben Howard<\/h2>\n<p><em>Old Pine\u00a0<\/em>is a perfect song about creating memories, growing up and being completely intoxicated by an experience. We think everyone has memories that this song will bring back, or maybe you&#8217;ll make new ones to it, you do you.<\/p>\n<h2>12. Mountain House &#8211; Blue Child Collective<\/h2>\n<p><em>Mountain House\u00a0<\/em>is for the people that come across places in their travels and wish they could just build a hostel and live there forever. You might not, but you can sure dream about it.<\/p>\n<h2>13. The Stars Keep On Calling My Name &#8211; Mac Demarco<\/h2>\n<p><em>The Stars Keep On Calling My Name\u00a0<\/em>is another one that follows the &#8220;get out of town, escape the same old routine&#8221; trend,\u00a0which is pretty relatable. This one always has us tapping our feet and bobbing our heads on the plane\/train\/bus #noshame.<\/p>\n<h2>14. Something Good &#8211; Alt-J<\/h2>\n<p>Something about\u00a0<em>Something Good<\/em> makes us feel like we&#8217;re flying through the air, even if we&#8217;re just at the kitchen sink washing up. This song is about mending a broken heart with fun distractions. Maybe that resonates with you, maybe it doesn&#8217;t, either way this song is a good&#8217;un.<\/p>\n<h2>15. Silver Timothy &#8211; Damien Jurado<\/h2>\n<p><em>Silver Timothy\u00a0<\/em>is part of two records that Damien Jurado created, telling the story of a dream he had about a man who leaves his home with no form of ID and wanders through the desert. It&#8217;s more or less about trying to disappear and find yourself, but it&#8217;s a little adventurous too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20170924-_DSC1582-1188x875.jpg\" alt=\"songs about travelling - Silver Timothy - Damien JuradoMountains\" width=\"875\" height=\"645\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>16. The Air That I Breathe &#8211; The Hollies<\/h2>\n<p>Another song about forgetting everything that brings you down and just being happy with someone special,\u00a0<em>The Air That I Breathe<\/em>\u00a0is a good one to get you into relaxation mode.<\/p>\n<h2>17. The Time And The Weight &#8211; Current Swell<\/h2>\n<p><em>The Time And The Weight\u00a0<\/em>is a bit heavy. It focuses on how time is fleeting, and the weight that comes along with making the right decisions with the time we have. So why not plan a trip to experience something new?<\/p>\n<h2>18. Fisher &#8211; Camel Power Club<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fisher\u00a0<\/em>is a nice reminder to stop comparing yourself to others and just have the most fun you can have for you.<\/p>\n<h2>19. So Tired &#8211; Crumb<\/h2>\n<p>We added\u00a0<em>So Tired<\/em> to the playlist, because to us it says a lot about being frustrated with the world as it is and trying to escape for a bit.<\/p>\n<h2>20. On A Coconut Island &#8211; Louis Armstrong<\/h2>\n<p>Louis Armstrong took beach vibes and put them directly\u00a0 into a song with\u00a0<em>On A Coconut Island.\u00a0<\/em>It takes us back to eating homemade ice cream on tropical islands and watching the sailboats go by while the waves crash onto the beach and wash up to our feet. Good times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180630-_DSC6822-1313x875.jpg\" alt=\"songs about travelling - Cliffs over the sea\" width=\"875\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>21. Amsterdam &#8211; Peter Bjorn and John<\/h2>\n<p><em>Amsterdam <\/em>is another heavy song, but it&#8217;s still a classic that we had to include. It isn&#8217;t exactly about Amsterdam itself, but more about someone you love going off to do better things and then being stuck thinking about how well they&#8217;re doing without you (yep, pretty saddening &#8211; sorry). Maybe a trip to Amsterdam is what you need to turn that frown upside down?<\/p>\n<h2>22. The World At Large &#8211; Modest Mouse<\/h2>\n<p>This has been a favourite song since the days of sitting in the backseat of our parent&#8217;s cars going on road trips. <em>The World At Large\u00a0<\/em>is about a drifter who isn&#8217;t exactly sure what they&#8217;re looking for or what they want, but they know that everything will be okay in the end. It&#8217;s the perfect song to ease our restlessness.\u00a0<em>The World At Large <\/em>flows\u00a0perfectly into\u00a0<em>Float On\u00a0<\/em>on the same album. Listen to them back to back for pure chilled vibes.<\/p>\n<h2>23. Mountain Sound &#8211; Of Monsters And Men<\/h2>\n<p>We threw in\u00a0<em>Mountain Sound\u00a0<\/em>because it makes us think of hiking through Iceland and gets us hyped up to go one day (Of Monsters and Men are from Reykjavik, BTW). The song is also about realising the true weight of your actions, not the weight you perceive that they have, so maybe that will speak to you?<\/p>\n<h2>24. Tomorrow Comes Today &#8211; Gorillaz<\/h2>\n<p>In all honesty we&#8217;re not 100% sure what this song is about or why we love having it in a travel playlist. We&#8217;re pretty sure it touches on not wanting to be on the camera or surrounded by all the technology of the digital age &#8211; there&#8217;s more to your trip than how it makes your Instagram look, after all.<\/p>\n<h2>25. St. Elsewhere &#8211;\u00a0 Gnarls Barkley<\/h2>\n<p>CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse are a pretty iconic duo, so we had to include\u00a0<em>St. Elsewhere\u00a0<\/em>even though it&#8217;s another song that&#8217;s widely open to interpretation. At first it sounds perfect because it&#8217;s obviously about getting away and not wanting to be tied down or held back, but we&#8217;re pretty sure there&#8217;s more to it than that and are open to suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90529 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20170522-_DSC7979-875x875.jpg\" alt=\"songs about travelling - Hiking \" width=\"875\" height=\"875\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsandstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\">@ericsandstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>26. Tighten Up &#8211; The Black keys<\/h2>\n<p>Less about travel and more about running wild for love, we think <em>Tighten Up\u00a0<\/em>is still relevant to our travel playlist. Our hero used to run wild until he met someone that made him ready to slow down, unfortunately, that person is still running around doing their own thing.\u00a0\ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n<h2>27. Gotta Travel On &#8211; Bob Dylan<\/h2>\n<p>There are tons of different versions of\u00a0 <em>Gotta Travel On,\u00a0<\/em>with variations in lyrics and titles, but Bob Dylan&#8217;s is probably the most well known. The lyrics are pretty straight forward &#8211; he&#8217;s been in the same old town for too long and it&#8217;s time for him to move on. Been there.<\/p>\n<h2>28. City Lights &#8211; The White Stripes<\/h2>\n<p><em>City Lights<\/em>\u00a0encompasses the feeling of looking out the plane window at night and seeing the glowing city lights of your destination. Isn&#8217;t that just the best?<\/p>\n<h2>29. Holiday &#8211; Ocean Alley<\/h2>\n<p><em>Holiday\u00a0<\/em>is pretty much just about letting loose on vacation, doesn&#8217;t get much simpler than that!<\/p>\n<h2>30. I Mua &#8211; Nahko And Medicine For The People<\/h2>\n<p>One of the translations of &#8220;I Mua&#8221; from Hawaiian to English is &#8220;to move forward&#8221;. Nahko wrote this song as a tribute to Mauna Kea, the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, but it&#8217;s also a celebration of life. We think it suits our travel playlist because of how lucky we are to be able to see the world the way we can nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know which travel songs you have in your playlist in the comments!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Download the Hostelworld app to start planning your travel wishlist!<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hostelworld-hostels-hotels\/id348890820?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51103 aligncenter post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-IOS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.hostelworld.app&amp;referrer=mat_click_id%3Da7e362b8d8149e63507f7d1f7184f176-20171011-8816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51106 aligncenter post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-google-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":137016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hw_related":"[{\"id\":85615,\"score\":0.80100000000000004529709940470638684928417205810546875,\"hook\":\"\"},{\"id\":105510,\"score\":0.75860000000000005204725539442733861505985260009765625,\"hook\":\"\"},{\"id\":69109,\"score\":0.740299999999999958077978590154089033603668212890625,\"hook\":\"\"},{\"id\":80654,\"score\":0.62399999999999999911182158029987476766109466552734375,\"hook\":\"\"},{\"id\":7621,\"score\":0.622500000000000053290705182007513940334320068359375,\"hook\":\"\"},{\"id\":1744,\"score\":0.60860000000000002984279490192420780658721923828125,\"hook\":\"\"}]","footnotes":""},"categories":[9473],"tags":[264383],"class_list":["post-85632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-tips","tag-culture","wpbf-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>30 of the best travel songs for any journey - Hostelworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our guide to the best 30 songs about travelling. 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