Songs to Inspire Your Wanderlust:

I come from a land down under

23. Good Life – One Republic

To my friends in New York, I say hello
My friends in L.A. they don’t know
Where I’ve been for the past few years or so
Paris to China to Colorado

24. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra

Come fly with me, will float down to Peru
In llama-land there’s a one-man band
And he’ll toot his flute for you
Come on fly with me, we’ll float down in the blue

25. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Jack Johnson

“Yes, I like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
I´m not much into health food, I am into champagne
I´ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s, where we´ll plan our escape”

26. Home – Phillip Phillips

Hold on, to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m going to make this place your home

27. Transatlanticism – Deathcab For Cutie

The Atlantic was born today
And I’ll tell you how
The clouds above opened up
And let it out
I was standing on the surface
Of a perforated sphere
When the water
Filled every hole
And thousands upon thousands
Made an ocean
Making islands where no
Island should go

28. Kokomo – The Beach Boys

Off the Florida Keys, there’s a place called Kokomo
That’s where you want to go to get away from it all
Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand
We’ll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo

29. Tamacun – Rodrigo y Gabriela

This song is instrumental, but it’s by far one of the best songs to inspire wanderlust!.  It always makes me feel like I should be drinking wine on the Spanish coast.

 30. Toes – Zac Brown Band

Well, the plane touched down just about three o’clock
And the city’s still on my mind
Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head
I was still in the baggage line

31. Budapest – George Ezra

My house in Budapest
My hidden treasure chest,
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo

32. Wake Up – The Ditty Bops

What if you didn’t know where the bad side of town was
Where would you wander to?
So many places from which to choose
Would you let yourself be?

33. Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts

Through all these cities and all these towns
It’s in my blood and it’s all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver’s lights

34. Welcome To New York – Taylor Swift

It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forevermore
The lights are so bright but they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York
It’s been waitin’ for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York

Another favorite travel moment – singing “Welcome To New York” and dancing in Times Square at 3am.  (If you haven’t noticed, a lot of the best travel memories happen well after midnight.)

35. The Long Way Around – The Dixie Chicks

I’ve been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
But I’ve always found my way somehow

Another one of the best songs to inspire wanderlust!  I love how this song is about being on a different path than the traditional marriage, mortgage, and kids.  It helps me feel like less of a weirdo for not following in my friends’ footsteps.

36. Scare Away The Dark – Passenger

We should run through the forests
We should swim in the streams
We should laugh, we should cry
We should love, we should dream
We should stare at the stars and not just the screens
You should hear what I’m saying and know what it means

37. Guaranteed – Eddie Vedder

Everyone I come across in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering but I’m never what they thought
Got my indignation but I’m pure in all my thoughts
I’m alive

38. Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top
That’s where you’ll find me

39. Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw

He said
“I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying”
And he said
“Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying”

40. Atlas Hands – Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Take me to the docks, there’s a ship without a name there
And it is sailing to the middle of the sea
The water there is deeper than anything you’ve ever seen
Jump right in and swim until you’re free

41. 3×5 – John Mayer

Didn’t have a camera by my side this time
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it when
I’m in the mood to lose my way

42. It’s My Life – Bon Jovi

It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
I just want to live while I’m alive

43. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sleeping At Last 

And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

44. Paris – The Chainsmokers

We were staying in Paris
To get away from your parents
You look so proud
Standing there with a frown and a cigarette
Posting pictures of yourself on the internet

45. Movin’ On – Firekid

Chase that horizon line
Lord knows we’re gonna find
A patch of stars we’ve never seen
Swim through the river wide
Climb any mountainside

And there you have it – 45 songs to inspire wanderlust and have you running to book your next flight.

What music inspires your travels?  Comment below with some of your favorites, I’d love to hear them!