{"id":1193,"date":"2026-05-25T19:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:37:35","slug":"from-skidmarks-on-my-heart-to-steppin-out-we-built-the-ultimate-road-trip-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1193","title":{"rendered":"From \u2018Skidmarks On My Heart\u2019 to \u2018Steppin\u2019 Out,\u2019 we built the ultimate road trip playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>If Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, then it\u2019s also the first weekend of road trip season, and your next joy ride needs a soundtrack. Great as it is, you can\u2019t keep The Modern Lovers classic \u201cRoadrunner\u201d on repeat indefinitely \u2014 here\u2019s a dozen critics\u2019 picks to kick-start your next trek to the beach, the Berkshires, or wherever the summer months take you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1191\">US beats Hungary to stay alive for ice hockey world quarterfinals<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span><b>4 Non Blondes, \u201cWhat\u2019s Up\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>When you\u2019re facing many miles to drive, you want something that everyone can get into. Enter: \u201cWhat\u2019s Up,\u201d the anthemic 4 Non Blondes song. You might not like this song. But even if you don\u2019t, I bet you\u2019d enjoy yelling it at the top of your lungs. Few of us have the pipes of a belter; it doesn\u2019t really matter if you can match what Linda Perry is doing with this song. The build, the yelling, the quiet come down at the end. Are you young? Are you wild at heart, desperate for a better world? Everyone in the car is, for the duration of your group performance. (Lisa Weidenfeld)<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Duke Ellington, \u201cDiminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Driving music doesn\u2019t need to be about driving. What it needs to be is <i>self<\/i>-driving: accelerator minus brake, pedal to musical metal. It also helps if it\u2019s longer rather than shorter: more room to vroom. So it\u2019s hard to top Duke Ellington\u2019s 14-minute version of \u201cDiminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue\u201d \u2014 with crescendo very much dominant \u2014 from the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. One of the most famous performances in jazz history, it landed Ellington on the cover of Time magazine. The crowd goes nuts. So will you, in a safe-driving sort of way, of course. (Mark Feeney)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Bo Diddley, \u201cRoad Runner\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Beep beep<\/i>, Mr. Richman, let Bo Diddley by. With all due respect to The Modern Lovers, Diddley\u2019s \u201cRoad Runner\u201d predates the recording of \u201cRoadrunner\u201d by over a decade, and 65-plus years after its release his chugging 12-bar blues are still conducive to cruising above the speed limit. The tune\u2019s not without a local tie; Aerosmith covered the song for their 2004 record \u201cHonkin\u2019 on Bobo,\u201d complete with Steven Tyler\u2019s raspy growl of \u201ceat my dust!\u201d Play the original, play the cover, play both \u2014 just don\u2019t forget that \u201cRoad Runner\u201d is two words, not one. (Victoria Wasylak)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>The Proclaimers, \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Be (500 Miles)\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Be (500 Miles)\u201d is perfect as the third or fourth song on your road trip playlist, for when you\u2019ve made it to the open road, the here-we-go energy is peaking, and you\u2019re ready to sing at the top of your lungs. This 1988 single (1993, in the US, on the \u201cBenny &amp; Joon\u201d soundtrack) from brothers Charlie and Craig Reid has everything: a steady, propulsive beat, lyrics that are easy to belt out, and straightforward vocal harmonies on the chorus, which you can dive into while you try to match those wonderful Scottish accents. (Eric R. Danton)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Joe Jackson, \u201cSteppin\u2019 Out\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most road trip songs are made for sun-drenched open roads, but Joe Jackson\u2019s 1982 single \u201cSteppin\u2019 Out\u201d celebrates when people \u201cGet into a car and drive\/To the other side\u201d after night has fallen, when stars and maybe a few buildings are twinkling against the sky\u2019s inky expanse. The song\u2019s sparkling pianos and perpetual-motion beat add a hint of glamour to even the briefest escape from the everyday, while Jackson\u2019s winsome vocal opens up on the vowel sounds in a way that makes any moment it soundtracks feel five times more massive. (It\u2019s a great sing-along, too.) <i> (<\/i>Maura Johnston)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Sniff \u2018n\u2019 the Tears<\/b><b>, \u201cDriver\u2019s Seat\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With its four-on-the-floor beat, this little miracle by an otherwise obscure British band kicks into gear straight away and stays there, making it an ideal highway song. \u201cDoing all right,\u201d murmurs frontman Paul Roberts as if he\u2019s in casual conversation, gazing out the windshield. \u201cA little jiving on a Saturday night.\u201d (The song is actually about dancing.) While maintaining its steady, asphalt-chewing pace, \u201cDriver\u2019s Seat\u201d builds with a series of add-ons that reward the surround-sound of your car speakers at top volume \u2014 an ominous power-chord riff, sweet call-and-response backing vocals, some space-age Moog flourishes. Remarkably, this unfortunately named band shot out of the gate with this song \u2014 it\u2019s the first track on their 1978 debut, \u201cFickle Heart\u201d \u2014 but have spent the rest of their long career trying to find their way off the service road.