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[edit] California

Title Artist
"All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks" World/Inferno Friendship Society, TheThe World/Inferno Friendship Society
"All the Gold in California" Gatlin, LarryLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
"Antennas" Rancid
"Atomic" Tiger Army
"Away from California" Radio Racer
"Back to California" King, CaroleCarole King
"Back to California" Sugarcult
"Back to California" Wallflowers, TheThe Wallflowers
"Back Home" Yellowcard
"Beautiful Place" Good Charlotte
"Brad Logan" Rancid
"Burning Hot in Cali" Latyrx
"Cali Iz Active" Dogg Pound, ThaTha Dogg Pound
"Cali Livin'" Homeless Nation (feat. Toofpic)
"Cali Sunshine" Game, TheThe Game (feat. Bilal)
"California" Adicts, TheThe Adicts
"California" Akia
"California" Atherton
"California" Berry, ChuckChuck Berry
"California" Blatz
"California" Boone, DebbyDebby Boone
"California" Carlisle, BelindaBelinda Carlisle
"California" Casanovas
"California" Chesney, KennyKenny Chesney
"California" Copeland
"California" Dealership
"California" Dr. Dog
"California" Dressy Bessy
"California" [1] Dylan, BobBob Dylan
"California" Farmer, MylèneMylène Farmer
"California" Farrar, JayJay Farrar
"California" Flash and the Pan
"California" Flight Station, TheThe Flight Station
"California" Gomez
"California" Hawk Nelson
"California" Happy End
"California" Hayes, DarrenDarren Hayes
"California" Hollywood Undead
"California" Kooks, TheThe Kooks
"California" Kravitz, LennyLenny Kravitz
"California" Low
"California" Mayall, JohnJohn Mayall
"California" McIntyre, JoeyJoey McIntyre
"California" Manfred Mann's Earth Band (lyrics by Sue Vickers)
"California" Metro Station
"California" Mitchell, JoniJoni Mitchell
"California" Moffats, TheThe Moffatts
"California" Nannini, GiannaGianna Nannini
"California" O'neill, ABAB O'neill
"California" Petty, TomTom Petty & the Heartbreakers
"California" Phantom Planet [2]
"California" Quasi
"California" Ritter, JoshJosh Ritter
"California" Rentals, TheThe Rentals (often mislabelled as Weezer)
"California" Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
"California" Rogers, StanStan Rogers
"California" Rogue Wave
"California" Ruggiero, VicVic Ruggiero
"California" Semisonic
"California" Shorelines End
"California" Simpletones, TheThe Simpletones
"California" Slean, SarahSarah Slean
"California" Sly Boogy
"California" Something for Kate
"California" Stroke 9
"California" Tea Leaf Green
"California" Toploader
"California" Tozzi, UmbertoUmberto Tozzi
"California" Unified Theory
"California" Unsensored
"California" Villalobos, GinaGina Villalobos
"California" Wainwright, RufusRufus Wainwright
"California" Wave
"California" Wax
"California" Wedding Present, TheThe Wedding Present
"California" Weezer
"California" Wilson Phillips
"California (All the Way)" Luna
"California Babylon" Transplants, TheThe Transplants
"California Bloodlines" Alvin, DaveDave Alvin
"California Blue" Orange Peels, TheThe Orange Peels
"California Blue" Orbison, RoyRoy Orbison
"California Blues" (Blue Yodel No. 4) Rodgers, JimmieJimmie Rodgers
"California Blur" Swirl 360
"California Bound" Black, FrankFrank Black
"California Bound" Carolina Liar
"California Couldn't Pay Our Education" Zimmerman, RoyRoy Zimmerman
"California Crossing" Fu Manchu
"California Day" Starland Vocal Band
"California Dreamin'" Mamas and the Papas, TheThe Mamas and the Papas[3]
"California Dreamer" Wolf Parade
"California Earthquake" Elliot, Mama CassMama Cass Elliot
"California Flight" J, JerryJerry J (a.k.a. California Flight)
"California Girl" Chilliwack
"California Girl" Lucky 7
"California Girls" Beach Boys, TheThe Beach Boys [4]
"California Girls" Wilson, GretchenGretchen Wilson
"California Girls" Magnetic Fields, TheMagnetic Fields
"California Gold" dada
"California Grace" Long Beach Shortbus
"California Here I Come" Hawkins, Sophie B.Sophie B. Hawkins
"California Here I Come" Jolson, AlAl Jolson
"California Here I Come" Shocking Blue
"California Here I Go" Balas, JonathanJonathan Balas
"California Jam" Klaatu
"California Justice" Five for Fighting
"California Livin'" Mac Dre
"California Love" 2Pac (feat. Dr. Dre)
"California Man" Cheap Trick
"California Man" Move, TheThe Move
"California Nights" Gore, LesleyLesley Gore
"California Nights" Sweet
"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" Decemberists, TheThe Decemberists
"California Paradise" Runaways, TheThe Runaways
"California Part I" Jennings, MasonMason Jennings
"California Part II" Jennings, MasonMason Jennings
"California Promises" Buffett, JimmyJimmy Buffett
"California Revisited (Everyone I Meet Is from California)" America
"California Rose" Rogers, RoyRoy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers
"California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)" Beach Boys, TheThe Beach Boys
"California Sky" Unwritten Law
"California Son" Adolescents
"California Song" Mountain Goats, TheThe Mountain Goats
"California Songs" Local H [5]
"California Soul" Fifth Dimension, TheThe Fifth Dimension
"California Soul" Gimmicks, TheThe Gimmicks
"California Soul" Starr, EdwinEdwin Starr
"California Stars" Wilco(lyrics by Woodie Guthrie)
"California Sucks" Screeching Weasel
"California Sun" Jem
"California Sun" Rivieras, TheThe Rivieras[6]
"California Sunset" Young, NeilNeil Young
"California Über Alles" Dead Kennedys
"California Vacation" Game, TheThe Game
"California Waiting" Kings of Leon
"California Way" Bluhm, TimTim Bluhm
"California's Bleeding" Amen
"California's Burning" Augustana
"Californicatin" J. Geils Band, TheThe J. Geils Band
"Californication" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Californie" Air
"Calistan" Black, FrankFrank Black
"Cancer California" Bullets and Octane
"Cemetery" Strung Out
"Christmas in California" Cheetah Girls, TheThe Cheetah Girls
"Clouds Over California" Devildriver
"Come Back to Cali" Holdup, TheThe Holdup
"Come Monday" Buffett, JimmyJimmy Buffett
"Come to California" Sweet, MatthewMatthew Sweet
"Cowboy (song)" Kid Rock
"Curbside Prophet" Mraz, JasonJason Mraz
"Dani California" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Desperadoes Under The Eaves" Zevon, WarrenWarren Zevon
"Do Re Mi" Guthrie, WoodyWoody Guthrie
"Dog Breath" Zappa, FrankFrank Zappa
"Earthquakes and Sharks" Brandtson
"Estimated Prophet" Grateful Dead
"Eyeless" Slipknot
"For Crying Out Loud" Meat Loaf
"Forest Fire" Dead Kennedys
"Fort Bragg" Heringer, AndrewAndrew Heringer
"From California" New Amsterdams, TheThe New Amsterdams
"Fuck California" Presidents of the United States of America, TheThe Presidents of the United States of America
"Gene Autry" Beulah
"Get Back" Beatles, TheThe Beatles
"Going Back to Cali" LL Cool J
"Going Back to Cali" Notorious B.I.G., TheThe Notorious B.I.G.
"Going Back to Cali" Sevendust
"Going to California" John David & Clear Spirit
"Going to California" Led Zeppelin
"Golden State" Doe, JohnJohn Doe
"Gone to California" Pink
"Goodbye California" Holland, JolieJolie Holland
"Go to California" Motorpsycho
"Go to California" Zombie, RobRob Zombie
"Have a Nice Day" Stereophonics
"Heels Over Head" Boys Like Girls
"Heads Carolina, Tails California" Messina, Joe DeeJo Dee Messina
"Here in California" Alvin, DaveDave Alvin
"Here in California" Wolf, KateKate Wolf
"Highway Five" American Music Club
"Holiday in the Sun" Hot Hot Heat
"Holly Wants To Go To California" Funkadelic
"Holly (Would You Turn Me On?)" All Time Low[7]
"Home" JamisonParker
"Homebody" Zox
"Hotel California" Eagles, TheThe Eagles
"House in California" Mo, KebKeb Mo
"Hurry Up California" Sunset MainCalvin Lechner & Simon Nagel (Sunset Main)
"I Hate California" Coulton, JonathanJonathan Coulton
"I Love You, California" (state song of California)[8] Silverwood, Francis BernardFrancis Bernard Silverwood
"In California" Dillinger, DazDaz Dillinger
"In California" Lisa Marr Experiment[9]
"I Remember California" R.E.M.
"I'm Asking Her to Stay" Sherwood
"I'm Going Home" Kingston Trio, TheThe Kingston Trio
"Irvine" Clarkson, KellyKelly Clarkson
"It Never Rains in Southern California" Hammond, AlbertAlbert Hammond
"It Never Rains in Southern California" Tony! Toni! Tone!
"Just Like California" Old 97s
"Kali4nia" Skandoe and Playboss
"Kaliforn-Eye-a" P.O.D.
"Kalifornia" Above the Law
"Kalifornia" Brand New Immortals
"Kalifornia" Fatboy Slim
"Kalifornia" Kashmir
"Land Of Competition" Bad Religion
"Let It Roll" All Time Low
"Leaving California" Afroman
"Leaving California" Harvey, P.J.P.J. Harvey and John Parish
"Leaving California" Smith, ShawnShawn Smith
"Leaving Jesusland" NOFX
Lights and Buzz, The"The Lights and Buzz" ('Christmas in California') Jack's Mannequin
"Like a California King" Everclear
"Long December" Counting Crows
"Losing California" Sloan
"Marina Del Rey" Strait, GeorgeGeorge Strait
"Meet Me in California" Plain White T's
"Midnight California" Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
"Miss California" Jack's Mannequin
"Miss California" Plato 0 Plomo
"Miss California" Thomas, DanteDante Thomas
"More Bounce in California" Soul Kid #1
"Music is the Victim" Scissor Sisters
"Not California" Hem (band)
"Nothing Left to Lose" Kearney, MatMat Kearney
"Oh California" Russell, ClaudiaClaudia Russell
"The One" Old 97's
"One Big Holiday" My Morning Jacket
"Only in California" Mack 10
"Outshined" Soundgarden
"Pacific Theme" Broken Social Scene
"Playing Favorites" Starting Line, TheThe Starting Line
"Promised Land" Berry, ChuckChuck Berry
"Parallel Universe" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Postcards" Amber Pacific
"Pumping Irony" Zimmerman, RoyRoy Zimmerman
"Race Cars and Goth Rock" Walker, ButchButch Walker
"Raining in California" Human Nature
"Reality Check" OPM
"Rock Coast Blues" Country Joe & the Fish
"Rock Star Land" Yellowcard
"Route 66" Mayer, JohnJohn Mayer
"Save the Drama" Light FM
"Sausalito Summer Nights" Diesel
"Shores of California" Dresden Dolls, TheThe Dresden Dolls
"Sink with Kalifornija" Youth Brigade
"Sleepy California" Her Space Holiday
"Snow in California" Stills, TheThe Stills
"So at Last" Walker, ButchButch Walker
Song About California, A"A Song About California" Hey Ocean
"Song for Kelly Huckaby" Death Cab for Cutie
"South California Purples" Chicago (band)
"Southern California" Heringer, AndrewAndrew Heringer
"Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" Williams, DarDar Williams
"Speed Home California" Sugar Ray
"Sunny in California" Aberdeen
"Summer of California '79" Number Girl
"Sunrise Sunset" New Years Day
"Take A Look Inside" Over It
"Take California" Propellerheads
"Tape From California" Ochs, PhilPhil Ochs
"Two States" Pavement
"Unfair" Pavement
Vast Spoils of America, The"The Vast Spoils of America" Saves The Day
"Vinnie's Hooch" Johnny Socko
"West Coast" Coconut Records
"Westside Till I die" TQ
"Winding Road" Somerville, BonnieBonnie Somerville
"When the Lights Go Down in the City" Journey

[edit] Los Angeles and Vicinity

Title Artist
"99 Miles from L.A." Johnny Mathis and Art Garfunkel
"Ænema" Tool
"Alameda" Elliott Smith (about Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles)
"A Long December" Counting Crows
"All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow
"Amateur Lovers" Switchfoot
"Angeles" Elliott Smith
"April 29, 1992 (Miami)" Sublime
"Awakening" Switchfoot
"Beverly Hills" The Circle Jerks
"Beverly Hills" Weezer
"Beverly Hills Hotel" Whitestarr
"Blue Jay Way" The Beatles, refers to a street in the Hollywood Hills
"Born and Raised in Compton" DJ Quik
