"Ventura Highway" is a popular 1972 song by the band America from their album, Homecoming.

The group reached the top 10 again with Bunnell's "Ventura Highway".

Included were a handful of alternative mixes and demos such as an early take of a stripped-down "Ventura Highway".

Included were three new tracks, including a Bunnell-penned ode to "Ventura Highway" called "Christmas in California", featuring Beckley on lead vocals.

The earlier song "Ventura Highway" by the folk band America includes the phrase "purple rain".

I take the California Street exit straight from the Ventura Highway and coast through the darkened streets.

The collection notably contains a demo of "Ventura Highway" prior to the addition of the famous guitar riff for which it is best known.

The second single, "Someone to Call My Lover", which contained a heavy guitar loop of America's "Ventura Highway", peaked at number three on the Hot 100.

I thought about leading everyone in a chorus of "Ventura Highway," or maybe "California, Here I Gome."

The song's looped guitar riff is sampled from America's 1972 hit "Ventura Highway".