10 Songs for your Travel Home

For those in need of a 5’oclock transition playlist to guide you from worker bee to home free!

By Poppy Leverington

Are you scrolling through playlists for songs to wind down to after a long day? We’ve got you covered, here is the top 10 list of songs for your travel home, whether walking, biking, driving, or busing, with these in your earbuds you’ll be relaxed and ready for home in no time!

It’s often hard to mix up your journey songs, do you stick to what you know best or try venturing out for something new? Understandably, this is a delicate time of day, you need your comforting music that you know and love. However, this list includes music perfectly created for after a bad day in the office, with the sense of relief that the day is over being the boss of your whole body.

10. Green Onions – Booker T. & The M.G.’s

This groovy tune may seem tame to many, but for a long haul through bustling towns and cities, it might just be what you need. It’ll get you rolling in full jazz motion, an upbeat tempo to slice through the rush hour stress and push you on home. The saxophones repetitive melody along with the

9. Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream

Let this song be the motivation for those next moves after you leave your daily tasks behind, showering positive thoughts into your mind, ready for what lies ahead on the path homebound. This song speaks of forward moving and happiness, which perfectly predicts your future for the night.

8. Tender – Blur

This undoubtable gem of a song simply must be included in your travelling home playlist, a first-class example for this depiction of relaxing, uplifting music. This slow burner from the very beginning sets the tone for your evening, a nice calming and relieving sound that matched with the vocals of Damon Albarn, will settle you down after a long hard day of grafting. ‘I’m waiting for that feeling to come’ sing this to yourself along the way, focus all energy onto the thought of getting home and finally collapsing onto whatever comfy couch or chair you own.

7. Royal Morning Blue – Damon Albarn

I hear you asking yourself, “More Damon Albarn?” Yes! Of course! If you’re looking for light-hearted, calming sounds he is exactly the artist for you, my friend. With his new album titled, ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows’ being an exquisite example of his talent for soothing sounds, you simply must include Royal Morning Blue for any soft journey you encounter. Starting with a gradually increasing sound then forming into main song with the introduction of Albarn’s silky vocals and accompanying keys and piano notes.

6. Always Alright – Alabama Shakes

If you’re a soul loving, lyric hugging, fan of classic sounding tunes, Look no further than Alabama Shakes, trust me this song will wind you down for an evening of drinks and laughs perfectly.

5. Love and Hate in a Different Time – Gabriels

This soul filled masterpiece will get you nodding your head in no time, the beautiful vocals in this song mixed with the swift beats of the drums is so calming.

4. Take Me to the River – Talking Heads

Knowing that Talking Heads just had to be included in this category, it was quite the task of choosing which song to include, which one song of theirs is best for journeying home after a long day? They have a plethora of astounding songs perfect for this category of listening, songs like Swamp or Slippery People are so funky and relaxing, just what you need a for a commute home. However, Take Me to the River just felt right for the slow and steady sound mixed with the deep, mind-moving rhythm and lyrics.

3. The Bucket – Kings Of Leon

Here’s a very upbeat song for you giddy kippers out there that need no aid of relaxation after your day, only feeling that your life truly begins after the sun goes down, dig your fingers into this one to truly pull out your extroverted self after a long day of sitting quiet and still. If you can go this song without at least bopping your head to it, you might just need to book an appointment with your GP. This bouncy tune equates off the walls and flows

2. Human Crime – Pixies

A mantra for many, the lyrics in Human Crime are so chant worthy that it had to be included in this list! These powerful words mixed with the upbeat tempo of the song is so impactful and can instantly uplift a bad mood. The song humanises you and reminds you what it means to be human and how important it is to simply be kind to one another.

1. Take The Long Way Home – Supertramp

The top spot, the best song for your playlist for travelling home goes to… Yes, Supertramp. This might be slightly on the nose, but it truly does speak to you about enjoying the rare times of solitude you get in life, encapsulate yourself in the surroundings as you travel home, drowning in the lowering light of the sun as you think of nothing but your comforts of home. This beautiful song of isolation and separation from others deserves this place on the list due it’s surrounding theme of taking time for yourself. Take the long way home, ignore everything and everyone else and just focus on your thoughts and enjoying your journey alone.