(James Sullivan)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1189\">Joe Mazzulla was \u2018a coach on the court\u2019 as a teen at Bishop Hendricken, and Tuesday he could be named NBA Coach of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Indigo Girls, \u201cCloser to Fine\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even Barbie understood the power of \u201cCloser to Fine,\u201d the Indigo Girls\u2019 1989 banger about finding comfort in ambiguity. It was perfect in the 2023 movie \u201cBarbie,\u201d when the doll barrels toward the \u201creal world,\u201d but long before the film thrust the song into popular discourse, women journeying across America were belting it as they moved to new cities, fled failed relationships, or embarked on the confusing milestones that songwriter Emily Salier encourages us to embrace. Like any great road trip song, it has a crescendo that a driver can\u2019t help but yell: \u201cGot my paper and I was <i>free<\/i>!\u201d (Esther Mobley)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Madonna, \u201cRay Of Light\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The vehicle is a rented Mini convertible, pure white. There\u2019s only so much of Martha\u2019s Vineyard to explore \u2014 it\u2019s impossible to get lost when heading half an hour in any direction takes you to the coastline \u2014 but the teeniness of the car is maximizing the experience for two parents and a 9-year-old. So they drive wherever, until the sun just begins to droop. And as the golden hour opens its arms, the playlist they\u2019ve been blasting all afternoon reaches its apex and \u201cRay of Light\u201d comes gushing out of the speakers, Madonna whooshing across time and space in a fever of ecstatic bliss. And the only arm that remains in the car is the one holding the steering wheel.(Marc Hirsh)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>The Go-Go\u2019s, \u201cSkidmarks On My Heart\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a classic tale of \u201cgirl loves boy, boy loves his car.\u201d Belinda Carlisle and her Go-Go compatriots head into a musical drag race with \u201cSkidmark on My Heart,\u201d a punk-pop nugget that whooshes so rapidly it will leave you with whiplash and an accelerated heartbeat. It\u2019s not only one of the catchiest songs from their 1981 debut, \u201cBeauty and the Beat,\u201d but also one of the band\u2019s cleverest lyrically. \u201cI buy you cologne, you want to axle grease \/You say, \u2018Get a mechanic,\u2019 I say, \u2018Get a shrink,\u2019\u201d she sings to the grease monkey who has stolen her heart, and likely her tire rims as well. We never know whether Carlisle can pull the emergency brake on her misguided love, but it\u2019s a fun ride while it lasts, and the kind of song that leaves you drumming on the steering wheel as you buzz along to beat. (Christopher Muther)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>T.I., \u201cWhat You Know\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nothing captured T.I\u2019s Atlanta cool better than his 2006 smash hit \u201cWhat You Know.\u201d Not only did it serve as the lead single from his fourth studio album, \u201cKing,\u201d but it was used to promote his movie \u201cATL\u201d that was released the same year. On the synthy and brassy track, T.I. is confident as ever with his lyrical bravado beaming bright. What makes \u201cWhat You Know\u201d a must-add to any road trip playlist is the sonic smoothness it effortlessly possesses. Even though the song may reference a decades-old rap beef, T.I. was in tip-top shape and reminded folks why he will always run the South. (Candace McDuffie)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>The Young Veins, \u201cTake A Vacation!\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While The Young Veins\u2019 \u201cTake A Vacation!\u201d came out in 2010, its surf-rock sound evokes the spirit of the 1960s. With the song\u2019s layered vocal harmonies, warm guitar tone, and many beach-themed lyrics, it could easily fit in on a California sound compilation album alongside The Beach Boys and The Mamas &amp; the Papas. In addition to this summery feel, the band\u2019s frequent refrain of \u201cwe\u2019re going, going, going very far\u201d makes it a fitting soundtrack for a long drive.(Annie Sarlin)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Asleep at the Wheel, \u201c(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Is there a better road trip song than what might be the iconic song about a road trip? \u201c(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66\u201d takes you down that famous highway from Chicago to Los Angeles, with galloping name-checks of places along the way. Inspired by an actual cross-country drive, the song was written by Bobby Troup in 1946 and first recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio. There\u2019ve been hundreds of versions since, by everyone from Chuck Berry to Asleep at the Wheel, Ray Charles to The Rolling Stones, and even William Shatner; build a playlist and you can get your kicks on your next trip.(Stuart Munro)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1187\">Boston College, Northeastern, Holy Cross, Yale make 64-team field for NCAA Division 1 baseball tournament<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a dozen critic\u2019s picks to kickstart your next trek to the beach, the Berkshires, or wherever the summer months take you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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