# How many hit Rock/Pop tunes mention Michigan?

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**Created:** [November 3, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hit-rock-pop-tunes-mention-michigan/516207 "2009-11-03T21:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hit-rock-pop-tunes-mention-michigan/516207/21 "2009-11-04T13:21:35Z")

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Definitely not a hit, but: On the _State Songs_ CD by John Linnell (of They Might Be Giants), one of the tracks is “Michigan.”

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> Oh Michigan, exemplar of unchecked replication  
> Oh Michigan, oh Michigan  
> The tank the fishes are in  
> …  
> We must eat Michigan’s brain

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hit-rock-pop-tunes-mention-michigan/516207/22 "2009-11-04T14:10:38Z")

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> Don’t Stop Believing by Journey has the line “born and raised in south Detroit.”

South Detroit is in Canada 😉

Kid Rock’s **Devil Without a Cause** mentions Romeo, St Claire Shores and Taylor.

Excluding Detroit makes it hard. Not much rhymes with Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hit-rock-pop-tunes-mention-michigan/516207/23 "2009-11-04T15:05:49Z")

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Do songs about Lake Michigan count?

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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hit-rock-pop-tunes-mention-michigan/516207/24 "2009-11-04T15:12:10Z")

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Not sure if this one counts:

Rogue Wave - _Lake Michigan_

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