User:BenFrantzDale/List of songs about California

Way back on 25 April 2005 (just over seven years ago!) I started the page List of songs about California which has since grown thanks to significant work by many Wikipedians. For good reasons, it is up for deletion (May 2012). While it may not be encyclopedic, here it is for historical reference:

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This is a list of songs about California. Many songs have been written about California, which is one 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.

Title	Artist/composer	Album	Date	Description
"80's Ladies"	OslinK.T. Oslin	1987	80's Ladies
"Ænema"	Tool
"Ain't No California"	Mel Tillis
"All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks"	World/Inferno Friendship SocietyThe World/Inferno Friendship Society
"All the Gold in California"	Gatlin, LarryLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
"America"	Waylon Jennings
"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 to Cali"	Notorious B.I.G.
"Back from Cali"	Slash with Myles Kennedy
"Back Home"	Yellowcard
"The Ballad of Jed Clampett"	Jerry Scoggins, Flatt and Scruggs
"(A) Beautiful Place"	Good Charlotte
"Beverly Hills"	Weezer
"Big Sur"	Mason Jennings
"Brad Logan"	Rancid
"Burning Hot in Cali"	Latyrx
"Cali, Cali, Cali"	Alyssa Bernal
"Cali Iz Active"	Dogg Pound, ThaTha Dogg Pound
"Cali Livin'"	Homeless Nation
"Cali Sunshine"	Game, TheThe Game (featuring Bilal)
"California"	Adicts, TheThe Adicts
"California"	Akia
"California"	Atherton
"California"	Blind Melon
"California"	Berry, ChuckChuck Berry
"California"	Blatz
"California"	Metro Station
"California"	Boone, DebbyDebby Boone
"California"	John Callahan
"California"	Carlisle, BelindaBelinda Carlisle
"California"	The Casanovas
"California"	Chesney, KennyKenny Chesney
"California"	Copeland
"California"	Dealership
"California"	Delta Spirit
"California"	Dr. Dog
"California"	Dressy Bessy
"California"	Dylan, BobBob Dylan
"California"	EMA
"California"	Farmer, MylèneMylène Farmer
"California"	Farrar, JayJay Farrar
"California"	Flash and the Pan
"California"	Flight Station, TheThe Flight Station
"California"	Georgia Prophets
"California"	Gomez
"California"	Hawk Nelson
"California"	Happy End
"California"	Hayes, DarrenDarren Hayes
"California"	Hollywood Undead
"California"	The Kimberly Trip
"California"	Kooks, TheThe Kooks
"California"	Kravitz, LennyLenny Kravitz
"California"	Low
"California"	Mayall, JohnJohn Mayall
"California"	McIntyre, JoeyJoey McIntyre
"California"	Ryan, JoeyJoey Ryan
"California"	Manfred Mann's Earth Band (lyrics by Sue Vickers)
"California"	Metro Station
"California"	Never Shout Never
"California"	Mitchell, JoniJoni Mitchell
"California"	Moffats, TheThe Moffatts
"California"	Nannini, GiannaGianna Nannini
"California"	O'NEILL, A BA. B. O'Neill
"California"	Petty, TomTom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"California"	Tom Ugly
"California"	Phantom Planet
"California"	Quasi
"California"	Ritter, JoshJosh Ritter
"California"	Rentals, TheThe Rentals (often mislabeled as Weezer)
"California"	Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
"California"	Robert Charlebois
"California"	Rogers, StanStan Rogers
"California"	Rogue Wave
"California"	Ruggiero, VicVic Ruggiero
"California"	Semisonic
"California"	Shawn Mullins
"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"	Urban Fate
"California"	Villalobos, GinaGina Villalobos
"California"	Wainwright, RufusRufus Wainwright
"California"	Wave
"California"	Wax
"California"	Wedding Present, TheThe Wedding Present
"California"	Wilson Phillips
"California"	Winds of Plague
"California"	Wiz Khalifa
"California (All the Way)"	Luna
"California 1"	Con Funk Shun
"California Babylon"	Transplants, TheThe Transplants
"California Bloodlines"	Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart
"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 Brain"	RapScallions
"California Burritos"	Chuck Ragan
"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 & the Papas
"California Dreamer"	Wolf Parade
"California Dreams"	Theme song of California Dreams
"California Earthquake"	Elliot, Mama Cass John Hartford, Mama Cass Elliot
"California English	Vampire Weekend
"California Flight"	J, JerryJ Jerry (a.k.a. California Flight)
"California Girl"	Daniel Daglow, David Merriweather, Tony Banks (1985 California Beauty Pageant)
"California Girl"	Chilliwack
"California Girl"	Lucky 7
"California Girls"	Beach Boys, TheThe Beach Boys
"California Girls"	Wilson, GretchenGretchen Wilson
"California Girls"	Magnetic Fields, TheMagnetic Fields
"California Gold"	dada
"California Gold"	Defari
"California Grace"	Long Beach Shortbus
"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
"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 Isn't Big Enough (Hey There Girl)"	Meat Loaf
"California Jam"	Klaatu
"California Justice"	Five for Fighting
"California Kicks"	Fight Fair
"California King Bed"	Rihanna
"California Livin'"	Mac Dre
"California Love"	2Pac (featuring 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 Rain"	Silver Tide
"California Rain"	The Rescues
"California Revisited (Everyone I Meet Is from California)"	America
"California Rose"	Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers
"California Saga: Big Sur"	The Beach Boys
"California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles"	The Beach Boys
"California Saga: California (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a)"	The Beach Boys
"California Sky"	Unwritten Law
"California Snow"	Tom Russell
"California Son"	The Adolescents
"California Song"	Mountain Goats, TheThe Mountain Goats
"California Song"	White, BrookeBrooke White
"California Songs"	Local H
"California Soul"	Fifth Dimension, TheThe 5th Dimension
"California Soul"	Gimmicks, TheThe Gimmicks
"California Soul"	Starr, EdwinEdwin Starr
"California Star"	The Echo Division
"California Stars"	Billy Bragg & Wilco (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
"California Sucks"	Screeching Weasel
"California Sun"	Rivieras, TheThe Rivieras
"California Sun"	Gin Blossoms
"California Sun"	Jem
"California Sun"	The Ramones
"California Sunset"	Young, NeilNeil Young
"California Sunshine"	Christa Black
"California Über Alice"	NOFX
"California Über Alles"	Dead Kennedys
"California Vacation"	Game, TheThe Game
"California Waiting"	Kings of Leon
"California Way"	Bluhm, TimTim Bluhm
"California Zephyr"	Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard
"California's Bleeding"	Amen
"California's Lonely"	Smile Empty Soul
"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
"Check My Brain"	Alice in Chains
"Christmas in California"	America
"Christmas in California"	Cheetah Girls, TheThe Cheetah Girls
"Clouds Over California"	Devildriver
"Come Back to Cali"	Holdup, TheThe Holdup
"Come to California"	Sweet, MatthewMatthew Sweet
"Cowboy"	Kid Rock
"Crossing the Plains"	n/a
"Curbside Prophet"	Mraz, JasonJason Mraz
"Dani California"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)"	Guthrie, WoodyWoody Guthrie
"Desperadoes Under the Eaves"	Zevon, WarrenWarren Zevon
"Disciples of California"	Skygreen Leopards, TheThe Skygreen Leopards
"Do Re Mi"	Guthrie, WoodyWoody Guthrie
"Dog Breath"	Zappa, FrankFrank Zappa
"Earthquakes and Sharks"	Brandtson
"Entertainment"	Rise Against
"Estimated Prophet"	Grateful Dead
"Exquisitely Bored"	Pete Townshend
"Eyeless"	Slipknot
"For Crying Out Loud"	Meat Loaf
"Forest Fire"	Dead Kennedys
"Fort Bragg"	Heringer, AndrewAndrew Heringer
"Follow You Home"	Nickelback
Friend in California"A Friend in California"	Merle Haggard	1986	Friend in CaliforniaA Friend in California
"From California"	New Amsterdams, TheThe New Amsterdams
"Fuck California"	Presidents of the United States of America, TheThe Presidents of the United States of America
"Fuck You, I'm From California"	GoldenwestGoldenwest
"Fort Bragg"	Heringer, AndrewAndrew Heringer
"Future Perfect Tense"	Sweet Billy Pilgrim
"Gene Autry"	Beulah
"Get Back"	Beatles, TheThe Beatles
"Goddam California"	Will Hoge
"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
"Goin' to California"	Gin Blossoms
"Going to California"	John David & Clear Spirit
"Going to California"	Led Zeppelin
"Gold"	John Stewart
"Golden State"	Doe, JohnJohn Doe
"Gone to California"	Pink
"Goodbye California"	Holland, JolieJolie Holland
"Go to California"	Motorpsycho
"Go to California"	Zombie, RobRob Zombie
"Grey Bar Hotel"	Gil Dabney
"Have a Nice Day"	Stereophonics
"Hang Ten"	Edwin
"Headless"	Dog Fashion Disco
"Heels Over Head"	Boys Like Girls
"Heads Carolina, Tails California"	Messina, Joe DeeJo Dee Messina
"Here in California"	Alvin, DaveDave Alvin
"Here in California"	D-Napoleon, NatalieNatalie D-Napoleon
"Here in California"	Wolf, KateKate Wolf
"Highway Five"	American Music Club
"Highway 101"	Social Distortion
"Hills of California"	John Trollmann
"Hippie From Olema"	The Youngbloods
"Holiday in the Sun"	Hot Hot Heat
"Holly Wants To Go To California"	Funkadelic
"Holly (Would You Turn Me On?)"	All Time Low
"Home"	JamisonParker
"Homebody"	Zox
"Hotel California"	Eagles, TheEagles
"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)	Silverwood, Francis BernardFrancis Bernard Silverwood
"In California"	Dillinger, DazDaz Dillinger
"In California"	Newsom, JoannaJoanna Newsom
"In California"	Lisa Marr Experiment
"In California"	Stat Quo l- "In Your Atmosphere" John Mayer
"I Remember California"	R.E.M.