"Born in East L.A." Cheech Marin, a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
"Boyz n da Hood" Eazy-E
"Big Machine" The Goo Goo Dolls
"Burn Hollywood Burn" Public Enemy
"Buzzbomb From Pasadena" The Dead Kennedys
"California Girls" The Magnetic Fields
"California's Burning" Augustana
"Car Phone" Sheeler & Sheeler
"Carmelita" Warren Zevon
"Christmas in Hollywood" Hollywood Undead
"City of Angels" the The Distillers
"City of Angels" 10,000 Maniacs
"City of Angels" Pangea Project
"City of Devils" Yellowcard
"City of the Angels" Journey
"City of Satan" Turbonegro
"The City with Two Faces" Goldfinger
"Come a Long Way" Michelle Shocked
"Coming into Los Angeles" Arlo Guthrie
"Compton Compton" The Game
"Compton Swangin" BG Knocc Out & Dresta
"Compton's In The House" N.W.A
"Contact/L.A.U.S.D" Jurassic Five
"Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet in LA)" Glen Campbell
"Cruiser" Red House Painters
"Dead in Hollywood" Murderdolls
"Dead Loss Angeles" The Stranglers
"Disneyland" The Eyes
"Disneyland" Five for Fighting
"Down Rodeo" Rage Against the Machine, referring to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills
"Down Whittier Blvd" Thee Midniters
"DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles)" Gary Jules
"Drinking in L.A." Bran Van 3000
"Drove Up from Pedro" Mike Watt. An ode to Watt's hometown, San Pedro
"Drugs not Working" Ryan Adams
"Earthquake Song" Little Girls
"East L.A." War
"East L.A. Breeze" Brazzaville
"Eastside LB" The Twinz feat. Warren G
"Echo Park" Ryan Cabrera
"Electrolite" R.E.M.
"El Lay" NOFX
"Estimated Prophet" The Grateful Dead
"Everyone Is Someone in L.A." Felix da Housecat
"Fallen Angel" Poison, referring to kids moving away from home in the 1980s to make it big in L.A.
"Free Fallin'" Tom Petty
"Fuck Compton" Tim Dog
"Gangsta Love" Warren G feat. RBX, Nate Dogg & Kurupt
"Garden Grove" Sublime
"Glendora" Rilo Kiley
"Going to Malibu" The Mountain Goats
"Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd" Ryan Adams
"Gone Hollywood" Supertramp
"The Great Los Angeles Flood" Woody Guthrie
"Grey in L.A." Loudon Wainwright III
"Griffith Park" Mellow the Band
"Hating Hollywood" Theory of a Deadman
"Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A." Less than Jake
"Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" Blue Cheer
"Here in L.A." Roy Joseph
"Hey, California" Paul Melancon
"History Lesson, Pt. 2" The Minutemen
"Holiday from Real" Jack's Mannequin
"Hollywood" Bizzy Bone
"Hollywood" Collective Soul
"Hollywood" The Cranberries
"Hollywood" Dorian's Gray
"Hollywood" Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
"Hollywood" The Jonas Brothers
"Hollywood" Kendall Payne
"Hollywood" Los Lonely Boys
"Hollywood" Madonna
"Hollywood" Nickelback
"Hollywood" P.O.D.
"Hollywood" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hollywood" Saliva
"Hollywood" The Veronicas
"Hollywood" West Indian Girl
"Hollywood" World Party
"Hollywood Babylon" The Misfits
"Hollywood Black" Dio
"Hollywood Cemetery" Cracker
"Hollywood Girl" Drake Bell
"Hollywood Kids" The Thrills
"Hollywood Nights" Bob Seger
"Hollywood Squares" William "Bootsy" Collins
"Hollywood Swingin" Kool and the Gang
"Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)" Thin Lizzy
"Hollywood (Is Burning Down)" Calibretto 13
"Hollywood Whore" Papa Roach
"Hooray for Hollywood" Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
"Hooray, It's L.A." Blindside
"Hot Box City" Klaatu
"Hot Fudge (Moving to L.A.)" Robbie Williams
"Hot Rod Lincoln" C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson (San Pedro and the Grapevine)
"How To Survive in South Central" Ice Cube
"I Ain't from Compton" O.F.T.B.
