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List of songs about California
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California
- "All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks" by The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- "All the Gold in California" by The Gatlin Brothers
- "Antennas" by Rancid
- "Atomic" by Tiger Army
- "Away from California" by Radio Racer
- "Back to California" by Carole King
- "Back to California" by Sugarcult
- "Back to California" by The Wallflowers
- "Back Home" by Yellowcard
- "Beautiful Place" by Good Charlotte
- "Brad Logan" by Rancid ("California sun")
- "Burning Hot in Cali" by Latyrx
- "Cali Iz Active" by Tha Dogg Pound
- "Cali Livin'" by Homeless Nation featuring Toopic
- "California" by AB O'neill
- "California" by Akia
- "California" by Atherton
- "California" by Belinda Carlisle
- "California" by Blatz
- "California" by Bob Dylan early version of "Outlaw Blues"
- "California" by Casanovas
- "California" by Copeland
- "California" by Darren Hayes
- "California" by Debby Boone
- "California" by Dr. Dog
- "California" by Dressy Bessy
- "California" by Flash and the Pan
- "California" by Gianna Nannini
- "California" by Gina Villlalobos
- "California" by Gomez
- "California" by Hawk Nelson
- "California (All the Way)" by Luna
- "California" by Joey McIntyre
- "California" by Joni Mitchell
- "California" by Josh Ritter
- "California" by Kenny Chesney
- "California" by Lenny Kravitz
- "California" by The Flight Station
- "California" by The Kooks
- "California" by Low
- "California" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (lyrics by Sue Vickers)
- "California" by Metro Station
- "California" by The Moffatts
- "California" by Mylène Farmer
- "California" by Phantom Planet
- "California" by Quasi
- "California" by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
- "California" by The Rentals (often mislabelled as Weezer)
- "California" by Rogue Wave
- "California" by Rufus Wainwright
- "California" by Sarah Slean
- "California" by Semisonic
- "California" by Sly Boogy
- "California" by Something for Kate
- "California" by Stroke 9
- "California" by Tea Leaf Green
- "California" by Toploader
- "California" by Unified Theory
- "California" by Unsensored
- "California" by Vic Ruggiero
- "California" by Wave
- "California" by Wax
- "California" by Wilson Phillips
- "California" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- "California Babylon" by the Transplants
- "California Bloodlines" by Dave Alvin
- "California Blue" by Roy Orbison
- "California Blues" (Blue Yodel No. 4) by Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
- "California Blur" by Swirl 360
- "California Bound" by Frank Black (Black Letter Days album)
- "California Couldn't Pay Our Education" by Roy Zimmerman
- "California Crossing" by Fu Manchu
- "California Day" by Starland Vocal Band
- "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas, covered by Queen Latifah, remixed by Benny Benassi, California Dreaming 2004 Remix, Hi-Standard, America and dada (band).
- "California Earthquake" by Mama Cass Elliot
- "California Girl" by Lucky 7
- "California Girls" by The Beach Boys
- "California Girls" by Gretchen Wilson
- "California Girls" by David Lee Roth
- "California Gold" by dada (band)
- "California Grace" Long Beach Shortbus
- "California Here I Come" by Al Jolson, B. DeSylva, and Joe Meyer
- "California Here I Come" by Sophie B. Hawkins
- "California Here I Go" by Jonathan Balas
- "California Jam" by Klaatu
- "California Justice" by Five for Fighting
- "California Livin'" by Mac Dre
- "California Love" by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre
- "California Man" by The Move
- "California Man" by Cheap Trick
- "California Nights" by Lesley Gore
- "California Nights" by Sweet
- "California on My Mind" by James Taylor
- "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" by The Decemberists
- "California Paradise" by The Runaways
- "California Part I" by Mason Jennings
- "California Part II" by Mason Jennings
- "California Promises" by Jimmy Buffett
- "California Revisited" by America
- "California Rose" by Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers
- "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)" by The Beach Boys
- "California Sky" by Unwritten Law
- "California Song" by The Mountain Goats
- "California Songs" by Local H (Local H frontman Scott Lucas described it as a "theme song for the Midwest, very anti-California")
- "California Soul" by Edwin Starr
- "California Soul" by The Gimmicks
- "California Stars" by Wilco(lyrics by Woodie Guthrie)
- "California Sun" by Jem
- "California Sun" By The Ramones
- "California Sun" by The Rivieras
- "California Sunset" by Neil Young
- "California Über Alles" by the Dead Kennedys
- "California Waiting" by the Kings of Leon
- "California Way" by Tim Bluhm
- "California's Bleeding" by Amen
- "California's Burning" by Augustana
- "Californicatin" by The J. Geils Band
- "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Californie" by Air (band)
- "Calistan" by Frank Black
- "Cancer California" by Bullets and Octane
- "Cemetery" by Strung Out
- "Christmas in California" by The Cheetah Girls
- "Come Back to Cali" by The Holdup
- "Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett
- "Come to California" by Matthew Sweet
- "Curbside Prophet" by Jason Mraz
- "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Desperadoes Under The Eaves" by Warren Zevon
- "Do Re Mi" by Woody Guthrie
- "Dog Breath" by Frank Zappa
- "Earthquakes and Sharks" by Brandtson
- "Estimated Prophet" Grateful Dead
- "Eyeless" by Slipknot
- "For Crying Out Loud" by Meat Loaf
- "From California" by The New Amsterdams
- "Fuck California" by The Presidents of the United States of America
- "Gene Autry" by Beulah
- "Get Back" by The Beatles
- "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J
- "Going Back to Cali" by Sevendust
- "Going Back to Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G.