"I'm Asking Her to Stay"	Sherwood
"I'm Going Home"	Kingston Trio, TheThe Kingston Trio
"I'm Headin' For California"	Glenn Miller
"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
"Kalifornia Dreamin'"	Nappy Roots
"Kalifornija"	Vytautas Kernagis
"King of California"	Dave Alvin
"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
"Lights"	Journey
"Like a California King"	Everclear
"Long December"	Counting Crows
"Look at California"	Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
"Losing California"	Sloan
"Love-In California"	The Power of 3
"Madera"	Hey Ocean!
"Marina Del Rey"	Strait, GeorgeGeorge Strait
"Maybe California"	Amos, ToriTori Amos
"Meet Me in California"	Plain White T's
"Meet Me by the River's Edge"	The Gaslight Anthem
"Midnight California"	Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
"Miss California"	Jack's Mannequin
"Miss California"	Melissa Etheridge
"Miss California"	Plato 0 Plomo
"Miss California"	Thomas, DanteDante Thomas
"Monterey"	RhythmaRhythma
"More Bounce in California"	Soul Kid#1
"Music is the Victim"	Scissor Sisters
"New York to California"	Kearney, MatMat Kearney
"Not California"	Hem
"Nothing Left to Lose"	Kearney, MatMat Kearney
"Oh California"	Russell, ClaudiaClaudia Russell
"Oh California"	n/a
"The One"	Old 97's
"One Big Holiday"	My Morning Jacket
"Only in California"	Mack 10
"Option Twelve"	Icy Elevators
"Outshined"	Soundgarden
"Out Here in Cali"	Big B
"Out in California"	Dave Alvin
"Out in California"	Tom Russell
"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
"The Day That Saved Us"	Automatic Loveletter
"The Redtail Hawk"	Kate Wolf
"Ride to California"	Paper Tongues
"Road Trippin'"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Rock Coast Blues"	Country Joe and the Fish
"Rock Star Land"	Yellowcard
"Route 66"	Mayer, JohnJohn Mayer
"Save the Drama"	Light FM
"San Andreas Fault"	Natalie Merchant
"Santa Monica"	Everclear
"Santa Monica"	Savage Garden
"Sausalito"	Conor Oberst
"Sausalito"	George Duke
"Sausalito Summer Nights"	Diesel
"Scavenger Type"	NOFX
"She'd Be California"	Rascal Flatts
"She's So California"	Gary Allan
"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
"Southern California"	Heringer, AndrewAndrew Heringer
"Southern California Wants To Be Western New York"	Williams, DarDar Williams
"Southern California"	Tammy Wynette & George Jones
"Speed Home California"	Sugar Ray
"Stay The Night"	James Blunt
"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
"The Golden State"	Flight 409
"To California"	Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Two States"	Pavement
"Unfair"	Pavement
Vast Spoils of America, The"The Vast Spoils of America"	Saves the Day
"Vinnie's Hooch"	Johnny Socko
"Walking Shoes"	Halsted
"We Don't Need Another Song About California"	My Chemical Romance
"Westbound Sign"	Green Day
"West Coast"	Coconut Records
"West Coast Friendship"	Owl City
"Westside Till I die"	TQ
"When You Get to California"	Hoodoo Gurus
"Where's California"	Teena Marie
"Winding Road"	Somerville, BonnieBonnie Somerville

Los Angeles and Vicinity

See also: List of songs about Los Angeles

Title	Artist(s)
"99 Miles From L.A."	Albert Hammond
"99 Miles from L.A."	Roman Alcocer
"Ænema"	Tool
"Alameda"	Elliott Smith (about Alameda Street in Portland, Oregon)
"A Long December"	Counting Crows
"All I Wanna Do"	Sheryl Crow
"Amateur Lovers"	Switchfoot
"American Bad Ass"	Kid Rock (reference to Compton)
"Angeles"	Elliott Smith
"April 29, 1992 (Miami)"	Sublime
"Awakening"	Switchfoot
"Babylon Sisters"	Steely Dan
"Beverly Hills"	The Circle Jerks
"Beverly Hills"	Weezer
"Beverly Hills Hotel"	Whitestarr
"Big City"	Wall of Voodoo
"Big Machine"	The Goo Goo Dolls
"Bloody Mary Morning"	Willie Nelson (reference to L.A.)
"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."
