Now here's a topic everyone will enjoy, just thought of this the other day and I thought I'd post it on here. You can pick songs with state names in it, in all different eras, Here's an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4

California Love- 2Pac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnNhNqtX1t4

New York,New York-Frank Sinatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRKqfrct070

Rainy Night In Georgia-Brook Benton

I could be wrong but isn't New York, New York about the city? Not the state???  :D

California Here I Come - Al Jolson

California Dreamin' - mamas & the papas

Goin back to Cali - ll cool j

California Here We Come - Phantom Planets

Lest I seem a little biased for my state I will add

Sweet Home Alabama - ( that was by lynard skynard right??)



I wanna also say  Georgia on my mind - ray Charles but I'm not entirely sure it isn't a song about a woman named Georgia  :D    Guess it could go both ways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA


You posted this as I was composing mine lol.

You posted this as I was composing mine lol.


Great minds.

Led Zeppelin ~ Going to California

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs40j6aB7Rw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfZnWsps34



Cat

Kentucky Rain---Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8WfuBAThQc

Indian Wants Me---R. Dean Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQZcK_IS40

Hotel California

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU

Ohio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SswXJX6X-ow

The Devil Went Down To Georgia- Charlie Daniels Band
K6RUg-NkjY4

Massachusetts -Bee Gees
Mc5oqjFsT5g



I'm from NY and the only songs I found are about NYC >:(

I could be wrong but isn't New York, New York about the city? Not the state???  :D


Yes it is...but it mentions the state too! It's a state that just happens to have an eponymous city.


Lots of songs contain the state of California in the title; some of them not yet mentioned include:

"California Girls" by the Beach Boys (later covered by David Lee Roth)
"California Gurls" by Katy Perry
"Dani California" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

There's also the title song from the musical Oklahoma!, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRR67BE3y4s


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLq-OhziC4


I'm From Vermont. That's not in Canada.  :D ;D ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9qJlRnug4


The one I love is not on YouTube. It is called the Vermont Waltz.

You can hear a snippet of it here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Vermont-Waltz/dp/B00149GYJM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1370630591&sr=8-2&keywords=vermont+waltz

3 of these songs (you can guess which ones :D ;D ;D ;D ) I have used in a slideshow about Vermont plus the state song "These Green Mountains".


Cat

I could be wrong but isn't New York, New York about the city? Not the state???  :D

California Here I Come - Al Jolson

California Dreamin' - mamas & the papas

Goin back to Cali - ll cool j

California Here We Come - Phantom Planets

Lest I seem a little biased for my state I will add

Sweet Home Alabama - ( that was by lynard skynard right??)



I wanna also say  Georgia on my mind - ray Charles but I'm not entirely sure it isn't a song about a woman named Georgia  :D    Guess it could go both ways.


Ok, I'll add BOTH city AND state for this topic. So It'll be city and state songs.

The Devil Went Down To Georgia- Charlie Daniels Band
K6RUg-NkjY4

Massachusetts -Bee Gees
Mc5oqjFsT5g



I'm from NY and the only songs I found are about NYC >:(


NYC was a happening town. It still is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xBXnXzjirc

Leon Ware- That's Why I Came To California

Here's a favourite song of mine ...

Chilliwack - California Girl (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OTRFob0BM

Two songs about the state of Texas that come to mind:

"Deep In The Heart Of Texas", written by June Hershey and Don Swander in 1941... has been recorded by various performers, including Perry Como, Gene Autry (whose performance of the song in the 1942 film Heart of the Rio Grande may be the best-known version), Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, Ray Charles, Hank Thompson, Bob Grant, George Strait, and Nickel Creek.

"All My Exes Live In Texas", by George Strait.

Here's a song whose title contains only the name of a state... "Tennessee" by Arrested Development:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81mkW-vhPBo

"Private Idaho" by the B-52s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5F3PHvnQAQ

"Private Idaho" by the B-52s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5F3PHvnQAQ


Karma! That's the one I was gonna post!