- "Going to California" by John David & Clear Spirit
- "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin
- "Golden State" by John Doe (musician)
- "Gone to California" by P!nk
- "Goodbye California" by Jolie Holland
- "Go to California" by Motorpsycho
- "Go to California" by Rob Zombie
- "Have a Nice Day" by Stereophonics
- "Heads Carolina, Tails California" by Jo Dee Messina
- "Here in California" by Dave Alvin
- "Here in California" by Kate Wolf
- "Highway Five" by American Music Club
- "Holiday in the Sun" by Hot Hot Heat
- "Holly wants to go to California" by Funkadelic
- "Holly (Would You Turn Me On?)" by All Time Low
- "Home" by JamisonParker
- "Home" by Switchfoot
- "Homebody" by Zox
- "Hotel California" by The Eagles
- "House in California" by Keb Mo
- "Hurry Up California" by Sunset Main
- "I Hate California" by Jonathan Coulton
- "I Love Cali" by Roscoe
- "I Love You, California", the state song of California [1]
- "In California" by Daz Dillinger
- "In California" by Lisa Marr Experiment (covered by Neko Case)
- "I Remember California" by R.E.M.
- "I'm Asking Her to Stay" by Sherwood (band)
- "I'm Going Home" by The Kingston Trio
- "Irvine" by Kelly Clarkson
- "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond
- "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Tony! Toni! Tone!
- "Just Like California" by Old 97s
- "Kali4nia" by Skandoe and Playboss
- "Kaliforn-Eye-a" by P.O.D.
- "Kalifornia" by Above the Law
- "Kalifornia" by Brand New Immortals
- "Kalifornia" by Fatboy Slim
- "Kalifornia" by Kashmir
- "Kalifornia Kool Kid" by N I Am I N
- "Let It Roll" by All Time Low ("so we take control from California from my home sweet home")
- "Leaving Jesusland" by NOFX
- "Like a California King" by Everclear
- "Long December" by Counting Crows
- "Losing California" by Sloan
- "Marina Del Rey" by George Strait
- "Midnight California" by Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
- "Miss California" by Dante Thomas
- "More Bounce in California" by Soul Kid #1
- "Music is the Victim" by Scissor Sisters
- "Not California" by Hem (band)
- "Nothing Left to Lose" by Mat Kearney
- "One Big Holiday" by My Morning Jacket
- "Only in California" by Mack 10
- "Playing Favorites" by The Starting Line
- "Promised Land" by Chuck Berry
- "Parallel Universe" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Pumping Irony" by Roy Zimmerman
- "Race Cars and goth Rock" by Butch Walker
- "Raining in California" by Human Nature
- "Reality Check" by OPM
- "Rock Coast Blues" Country Joe & the Fish
- "Rock Star Land" by Yellowcard
- "Save the Drama" by Light FM
- "Shores of California" by The Dresden Dolls
- "Sink with Kalifornija" by Youth Brigade
- "Sleepy California" by Her Space Holiday
- "So at Last" by Butch Walker
- "Song for Kelly Huckaby" by Death Cab for Cutie
- "South California Purples" by Chicago (band)
- "Southern California" by Andrew Heringer
- "Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" by Dar Williams
- "Speed Home California" by Sugar Ray
- "Sunny in California" by Aberdeen
- "Summer of California '79" by NUMBER GIRL
- "Sunrise Sunset" by New Years Day
- "Take California" by Propellerheads
- "Tape From California" by Phil Ochs
- "The Lights and Buzz" by Jack's Mannequin ('Christmas in California')
- "The Vast Spoils of America" by Saves The Day
- "Two States" by Pavement
- "Unfair" by Pavement
- "Vinnie's Hooch" by Johnny Socko
- "Westside till I die" by TQ
