Gary, Indiana (from The Music Man)
Goin’ Back to Indiana (Jackson Five)
Back Home Again In Indiana (as sung by Neil Diamond – although the tune is annually performed at the Indianapolis 500, it is not the official state song)
I spent the War in Indiana (parody of the above – performed by Danny and the Quayles)
“Viva Las Vegas”
OK, so it doesn’t say, “Vival Las Vegas, NEVADA”, but I think the world knows where we are.
(BTW, FYI, Nevada is pronounced, Nuh-Va-Duh…not Knee-Vaa-Duh.)
'Lest anyone think that the song is about wife abuse, lets make sure it’s understood that the lyric is “wish they could all be California Girls.”
Well, I searched, but couldn’t find any songs with the word “Queensland” in either the lyrics or the title. But I know that there’s a song called “If Your’re Going to San Francisco” which might, by extension, qualify.
Only joking… only joking…
“Jersey Girl” is the obvious one.
New York also has “For New York.” It started as a little ditty for Channel 4 Four News, but they extended it into a whole song. I love the commercial, but I do wish that when they sang “For the thrill of being #1,” they would should the marque for “Urinetown.” 
Tennessee Stud (may be The Tennessee Stud) by Eddy Arnold.
(Tennessee Waltz is the state song)
We also have “Miles and Miles of Texas.”
I can’t believe none of y’all have said “California Lovin’!” :eek:
Original home state:
“Four Dead in Ohio”
“I Went Back to Ohio” (or is that one “My City Was Gone”?)
Current home state:
The proposed state polka, “Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts”
I can’t think of any songs that mention New South Wales in the title, but there is an old song called My City of Sydney, Eskimo Joe have a song called Sydney Song and The Lucksmiths have a song called The Great Dividing Range, (the mountain range running down the east coast of Australia).
Also, a Whitlams’ song called ** has the lyric, “She was one in a million, so there’s five more just in New South Wales.” So that could well be the closest I’ll get.
I can’t think of any that mention Queensland, but The Saints have a song called Brisbane (Security City) - I’m guessing about the tyranny of Sir Joh - and the Go Betweens, while not mentioning any Queensland locales in their songs have a definite Queensland feel about them - Spring Rain and Cattle and Cane, for instance.
Also, in R.E.M.'s Parakeet from their Up album, Michael Stipe sings “The tectonic dispatcher shifts/ To smooth the ocean floor
And flattens out to warmer winds/ Off Brisbane’s sunny shore”
Sorry, the Whitlams song mentioned is called Up Against the Wall.
Got another: “Lizzie Borden (You Can’t Chop Your Papa Up In Massachusetts)”
The nutmeg of my eye Connecticut
Okay, I made that up. I doubt anyone will ever write a song about my state. What would you rhyme it with?
Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues by Todd Snider.
[nitpick] Jimmie Driftwood wrote it. Fabulous choice too, Zeldar! [/nitpick]
There are more, but the best one I found is:
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by the Arrogant Worms.
Maybe you had to be there…
koeeoaddi, thanks for that nitpick. I remember Eddy singing the song back in the 60’s and never took the trouble to find out who wrote it. Johnny Cash also recorded it. Not long ago PBS had a Ryman Auditorium special with The Chieftains and quite a few Nashville types doing Celtic-based Country. Hearing them do Tennessee Stud as an Irish-flavored instrumental was a real treat.
wakimika: Superchunk have a song called Connecticut.
[More Tenessee Stud hijack] My favorite version is Doc Watson’s live one with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Never heard the Chieftans’. I am so going to check that out, Zeldar Thanks. [/horse highjack]
Of course there’s a Connecticut song. Everybody sing!
“Take a chance, make it happen,
Pop a cork, fingers snappin’,
Spin the wheel, round and round we go …”
“Arizona,” by Mark Lindsay
How about a soung about the whole country, which names every state? - Fifty Nifty United States.
Woo! Found one!
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. Weird Al.
sigh Pitiful. At least I can take comfort in the fact that my state invented Post It notes and Scotch tape. . . .