# Ohio Songs: help needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734 "2008-08-20T23:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/1 "2008-08-20T23:10:57Z")
I am going to a wedding in Ohio, and want to make a mix for the car ride involving songs that mention Ohio or cities in Ohio. All I have this far is: Ohio - CSNY My City Was Gone - Pretenders The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati - Sidewell? What ya got? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/2 "2008-08-20T23:14:04Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] I am going to a wedding in Ohio, and want to make a mix for the car ride involving songs that mention Ohio or cities in Ohio. All I have this far is: Ohio - CSNY My City Was Gone - Pretenders The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati - Sidewell? What ya got? [/QUOTE] Randy Newman’s “Dayton, Ohio” (think that’s right–“would you like to come over for tea…”) and “Burn on, Big River” (think that’s wrong–“Cleveland, city of lights…”) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/3 "2008-08-20T23:30:03Z")
“Around the World” by Red Hot Chili Peppers mentions Ohio, and about a dozen other states, in passing. How about songs by The Ohio Players (“Roller Coaster”) or Eddie from Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/4 "2008-08-20T23:30:14Z")
Cleveland Rocks-The Presidents of the United States of America. It was used as the theme song for the Drew Carey Show. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/5 "2008-08-20T23:31:36Z")
“Cleveland Rocks” by Presidents of the United States (JINX!) "Moon Over Parma by Drew Carey WKRP in Cincinatti theme song ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/6 "2008-08-20T23:35:43Z")
“Toledo” by John Denver. “Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at all…” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/7 "2008-08-20T23:47:35Z")
Please don’t throw stuff at me, but \*[Ohio Is For Lovers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_YIjlH5oc) \* by **Hawthorne Heights** or you could go with \*[Ohio](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni3sakZKgc4) \* by **Modest Mouse** …or maybe something by Dayton, Ohio’s finest - **Guided By Voices** … ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/8 "2008-08-20T23:58:41Z")
Could always go with the OSU Buckeye fight song. “Drive, drive on down the field. Men of the scarlet and gray!” ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/9 "2008-08-21T00:01:46Z")
You probably don’t want to include the myriad of songs about the Kent State Shootings, such as Neil Young’s “Ohio.” That would kind of be a downer. Jimmy Buffett “Fins”: “She came down from Cincinnati.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/10 "2008-08-21T00:06:16Z")
[QUOTE=feppytweed] Cleveland Rocks-The Presidents of the United States of America. It was used as the theme song for the Drew Carey Show. [/QUOTE] Or how about [the original](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zaUPG9a220) by Ian Hunter? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/11 "2008-08-21T00:14:16Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Could always go with the OSU Buckeye fight song. [/QUOTE] Or the informal fight song, “Hang on Sloopy.” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/12 "2008-08-21T00:23:54Z")
And let us not forget [The Banks of the Ohio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks_of_the_Ohio) – great choice for a drive to a wedding! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/13 "2008-08-21T01:09:36Z")
If you can dig up the original single version of “Jocko Homo” by Devo, there’s… _I’ve got a rhyme that comes in a riddle: (O-hi-o!) What’s round on the ends, high in the middle? (O-hi-o!)_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/14 "2008-08-21T01:10:39Z")
The theme to “Goodbye, Columbus”. “(Why Oh Why Did I Leave) Ohio”, from the musical “Wonderful Town”. Randy Newman’s “Cleveland Of MY Dreams”, the theme to “Major League”. Frankie Yankovic’s “Euclid Vets Polka”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/15 "2008-08-21T01:15:57Z")
Oh, of course - the state song, best played as a piano solo, “Beautiful Ohio”. Kinda pretty, really. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/16 "2008-08-21T01:26:52Z")
There’s a passing mention of Cleveland in Huey Lewis & The News’ “Heart of Rock & Roll” ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/17 "2008-08-21T01:28:34Z")
The proper OSU trifecta is: the fight song, Sloopy, and Carmen Ohio (the OSU alma mater). I’ve lived here 25 years (next week :eek: ) and don’t really know the words to any of these. But I know they’re important. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/18 "2008-08-21T01:41:14Z")
OSU has 2 fight songs, you need them both. “Across the Field” and “Buckeye Battle Cry”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/19 "2008-08-21T01:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Or the informal fight song, “Hang on Sloopy.” Maybe not so informal as you think: It’s the State of Ohio’s Official Rock Song, as declared by the legislature. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/20 "2008-08-21T01:48:44Z")
Gillian Welch, “Look at Miss Ohio” R.E.M., “Cuyahoga” Bruce Springsteen, “Youngstown” The Euclid Beach Band, “There’s No Surf in Cleveland” Scott Walker, “Lights of Cincinnati” The Silos, “Tennessee Fire” (“we’re leaving you tonight, Ohio…”) Uncle Tupelo, “Sandusky” (an instrumental, I grant you) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734.md?page=2)