Just remembered another one- Hollywood Hills by the Beat Farmers (intro by the late great Country Dick Montana)
Pretty sure there’s no reference to California in this song, unless I’m missing something really obscure.
Estimated Prophet the Grateful Dead
Somehow I forgot the late great Warren Zevon’s “Desperadoes Under the Eaves.”
Redtail Hawk (The Golden Rolling Hills of California), Kate Wolf
Sunset Grill doesn’t have any references to California.
Going Back To Cali LL Cool J
Wild Side - Motley Crue -
“East LA at midnight, pa pa won’t be home tonight”
Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson -
“LA Dude, LA Attitude, laid back selfish and getting fat”
Sheriff Of Huddersfield - Iron Maiden
“Life in the City, Living in LA is a long way from Huddersfield town”
Really, there is:
List of songs about California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
*This is an [incomplete list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists) of songs, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.*
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
This is a list of songs about California. Many songs have been written about California, which is one of the states of the United States of America. Some songs describe its people, places, and events, while others touch on Californian perceptions, experiences, and state of mind. This list tries to compile those songs and the artists who wrote the song, although many entries include songs covered by artists who were not the writer for a song.
[ul]
[li]1 California[/li][li]2 Los Angeles and Vicinity[/li][li]3 San Francisco and the Bay Area[/li][li]4 Other Locations, Cities, and Streets[/li][li]5 References[/li][/ul]
Way to suck all the fun out of the room.
Then I guess he wants everyone to know he lives in CA now.
L.A. Freeway, by Guy Clark, also performed by Jerry Jeff Walker.
I should have provided a link earlier.
There’s “California Lady”
by the Band that Played California Lady.
OOOOOH! I have two!
Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.
Donna Summer - Sunset People
The song is about the clashes between police and hippies on the Sunset Strip, but there’s nothing in the lyrics that makes that explicit.
Most of the ones I thought of have already been mentioned… leaving me with:
“Topanga Windows” by Spirit
“Camarillo Brillo” by Frank Zappa
It’s a wiki, you can edit it if you find it’s missing one. That’s the new game. And something to brag about if you do.
A bit more challenging than the current one of not reading the thread and repeating the same songs over and over. 
What makes you think people would read that list before posting their own on it?
Moving to L.A. by Art Brut.