title: Hit the Highway (song)
text: # Hit the Highway (song)
  
  Hit the Highway was the third single for Australian country singer Kate Cook in 2014 who had a hit the previous year with "Give the Girl a Spanner.
  
  ## Background
  
  Cook had success the previous year with Give the Girl a Spanner. It made it into the Australian Tracks Top 30 and peaked at #3.
  
  Cook went missing on March 3, 2019. She was found dead in bushland not far from her home in Lowood. Her death was not believed to be suspicious.
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  This song was from Cook's Hit the Highway EP. It peaked at No. 5 in May, during a 14-week chart run.
  
  