"Boulevard"	Jackson Browne (references Hollywood Boulevard)
"Boyz n da Hood"	Eazy-E
"Bunker Hill"	Michael Penn (references the Bunker Hill section of Downtown Los Angeles as well as Vermont Avenue, a major north-south thoroughfare in the city)
"Bunker Hill"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
"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
"Carson Girls"	Angry Samoans
"Celluloid Heroes"	The Kinks (about the stars on Hollywood Boulevard)
"Christmas in Hollywood"	Hollywood Undead
"Ciao, Babe"	Lexington & 3rd
"Ciao L.A."	Chokebore
"City of Angels"	The Distillers
"City of Angels"	10,000 Maniacs
"City of Angels"	Pangea Project
"City of Angels"	Red Elvises
"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
"Cowboy"	Kid Rock (references to Hollywood and Vine)
"Cruiser"	Red House Painters
"Dead in Hollywood"	Murderdolls
"Dead Loss Angeles"	The Stranglers
"Dear Axl"	Lexington & 3rd
"Desperados Under the Eaves"	Warren Zevon
"Disneyland"	The Eyes
"Disneyland"	Five for Fighting
"Don't Mean Nothing"	Richard Marx
"Down in LA"	People Under The Stairs
"Down Rodeo"	Rage Against the Machine, referring to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills
"Down Whittier Blvd"	Thee Midniters
"DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles)"	Gary Jules
"Drinkin' and Dreamin'"	Waylon Jennings, reference to L.A.
"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
"8-Ball"	Lexington & 3rd
"80 Blocks from Silverlake"	People Under The Stairs
"Electrolite"	R.E.M.
"El Lay"	NOFX
"Estimated Prophet"	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
"Girl from Malibu"	Red Elvises
"Glendora"	Rilo Kiley
"Going Out West"	Gomez (cover of "Goin' Out West" by Tom Waits)
"Going to Malibu"	The Mountain Goats
"Goin' Out West"	Tom Waits
"Goodbye Hollywood"	Richard Marx
"Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd"	Ryan Adams
"Goodnight L.A."	Counting Crows
"Gone Hollywood"	Supertramp
"Grapevine"	Tom Russell
"The Great Los Angeles Flood"	Woody Guthrie
"Grey in L.A."	Loudon Wainwright III
"Griffith Park"	Mellow the Band
"The Haircut Song"	Ray Stevens (reference to L.A.)
"Hating Hollywood"	Theory of a Deadman
"Heartattack and Vine"	Tom Waits
"Heaven Help the Fool"	Bob Weir
"Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A."	Less than Jake
"Hello, Brooklyn"	All Time Low
"Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham"	Blue Cheer
"Here I Am in Hollywood"	Red Elvises
"Here in L.A."	Roy Joseph
"Hey, California"	Paul Melancon
"History Lesson, Pt. 2"	The Minutemen
"Holiday from Real"	Jack's Mannequin
"Hollywood"	999 (band)
"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"	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
"Hollywood"	Saliva
"Hollywood"	Some Velvet Morning
"Hollywood"	Throw Rag
"Hollywood"	The Runaways
"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 Hills"	Sunrise Avenue
"Hollywood Honeys"	Hank Williams Jr
"Hollywood Kids"	The Thrills
"Hollywood Nights"	Bob Seger
"Hollywood Sign"	The Explosion
"Hollywood Squares"	William "Bootsy" Collins
"Hollywood Swinging"	Kool & the Gang
"Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)"	Thin Lizzy
"Hollywood (Is Burning Down)"	Calibretto 13
"Hollywood Tease"	L.A. Guns
"Hollywood the Second Time"	Wall of Voodoo
"Hollywood Whore"	Papa Roach
"Hollywood's Not America"	Ferras
"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 Am Hollywood"	He Is Legend
"I Can't Stand L.A"	Bowling For Soup
"I Left my Wallet in El Segundo"	A Tribe Called Quest
"I Love Cali"	Roscoe
"I Love L.A."	Randy Newman
"I Love L.A."	Rilo Kiley
"I Loved the Way She Said 'L.A.'"	Spitalfield
"I'm from L.A."	Go Betty Go
"I Remember L.A."	Celine Dion
"If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)"	Don Williams
"I'm So L.A."	MYNX
"(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica"	Tom Lehrer
"Inglewood Swangin"	Mack 10
"In L.A."	Delinquent Habits
"Into the Airwaves"	Jack's Mannequin
"Into the Great Wide Open"	Tom Petty (Hollywood)
"Irvine"	Kelly Clarkson
"It's Christmas Once Again in Santa Barbara"	Barry De Vorzon
"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
"Killafornia"	Cypress Hill
"A Kind of Christmas Card"	Morten Harket
"L.A."	Elliott Smith
"L.A."	Jackie DeShannon
"L.A."	Murs
"L.A."	Naked Brothers Band
"L.A. Baby (Where Dreams Are Made Of)"	Jonas Brothers
"L.A. Blue"	Joey McIntyre
"La Brea"	Lexington & 3rd
"L.A. County"	Lyle Lovett
"L.A. City"	Amad Jamal
"L.A. Freeway"	Guy Clark (covered by Jerry Jeff Walker)
"L.A. Feeding Fire"	Negative
"L.A. Girl"	The Adolescents
"L.A. International Airport"	Susan Raye
"L.A. Is Burnin'"	Lexington & 3rd
"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)
"La La Land"	The Go-Go's
"L.A. Made Me"	Alexz Johnson
"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."	L.A. Guns
"L.A.P.D."	The Offspring
"La Cienega Just Smiled"	Ryan Adams
"Late Night, Early Town"	Lloyd Cole
"Laurel Canyon"	Jackie DeShannon
"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!"	The Olympic Hopefuls (now known as The Hopefuls; "Like the Hollywood vampires / We sleep until the sun sets")
"Letter to L.A."	Joe Ely
"Life in L.A."	Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"	Jan and Dean, covered by The Beach Boys
"Little Suzy Suicide"	Lexington & 3rd
"Long Way to Hollywood"	Hank Williams Jr.
