This is list is unique because it features songs that have a place name in its title or in the lyric of the song. The place name is either a city, state or country.
Sections
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Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Delaware
Alabama
Great song about Alabama!
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama"
Great song about Alabama
Neil Young – Alabama Lyrics
Alaska
Great song about Alaska!
North to Alaska - song and lyrics by Johnny Horton
Arizona
Great song about the great state of Arizona!
Arizona - song and lyrics by Mark Lindsay
Mentions Winslow AZ in the song
Eagles - Take it Easy
California
Gotta love dreaming of California
California Dreamin' - song and lyrics by The Mamas & The Papas
Yes be sure to wear that flower in your hair if you are going to San Francisco
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Single Version
Gotta love those California nights
California Nights - song and lyrics by Lesley Gore
Gotta love those California girls
The Beach Boys - California Girls
Watch out for those San Francisco nights!
San Francisco Nights - song and lyrics by Eric Burdon & the Animals
Watch out for the little old lady from Pasadena!
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - song and lyrics by Jan & Dean
The 1985 version of the Beach Boys classic song
California Girls - song and lyrics by David Lee Roth
Wonder if there is an actual Hotel California!
Eagles – Hotel California
Great song about Southern California, but there are times that it does rain in Southern California!
It Never Rains in Southern California - song and lyrics by Albert Hammond
Great song by America
Ventura Highway - song and lyrics by America, George Martin
About a California prison!
Folsom Prison Blues - song and lyrics by Johnny Cash
Great song about Sunny California!
California Sun '65 - song and lyrics by The Rivieras
Yep, my heart was left in San Francisco!
(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco - song and lyrics by Tony Bennett
Great song by the Village People
San Francisco (You've Got Me) - song and lyrics by Village People
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Do You Know the Way to San Jose - song and lyrics by Dionne Warwick
The fight song of the San Francisco 49ers!
We're the 49ers Song (1984)
Colorado
It mentions Colorado
Rocky Mountain High - song and lyrics by John Denver
Delaware
Great song about Delaware
Perry Como – Delaware Lyrics
Florida
Great song about the Florida capital city!
Tallahassee Lassie - song and lyrics by Freddy Cannon
Great song about Key Largo!
Key Largo - song and lyrics by Bertie Higgins
Great theme song about a great TV show based in Miami
Miami Vice Theme - song and lyrics by Jan Hammer
Great song about Miami from 1997
Miami - song and lyrics by Will Smith
Great song about Florida
Jimmy Buffett – Floridays
Georgia
Yes, the devil went to Georgia according to Charlie Daniels
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - song and lyrics by The Charlie Daniels Band
Yes, Georgia is on my mind!
"Georgia on my Mind" by Ray Charles
Watch out when the lights go out in Georgia!
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia—Vicki Lawrence
Gotta take that midnight train to Georgia!
Midnight Train to Georgia - song and lyrics by Gladys Knight & The Pips
Great song about a rainy night in Georgia!
Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
Hawaii
Great TV theme song for Hawaii!
Hawaii Five-O - song and lyrics by The Ventures
Illinois
Great song about the Chicago fire of the 1870's
The Night Chicago Died - song and lyrics by Paper Lace
A windy city song that was sung by Frank Sinatra!
Chicago - song and lyrics by Frank Sinatra
The fight song of the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears Fight Song (Bear Down Chicago Bears)
Indiana
Yes, Indiana wants me too for this list!
Indiana Wants Me - song and lyrics by R. Dean Taylor
Kansas
Great song about Kansas
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Kentucky
Yes, it does rain in Kentucky!
Kentucky Rain - song and lyrics by Elvis Presley
Yes, Neil Diamond sings about a woman in Kentucky!
Kentucky Woman - song and lyrics by Neil Diamond
Great version of the song by Elvis
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954)
Louisiana
Mentions New Orleans in the song
House of the Rising Sun - song and lyrics by The Animals
Yep, history song about New Orleans!
The Battle of New Orleans - song and lyrics by Johnny Horton
Great song about the city of New Orleans
Arlo Guthrie/ City Of New Orleans
Mentions Louisiana in the song
Johnny B. Goode - song and lyrics by Chuck Berry
Great song by Gary US Bonds about New Orleans
New Orleans - song and lyrics by Gary U.S. Bonds
Wondering if he walked to New Orleans!
