Life Is a Highway#Rascal Flatts version

{{Infobox song

| name = Life Is a Highway

| cover = Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway.jpg

| alt =

| caption = European CD and 7-inch artwork

| type = single

| artist = Tom Cochrane

| album = Mad Mad World

| B-side = Emotional Truth

| released = {{start date|1991|9|20}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Country rock{{cite book|first= Jim|last= Harrington|editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2015 |title= 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die|chapter= Tom Cochrane - "Life Is a Highway|publisher= Universe|location= New York|page= 666}}

| length = 4:26

| label = Capitol

| writer = Tom Cochrane

| producer =

Tom Cochrane
Joe Hardy

| prev_title = Sail On

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = No Regrets

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = single

| cover = Life Is a Highway Tom Cochrane.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = UK CD and 7-inch artwork

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|U3sMjm9Eloo|"Life Is a Highway"}}}}

}}

"Life Is a Highway" is a song by Canadian musician Tom Cochrane from his second studio album, Mad Mad World (1991). The song became a number-one hit in Canada in late 1991. "Life Is a Highway" also peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1992 and reached the top two in Australia and New Zealand the same year. The song was covered by Chris LeDoux for his 1998 album One Road Man and Rascal Flatts in 2006 for the Cars soundtrack.

Background and release

Cochrane has stated that "Life Is a Highway" was originally conceived in the 1970s as "Love Is a Highway" while he was still a member of Red Rider, but was shelved at that time because he felt the unfinished song was unusable.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/01/05/tom-cochrane-reflects-on-success-of-life-is-a-highway.html|title=Tom Cochrane reflects on success of 'Life is a Highway'|last=Friend|first=David|publisher=The Toronto Star/The Canadian Press|date=January 5, 2017}} Following a trip with his family to eastern Africa with the World Vision famine relief organization, Cochrane revisited the song on the advice of his friend John Webster, an instrumentalist on the Mad Mad World album. In a 2017 interview with The Canadian Press to mark the song's 25th anniversary, Cochrane said Webster encouraged him to revisit the demo recording, which at that point only had mumbled vocals and improvised lyrics, but not the song's well-known chorus. "(The song) became a pep talk to myself... saying you can't really control all of this stuff, you just do the best you can," he says. Cochrane says he was trying to make sense of the poverty he witnessed on his trip, which he found "shocking and traumatic".

Eventually, the original demo version was released on the 25th-anniversary reissue of Mad Mad World under the original title "Love Is a Highway". He later said the up-tempo spirit of the song came from looking for something positive to "hang the experience on." Most of the vocals on the track were recorded in Cochrane's small home studio. The song was Cochrane's only top-40 hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, the song stayed at number one for two weeks, and three other singles from the album charted within the top 10; "No Regrets" peaked at number three,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2060&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2060.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2060|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=February 22, 1992|access-date=January 10, 2021}} "Sinking Like a Sunset" reached number two,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2144&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2144.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2144|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=May 30, 1992|access-date=January 10, 2021}} and "Washed Away" climbed to number seven.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1897&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1897.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1897|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=November 7, 1992|access-date=January 10, 2021}} In Australia and New Zealand, the single peaked at number two in both countries. Elsewhere, it became a top-40 hit in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

Music video

The video for "Life Is a Highway" was directed by David Storey and produced by Albert Botha. The video was shot in Alberta's Badlands, near the town of Drumheller. Many of the shots are in familiar locations along the Dinosaur Trail, including Cochrane playing guitar amid the Hoodoos and the couple, Kait Shane and Brennan Elliott, running around the car while it rides the Bleriot Ferry across the Red Deer River. It also features an older man (gas station attendant), a couple (tall man, short wife), two women (Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins) from an Anabaptist religious order (Alberta has a population of Hutterites), and two First Nations men, one wearing a baseball cap with the words "Oka Standoff" printed on it, referring to the Oka Crisis (a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec). The car featured in the music video is a 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport.

