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TIL the song "Life Is A Highway" was inspired by a trip songwriter Tom Cochrane took to Africa on behalf of the World Vision famine relief organization. Cochrane said later "[The song] became a pep talk to myself... saying you can’t really control all of this stuff, you just do the best you can."

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