# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/41 "2008-08-21T20:40:08Z")
I beg pardon if someone already mentioned them but how about [The Ohio Players](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41250KV90YL._AA240_.jpg) whose hits included “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster.” ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/42 "2008-08-21T21:36:27Z")
> [@](#): > > …under a dead Ohio sky… - “Jimmy” by **tool**. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/43 "2008-08-21T22:11:22Z")
Ohio by Damien Jurado ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/44 "2008-08-21T23:31:44Z")
_Ohio_ by Over The Rhine ---
**Author:** ![ProudlyDefiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@ProudlyDefiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProudlyDefiant)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/45 "2008-08-22T00:11:36Z")
Cincinnati, Ohio - Connie Smith Lucille (In a Bar in Toledo, across from the Depot…) - Kenny Rogers ---
**Author:** ![Foolonthehill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Foolonthehill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foolonthehill)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/46 "2008-08-22T01:27:34Z")
_“Athens County”_ by Jonathan Edwards on his self-titled 1971 album. Ohio at it’s finest ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/47 "2008-08-22T15:16:06Z")
Add in some DEVO, from Akron, Ohio. You can even get the o-HI-o chant in “Joko Homo” ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/48 "2008-08-22T16:35:30Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] Ohio by Damien Jurado [/QUOTE] Didn’t think I would get beat to the punch for this song. Glad to know someone else out there is a fan of Damien Jurado! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/49 "2008-08-24T01:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] [South of Cincinnati](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZlBR7z59fo) - Dwight Yoakam [/QUOTE] A fine bookend for Grandpa Jones’ “Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati?” ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/50 "2008-08-24T02:56:29Z")
Not Enough Miles by Oval Opus Ohio by Saving Jane (hidden track after Far From Home) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/51 "2008-08-24T03:30:43Z")
Bad Company - Sweet Lil’ Sister lyrics Flew into Chicago, made a good connection Rode up on Rush Street (?), I was looking for some kicks We was getting higher, looking for some action **Dayton Ohio** , ain’t got nothing on this We was going crazy when I saw her coming Dancing with the Devil in her eyes I could feel a fire, my body started burning Baby, don’t you say goodbye ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734/52 "2008-08-24T03:40:14Z")
Well, hell, if we’re allowing simple mentions in this thread, there’s Cleveland in Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Heart of Rock and Roll”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-songs-help-needed/460734.md?page=2)