"Why You'd Want to Live Here" Death Cab for Cutie
"I Left my Wallet in El Segundo" A Tribe Called Quest
"I Love Cali" Roscoe
"I Love L.A." Randy Newman
"I Loved the Way She Said 'L.A.'" Spitalfield
"I'm from L.A." Go Betty Go
"I'm So L.A." MYNX
"(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica" Tom Lehrer
"Inglewood Swangin" Mack 10
"Into the Airwaves" Jack's Mannequin
"Into the Great Wide Open" Tom Petty (Hollywood)
"Irvine" Kelly Clarkson
"Johny Hit and Run Paulene" X
"Join Me in L.A." Warren Zevon
"Karma's Payment" Modest Mouse
"The Kelly Affair" Be Your Own Pet (references to LA and the Valley)
"The Kids" Hollywood Undead
"L.A." Elliott Smith
"L.A." MURS
"L.A." Naked Brothers Band
"L.A. Blue" Joey McIntyre
"L.A. County" Lyle Lovett
"L.A. City" Amad Jamal
"L.A. Freeway" Guy Clark (covered by Jerry Jeff Walker)
"L.A. Girl" The Adolescents
"L.A. Is My Lady" Frank Sinatra
"L.A. Is The Place" N.W.A.
"L.A., L.A. (remix)" Capone-N-Noreaga Featuring Tragedy Khadafi, Prodigy (Mobb Deep)
"L.A. Song" Beth Hart
"L.A. Song" John Mayer
"The L.A. Song" People Under the Stairs
"L.A. Sunshine" War
"L.A. Woman" The Doors
"L.A.P.D." The Offspring
"La Cienega Just Smiled" Ryan Adams
"Late Night, Early Town" Lloyd Cole
"LAX" Big D and the Kids Table
"LAX to O'Hare" The Academy Is...
"LBC and the ING" Mack 10 feat. Snoop Dogg
"Le Chateau" Nous Non Plus
"Let's Go!" Olympic Hopefuls (now known as The Hopefuls; "Like the Hollywood vampires / We sleep until the sun sets")
"Letter to L.A." Joe Ely
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" Jan and Dean, covered by The Beach Boys
"Los Angeles" The Audition
"Los Angeles" Brad Mehldau
"Los Angeles" The Firebird Band
"Los Angeles" Frank Black (although Frank sings "not the one in South California", so it's actually not a song about California)
"Los Angeles" Jim's Big Ego
"Los Angeles" Ozma
"Los Angeles" The Rosewood Thieves
"Los Angeles" The 69 Eyes
"Los Angeles" Sugarcult
"Los Angeles" X
"Los Angeles Blues" Lightnin' Hopkins
"Los Angeles Daze" People Under the Stairs
"Los Angeles I'm Yours" The Decemberists
"Los Angeles Is Burning" Bad Religion
"Los Angeles November 2019" Vangelis(Blade Runner)
"Los Angeles Times" Xzibit
"Los Angelinos" Billy Joel
"Lost Angeles" Wired All Wrong
"Lost Angelino" Tony Lucca
"Lost in Hollywood" System of a Down
"Love is the Movement" Switchfoot
"Low Rider" War
"Lullaby" Shawn Mullins
"Malibu" Hole
"Malibu Love" Luna
"Marina Del Rey" Kenny Chesney
"Marina Del Rey" George Strait
"Moving to L.A." Art Brut
"Newport Living" Cute Is What We Aim For
"Next to Highway Number 10" John George Campbell
"No. 5" Hollywood Undead
"No Se Vende La Calle" Doc Gyneco
"O.C. Confidential'" Adolescents
"O.C. Life'" Rikk Agnew
"O.C. Supertones (That's just life in Orange County California)" The O.C. Supertones
"Ode to L.A." The Raveonettes
"Old L.A. Tonight" Ozzy Osbourne
"Old School Hollywood"- System of a Down
"Ole Mulholland" Frank Black (about the Los Angeles' Aqueduct)
"One in a Million" Guns N' Roses
"Open Up" Leftfield
"Orange County" STEFY
"Orange County Girl" Gwen Stefani
"Orange County Suite" The Doors
"Orange County Lumber Truck" Frank Zappa
"Out in L.A." Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Out of LA" Jude
"Pacific Coast Highway" Burt Bacharach
"Paradise City" Guns N' Roses, covered by Pat Boone
"Pasadena" Al Jolson
"Playing Favorites" The Starting Line
"Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) Head Automatica
"Pico-Union" Psycho Realm
"Pico and Sepulveda" Freddy Martin (as Felix Figueroa and his Orchestra)
"Picture Postcards from L.A." Joshua Kadison
"The Promised Land" Chuck Berry
"Purple Stain" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Recognize" Warren G feat. The Twinz & Snoop Dogg
"Redondo Beach" Patti Smith, later covered by Morrissey
"Revolution Blues" Neil Young
"Ride Wit Me" The Relativez feat. Butch Cassidy
"The River" Good Charlotte featuring M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold
"Rooming House on Venice Beach" Johanthan Richman
"Saints of Los Angeles" Mötley Crüe
"San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby
"Santa Monica" Everclear
"Santa Monica" Savage Garden
"Santa Monica" Theory of a Deadman
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" Billy Joel
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" Eminem
"Screenwriter's Blues" Soul Coughing
"Sin City" The Flying Burrito Brothers
"Slow Down" The Academy Is...
