State Songs

We have a family road trip coming up. In preparation, I’ve been searching for songs about states. It’s been pretty fun trying to compile the list, and I thought I’d share it with you here. Some of these I found on my own, and some I found online and by reading this list here and here too. There are some I’ve never heard, as they are pretty obscure songs.

Feel free to leave a comment and let me know any I might have forgotten or overlooked.

• Alabama
  • Stars Fell on Alabama (Jimmy Buffett, and others)
  • Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynrd)
• Alaska
  • North to Alaska (Johnny Horton)
  • The Alaska Song (Lucy J. Dalton)
• Arizona
  • Arizona (Kings of Leon)
  • Oceanfront Property in Arizona (George Strait)
• Arkansas
  • Mary Queen of Arkansas (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Little Rock (Reba McEntire)
  • Little Rock (Collin Raye)
• California
  • California Dreaming (Mamas & Papas)
  • California Girls (Beach Boys)
• Colorado
  • Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
  • Colorado Girl (Townes van Zandt)
• Connecticut
  • I Live in Connecticut (Aerosmith)
• Delaware
  • Delaware (Perry Como)
• Florida
  • Florida (Vic Chesnutt)
  • Seminole Wind (John Anderson)
• Georgia
  • Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles or Willie Nelson)
  • Dixie Land (Elvis)
  • Midnight Train to Georgia (Indigo Girls)
  • Georgia Peaches (Lynyrd Skynrd)
  • Chattahoochee (Alan Jackson)
  • Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me (Keith Urban)
• Hawaii
  • Blue Hawaii (Elvis)
• Idaho
  • Idaho (Josh Ritter)
• Illinois
  • Sweet Home Chicago (Blues Brothers)
  • Chicago (Frank Sinatra)
  • Casimir Pulaski Day (Sufjan Stevens)
• Indiana
  • Gary, Indiana (from The Music Man)
  • Back Home Again in Indiana (Louis Armstrong)
• Iowa
  • Iowa Stubborn (from The Music Man)
• Kansas
  • Kansas City (from Oklahoma!)
  • Wichita Lineman (Glenn Campbell)
• Kentucky
  • Kentucky Rain (Elvis)
  • My Old Kentucky Home (Three Dog Night)
  • Blue Moon of Kentucky (Elvis & others)
  • Kentucky (Edwin McCain)
  • Man of Constant Sorrow
• Louisiana
  • Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
  • Louisiana (Willie Nelson, The Walkmen)
• Maine
  • Going to Maine (Mountain Goats)
• Maryland
  • The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Bob Dylan)
• Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts (Bee Gees)
  • Rock and Roll Band by Boston
• Michigan
  • Dancing in the Street (Martha and the Vandellas)
• Minnesota
  • Stuck Between Stations (The Hold Steady)
• Mississippi
  • Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson)
• Missouri
  • Missing Missouri (Sara Evans)
  • Missouri (Low)
  • Missouri Waltz
• Montana
  • Montana (Frank Zappa)
• Nebraska
  • Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)
• Nevada
  • Viva Las Vegas (Elvis)
  • Waking Up in Vegas (Katy Perry)
  • Pretty Vegas (INXS)
• New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire (Sonic Youth)
• New Jersey
  • Jersey Girl (Tom Waits)
• New Mexico
  • New Mexico (Johnny Cash)
• New York
  • New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
  • Empire State of Mind (Alicia Keys)
  • New York Minute (Don Henley)
  • New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)
• North Carolina
  • Carolina in My Mind (James Taylor)
• North Dakota
  • North Dakota (Lyle Lovett)
• Ohio
  • Ohio (Modest Mouse)
  • Ohio Come Back to Texas (Bowling for Soup)
• Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!)
  • Oklahoma Hills (Woody Guthrie)
  • Oklahoma-Texas Line (Rascal Flatts)
• Oregon
  • Portland, Oregon (Loretta Lynn)
• Pennsylvania
  • The Weight (The Band)
• Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island is Famous for You (Blossom Dearie)
• South Carolina
  • From South Carolina (Her Space Holiday)
• South Dakota
  • South Dakota Morning (Bee Gees)
• Tennessee
  • Tennessee (Arrested Development)
  • Rocky Top (Lynn Anderson and others)
  • Graceland (Paul Simon)
• Texas
  • Deep in the Heart of Texas (Gene Autry and others)
  • Yellow Rose of Texas (various)
  • Headin for the Texas Border (Flamin Groovies)
  • All My Exes Live in Texas (George Strait)
  • Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (from the musical)
• Utah
  • History of Utah (Camper Van Beethoven)
• Vermont
  • Moonlight in Vermont (Margaret Whiting)
  • Long Vermont Roads (Magnetic Fields)
• Virginia
  • Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (various)
  • East Virginia Blues (The Stanley Brothers)
• Washington
  • Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (Nirvana)
• West Virginia
  • Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)
  • This Protector (The White Stripes)
• Wisconsin
  • Milwaukee Here I Come (John Prine)
• Wyoming
  • Song of Wyoming (John Denver)

 

• MISCELLANEOUS
  • Everywhere (Tim McGraw)