"Rockin' Down the Highway" is a song written by Tom Johnston that was first released by the American rock band the Doobie Brothers on their second studio album Toulouse Street (1972).

You know, we hadn't signed with a label at that particular time, and I would imagine that the words came out of those experiences: it was footloose, fancy free, and just groovin' up and down the coast, partying.

[3] Berwyn Life critic Steve Sparacio also commented on the stylistic similarity to "Listen to the Music", calling it a "free-wheeling cut.

[7][8][9][10] Writing for Rolling Stone in 1972, Steve Ditlea praised the "piano-driven" "Rockin' Down the Highway" as one of multiple "fine songs" that the Doobie Brothers added to the rock genre on Toulouse Street.

[12] Christian Hoard, writing in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), was more disparaging of "Rockin' Down the Highway", calling it a "virtual clone" of some of the band's other work, but conceded its undeniable popularity.

[13] In a retrospective review of Toulouse Street for AllMusic, Bruce Eder noted that ""Rockin' Down the Highway" shows the band working at a higher wattage and moving into Creedence Clearwater Revival territory".

[14] In another review for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald praised the song in comparison to the "rock leanings" of Moby Grape and the "on-the-road imagery" of Chuck Berry, calling it "A true good-time rocker, it took the audience back to a more innocent, pre-Beatles era with its infectious, soul-rock-inspired groove.