"Los Angeles"	The Audition
"Los Angeles"	Brad Mehldau
"Los Angeles"	Counting Crows
"Los Angeles"	The Firebird Band
"Los Angeles"	Frank Black (although Frank Black sings "not the one in South California", this song deliberately continues to be featured here, because its title would appear to place it among songs about California)
"Los Angeles"	Jim's Big Ego
"Los Angeles"	Morten Harket
"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 in L.A."	Ernie Halter
"Love is the Movement"	Switchfoot
"Low Rider"	War
"Lullaby"	Shawn Mullins
"Madame Hollywood"	Felix da Housecat featuring Miss Kittin
"Malibu"	Hole
"Malibu Gas Station"	Sonic Youth
"Malibu Love Nest"	Luna
"Malibu Pier"	Rake and the Surftones
"Malibu Run"	The Fender IV
"Marina Del Rey"	Kenny Chesney
"Marina Del Rey"	George Strait
"Mid-City Fiesta"	People Under The Stairs
"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Gladys Knight
"Moonlight Drive"	The Doors
"Morrison Hotel"	Lexington & 3rd
"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
"No Other Place"	Hollywood Undead
"N" CALIFORNIA"	YOUNG FARLEY
"O.C. Confidential'"	The 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
"101 Ventura Freeway Blues"	Speedtwinn
"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 L.A."	Jude
"Pachuco Blues"	Lexington & 3rd
"Pacific Coast Highway"	Burt Bacharach
"Paradise City"	Guns N' Roses, covered by Pat Boone
"Party Girl"	Lexington & 3rd
"Pasadena"	Al Jolson
"Playing Favorites"	The Starting Line
"Please Please Please (Young Hollywood)	Head Automatica
"Pico-Union District"	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"	Jonathan Richman
"Saints of Los Angeles"	Mötley Crüe
"San Fernando Valley"	Bing Crosby
"Santa Ana Wind"	Tom Russell
"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
"Sea of Drugs"	Lexington & 3rd
"Sin City"	The Flying Burrito Brothers
"Slow Down"	The Academy Is...
"Skies Of L.A."	Celine Dion
"Sleazy Wednesday"	Jack's Mannequin
"So.Cal"	Delinquent Habits
"So L.A."	The Motels
"Some L.A. Niggaz"	Dr. Dre
"Some Other Time"	X
"Spectacular Views"	Rilo Kiley
"Starfish"	Lexington & 3rd
"Stephanie's for L.A."	The Mother Hips
"Still in Hollywood"	Concrete Blonde
"Stories from Hollywood"	Jon Peter Lewis
"Straight Outta Compton"	N.W.A
"Strait of Gibraltar"	Val Holler
"Stranded in L.A."	L.A. Guns
"Strange Season"	Michael Penn (references Angels Flight railway in Downtown Los Angeles)
"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)
"Surf Route 101"	Jan and Dean
"Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"	Rachel Stevens
"Temecula Sunrise"	New Years Day
"The Last Resort"	Eagles
"The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles"	Phil Ochs
"This is L.A."	Delinquent Habits
"This Old Town"	Tom Petty
"Three Little Pigs"	Green Jellÿ
"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 & the Papas
"21 Jumpstreet"	Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Deee
"Two Lost Angels"	Franky Perez
"Under the Bridge"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Under the Bridge"	The All Saints
"Valley Girl"	Frank Zappa
"Valley of the Dollz"	Lexington & 3rd
"Van Nuys (Es Very Nice)"	Los Abandoned
"Venice, USA"	Red Elvises
"Venice USA"	Van Morrison
"Ventura"	Lexington & 3rd (references Ventura Boulevard)
"Ventura Blvd"	Tom Hagan
"The Vicodin Song"	Terra Naomi
"Wailin' in West Covina"	The Spectrums
"Walking in L.A."	Missing Persons
"Walking in Los Angeles"	Kate Micucci
"Wannabe in L.A."	Eagles of Death Metal
"War Within a Breath"	Rage Against the Machine
"Watts Riot"	KAM
"The Way The Story Goes"	Tim Foust
"We Built This City	Starship
"We from the LBC"	Bad Azz feat. Snoop Dogg