"Sleazy Wednesday" Jack's Mannequin
"So L.A." The Motels
"Some Other Time" X
"Still in Hollywood" Concrete Blonde
"Stories from Hollywood" Jon Peter Lewis
"Straight Outta Compton" NWA
"Strait of Gibraltar" Val Holler
"Streets of LBC" Warren G
"Sunset People" Donna Summer
"Sunset Strip" Courtney Love
"Summer's Coming" Sean Watkins
"Summertime in the LBC" The Dove Shack
"Surf Ain't No City (It's the Whole South Bay)" Brakkers
"Surfin' USA" The Beach Boys (various surf spots in California)
"Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" Rachel Stevens
"The Last Resort" Eagles
"This is L.A." Delinquent Habits
"To Die in L.A." West Indian Girl
"To Live & Die in L.A." 2Pac
"To Live and Die in L.A." Wang Chung
"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" The Mamas and The Papas
"21 Jumpstreet" Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Dee
"Two Lost Angels" Franky Perez
"Under the Bridge" the Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Under the Bridge" the All Saints
"Valley Girl" Frank Zappa
"Venice USA" Van Morrison
"The Vicodin Song" Terra Naomi
"Wailin' in West Covina" The Spectrums
"Walking in L.A." Missing Persons
"War Within a Breath" Rage Against the Machine
"Watts Riot" KAM
"We from the LBC" Bad Azz feat. Snoop Dogg
"We Lost Our Way" Chris Isaak
"Weekend in L.A." The Toasters
"Welcome Me" Indigo Girls
"Welcome to the Boomtown David & David
"Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses
"West Coast Poplock" Ronnie Hudson & The Street People
"West L.A. Fadeaway" The Grateful Dead
"Whittier Blvd." Thee Midniters
"Who Would've Thought" Rancid (Echo Park)
"Who's Down" Kingspade ("P-town" - Placentia)
"Why You'd Want to Live Here" Death Cab for Cutie
"Wild Side" Mötley Crüe
"The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles" Phil Ochs
"Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight

[edit] San Francisco and the Bay Area

Title Artist
"408 Funktion" Killa Sharks
"707" by Mac Dre
"Back in San Francisco" The Orange Peels
"The Ballad of San Francisco" Caedmon's Call
"The Bay" Zion I
"Berkeley is My Baby and I Wanna Kill It" Blatz
"The Best in Me" Sherwood
"Bixby Canyon Bridge" Death Cab for Cutie
"The Blind Leaving the Blind" Punch Brothers
"Bodega Bay" Glen Uber
"Caldecott Tunnel" Something Corporate
"Calling San Francisco" Tommy Castro
"Campbell, CA" Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
"Carlotta Valdez" Harvey Danger
"The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco" The Lucksmiths
"Christie Rd." Green Day
"City Hall" Vienna Teng
"Cold Wind" Arcade Fire
"Come Back from San Francisco" The Magnetic Fields
"Condition Oakland" Jawbreaker
"Danville Girl" Woody Guthrie
"Deep Kick" Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" Woody Guthrie
"Don't Gimme No Bammer Weed" RBL Posse
"Don't Marry Her" The Beautiful South
"Down in Oakland" Transplants
"Down on Mission Street" Lloyd Cole
"Down in Frisco" Jon English
"Do You Know The Way to San Jose" Burt Bacharach, performed by Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"Eastside" Killa Sharks
"Fake Tales Of San Francisco" Arctic Monkeys
"Frisco Blues" John Lee Hooker
"Frisco Town" Memphis Minnie
"Gilman Street" (Berkeley) Mr. T Experience
"Golden Gate" Al Jolson
"Golden Gate Bridge" Rose Melberg
"The Golden Gate" John Vanderslice
"Grace Cathedral Hill" The Decemberists
"Grace Cathedral Park" Red House Painters
"Half Moon Bay" Ronnie Day
"Hazy SF" Six Organs of Admittance
"Hello, San Francisco" Buddy Guy
"Honeymoon in San Francisco" Of Montreal
"Hyphy" The Federation
"I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco" Carmen McRae
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Tony Bennett
"Into Action" Tim Armstrong featuring Skye Sweetnam
"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" Counting Crows
"Josie" John Stewart
"Journey to the End of the East Bay" Rancid
"Jumpers" Sleater-Kinney
"K-L-M Line" The Fairways
"King of Disco" Akcent
"Left of the Dial" The Replacements
"Let's Go Back to San Francisco" (Parts 1 and 2) The First Class (although recorded by Tony Burrows with this group, this two-part song appeared on a compilation album for The Flower Pot Men (Burrows' former group) later on)
"Let's Go to San Francisco" (Parts 1 and 2) The Flower Pot Men
"Lights" Journey
"Linden Arden Stole The Highlights" Van Morrison
"Make Like Paper" Red House Painters
"Mean Old Frisco" Arthur Crudup, covered by Eric Clapton
"Million" Paul Kantner & Grace Slick
"Mission Bells" The Aislers Set
"Mission in the Rain" Jerry Garcia Band
"Mission Street" Vienna Teng
"Misty Mountain Hop" Led Zeppelin
"Moon over Marin" The Dead Kennedys
"My Side of the City" Beulah
"New Oakland" Mistah F.A.B.
