coldplay + salt & straw = bliss.
Here are the tunes Becca & I listened to on our drive to Portland, Seattle & back. This trip consisted of a lot more pop and quite a bit less classic rock than my drive up the Northwest with Cass a few years back, because Becca is younger and doesn’t know all the old stuff that Cass & I love so much. She also loves some different genres of music, so instead of so much CCR & Lynyrd Skynyrd, we had much more Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, and Coldplay. Either way, it turned out to be a good mix for both of us, and we enjoyed it!
“Queen of California,” John Mayer
“Let’s Go Higher,” Jordan Knight
“Trouble,” Coldplay
“Pour Some Sugar on Me,” Def Leppard
“Makes Me Wonder,” Maroon 5
“Rock Star,” N.E.R.D.
“Faith,” George Michael
“Back Where I Started,” Curtis Peoples
“Happy as the Sun,” Tyrone Wells
“Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey,” John Mayer
“Roam,” the B-52′s
“Like a Virgin,” Madonna
“Slow,” Andy Grammer
“Thriller,” Michael Jackson
“Prince of Nothing Charming,” Tyler Hilton
“Assassin,” John Mayer
“California Gurls,” Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg
“Nothing Ever Happens,” Rachel Platten
“Yesterday,” Tony Lucca & Adam Levine
“Money (That’s What I Want),” The Beatles
“Relax,” Frankie Goes to Hollywood
“Fine by Me,” Andy Grammer
“Hey Ya,” Outkast
“Home,” Phillip Phillips
“City Love,” John Mayer
“Remain,” Tyrone Wells
“How You Like Me Now?” Tony Lucca
“Never Think,” Robert Pattinson
“Life on Mars,” David Bowie
“Distance,” Christina Perri
“Mad World,” Adam Lambert
“White Wedding,” Billy Idol
“Tonight Tonight,” Hot Chelle Rae
“Brown Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison
“A Hard Day’s Night,” the Beatles
“Rockin’ Robin,” Michael Jackson
“I’m Looking through You,” the Beatles
“Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
“My Stupid Mouth,” John Mayer
“Pinball Wizard,” the Who
“She Is,” the Fray
“I’ve Just Seen a Face,” the Beatles
“Dizzy,” Tommy Roe
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Maroon 5
“Tearing it Down,” Hanson
“Modern Love,” David Bowie
“Wake Up,” Curtis Peoples
“We Built this City,” Starship
“Fancy,” Drake ft. T.I. & Swizz Beatz
“Kicking My Heels,” Tyler Hilton
“Under Pressure,” Queen & David Bowie
“Here I Go Again,” Audra Mae
“Gravity,” John Mayer
“Night Fever,” the BeeGees
“Rockstar,” Jordan Knight
“I Put a Spell on You,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Friends, Lovers, or Nothing,” John Mayer
“Make it Out Alive,” Hanson
“Paradise City,” Guns & Roses
“Crazy,” Aerosmith
“House of the Rising Sun,” the Animals
“Ain’t No Other Man,” Christina Aguilera
“The Heart of Life,” John Mayer
“Beat It,” Fall Out Boy
“California,” Phantom Planet
“Ziggy Stardust,” David Bowie
“If I Fell,” the Beatles
“Perfectly Lonely,” John Mayer
“Born and Raised,” John Mayer
“When Doves Cry,” Prince
“All She Wants to Do is Dance,” Kris Allen
“Waiting on the World to Change,” John Mayer
“Golden Years,” David Bowie
“Scream,” Glee Cast
“Someday We’ll Know,” Jonathan Foreman & Mandy Moore
“Stars (Acoustic),” Switchfoot
“Human Nature,” Glee Cast
“Move On,” Jacob’s Loc
“Can’t Buy Me Love,” the Beatles
“You Get What You Give,” New Radicals
“Bad Romance,” 30 Seconds to Mars
“The Anthem,” Good Charlotte
“All at Once,” the Fray
“American Idiot,” Green Day
“Help!” the Beatles
“In My Room,” the Beach Boys
“Off the Wall,” Michael Jackson
“Footloose,” Kenny Loggins
“You Got Lucky,” Tony Lucca
“Dude (Looks like a Lady),” Aerosmith
“Get Back,” the Beatles
“Drift Away,” Dobie Gray
“Maybe Baby,” Nikka Costa
“And She Was,” Keaton Simons
“Dancing with Myself,” Billy Idol
“In Between the Lines,” Tyrone Wells
“Instant Karma (We All Shine On),” John Lennon
“I Hate Boys,” Christina Aguilera
“It’s My Life,” Bon Jovi
“You Found Me,” the Fray
“Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy,” Queen
“Counting on Disaster,” Curtis Peoples
“You Got it (The Right Stuff),” New Kids on the Block
“Revolution 1,” the Beatles
“Who Knew,” Pink
“Eleanor Rigby,” the Beatles
“She Wants to Move,” N.E.R.D.