Severed Heads: Hawaii 98
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVJ37LL0nQ8/TcbNJyuY8pI/AAAAAAAABNo/5LC64JRwJlA/s1600/AAA+S+HEADS+4.jpg
Sorry, no video

John Linnell: South Carolina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l97DlSbph_0
Linnell wrote a whole bunch of state songs, including one for my
home state, NH, but I can't find it.

Vickie Lawrence: That's the Night that The Lights Went out in Georgia (B. Russell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTH3a7u8kU

The Grid: Texas Cowboys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmn4gtZWVzw

Wolfgang Press: Kansas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEfWgBM8IJE

David Bowie: The Alabama Song (K. Weill)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNCEURBYEGo

Tom Waits: Jersey Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-IyEfLZt4

Weird Al: The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKeHQpT5wVE

I tried posting here via my phone about 10x yesterday but each time I'd get my first four words typed and the page would crash because of all the youtube videos  >:(



good ones so far

Here's a song whose title contains only the name of a state... "Tennessee" by Arrested Development:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81mkW-vhPBo


I remember this song in the 90's.

I tried posting here via my phone about 10x yesterday but each time I'd get my first four words typed and the page would crash because of all the youtube videos  >:(



good ones so far


Have you tried again? ???

There's also the title song from the musical Oklahoma!, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpNeHMlJiD4


As I recall, Jessica is very fond of this state... ::) :D ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yR0NJYbEhI

  :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKaaioTEOs

Barry Manilow- New York City Rhythm

Tony! Toni! Tone! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yNibj8LW-Q

Elvis - Blue Hawaii (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbyqC1Rl2vk
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk

Train - Meet Virginia (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHQ7aDJq6w

Tony! Toni! Tone! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (1990)

of course, Albert Hammond had a similarly-titled song in the early 1970s...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpNeHMlJiD4


As I recall, Jessica is very fond of this state... ::) :D ;)

Yep, that's the song!

I even learned it in school... my 3rd grade teacher was even from said state.

Prism - Virginia (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoC3lRKiys

Bill (Barbra) Amesbury - Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do) (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb6EQ2vDgtA

Lyrically, these songs are not about the state, but Virginia is a state, so you never know.  Frank Sinatra once put out an album called L.A. is my Lady lol

Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cat60NU4HR0

Bruce Springsteen: My Oklahoma Home (W. Guthrie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BI0P3CgtBY
(most apt these days)

Not quite in the title but close:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVluOZb47fQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-UHYObHfk



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfOSyCCFM

Delaware by Perry Como

How many states are mentioned here?

btw, it is taking ages for the pages here to download.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-10JylGZ8

Village People-San Francisco, You Got Me

Eddie Mottau: Old New Hampshire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEaU4OpI6oI

Funny story.  I was actually looking for the state anthem, also called "Old New Hampshire."
But here's this guy Eddie Mottau.  He was a session musician with some heavy hitters (John Lennon, Peter, Paul & Mary, etc.), and he bought a place nearby us in NH with the dough he made.  The guy on the album cover is Eddie, the kid is Eddie, Jr., and Eddie, Jr., and I started out in the same Kindergarten class.  Went to the same Waldorf school.  My sister was also close friends with his older sister, Christine.  When Eddie, Sr., wasn't making music, he was a carpenter.  Eddie, Jr., is also a carpenter and a folk-rock musician today.  Christine does something chic and fabulous in Manhattan, can't remember what exactly.  Eddie, Sr., is still kicking around somewhere.  He's lucky made it to fifty.  He was quite the lost weekend drive the van over a cliff party animal!
8)

Arizona - Mark Lindsay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktfUzZYPFU

Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
^ (North)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gic6B-B6rpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3tAJS0wpRY
North To Alaska - Johnny Horton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIJ2vMIuDg
Blue Hawaii - Elvis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM1XZsh6o
Mississippi Queen - Mountain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7ZcVFSWWU
Iowa Stubborn - The Music Man

The Human League: Empire State Human

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do8F5lU1TiI