Some songs make you want to book a flight, fill the gas tank, or disappear down a highway just to see what happens. The best travel songs aren’t always about perfect vacations. Sometimes they are about escape, restlessness, heartbreak, freedom, home, or the feeling that life might finally change once the scenery does.

AJ Croce was only days away from his second birthday when his father, Jim Croce, passed in a plane crash—but that was only the beginning of AJ’s difficult story.

Doris Troy scored an unforgettable American hit with “Just One Look,” but her voice showed up later on some of the 70s' biggest rock classics.