“Like Love,” Tony Lucca
“Vacation,” The GoGo’s
“Hey,” Hanson
“Come on Eileen,” Dexy’s Midnight Runners
“Dirty Dancing,” New Kids on the Block
“Spotlight,” Mute Math
“Paradise,” Coldplay
“Afraid,” Curtis Peoples
“Leave Out all the Rest,” Linkin Park
“Clocks,” Coldplay
“Get the Party Started (Sweet Dreams Remix),” Pink
“Kiss,” Prince
“Proud Mary,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Little Red Corvette,” Prince
“Fix You,” Glee Cast
“In Repair,” John Mayer
“California Love,” 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre
“Jive Talkin’,” the BeeGees
“All I Want,” Curtis Peoples
“Be Somebody,” Kings of Leon
“Soldier,” Gavin DeGraw
“Mess of Me,” Switchfoot
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Keaton Simons
“Runaway Baby,” Bruno Mars
“I Get Around,” the Beach Boys
“Make it Mine,” Jason Mraz
“Just Dance (RedOne Mix),” Lady Gaga ft. Kardinal Offishall
“X&Y,” Coldplay
“I Don’t Want to Be,” Gavin DeGraw
“Living in the Moment,” Jason Mraz
“Not Myself,” John Mayer
“All My Loving,” the Beatles
“Missing You,” Tyler Hilton
“Good Life,” OneRepublic
“Here Comes the Sun,” the Beatles
“Hold Me Tight,” the Beatles
“Warning Sign,” Coldplay
“Across the Universe,” the Beatles
“Fighter,” Christina Aguilera
“Teenage Dream,” Glee Cast
“83,” John Mayer
“Cryin’,” Aerosmith
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” Creedener Clearwater Revival
“In Your Eyes (Live),” Sara Bareilles
“Never Say Never,” the Fray
“Speak for Me,” John Mayer
“Arms,” Christina Perri
“Hotel California,” the Eagles
“Save Me from Myself,” Christina Aguilera
“Rag Doll,” Aerosmith
“Along the Way,” Tyrone Wells
“Radiation,” Gavin DeGraw
“I Can Hear Music,” the Beach Boys
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton John
“Suffragette City,” David Bowie
“Heartbreak Warfare,” John Mayer
“Canned Heat,” Jamiroquai
“Rocket Man (I Think it’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time),” Elton John
“Baba O’Riley,” the Who
“Loaded Gun,” Tyler Hilton
“Stop this Train,” John Mayer
“This is Beautiful,” Tyrone Wells
“Melancholy Collar,” Tony Lucca
“I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’,” Scissor Sisters
“When I Get Home,” the Beatles
“People are Strange,” the Doors
“Rebel Rebel,” David Bowie
“Misery,” Maroon 5
“The Man Who Sold the World,” David Bowie
“If I Can’t Have You,” Adam Lambert
“Manic Monday,” the Bangles
“Sweeter,” Gavin DeGraw
“Love in an Elevator,” Aerosmith
“Drive My Car,” the Beatles
“What it Takes,” Aerosmith
“Father Figure,” George Michael
“Wouldn’t it Be Nice?” the Beach Boys
“A Kind of Magic,” Queen
“Please Don’t Go Girl,” New Kids on the Block
“Vultures,” John Mayer
“I Don’t Trust Myself (with Loving You),” John Mayer
“I Won’t Give Up,” Glee Cast
“Heartbeat,” the Fray
“How to Save a Life,” the Fray
“Don’t Forget all Your Clothes,” Tyler Hilton
“God Only Knows,” the Beach Boys
“Fashion,” David Bowie
“Vogue,” Glee Cast
“Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” Billy Joel
“Tonight,” New Kids on the Block
“Penny Lane,” the Beatles
“I’ll Follow the Sun,” the Beatles
“Night of the Hunter (Flood Remix),” 30 Seconds to Mars
“Dancing in the Streets,” David Bowie & Mick Jagger
“Please Mister Postman,” the Beatles
“I Will,” the Beatles
“Oh Yeah,” Yello
“Amazing,” Andy Grammer
“American Pie,” Don McLean
“Super Bass,” Nicki Minaj
“Everybody Got Their Something,” Nikka Costa
“In My Place,” Coldplay
“Whataya Want From Me,” mashup: Adam Lambert with Pink
“Joy to the World,” Three Dog Night
“Bad Moon Rising,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Papa Don’t Preach,” Madonna
“Til Kingdom Come,” Coldplay
“Desperado,” the Eagles
“A Rush of Blood to the Head,” Coldplay
“Rock the Casbah,” the Clash – this was adorable: I never really remember there are 10 years in age between Becca and I. But when this song came on, I was happily rocking out until she asked, “what are they saying?!” Way to make me feel old, Bex!
