Every summer, my family treks from Iowa City to our favorite vacation spot in Maryland. It’s literally 1,000 miles away — 1,028 to be exact. To survive the long drive, I need a great playlist and my 13-year-old son enjoys getting to be the DJ for the whole drive.
Thankfully, there are a lot of songs that my kids and I can all agree on and they helped me put together this list of their favorites from our big road trip. So, enjoy this tween, teen, and mom approved playlist of fun songs from the last decade-ish.
30 Teen (+Mom) Approved Songs for Your Summer Road Trip Playlist
Play all 30 songs on this YouTube playlist or find them here on Amazon Music:
- Levitating – Dua Lipa
- Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
- Shotgun – George Ezra
- Tightrope (Acoustic) – Walk the Moon
- High Hopes – Panic! At the Disco
- Believer – Imagine Dragons
- Good as Hell – Lizzo
- Glorious – Macklemore with Skylar Grey
- Tear in My Heart – Twenty One Pilots
- Happier – Marshmello with Bastille
- Dynamite – BTS
- Airplanes – B.o.B with Hayley Williams
- Pompeii – Bastille
- Counting Stars – One Republic
- Miss You All the Time – OAR
- Good Time – Owl City with Carly Rae Jepson
- Treasure – Bruno Mars
- Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye
- Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore with Ryan Lewis
- Glad You Came – The Wanted
- Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine
- Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
- Hall of Fame – The Script
- Save Me San Francisco – Train
- The Nights – Avicii
- Natural – Imagine Dragons
- Burn the House Down – AJR
- Dynamite – Taio Cruz
- Circles – Post Malone
- Exitlude – The Killers
What songs does your family love to listen to in the car? I’ve got another 1,028 miles to drive home soon and would love to add your suggestions to our summer road trip playlist!