"We Lost Our Way"	Chris Isaak
"We Run L.A."	Ya Boy
"Weekend in L.A."	The Toasters
"Welcome Me"	Indigo Girls
"Welcome to the Boomtown	David & David
"Welcome to Hollywood"	Mitchel Musso
"Welcome to the Jungle"	Guns N' Roses
"West L.A. Fadeaway"	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
"William Faulkner in Hollywood"	Tom Russell Band
"Wrong Way to Hollywood"	Wall of Voodoo
"Yo Home To Bel-Air"	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
"You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"	David Frizzell and Shelly West (reference to L.A. County)

San Francisco and the Bay Area

Title	Artist(s)
"99 Miles to San Francisco"	April Matson
"408 Funktion"	Killa Sharks
"707" by	Mac Dre
"A San Francisco"	Vission Latina
"A Summer in San Francisco"	Hendrik Meurkens
"All Dressed Up for San Francisco"	The Philosopher Kings
"All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco"	American Music Club
"Autumn"	Joanna Newsom
"Back in San Francisco"	The Orange Peels
"The Ballad of San Francisco"	Caedmon's Call
"The Bay"	Lyrics Born
"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 California"	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
"Carlotta Valdez"	Harvey Danger
"The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco"	The Lucksmiths
"Christie Road"	Green Day
"Christmas in San Francisco"	Vic Damone
"City Hall"	Vienna Teng
"Cold Wind"	Arcade Fire
"Come Back from San Francisco"	The Magnetic Fields
"Come Monday"	Jimmy Buffett
"Condition Oakland"	Jawbreaker
"Convoy	C.W. McCall ("about a mile outta Shaky Town")
"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 and Out in San Francisco"	Martha Berner
"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
"Drunk in San Francisco"	San Quinn & Tuf Luv
"Earthquake Weather"	All Bets Off
"Fake Tales of San Francisco"	Arctic Monkeys
"Fasting in San Francisco"	Lupon
"Frisco Blues"	John Lee Hooker
"Frisco Niggaz"	Messy Marv, San Quinn, Jt the Bigga Figga, Black C.
"Frisco Town"	Memphis Minnie
"Gilman Street" (Berkeley)	The Mr. T Experience
"Girl in the Blue Velvet Band"	Peter Rowan
"Golden Gate"	Al Jolson
"Golden Gate Bridge"	Rose Melberg
"Goodnight, San Francisco"	The Bittersweets
"The Golden Gate"	John Vanderslice
"Grace Cathedral Hill"	The Decemberists
"Grace Cathedral Park"	Red House Painters
"The Grand Duchess of San Francisco"	American Music Club
"Groveland Welcomes You"	Carmen Taira
"The Haircut Song"	Ray Stevens
"Haight Street"	Anberlin
"Half Moon Bay"	Ronnie Day
"Half Moon Bay"	Tom Grant
"Half Moon Bay"	Train
"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
"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"	Counting Crows
"In America"	the Charlie Daniels Band (reference to the San Francisco Bay)
"In San Francisco Watching SLC Punk"	Ghost Runner on Third
"In The Sixties"	Sarine Voltage
"Into Action"	Tim Armstrong featuring Skye Sweetnam
"Josie"	John Stewart
"Journey to the End of the East Bay"	Rancid
"Judy Is A Punk	The Ramones ("both went down to Frisco, joined the SLA")
"Jumpers"	Sleater-Kinney
"Keep Hoping, St. Francis"	Kristene Mueller
"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
"Life in San Francisco"	Girls
"Lights"	Journey
"Lights Out in San Francisco"	Craig Chaquico
"Linden Arden Stole The Highlights"	Van Morrison
"Love on Haight Street"	BT
"Make Like Paper"	Red House Painters
"Matkalla San Franciscoon"	Edu Kettunen
"Mean Old Frisco"	Arthur Crudup, covered by Eric Clapton, Jackie DeShannon
"Mercury News"	Lucy Wainwright Roche
"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 Brother Lived in San Francisco"	Joan Ryan
"My Side of the City"	Beulah
"New Oakland"	Mistah F.A.B.
