Spring break is coming up for college students soon, and we all know we’re planning one of the same four things this break: family, friends, beach, or road trip. If you’re that person going travelling abroad or exotically, that is not a “spring break trip”, okay? That’s a bucket list check.

I, one of the rest of us, am road tripping up the East Coast to Vermont with the end destination set as the Ben and Jerry’s Factory. Of course, a quality playlist is a necessity for any amount of time in the car, a truly stellar mix was in order for the four and a half hours in the car (without traffic). For those also preparing for hours on the road, here are some musts to put on your road trip radio.

1. The Chart Topper

These are the trendy songs that everyone knows and -while may not love- will jam out to. You don’t want to, but of course you know all the words, and you will not be able to singing along.

Our Picks:

• Roses by The Chainsmokers
• All Night by Chance the Rapper
• 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
• Closer by the Chainsmokers

2. The Car Karaoke

These songs, while not necessarily jams or new enough to be throwbacks, have the whole car involved. These are your harmonizers, belters, Idina Menzels at the end of “Defying Gravity”.

Our Picks:

• Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
• Girl Almighty by One Direction
• Anna Sun by WALK THE MOON
• Cheerleader by OMI

3. The Rock Out

These songs are a little heavier, a little darker. We all want to dance a bit when we’ve been sitting in the car for hours, and these songs are perfect for a solid air guitar.

Our Picks:

• Girl by Jukebox the Ghost
• Last Nite by the Strokes
• Let’s Dance to Joy Division by The Wombats
• Breezeblocks by alt-J

4. The Indie Gem

Somewhere in the bowels of your playlist, there is a song you’ve never heard of that one of your friends snuck on and it will change you world. Indie gems are those songs that are catchy and cute that you want to listen to on repeat for a while.

Our Picks:

• Genghis Khan by Miike Snow
• Beware the Dog by The Griswolds
• Let’s Hurt Tonight by OneRepublic
• Stop for Nothing by courtship.

5. The Electro-POP

These songs are groovy and fit the “vibe” of a car filled with friends heading across the highway towards an adventure.

Our Picks:

• Rollercoaster by Bleachers
• Electric Love by BØRNS
• Mine by Phoebe Ryan
• Girls Like You by The Naked and the Famous

6. The Throwback Jam

These are the crowd pleasers. These are the songs of your childhood that you know from the opening three seconds (and will have stuck in your head for the next two weeks).

Our Picks:

• No Scrubs by TLC
• He Said She Said by Ashley Tisdale
• I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) from “Hercules”
• Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani