# Songs featuring your home state **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865 "2003-08-31T22:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/1 "2003-08-31T22:13:35Z")
The rules… 1. Cannot be state anthem 2. State must be mentioned by name in title of song 3. Hi, Opal! For my home state, Mississippi, I can only think of two: _Mississippi Queen_ and _Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man_. I’m sure there are others but they’re not coming to me. International Dopers are allowed to use songs featuring their home parishes, oblasts, areas, regions, stadts, or autonomous territories. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/2 "2003-08-31T22:34:17Z")
Georgia on My Mind Midnight Train to GA That’s the Night That the Lights Went Out in GA The Devil Went Down to GA Sweet GA Brown (Ok, not exactly about the state) ~J ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/3 "2003-08-31T22:37:32Z")
And for TX, where I currently reside: All My Exes Live in TX God Bless Texas Yellow Rose of Texas God Blessed Texas The Bluest Eyes in Texas Texas Women There are at least DOZENS more about each state, but those are the ones I thought of rather quickly that mention the state in the title. ~J ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/4 "2003-08-31T22:54:28Z")
Current state of residence:_Virginia Plain_ by Roxy Music Birth State: _Johnsburg, Illinois_ by Tom Waits Can’t really think of too many songs that have Illinois in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/5 "2003-08-31T23:07:32Z")
British Columbia: _The Lumberjack Song._ ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/6 "2003-09-01T00:01:50Z")
Pennsylvania 6-5000 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/7 "2003-09-01T00:16:06Z")
Hotel California California, Here I Come Going Back To Cali ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/8 "2003-09-01T00:23:25Z")
My home state, South Carolina, gets shortchanged, as does our neighbor to the north. Most of the song titles have simply “Carolina” in the title: “Carolina in My Mind” “Carolina Dreams” At lease our state song has it right - “South Carolina on My Mind.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/9 "2003-09-01T00:32:22Z")
_Sweet Home Alabama_. There are many others, but I’ll leave it at that. 😉 **Nichol\_Storm** : Here’s a little help fer ya’, Neighbor: _Miss The Mississippi_ by Emmylou Harris. But my favorite song about Mississippi is this one: Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmy Rogers on the radio up high Mama’s dancin’ with baby on her shoulder Sun is settin’ like molasses in the sky From _Black Velvet_ as performed by Alannah Myles and others. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/10 "2003-09-01T00:39:14Z")
“Georgia” - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/11 "2003-09-01T02:18:13Z")
“Massachusetts” by the Bee Gees. “Roadrunner” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/12 "2003-09-01T02:57:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brad Pittiful \* > \*\*Pennsylvania 6-5000 \*\* You go, Brad! WOO HOO! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/13 "2003-09-01T02:57:42Z")
Shying away from country songs as I don’t feel like staying up all night making a list, I can safely say “Tennessee” by Arrested Development fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/14 "2003-09-01T03:21:48Z")
“Alabama Song” “Alabama Getaway” “Stars Fell On Alabama” A couple of freebies to help out the other states: “T for Texas” “Waltz across Texas” “Texas Uphere Tennessee” “Georgia On A Fast Train” “A Rainy Night In Georgia” “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/15 "2003-09-01T03:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CurlyD \* > \*\*My home state, South Carolina, gets shortchanged, as does our neighbor to the north. Most of the song titles have simply “Carolina” in the title: > > “Carolina in My Mind” > “Carolina Dreams” > > At lease our state song has it right - “South Carolina on My Mind.” \*\* Carolina Girls. Best in the world. You’re so fine, girl you’re one of a kind. Sweet Carolina girls. That could be NC, but I doubt it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/16 "2003-09-01T03:59:59Z")
Most of mine pertain to the city, not the state, but since I’m from that city it still fits: New York, New York - the old classic song New York, New York - Ryan Adams New York State of Mind New York - Sex Pistols There’s most likely a billion more, but that’s all I can think of. Oh, and I Love NY but I think that is the state song, so it doesn’t count. (Reminds me of how as a kid they’d have all these commercials for how great NY state was and they’d play that song and show the “I love NY” logo as with a heart for love…that’s all I see in my head when I hear that phrase.) There are many songs that mention Japan, I’m sure, but where I live is US territory. There are no songs that mention the name of where I live, but I’ll make one up and call it “Smells Like Yokota Spirit”. : ) ---
**Author:** ![BethCro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BethCro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BethCro)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/17 "2003-09-01T04:07:04Z")
“Oklahoma” The entire musical. “24 Hours from Tulsa” Gene Pitney has a lot to answer for. The above are so well known, when I moved to England I went through a stage of telling people I was from Minnesota so that they wouldn’t burst into song when I walked into the pub. Nobody I knew then was familiar with any songs featuring Minnesota. Also, various CW songs give Oklahoma a mention. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/18 "2003-09-01T04:09:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Governor Quinn \* > \*\*Hotel California > > California, Here I Come > > Going Back To Cali \*\* California Dreaming (wish they all could beat) California Girls ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/19 "2003-09-01T05:34:55Z")
The _ONLY_ one that I can think of (even googling), is “Indiana Wants Me,” by R. Dean Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Wordy\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@Wordy\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wordy_One)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865/20 "2003-09-01T06:05:49Z")
Chiming in with more California songs, two of my favorites… “California”–Semisonic “Just Like California”–Old 97’s [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-your-home-state/198865.md?page=2)