" 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 three 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 for the Cars soundtrack. In 2005, American country 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 and Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits . This version also won the "Favorite Song from a Movie" award at the 33rd People's Choice Awards . 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 Lego Rock Band . It topped the two million mark in paid downloads as of the chart dated March 28, 2009. As of March 2013, the song had sold over three million copies in the US. 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 will be featured on the video game, FUSER , as a DLC on December 10, 2020. - source