Track listings

7-inch, cassette, and mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Life Is a Highway|others=Tom Cochrane|year=1991|type=Canadian 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Capitol Records|id=B 73166}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Life Is a Highway|others=Tom Cochrane|year=1991|type=Canadian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=4JM 73166}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Life Is a Highway|others=Tom Cochrane|year=1991|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=TODP-2370}}

"Life Is a Highway" – 4:24
"Emotional Truth" – 5:59

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Life Is a Highway|others=Tom Cochrane|year=1991|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=7243 8 80115 2 5}}

"Life Is a Highway" – 4:24
"Emotional Truth" – 5:59
"Get Back Up" – 4:39

European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Life Is a Highway|others=Tom Cochrane|year=1991|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=20 4676 2}}

"Life Is a Highway" – 4:24
"Emotional Truth" – 5:59
"Lunatic Fringe" (live) – 5:00

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\|Canada (The Record){{cite magazine\|title=Hits of the World: Canada\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=103\|issue=45\|page=66\|date=November 9, 1991}} \|1
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (1991–1992) !scope="col"\|Peak position
{{single chart\|Australia\|2\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|rowheader=true\|refname="aus"}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|1\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|chartid=7767\|rowheader=true\|refname="can"}}
{{single chart\|Germany\|35\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|songid=17785\|rowheader=true\|refname="ger"}}
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|27\|year=1992\|week=34\|rowheader=true\|refname="d40"}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|35\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|2\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|rowheader=true\|refname="nz"}}
{{single chart\|Sweden\|23\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|song=Life Is a Highway\|rowheader=true\|refname="swe"}}
{{single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|62\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|artistid=27802\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|6\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|rowheader=true\|refname="hot100"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|45\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Billboardmainstreamrock\|5\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Billboardpopsongs\|16\|artist=Tom Cochrane\|rowheader=true}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (1991) !scope="col"\|Position
scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2024&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2024.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2024\|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=November 23, 2017}} \|5

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (1991)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2024&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2024.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2024|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=November 23, 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (1992) !scope="col"\|Position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1992/singles-chart\|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1992\|publisher=ARIA\|access-date=December 29, 2020}} \|27
scope="row"\|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1992-12-31\|title=End of Year Charts 1992\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|access-date=December 29, 2020}} \|9
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992 \|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992 \|access-date=July 30, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992 \|archive-date=July 8, 2009}} \|18
scope="row"\|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|title=The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=104\|issue=52\|page=YE-42\|date=December 26, 1992}} \|11

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (1992)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1992/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1992|publisher=ARIA|access-date=December 29, 2020}}

|27

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1992-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1992|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 29, 2020}}

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992 |title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992 |access-date=July 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992 |archive-date=July 8, 2009}}

|18

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-42|date=December 26, 1992}}

|11

=Decade-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1990–1990) !Position
scope="row"\|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html\|title=Top 100 singles of the 1990s\|last=Lwin\|first=Nanda\|publisher=Jam!\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829070927/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html\|archive-date=August 29, 2000\|access-date=March 26, 2022}} \|33

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1990–1990)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html|title=Top 100 singles of the 1990s|last=Lwin|first=Nanda|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829070927/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html|archive-date=August 29, 2000|access-date=March 26, 2022}}

|33

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|certref=|access-date=December 29, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Tom Cochrane|title=Life Is a Highway|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|access-date=December 29, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Tom Cochrane|title=Life Is a Highway|relyear=1991|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|access-date=January 27, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Tom Cochrane|title=Life Is a Highway|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|access-date=December 29, 2020|refname="riaa"}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Region !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format(s) !scope="col"\|Label(s) !scope="col"\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\|Canada \|September 20, 1991 \|{{n/a}} \|rowspan="4"\|Capitol \|{{citation needed\|date=February 2023}}
scope="row"\|United States \|April 6, 1992 \|Cassette \|
scope="row"\|United Kingdom \|June 15, 1992 \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|CD\|cassette}} \|{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=17\|date=June 13, 1992}}
scope="row"\|Japan \|August 5, 1992 \|Mini-CD \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/114487/products/270581/1/\|title=ライフ・イズ・ハイウェイ {{!}} トム・コクラン\|trans-title=Life Is a Highway {{!}} Tom Cochrane\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=September 13, 2023}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|Canada