"New Year's Kiss"	Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
"New Zealand Pines"	John Vanderslice
"Oakland"	Too Short
"Oakland Stroke"	Tower of Power
"Oaktown"	The K.G.B.|
"Oh! There's a Disco in San Francisco"	This Romantic Tragedy|
"Okie From Muskogee"	Merle Haggard (reference to San Francisco)
"On A San Francisco High"	Sony Holland
"Pacific Dust"	The Mother Hips
"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
"Ride Captain Ride"	Blues Image
"Rob Fraser's Welcome to San Francisco"	Eric Rigler & Alasdair Fraser
"Sad But True"	Transplants (Berkeley)
"Samba de Sausalito"	Santana
"San Fran"	Kids of 88
"San Franciscan Nights"	Eric Burdon & The Animals
"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"	Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks
"San Francisco"	Citylife
"San Francisco"	Damian Anderson
"San Francisco"	David Perskie
"San Francisco"	Die Flippers
"San Francisco"	The Dingees
"San Francisco"	Ember FX
"San Francisco"	Frédéric François
"San Francisco"	Gene Defcon
"San Francisco"	Hello Saferide
"San Francisco"	Jesse Rhodes aka Stegosaurus
"San Francisco"	Jill Sobule
"San Francisco"	The KOLIN
"San Francisco"	Kristin Hersh
"San Francisco"	Lucero (band)
"San Francisco"	Maxime Le Forestier
"San Francisco"	Midicronica
"San Francisco"	Mike Burns
"San Francisco"	MU330
"San Francisco"	Richard March
"San Francisco"	Rufus Wainwright
"San Francisco"	Sarah RabDAU
"San Francisco"	Sherman Baker
"San Francisco"	Son of Dave
"San Francisco"	Spouse
"San Francisco"	Steve Tannen
"San Francisco"	Ten Mile Tide
"San Francisco"	Vanessa Carlton
"San Francisco (In Situ)"	They Might Be Giants
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"	Scott McKenzie
"San Francisco (The Rhythm)"	Eskmo
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)"	Village People
"San Francisco, 1906"	Capybara
"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 Bound"	The Pimps of Joytime
"San Francisco Days"	Chris Isaak
"San Francisco Fan"	Joe Jackson
"San Francisco Fat"	NOFX
"San Francisco FM Blues"	Doug Sahm
"San Francisco Holiday"	Thelonious Monk
"San Francisco Hussle"	Silver Convention
"San Francisco Knights"	People Under The Stairs
"San Francisco on the Water"	Arik Einstein
"San Francisco Payphone"	Catch 22
"San Francisco Saturdays"	John Callahan
"San Francisco Shuffle"	Meade
"San Francisco Song"	Camera Obscura
"San Francisco, Take Me Back"	Band of Annuals
"San Francisco Via Chicago Blues"	The Elected
"San-Ho-Zay"	Albert King
"Santa Rosa"	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Sausalito"	Conor Oberst
"Sausalito Summernight"	Diesel
"Save Me, San Francisco"	Train
"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 Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco"	The Lucksmiths
"The Sound of San Francisco"	Global Deejays
"The SFC"	RBL Posse, The Get Low Playay, and San Quinn
Song About California"A Song About California"	Hey Ocean!
"Standing on the Moon"	Grateful Dead
"Strawberry Wine"	Ryan Adams
"The Streets of San Francisco"	TV Theme Song
"Stuart and the Avenue"	Green Day
"Sunny California"	Saskia Eurlings
"Still in Saigon"	Charlie Daniels Band ("Got on a plane in 'Frisco and got off in Vietnam")
"Swansea"	Joanna Newsom
"Take it Easy San Francisco"	Emily Wells
"Tania"	Camper Van Beethoven
"Taxi"	Harry Chapin
"Vallejo"	Mac Dre
"The Vowels, Pt. 2"	Why?
"Wake Me Up in San Francisco"	Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band
"We Built This City"	Starship
"Welcome 2 Da Bay"	Yukmouth
"Welcome to Paradise"	Green Day
"When I Come Around"	Green Day
"Who Needs the Peace Corps?"	Frank Zappa
"Yay Area"	E-40
"Yerba Buena Bounce"	The Hot Club of San Francisco
"You Always Said You Hated San Francisco"	Jonah Matranga
"Young San Francisco"	Boy in Static

Other Locations, Cities, and Streets

Title	Artist(s)
"16th Street" (San Diego)	Invictus
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"	The Four Preps
"96 Miles to Bakersfield"	George Lindsey
"Albatross + Ivy"	Limbeck
"Alone in Santa Cruz"	the Ataris
"Back to the 101" (or simply "101" in the U.S.)	Albert Hammond, Jr.
"Back to Salinas"	Mary McCaslin
"Bakersfield"	Tom Russell
"Big Sur"	Adam Franklin
"Big Sur"	King of Woolworths
"Big Sur"	Magic Castles
"Big Sur"	Mason Jennings
"Big Sur"	The Thrills
"Billy the Mountain"	Frank Zappa
"Bixby Canyon Bridge"	Death Cab for Cutie
"The Blondes of Santa Barbara"	Saint Milkweed
"Booyaka 619" (current theme song of wrestler Rey Mysterio)	WWE
"Brand New Orange"	Limbeck
"Bubble Toes"	Jack Johnson
"Call of the West"	Wall of Voodoo
"Caltrans"	Doo Doo Wah (a song about California Department of Transportation road crews)
"Cambria"	Jason Bennett
"Catalina"	The Descendents
"Celluloid Heroes"	The Kinks
"City of Deygo"	Mike Nasty
"Coronado II"	PolarisPolaris
"Cucamonga"	Frank Zappa
"Deckchairs and Cigarettes"	The Thrills
"(Don't You Go To) Goleta"	Camper Van Beethoven
"Don't Mess With the Mayor" (Carmel)	The Medflys
"Don't Wait on Me"	The Statler Brothers, reference to San Diego
"Dream Life of Rand McNally"	Jason Mraz
"El Camino Real"	Alfred Reed
"El Caminos in the West"	Grandaddy
"Far Away Eyes"	The Rolling Stones (references Bakersfield and L.A.)