Walking To New Orleans - song and lyrics by Fats Domino
Massachusetts
The Bee Gees sung about Massachusetts in 1967
The Bee Gees 1967 - Massachusetts | 60s Around Sounds Music
Mentions the Mass Pike and Stockbridge to Boston in the song
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James Lyrics
Mentions Boston in the song along with the Charles River
Dirty Water - song and lyrics by The Standells
Great Irish song about Boston
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - song and lyrics by Dropkick Murphys
Michigan
This song talks about Kalamazoo!
(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo - song and lyrics by Glenn Miller
Missouri
Not sure if this should go in KS or MO but is listed in MO!
Kansas City - song and lyrics by Wilbert Harrison
Let's do the waltz in Missouri
Missouri Waltz - song and lyrics by Glenn Miller
Nevada
Great song about the city of lights of Sin City!
Viva Las Vegas by Elvis
New York
Frank Sinatra's final top 40 song in 1980
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
It mentions New York City
Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
She did the original version of the song about NYC!
Liza Minnelli sings New York, New York
Billy Joel does have a New York State of Mind in this song!
Barbra Streisand & Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind
Great song about Brooklyn by the Beastie Boys
No Sleep Till Brooklyn - song and lyrics by Beastie Boys
Great song about Harlem
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
Was the boy from NYC?
The Boy From New York City - song and lyrics by The Ad Libs
This version came out in 1981
Boy From New York City - song and lyrics by The Manhattan Transfer
Great song about autumn in New York
Autumn In New York - Remastered - song and lyrics by Frank Sinatra
North Carolina
Great song about the Carolinas, but it belongs in NC because James Taylor grew up in NC
James Taylor – Carolina in My Mind Lyrics
Pennsylvania
Yes, Billy Joel takes us to Allentown PA!
Allentown by Billy Joel
Great song that mentions PA!
Pennsylvania 6-5000 - song and lyrics by Glenn Miller
Great song about Brotherly Love by Elton John
Philadelphia Freedom - song and lyrics by Elton John
Dancing song of Philadelphia
T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (feat. The Three Degrees)
South Carolina
The Charleston was created from this song about a city in SC!
A Century of The Charleston: James P. Johnson's Enduring Legacy
Tennessee
All aboard the Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chattanooga Choo Choo - song and lyrics by Glenn Miller
This song in Tennessee also features a train going to a city in Tennessee!
"Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees
Great song about Dolly's home in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains!
My Tennessee Mountain Home - song and lyrics by Dolly Parton
Let's do the waltz in Tennessee!
Tennessee Waltz - song and lyrics by Patti Page
Great song from the 1990s about Memphis
Walking in Memphis - song and lyrics by Marc Cohn
Great song about Memphis
Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee Lyrics
Texas
Great song about Texas!
Mitch Miller - Yellow Rose of Texas (1955)
Gotta love this song about El Paso
Marty Robbins “El Paso”
I don't have any exs living in Texas!
All My Ex's Live In Texas - song and lyrics by George Strait
Great song about this coastal city near Houston
Galveston by Glen Campbell
Vermont
Great song about the Green Mountain State by Sinatra!
Frank Sinatra - "Moonlight In Vermont"
Washington State
Gotta love Seattle
Seattle - song and lyrics by Perry Como
Bobby Sherman's version of Seattle
Seattle - song and lyrics by Bobby Sherman
West Virginia
The song mentions West Virginia
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Multiple States
Multiple cities and states were mentioned in this song that travels across US 66!
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - song and lyrics by Nat King Cole
Yes, Johnny Cash has been everywhere!
I've Been Everywhere - song and lyrics by Johnny Cash
Great song about New England
Barry Manilow's Weekend In New England Song
Love living in America!
Living in America - song and lyrics by James Brown
Yes, we are kids in America!
Kids In America - song and lyrics by Kim Wilde
Great patriotic song!
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie Lyrics
God Bless the USA!
"God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood Released May 21, 1984
Great song about America from Neil Diamond
America - song and lyrics by Neil Diamond
Great song by Simon & Garfunkel!
America - song and lyrics by Simon & Garfunkel
Mentions numerous cities
Huey Lewis & The News – The Heart of Rock & Roll Lyrics
Let's go Surfin USA!
Surfin' U.S.A. - song and lyrics by The Beach Boys
Mentions a lot of great cities where they are dancing in the streets!
Dancing In The Street - song and lyrics by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Mentions multiple cities
(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay - song and lyrics by Otis Redding
Mentions a few cities
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
This classic southern Christmas song was released in 1982
Christmas in Dixie - song and lyrics by Alabama
Mexico
Great song about Mexico by Sinatra
South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) - song and lyrics by Frank Sinatra