|September 20, 1991

|{{n/a}}

|rowspan="4"|Capitol

|{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

scope="row"|United States

|April 6, 1992

|Cassette

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|June 15, 1992

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=17|date=June 13, 1992}}

scope="row"|Japan

|August 5, 1992

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/114487/products/270581/1/|title=ライフ・イズ・ハイウェイ {{!}} トム・コクラン|trans-title=Life Is a Highway {{!}} Tom Cochrane|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=September 13, 2023}}

Chris LeDoux version

{{Infobox song

| name = Life Is a Highway

| cover = Chris LeDoux Life Is a Highway.webp

| caption = 7-inch jukebox vinyl single

| type = single

| artist = Chris LeDoux

| album = One Road Man

| B-side = Hooked on an 8 Second Ride

| released = 1999

| genre = Country

| length = 3:49

| label = Capitol Nashville

| writer = Tom Cochrane

| prev_title = Bang a Drum

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Stampede

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OF-pyWeMLZs|"Life Is a Highway"}}}}

}}

In 1998, Chris LeDoux covered "Life Is a Highway" for his album One Road Man. Changes include the intro, timing of vocal entrances on the chorus, and location names between the first and second chorus. LeDoux's version was released as a single the following year and peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart during the week of June 12, 1999, and remained at the spot for nine weeks.

=Music video=

The music video for the song, directed by Michael Salomon, takes place on multiple roads and highways as well as a blue and red static themed room. When on roads and highways, there is a chance for LeDoux to appear on a television that is sitting on a sidewalk or grass, however, while the background behind LeDoux (that appears on the TV) is the same background as everything behind the TV itself, LeDoux does not appear to be standing behind the TV. In most locations, LeDoux is walking down a road as at the start of the music video. The video ends with LeDoux singing the chorus while appearing on a flap-down TV inside of someone's car, then transitioning to LeDoux being once again in the static room and then walking out of it. After LeDoux leaves the room, the screen slowly fades to black and the video ends.

=Charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|64|artist=Chris LeDoux|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2021}}

Rascal Flatts version

{{Infobox song

| name = Life Is a Highway

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Rascal Flatts

| album = Me and My Gang {{noitalic|and}} Cars: The Soundtrack

| released = June 6, 2006

| recorded = 2005

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 4:36

| label = {{hlist|Lyric Street|Walt Disney}}

| writer = Tom Cochrane

| producer = {{hlist|Dann Huff|Rascal Flatts{{cite AV media notes |title=Me and My Gang |others=Rascal Flatts |year=2006 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Lyric Street Records |id=2061-65075-2}}}}

| prev_title = Me and My Gang

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = My Wish

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|5tXh_MfrMe0|"Life Is a Highway"}}}}

}}

In 2005, American country music band Rascal Flatts recorded a cover of the song for the Pixar animated film Cars, which was released on June 9, 2006. The song sold a large quantity of digital downloads, leading to a number seven peak on the Billboard Hot 100 (one position lower than Cochrane's original version). In addition, the cover was placed as a bonus track on later versions of the album Me and My Gang, and also was included on Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2008) and Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits (2020). This version also won the "Favorite Song from a Movie" and "Favorite Remake" awards at the 33rd People's Choice Awards. Rascal Flatts re-recorded the song with Lzzy Hale on their 2025 album Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets.{{cite web |last1=Daykin|first1=James|title=Review: Rascal Flatts re-invent & re-imagine on new album 'Life is a Highway – Refueled'|url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2025/06/06/review-rascal-flatts-re-invent-re-imagine-on-new-album-life-is-a-highway-refueled/#google_vignette |website=Entertainment Focus |access-date=June 17, 2025 |date=June 6, 2025}}{{cite web |title=Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale featured on new version of ‘Life Is a Highway’ with Rascal Flatts |url=https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/halestorms-lzzy-hale-featured-on-new-version-of-life-is-a-highway-with-rascal-flatts/ |website=www.1057thepoint.com}}

