Recommended songs for a travel-themed playlist?

August 2, 2015 3:34 PM

I am looking for suggestions for songs that are available on Spotify that I can put into a playlist. What I need is walk-out music for the last day of a large travel consortium conference. All songs need to be safe for work. The attendees are from all around the globe, so the songs do not necessarily need to be in English. Bonus for songs that are fun/interesting covers of well known songs.

Example: My Morning Jacket - I'm Leaving on Jet Plane.

Ok, hive mind, go!

posted by Lokheed to Media & Arts (16 answers total)

Roam by the B-52's.
posted by backwards compatible at 3:46 PM on August 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

Best answer: On the Road Again-- it isn't a travel playlist without Willie.

Roadrunner by the Modern Lovers-- but if you want a cover version, try this one by Joan Jett.

King of the Road, Roger Miller-- or there's nice cover by the Proclaimers.
posted by frumiousb at 3:53 PM on August 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

Steve Miller - Jetliner
posted by AppleTurnover at 4:17 PM on August 2, 2015

Best answer: Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel
posted by hobgadling at 4:23 PM on August 2, 2015

This Time Tomorrow by The Kinks
posted by vunder at 4:33 PM on August 2, 2015

Best answer: Johnny Cash, "I've Been Everywhere."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 PM on August 2, 2015

Been Around the World - Lisa Stansfield
Around the World - Daft Punk
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Nations of the World - Animaniacs
posted by Morrigan at 5:51 PM on August 2, 2015

Driver 8 - REM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFId1RYSZE

Alabama Pines - Jason Isbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMsUQmS0Bo
posted by wps98 at 6:22 PM on August 2, 2015

Utada Hikaru - Traveling (completely fits all of your needs, neat music video too)
Perfume - NIGHT FLIGHT (this one would be tongue in cheek, "Have a nice flight")
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
M.I.A. - Amazon
Janelle Monae - Sally Ride
Baths - Seaside Town
Girls Generation - The Great Escape
f(x) - Airplane
SHINee - Runaway

Good Korean-folk indie youtube playlist about traveling.

These songs are probably travel related, but more like when you arrive at your destination.
SHINee - Best Place
SHINee - View
posted by yueliang at 6:27 PM on August 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

Also: Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World. Around 2:22 there's even a sound that resembles an airplane to me. Name drops several cities and a line from the song: "We're gonna take a trip across the sea, everybody come along with me"
posted by AppleTurnover at 6:29 PM on August 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

My bad, not sure if the Utada Hikaru or Girls Generation is on Spotify, but the rest of them are on there, I checked. Will provide one song as replacement.

Boys Like Girls - Five Minutes to Midnight
posted by yueliang at 6:36 PM on August 2, 2015

Airport - The Motors
posted by SisterHavana at 7:16 PM on August 2, 2015

The Muppets - Movin' Right Along
posted by knile at 8:01 PM on August 2, 2015

Der Fröhliche Wanderer (the Happy Wanderer).
Voyage Voyage - Desireless
Travelin' Prayer - Billy Joel
posted by rongorongo at 12:04 AM on August 3, 2015

Bonus for songs that are fun/interesting covers of well known songs.
Ah! OK then:
Frank Weir and His Saxophone, Chorus and Orchestra - The Happy Wanderer
Voyage Voyage - Ки? Туа!
Travelin' Prayer - Dolly Parton
posted by rongorongo at 4:35 AM on August 3, 2015

City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman (there are lots of covers of this, and the Arlo Guthrie version might be more famous than the original)
posted by catoclock at 5:31 AM on August 3, 2015