# Rock Songs with US States in Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971 "2014-10-30T04:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/21 "2014-10-30T12:58:25Z")
20 posts and no _California Girls_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/22 "2014-10-30T12:58:28Z")
Ha! Got one for Delaware: Delaware Slide - George Thorogood and the Destroyers ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/23 "2014-10-30T13:01:47Z")
The Illinois Enema Bandit - Frank Zappa Mississippi Haf-Step Uptown Toodeloo - Grateful Dead Tennessee Jed - Grateful Dead The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - The Doors West Virginia Fantasies - Chicago I Owe a Lot to Iowa Pot - Napoleon XIV 😃 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/24 "2014-10-30T13:12:22Z")
Hawaii Five-0 - Ventures 2120 South Michigan Avenue - Rolling Stones Alaska - UK Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead - Frank Zappa ---
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Here’s a list - [Error 404 (Not Found)](http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_u.s._states_in_the_title.php) Not all are rock songs, although I’ve heard uptempo covers of some like Moonlight in Vermont. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/26 "2014-10-30T13:27:20Z")
Massachusetts - Bee Gees Cold Kentucky Rain - Elvis ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/27 "2014-10-30T14:00:13Z")
Texas Flood, _Stevie Ray Vaughn_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/28 "2014-10-30T14:45:45Z")
I can think of many songs that have “New York” in the title, but a lot of them are really referring to the city. Ace Frehley - New York Groove Chicago - Another Rainy Day in New York City Don Henley - New York Minute Other states: Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway LL Cool J - Going Back to Cali Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii Chris Rea- Texas James Taylor- Carolina in My Mind (he didn’t specify, but his family spent a lot of time in North Carolina) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/29 "2014-10-30T14:54:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I can think of many songs that have “New York” in the title, but a lot of them are really referring to the city. Practically all of them. But someone already mentioned Billy Joel’s “ **New York State** of Mind.” 😉 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/30 "2014-10-30T15:04:57Z")
“Oklahoma USA” by the Kinks (arguably not a rock song, but at least a song by a rock band) ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/31 "2014-10-30T15:08:36Z")
[Dani California](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A) …and they mention a dozen or so other states in the lyrics…:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/32 "2014-10-30T15:17:40Z")
The Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller (hey, it was a number one top 40 hit in the rock era). “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ---
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**North To Alaska** , Johnny Horton. More of a pop novelty song/movie theme, but it hit the charts. ---
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Mainline Florida–Clapton ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/35 "2014-10-30T16:51:30Z")
I was actually thinking about starting a thread about songs with titles that consist of a city and state. Thought up a bunch, though only one that was really rock – Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee”. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/36 "2014-10-30T16:57:49Z")
Sweet Virginia - Rolling stones Mississippi - Bob Dylan ---
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> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Texas Flood, _Stevie Ray Vaughn_ Good tune, but it’s blues, not rock. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/38 "2014-10-30T17:16:56Z")
Oh, Virginia - Blessid Union of Souls Definitely about the state, btw. ---
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> [@Colibri](#): > > _Massachusetts_: The Bee Gees > > _Jim Dean of Indiana_: Phils Ochs, although maybe more folk than rock > > In the OP. Aw damn! I spent too much time wondering why Hotel California wasn’t in the OP. I suppose the Bee Gees qualify as rock to some 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-us-states-in-title/702971/40 "2014-10-30T17:44:27Z")
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