The instrumental of the Rascal Flatts' cover version was prominently featured in the Top Gear: US Special, which aired February 11, 2007. The song is included on the soundtrack for Cars Mater-National Championship and Lego Rock Band. It topped the two million mark in paid downloads as of the chart dated March 28, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-15-2009-the-idol-with-the-most.html |title=Week Ending March 15, 2009: The Idol With The Most |work=Chart Watch |access-date=August 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215428/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-15-2009-the-idol-with-the-most.html |archive-date=September 27, 2013 }} As of March 2013, the song has sold over three million copies in the US.{{cite web| url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-17-2013-songs-great-chart-220437064.html | title=Week Ending March 17, 2013. Songs: The Great Chart Robbery Of 2013 | publisher=Yahoo News Chart Watch | access-date=March 21, 2013 |date=March 20, 2013 |last=Grein |first=Paul}} On July 14, 2015, Scott Walker, Republican Governor of Wisconsin, launched his presidential campaign as Republican Party nominee in Waukesha, Wisconsin using the song. On December 8, 2020, Harmonix announced that the cover would be featured on the video game FUSER, as a DLC on December 10, 2020. The song is also featured in video games such as Rocket League.

=Music video=

The music video portrays the three band members pulling into a drive-in theater driving three vintage vehicles. The cars allude to three characters from Cars: Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Mater. As the projector rolls, scenes from the film are shown as the band plays through the number. It was directed by Shaun Silva.

=Charts=

The Rascal Flatts version subsequently became a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number seven. Even though it was not officially released to country radio, many country stations played the song as an album cut, overlapping with their then-current country single "My Wish". The unsolicited country airplay brought "Life Is a Highway" to number 18 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. The song has sold 3.4 million copies in the US as of June 2016.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/06/40523-top-30-digital-country-singles-report-june-28-2016 |title=Top 30 Digital Country Singles Report: June 28, 2016|first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date=June 28, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}

==Weekly charts==

scope="row"\|US Billboard Pop 100 \|9
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (2006) !scope="col"\|Peak position
{{single chart\|Billboardcountrysongs\|18\|artist=Rascal Flatts\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadacountry\|10\|artist=Rascal Flatts\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|7\|artist=Rascal Flatts\|rowheader=true}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (2021) !scope="col"\|Peak position
scope="row"\|Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{Cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=17\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 17\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|language=sv\|access-date=April 29, 2021}} \|16

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (2021)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=17|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 17|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=April 29, 2021}}

|16

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Chart (2006) !scope="col"\|Position
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs\|title=Billboard Hot 100 Year-End 2006\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|access-date=June 20, 2018}} \|76

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (2006)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs|title=Billboard Hot 100 Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=June 20, 2018}}

|76

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Rascal Flatts|title=Life Is a Highway|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|id=13586|access-date=March 6, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Rascal Flatts|title=Life Is a Highway|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2006|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=January 27, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Rascal Flatts|title=Life Is a Highway|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|id=15045-4704-1|access-date=May 13, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Rascal Flatts|title=Life Is a Highway|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|number=8|certyear=2025|access-date=June 30, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true|nosales=true}}

References

External links

[https://www.tomcochranesite.com/ss-lifeisahighway.html Tom Cochrane "Life Is A Highway" Song Story] at tomcochranesite.com
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo Tom Cochrane "Life Is a Highway" music video] at YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-pyWeMLZs Chris LeDoux "Life Is a Highway" music video] at YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsmRuRp4cM Rascal Flatts "Life Is a Highway" music video] at YouTube