“Sugar, Sugar,” the Archies
“Ticket to Ride,” the Beatles
“Something (Acoustic),” the Beatles
“If I Never See Your Face Again,” Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna
“Harder to Breathe,” Maroon 5
“Don’t You (Forget about Me),” Simple Minds
“On the Road Again,” TFDI
“Thrive,” Switchfoot
“99 Problems,” Tony Lucca
“You Fckn Did it (Live),” Jason Mraz
“In Your Eyes,” Tony Lucca
“She Loves You,” the Beatles
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Katharine McPhee
“Cooler than Me,” Mike Posner & the Brain Trust
“It Will Rain,” Bruno Mars
“Whip it,” Devo
“Steal My Kisses,” Ben Harper
“Drive,” Incubus
“Can’t Hold Us Down,” Christina Aguilera
“Bennie and the Jets,” Elton John
“‘Heroes,’” David Bowie
“California Girls,” the Beach Boys
“Running Around in My Dreams,” Tyrone Wells
“Everybody Loves You,” Curtis Peoples
“In My Life,” the Beatles
“This Love,” Maroon 5
“Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da,” the Beatles
“Who Says,” John Mayer
“Beautiful Pain,” Keaton Simons
“A Face to Call Home,” John Mayer
“You Can’t Do That,” the Beatles
“Sexy and I Know it,” LMFAO
“Don’t Worry Baby,” the Beach Boys
“Space Oddity,” David Bowie
“Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
“Another One Bites the Dust,” Glee Cast
“Little Deuce Coupe,” the Beach Boys
“Strawberry Fields Forever,” the Beatles
“Best Days,” Eric Hutchinson
“Bad Romance,” Glee Cast
“We Speak No Americano,” Yolanda Be-Cool & D-Cup
“Till I Get to You,” Nikka Costa
“Headturner,” Joss Stone
“When the Stars Go Blue,” Bethany Joy Lenz & Tyler Hilton
“The Edge of Glory,” Lady Gaga
“Kokomo,” the Beach Boys
“Stuck to You,” Nikka Costa
“It Won’t Be Long,” the Beatles
“Hello,” Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette
“Barbara Ann,” the Beach Boys
“Save Me, San Francisco,” Train
“Old Time Rock & Roll,” Bob Seger
“Can’tneverdidnothin’,” Nikka Costa
“Over My Head (Cable Car),” the Fray
“A Horse with No Name,” America
“You Never Know,” Hanson
“Candyman,” Christina Aguilera
“Come Away to the Water,” Maroon 5
“Rock & Roll,” Eric Hutchinson
“Stereo Hearts,” Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine
“The Way You Move,” Outkast
“Ladies’ Night,” Kool & the Gang
“Fairytale,” Sara Bareilles
“Step by Step,” New Kids on the Block
“You’re Gonna Lose that Girl,” the Beatles
“Superstition,” Stevie Wonder
“Pretty Things,” TFDI
“Eat the Rich,” Aerosmith
“Still Dirrty,” Christina Aguilera
“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” the Beatles
“Don’t Panic,” Coldplay
“Cry for You,” Curtis Peoples
“This World Will Turn Your Way,” Tyler Hilton
“(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay,” Sara Bareilles
“Need You Tonight,” INXS
“Billie Jean,” Michael Jackson
“How Love Should Be,” Tyler Hilton
“Monday Monday,” the Mamas & the Papas
“I Can’t Make You Love Me (Live),” Tony Lucca
“Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri
“Rolling in the Deep,” Linkin Park
“Let’s Dance,” David Bowie
“The People I Know,” Eric Hutchinson
“Charlie Brown,” Coldplay
“If I Ain’t Got You,” Maroon 5
“Shadow Days,” John Mayer
“Blackbird,” the Beatles
“Time of the Season,” the Zombies
“And the Birds Sing,” Tyrone Wells
“Ashes to Ashes,” David Bowie
“California Dreamin’,” the Mamas & the Papas
“Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love,” Coldplay
“You and I,” Lady Gaga
“Love Soon,” John Mayer
“2 in the Morning,” New Kids on the Block
“I’ll Cry Instead,” the Beatles
“Nowhere Man,” the Beatles
“Janie’s Got a Gun,” Aerosmith
“I’m Still Standing,” Elton John
“I Love Rock & Roll,” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
“Defying Gravity,” Glee Cast (Chris Colfer version)
