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TRACK PROFILE · 1981

Heading Out to the Highway

By Judas Priest

From The Essential Judas Priest

Heavy metal

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Released
1981
Disc / track
1 / 7
Label
Columbia
Duration
3:47
Artist
Judas Priest
The Essential Judas Priest album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Judas Priest / Columbia)

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About this track

“Heading Out to the Highway” appears on Judas Priest’s The Essential Judas Priest, first released in 2006. This recording is listed with a 1981 release. It is track 7 on disc 1 in the listing below.

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The Essential Judas Priest

Main track listing: The Essential Judas Priest (2006), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 01Judas Rising
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  2. 02Breaking the Law
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  3. 03Hell Bent for Leather
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  4. 04Diamonds and Rust
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  5. 05Victim of Changes
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  6. 06Love Bites
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  7. 07Heading Out to the Highway
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  8. 08Ram It Down
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  9. 09Beyond the Realms of Death
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  10. 10You've Got Another Thing Comin'
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  11. 11Jawbreaker
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  12. 12A Touch of Evil
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  13. 13Delivering the Goods
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  14. 14United
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  15. 15Turbo Lover
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  16. 16Painkiller
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  17. 17Metal Gods
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Disc 2

  1. 01The Hellion
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  2. 02Electric Eye
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  3. 03Living After Midnight
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  4. 04Freewheel Burning
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  5. 05Exciter
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  6. 06The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
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  7. 07Blood Red Skies
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  8. 08Night Crawler
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  9. 09Sinner
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  10. 10Hot Rockin'
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  11. 11The Sentinel
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  12. 12Before the Dawn
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  13. 13Hell Patrol
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  14. 14The Ripper
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  15. 15Screaming for Vengeance
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  16. 16Out in the Cold
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  17. 17Revolution
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Other edition: The Essential Judas Priest (2008)

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  1. 01Dissident Aggressor
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  2. 02Better by You, Better Than Me
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  3. 03Grinder
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  4. 04Desert Plains
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  5. 05Riding on the Wind
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  6. 06Rock Hard Ride Free
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  7. 07All Guns Blazing
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Other edition: The Essential (2010)

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  1. 03Nostradamus
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Other edition: The Essential Judas Priest (2015)

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  1. 14Dragonaut
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  2. 15Redeemer of Souls
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Artwork (Credit: Judas Priest / Columbia)

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