jmjiloveyou - Road To Hell

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Oct 24, 2025 09:15am

<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Roadtohell.JPG" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Roadtohell.JPG"></p><p><strong>The Road to Hell</strong>" is a two-part song written by British singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Rea</a> and released on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Hell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">album of the same name</a>. It was released as a single, with only part 2 on the A-side of the 7-inch. The single is Rea's biggest success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 10 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>. The song was inspired by the frustrations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M25_motorway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">M25</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_motorway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">M4 motorway</a> rush-hour traffic.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Hell_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Hell_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p><h2>Critical reception</h2><p>William Shaw of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Smash Hits</em></a> left an ironic review on a single and considered it remarkable "for being irredeemably depressing" and "sounding exactly like an old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dire Straits</a> song."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Hell_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[3]</sup></a></p>