“Fat Bottomed Girls,” Queen
“She Works Hard for the Money,” Kris Allen
“Gimme Three Steps,” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Oh! Darling,” the Beatles
“Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Buggles
“Wake Up Call,” Maroon 5
“Fuck You!” Cee-Lo Green
“18 Wheeler,” Pink
“Keep Your Head Up,” Andy Grammer
“Candy,” Gavin DeGraw
“Do You Wanna Dance?” the Beach Boys
“Rock DJ,” Robbie Williams
“I Love a Rainy Night,” Eddie Rabbitt
“All Broken Hearts,” Tyrone Wells
“Sympathy for the Devil,” the Rolling Stones
“Mr. Saxobeat,” Alexandra Stan
“Tiny Dancer,” Elton John
“Womanizer (Acoustic),” the All-American Rejects
“Fun, Fun, Fun,” the Beach Boys
“Baby One More Time,” Tony Lucca
“Amsterdam,” Coldplay
“Piano Man,” Colton Dixon
“True Colors,” Cyndi Lauper
“Supermassive Black Hole,” Muse
“Shut up and Drive,” Rihanna
“Thriller/Heads Will Roll,” Glee Cast
“Johnny B. Goode,” the Beatles
“Hurts like Heaven,” Coldplay
“Cruz,” Christina Aguilera
“Summer Breeze,” Jason Mraz
“All Night Long,” Lionel Richie
“A Message,” Coldplay
“Jessie’s Girl,” Rick Springfield
“Amazing,” Aerosmith
“Life in the Fast Lane,” the Eagles
“The Joker,” Steve Miller Band
“Poker Face (Acoustic),” Daughtry
“Rocketeer,” Far East Movement ft. Ryan Tedder
“All You Need is Love,” the Beatles
“Express Yourself,” Madonna
“Angel,” Aerosmith
“From Me to You,” the Beatles
“This is Your Life,” Switchfoot
“Geek in the Pink,” Jason Mraz
“Strawberry Swing,” Coldplay
“Sink or Swim,” Tyrone Wells
“Listen to the Music,” the Doobie Brothers
“Down on the Corner,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Yellow,” Coldplay
“Michelle,” Ben Harper
“Games (The Kids Get Hard Mix),” New Kids on the Block
“Click Click Click,” New Kids on the Block
“Hey Jude,” the Beatles
“Ain’t No Sunshine,” Bill Withers
“Changes,” David Bowie
“Love Me Do,” the Beatles
“Dance, Dance, Dance,” the Beach Boys
“When I Stop Running,” TFDI
“Spirit in the Sky,” Norman Greenbaum
“Dare You to Move,” Switchfoot
“St. Patrick’s Day,” John Mayer
“We are Young,” fun. ft. Janelle Monae
“We Are the Champions,” Queen
“We Will Rock You,” Queen
“Who’ll Stop the Rain,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“I Melt with You,” Jason Mraz
“Head over Heels,” Digital Daggers
“The Freedom Song,” Jason Mraz
“Jack & Diane,” John Mellencamp
“Dear Mr. President,” Pink
“I Am the Walrus,” the Beatles
“Rock and Roll Music,” the Beach Boys
“Baby One More Time,” Travis
“Gold Digger,” Glee Cast
“Up Around the Bend,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
“What About Now,” Daughtry
“Let Me Sign,” Robert Pattinson
“You Should Be Dancing,” the BeeGees
“China Girl,” David Bowie
“Say,” John Mayer
“Livin’ on the Edge,” Aerosmith
“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” Glee Cast
“Don’t Stop Me Now,” Queen
“Good Vibrations,” the Beach Boys
“Keeps Gettin’ Better,” Christina Aguilera
“Hangin’ Tough,” New Kids on the Block
“Free Fallin’,” John Mayer
“I’m Afraid of Americans,” David Bowie
“Respect,” Pink
“Give a Little,” Hanson
“Freedom,” Tyrone Wells
“Stayin’ Alive,” the BeeGees
“Mickey,” Toni Basil
“The Scientist,” Coldplay
“Oh! You Pretty Things,” David Bowie
“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” Katharine McPhee
“Tell Me I’m Wrong,” Curtis Peoples
“When I’m Sixty-Four,” the Beatles
“Material Girl,” Madonna
“Young Americans,” David Bowie
“Death of Me,” Tony Lucca
“Father Time,” Tony Lucca
“So Fresh So Clean,” Outkast
“Eight Days a Week,” the Beatles
“Dirrty,” Christina Aguilera
“Oh!” Eric Hutchinson
“Let it Be,” the Beatles
“I’m on Fire,” John Mayer
“Stand by Me,” Ben E. King
“Needle and Thread,” Matt Duke