"New Zealand Pines" John Vanderslice
"Oakland Stroke" Tower of Power
"Pacific Heights" Pep Love
"Palo Alto" Radiohead
"Perfect Blue Buildings" (Berkeley) Counting Crows
"Piazza, New York Catcher" Belle and Sebastian
"Planet Fillmore" San Quinn
"Rendez-Vous: Potrero Hill" Architecture in Helsinki
"Sad But True" Transplants (Berkeley)
"Samba de Sausalito" Santana
"San Franciscan Nights" Eric Burdon & The Animals
"San Francisco" from San Francisco, Walter Jurmann and Bronislaw Kaper, performed by Jeannette MacDonald, covered by Judy Garland
"San Francisco" Alkaline Trio
"San Francisco" Brett Dennen
"San Francisco" The Dingees
"San Francisco" The Dingees
"San Francisco" Hello Saferide
"San Francisco" Jill Sobule
"San Francisco" Kristin Hersh
"San Francisco" Maxime Le Forestier
"San Francisco" MU330
"San Francisco" Sarah RabDAU
"San Francisco" Ten Mile Tide
"San Francisco" Vanessa Carlton
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" Scott McKenzie
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" The Village People
"San Francisco Anthem" San Quinn feat Big Rich and Boo Banga (Produced by Traxamillion)
"San Francisco Bay" Lee Oskar
"San Francisco Bay Blues" Jesse Fuller
"San Francisco B.C." Silver Jews
"San Francisco Days" Chris Isaak
"San Francisco Fat" NOFX
"San Francisco Knights" People Under the Stairs
"San Francisco On The Water" Arik Einstein
"San Francisco Payphone" Catch 22
"Santa Rosa" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Sausalito" Conor Oberst
"Sausalito Summernight" Diesel
"Shark Infested" The Killa Sharks
"Show'n Love" The Killa Sharks
"Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay", Otis Redding
"Snow in San Anselmo" Van Morrison
"The Sound of San Francisco" Global Deejays
"Still Sharkin" The Killa Sharks
"Strawberry Wine" Ryan Adams
"Stuart and the Ave." Green Day
"Tania" Camper Van Beethoven
"Taxi" Harry Chapin
"Vallejo" Mac Dre
"Welcome 2 Da Bay" Yukmouth
"When I Come Around" Green Day
"Who Needs the Peace Corp?" Frank Zappa
"Yay Area" E-40

[edit] Other Locations, Cities, and Streets

Title Artist
"16th Street" (San Diego) Invictus
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" The Four Preps
"405" Death Cab for Cutie
"Albatross + Ivy" Limbeck
"Alone in Santa Cruz" the Ataris
"Back to the 101" (or simply "101" in the U.S.) Albert Hammond, Jr.
