Rock Songs with US States in Title

20 posts and no California Girls ?

Ha! Got one for Delaware:

Delaware Slide - George Thorogood and the Destroyers

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 :smiley:

Hawaii Five-0 - Ventures
2120 South Michigan Avenue - Rolling Stones
Alaska - UK
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead - Frank Zappa

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Not all are rock songs, although I’ve heard uptempo covers of some like Moonlight in Vermont.

Massachusetts - Bee Gees
Cold Kentucky Rain - Elvis

Texas Flood, Stevie Ray Vaughn

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)

Practically all of them. But someone already mentioned Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind.” :wink:

“Oklahoma USA” by the Kinks (arguably not a rock song, but at least a song by a rock band)

Dani California

…and they mention a dozen or so other states in the lyrics…:dubious:

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

North To Alaska, Johnny Horton. More of a pop novelty song/movie theme, but it hit the charts.

Mainline Florida–Clapton

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”.

Sweet Virginia - Rolling stones
Mississippi - Bob Dylan

Good tune, but it’s blues, not rock.

Oh, Virginia - Blessid Union of Souls

Definitely about the state, btw.

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 :slight_smile:

“California”-Phantom Planet