"For What It's Worth"	Buffalo Springfield
"Freeport Boulevard" (Sacramento)	Jackie Greene
"Friend of the Devil"	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 L.A. and "The Valley")
"Go to Montecito"	The High Llamas
"Grapevine Fires"	Death Cab for Cutie
"Heading for Hesperia"	F.X. MacDonald
"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 (references San Jose, Monterey Bay, and Santa Cruz)
"I Wish I Looked a Little Better"	Sparks
"I Woke Up in a Car"	Something Corporate (references San Diego)
"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
"Lonesome Santa Barbara Blues"	Mark Roberts
"Manzanar"	Tom Russell
"Matterhorn"	Joy Electric
"Mendo"	Loose Change
"Mendocino"	The Sir Douglas Quintet
"Mendocino Desperados"	Bob Gibson
"Mendocino County Line"	Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
"Miles from Monterey"	West Indian Girl
"Modesto Is Not That Sweet"	The Hold Steady
"Montecito White Trash Barbecue"	Claude Hopper
"Monterey"	Eric Burdon & The Animals
"Monterey"	RhythmaRhythma
"Morning Misty Eyes"	Tommy Flanders
"Ms. Santa Cruz County"	Cracker
"Next to Highway Number 10"	John George Campbell
"O Valencia!"	The Decemberists
"Ocean Avenue"	Yellowcard
"October in Oxnard"	Rake and the Surftones
"Old Cayucos"	Craig Melia
"On Interstate 15"	Wall of Voodoo
"Pacific Coast Highway"	Burt Bacharach
"Pacific Coast Highway"	Courtney Love
"Pacific Coast Highway"	The Mamas & the Papas
"Pacific Coast Highway"	Sonic Youth
"Pacific Coast Party"	Smash Mouth
"Paddle Out" (song about surfing in Santa Cruz)	Sublime
"Palmdale"	Afroman
"Pescadero Days"	Gary Gates
"Postcard from Lompoc"	Kreg Viesselman
"Quiet Beach Town"	Franklin For Short (references Ventura)
"Ramona Moraga"	Babyland
"Revelation Big Sur"	Red House Painters
"Riverside"	The Beat Farmers
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"	Bruce Springsteen
"The Rocket Ships of La Jolla"	Jesus Jones
"The Rose of the San Joaquin"	Tom Russell
"Route 66"	Nat "King" Cole
"Route 101"	Herb Alpert
"Running on Empty"	Jackson Browne
"Sacramento"	Cuf
"St. Modesto"	Chris Walla
"Salinas"	Jackie DeShannon
"San Andreas Fault"	Natalie Merchant
"San Ber'dino"	Frank Zappa
"San Berdoo Sunburn"	Eagles of Death Metal
"San Berdu"	The Vandals
"San Bernadino"	The Mountain Goats
"San Bernardino"	The Satanic Surfers
"San Diego"	Feeder
"San Diego"	L.A. Symphony
"San Diego"	Parmalee
"San Diego"	Roy Zimmerman
"San Diego"	Starlight Mints
"San Diego"	The Eternal Afflict
"San Diego is Burning"	Agent 51
"San Diego Serenade"	Tom Waits
"San Diego Song"	The Coronas
"San Diego Zoo"	The 6ths (Barbara Manning Vocals)
"San Luis Obispo"	Ted Wulfers
"San Luis Obispo"	Coyote (Marcy Brenner & Lou Castro)
"San Simeon"	Bryan Ferry
"San Simeon"	Goldfinger
"Santa Barbara"	Matthew Hart
"Santa Barbara"	Meg & Dia
"Santa Barbara"	Mellow the Band
"Santa Barbara"	Ronnie Milsap
"Santa Barbara"	The Superficials
"Santa Barbara"	World Party
"Santa Carla Twilight"	Tiger Army
"Santa Cruz"	Brian Sharpe
"Santa Cruz"	Fatboy Slim
"Santa Cruz"	JJ Cale
"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
"South Coast"	Tom Russell
"South Coast"	Dave Stamey
"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)
"Surfin' U.S.S.R"	Ray Stevens (references to Malibu)
"Sutter's Mill"	Dan Fogelberg
"Talk to Me of Mendocino"	Kate and Anna McGarrigle
"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"	Whiskey Chimp
"Ventura County Line"	Fur Dixon and Steve Werner
"Ventura Highway"	America
"Ventura, Ventura Space People"	Shinobu
"Village of the Sun"	Frank Zappa (Palmdale)
"We Weren't Crazy"	Josh Gracin
"White Boy from Sacramento"	Timothy B. Schmit