Heading Out to the Highway

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"Heading Out to the Highway"
Single by Judas Priest
from the album Point of Entry
Released	May 1981 (US) [1]
Recorded	1981
Genre	Heavy metal[2]
Length	3:47
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Rob Halford K. K. Downing Glenn Tipton
Producer(s)	Tom Allom
Judas Priest singles chronology
"Don't Go" (1981) "Heading Out to the Highway" (1981) "Hot Rockin'" (1981)

"Heading Out to the Highway" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest from their 1981 album Point of Entry. It was released as a single later that year, and was the band's first single to reach the US Mainstream Rock chart, peaking at No. 10.

Background[]

Although being featured for VH-1's Top 40 Driving Songs, a live version was included on The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight^{[citation needed]}, which was not endorsed by the band. Other live versions appear on the live albums Priest...Live!, Live in London, the DVD Live at US Festival and the second disc of the 30th Anniversary Edition of the album Turbo. The song was covered by American alternative metal band Stone Sour on their covers EP Meanwhile in Burbank..., and White Wizzard on the limited edition of Over the Top.

It is playable on the music video game Rock Revolution.

Reception[]

In the United States, the song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.^[3]

Personnel[]

• Rob Halford – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitar
• Glenn Tipton – guitar
• Ian Hill - bass guitar
• Dave Holland – drums

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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