“Help Me, Rhonda,” the Beach Boys
“Glitter in the Air,” Pink
“I Feel Fine,” the Beatles
“Start a Fire,” Ryan Star
“What’s Going On,” Kris Allen
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” the Beatles
“Fix You,” Coldplay
“Magic Carpet Ride,” Steppenwolf
“Violet Hill,” Coldplay
“Single Girls,” Laura Jansen
“Sweet Home Alabama,” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Love Song for No One,” John Mayer
“I’m Only Sleeping,” the Beatles
“Come Together,” the Beatles
“Deuces are Wild,” Aerosmith
“Beautiful,” Christina Aguilera
“Mustang Sally,” Wilson Pickett
“Princess of China,” Coldplay ft. Rihanna
“Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” Coldplay
“Mercy,” Duffy
“In the Ayer,” Flo Rida ft. Will.I.Am & Fergie
“Stingy,” Jordan Knight ft. Donnie Wahlberg
“Fame,” David Bowie
“Marry You,” Bruno Mars
“Life is Wonderful,” Jason Mraz
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Charlie Daniels Band
“Viva La Vida,” Coldplay
“Absolute,” the Fray
“Love is a Verb,” John Mayer
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” Cyndi Lauper
“Bullet Soul,” Switchfoot
“Hello, Goodbye,” the Beatles
“If Not Now, When?” Incubus
“We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Billy Joel
“My Sharona,” the Knack
“The Age of Worry,” John Mayer
“I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” New Kids on the Block
“Can’t Buy Me Love,” Michael Buble
“Holding Me Down,” Curtis Peoples
“What’s Your Name,” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Sober,” Pink
“Afterlife,” Switchfoot
“With a Little Help from My Friends,” the Beatles
“Mony Mony,” Billy Idol
“Give Me the Night,” George Benson
“Grenade,” Bruno Mars
“Great Indoors,” John Mayer
“Meant to Live,” Switchfoot
“Hollaback Girl,” Gwen Stefani
“When I Grow Up (to Be a Man),” the Beach Boys
“The Lazy Song,” Bruno Mars
“Faster,” Matt Nathanson
“Without Your Skin,” Keaton Simons
“I Should Have Known Better,” the Beatles
“Belief,” John Mayer
“The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” Jason Mraz
“Walk Like an Egyptian,” the Bangles
“Animal,” Glee Cast
“King of Anything,” Sara Bareilles
“1000 Ships,” Rachel Platten
“Speed of Sound,” Coldplay
“American Girl,” TFDI
“Fool (I Can’t Stop Making Out with You),” the Sights
“Penny & Me,” Hanson
“Uprising,” Muse
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
“Hello,” Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
“Summertime,” New Kids on the Block
“It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me,” Billy Joel
“Ruby Tuesday,” the Rolling Stones
“Home (Acoustic),” Daughtry
“Comfortable,” John Mayer
“Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
“Single,” New Kids on the Block ft. Ne-Yo
“Nothing Lasts Forever,” Maroon 5
“All the Young Dudes,” David Bowie
“Lovesong,” Adele
“Like a Feather,” Nikka Costa
“This is Not America,” David Bowie
“To Make You Feel My Love,” Kris Allen
And there you have it. 509 fantastic songs for a summertime roadtrip (rain or shine) that is appropriate for music-loving fun girls of all ages. (Liking the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and current pop-rock outfits doesn’t hurt, of course.) I hope someone, somewhere finds this playlist helpful, but if not…I had fun typing it all out remembering the little moments on our trip, and ultimately that’s one of several reasons I post my epic playlists for all the world to see. This one should get you from approximately Napa to Seattle and back…and that’s if you don’t stop it for around 2 hours to watch Game of Thrones in the car on the way home, as we did…. 
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