The music video portrays the three band members pulling into a drive-in theater driving three vintage vehicles. “Life Is a Highway” is a song written by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album Mad Mad World. "Tom Cochrane reflects on success of 'Life is a Highway, Australian-charts.com – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", Charts.nz – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", Offiziellecharts.de – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", Swedishcharts.com – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", Dutchcharts.nl – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", "Tom Cochrane Chart History (Adult Contemporary)", "Tom Cochrane Chart History (Mainstream Rock)", "Canadian single certifications – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", "American single certifications – Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway", Recording Industry Association of America, "Week Ending March 15, 2009: The Idol With The Most", "Week Ending March 17, 2013. Check out Life Is a Highway (2018 Version) by Tom Cochrane on Amazon Music. 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. * Sales figures based on certification alone. 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. Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017. Audio CD. 4.2 out of 5 stars 3. It was directed by Shaun Silva. It has a great beat,sound, and lyrics. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). He later said the uptempo spirit of the song came from looking for something positive to "hang the experience on. The song sold a large quantity of digital downloads, leading to a number seven peak on the Billboard Hot 100 (one position lower than the Tom Cochrane original). The song has been covered by Rascal Flatts for the Cars soundtrack, as well as by Chris LeDoux, Jerry Jeff Walker,[citation needed] and Home Free. "Life Is a Highway" is an original song by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album, Mad Mad World. Recommend it for everyone's library. [8][9] Elsewhere, it became a top-40 hit in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.[10][11][12]. Life Is A Highway by Tom Cochrane published on 2011-04-28T03:31:36Z. The unsolicited country airplay brought "Life Is a Highway" to number 18 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. With oldies like this, I never know if I want the whole CD or just the song, so it's nice to sample others but be able to only buy the one. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Being 80's children, Sis and I were grooving to the tune. I also bought Chris Ledoux's version of it which I really love. The original video for "Life Is a Highway" was produced by Albert Botha, who went on to be the line producer on two films for Saturday Night Live: Superstar starring Molly Shannon and The Ladies Man starring Tim Meadows. #TomCochrane #LifeIsAHighway #Vevo "Life Is a Highway" is an original song by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album, Mad Mad World. Cochrane has stated that "Life Is a Highway" was originally conceived in the 1980s 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. The song became a number one hit in his native country of Canada. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. Singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane, who grew up in northern Manitoba, is honoured by the provincial government with a section of PR 391 named after him and his 1991 hit song, Life is a Highway. 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