"Big Sur" Mason Jennings
"Big Sur" The Thrills
"Billy the Mountain" Frank Zappa
"Bixby Canyon Bridge" Death Cab for Cutie
"Booyaka 619" (current theme song of wrestler Rey Mysterio) WWE
"Brand New Orange" Limbeck
"Caltrans" Doo Doo Wah (a song about California Department of Transportation road crews)
"Catalina" The Descendents
"Celluloid Heroes" The Kinks
"City of Deygo" Mike Nasty
"Cucamonga" Frank Zappa
"Deckchairs and Cigarettes" The Thrills
"(Don't You Go To) Goleta" Camper Van Beethoven
"Dream Life of Rand McNally" Jason Mraz
"El Camino Real" Alfred Reed
"El Caminos in the West" Grandaddy
"For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
"Freeport Boulevard" (Sacramento) Jackie Greene
"Friend of the Devil" The Grateful Dead
"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash
"Get 'Em Outa Here" (Sweet Home San Diego) Sprung Monkey
"Going Back to Big Sur" Johnny Rivers
"Gone Country" Alan Jackson (References to L.A. and "The Valley")
"Grapevine Fires" Death Cab for Cutie
"Holly (would you turn me on)" All Time Low
"Highway 101" Social Distortion
"I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats
"I'm a Raider" Luniz
"I'm Coming Home" Robert Earl Keen (San Jose, the Monterey Bay, and Santa Cruz)
"I Wish I Looked a Little Better" Sparks (band)
"June on the West Coast" Bright Eyes
"Kern River" Merle Haggard
"Kern River" Dave Alvin
"La Jolla" Grey Boy
"Leaving Las Vegas" Sheryl Crow
"Lodi Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Matterhorn" Joy Electric
"Mendo" Loose Change
"Mendocino" The Sir Douglas Quintet
"Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
"Miles from Monterey" West Indian Girl
"Monterey" Eric Burdon & The Animals
"Ms. Santa Cruz County" Cracker
"Next to Highway Number 10" John George Campbell
"O Valencia!" The Decemberists
"Ocean Avenue" Yellowcard
"Palmdale" Afroman
"Pacific Coast Highway" Sonic Youth
"Pacific Coast Highway" Courtney Love
"Pacific Coast Highway" Burt Bacharach
"Pacific Coast Party" Smash Mouth
"Revelation Big Sur" Red House Painters
"Quiet Beach Town" Franklin For Short (Referencing Ventura)
"Riverside" the Beat Farmers
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" Bruce Springsteen
"The Rocket Ships of La Jolla" Jesus Jones
"Route 66" Nat "King" Cole
"Running on Empty" Jackson Browne
"Sacramento" Cuf
"San Andreas Fault" Natalie Merchant
"San Ber'dino" Frank Zappa
"San Bernadino" The Mountain Goats
"San Bernardino" The Satanic Surfers
"San Diego" Feeder
"San Diego" Roy Zimmerman
"San Diego" Starlight Mints
"San Diego is Burning" Agent 51
"San Diego Serenade" Tom Waits
"San Diego Zoo" The 6ths (Barbara Manning Vocals)
"San Simeon" Bryan Ferry
"San Simeon" Goldfinger
"Santa Barbara" Mellow the Band
"Santa Barbara" Ronnie Milsap
"Santa Barbara" The Superficials
"Santa Carla Twilight" Tiger Army
"Santa Cruz" Brian Sharpe
"Santa Cruz" Fatboy Slim
"Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" The Thrills
"Siren on the 101" Over It
"Someone else's parking lot in Santa Cruz" The Mountain Goats
"Summer '79" the Ataris
"Summertime" (Mendocino County) Crimpshrine
"Streets of Bakersfield" Buck Owens
"Streets of Bakersfield" Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
"Studebaker" Warren Zevon (Monterey, Fresno, Hwy 99)
"Sutter's Mill" Dan Fogelberg
"Talk to Me of Mendocino" Linda Ronstadt (also covered by Lee Ann Womack)
"Ten Miles to Bliss" Val Holler
"Tight Wad Hill" Green Day
"Trouble Child" Joni Mitchell
"Ukiah" The Doobie Brothers
"Vienna" Billy Joel
"Ventura" Lucinda Williams
"Ventura Highway" America
"Village of the Sun" Frank Zappa (Palmdale)
"Welcome to Paradise" Green Day

[edit] References

  1. ^ This is an early version of "Outlaw Blues"
  2. ^ Mates of State has covered this song
  3. ^ A cover was recorded by The Carpenters
  4. ^ David Lee Roth also had a hit with a cover of this song
  5. ^ Local H frontman Scott Lucas described this track as a "theme song for the Midwest, very anti-California"
  6. ^ This song was notably covered by The Ramones & Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
  7. ^ "Holly would" referring to "Hollywood"
  8. ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
  9. ^ This song has been covered by Neko Case
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