Performance

Life Is A Highway

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Tom Cochrane’s 1991 single “Life Is a Highway” maps restlessness into motion, using the road as a stand-in for risk, commitment, and endurance. It later took on a second life in American country and pop-country circles through widely heard covers, including Rascal Flatts’ version for a major animated-film soundtrack, and it now returns in arena form at nearby Prudential Center and UBS Arena with performers such as Chris Lane and Lauren Alaina. No specific New York City premiere history is firmly documented, but the song’s staying power fits the region’s commuting, touring, and late-night-drive mythology. Its hook is simple, and that is part of its cultural function.