- "Winding Road" by Bonnie Somerville
Los Angeles and Vicinity
- See also: List of songs about Los Angeles
- "99 Miles from L.A." by Johnny Mathis and by Art Garfunkel
- "A Long December" by Counting Crows
- "Ænema" by Tool
- "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
- "Amateur Lovers" by Switchfoot
- "Angeles" by Elliott Smith
- "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" by Sublime
- "Awakening" by Switchfoot
- "Beverly Hills" by The Circle Jerks
- "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
- "Beverly Hills Hotel" by Whitestarr
- "Blue Jay Way" by The Beatles, refers to a street in the Hollywood Hills
- "Born and Raised in Compton" by DJ Quik
- "Born in East L.A." by Cheech Marin, a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
- "Boyz n da Hood" by Eazy-E
- "Big Machine" by The Goo Goo Dolls
- "Burn Hollywood Burn" by Public Enemy
- "Buzzbomb From Pasadena" by The Dead Kennedys
- "California's Burning" by Augustana
- "Car Phone" by Sheeler & Sheeler
- "Carmelita" by Warren Zevon
- "Christmas in Hollywood" by Hollywood Undead
- "City of Angels" by the The Distillers
- "City of Angels" by 10,000 Maniacs
- "City of Angels" by Pangea Project
- "City of Devils" by Yellowcard
- "City of the Angels" by Journey
- "City of Satan" by Turbonegro
- "The City with Two Faces" by Goldfinger
- "Come a Long Way" by Michelle Shocked
- "Coming into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie
- "Compton Compton" by The Game
- "Compton Swangin" by BG Knocc Out & Dresta
- "Compton's In The House" by N.W.A
- "Contact/L.A.U.S.D" by Jurassic Five
- "Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet in LA)" by Glen Campbell
- "Dead in Hollywood" by Murderdolls
- "Dead Loss Angeles" by The Stranglers
- "Disneyland" by Five for Fighting
- "Down Rodeo" by Rage Against the Machine, referring to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills
- "Downtown Los Angeles" by Gary Jules
- "Drinking in L.A." by Bran Van 3000
- "Drove Up from Pedro" by Mike Watt. An ode to Watt's hometown, San Pedro
- "Drugs not Working" by Ryan Adams
- "Earthquake Song" by Little Girls
- "East L.A." by War
- "Eastside LB" by The Twinz feat. Warren G
- "Echo Park" by Ryan Cabrera
- "El Lay" by NOFX
- "Estimated Prophet" by The Grateful Dead
- "Everyone Is Someone in L.A." by Felix da Housecat
- "Fallen Angel" by Poison, referring to kids moving away from home in the 1980s to make it big in L.A.
- "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
- "Fuck Compton" by Tim Dog
- "Gangsta Love" by Warren G feat. RBX, Nate Dogg & Kurupt
- "Garden Grove" by Sublime
- "Glendora" by Rilo Kiley
- "Going to Malibu" by The Mountain Goats
- "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd" by Ryan Adams
- "Gone Hollywood" by Supertramp
- "The Great Los Angeles Flood" by Woody Guthrie
- "Grey in L.A." by Loudon Wainwright III
- "Hating Hollywood" by Theory of a Deadman
- "Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A." by Less than Jake
- "Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" by Blue Cheer
- "Here in L.A." by Roy Joseph
- "Hey, California" by Paul Melancon
- "History Lesson, Pt. 2" by The Minutemen
- "Holiday from Real" by Jack's Mannequin
- "Hollywood" by Bizzy Bone
- "Hollywood" by Collective Soul
- "Hollywood" by The Cranberries
- "Hollywood" by Dorian's Gray
- "Hollywood" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
- "Hollywood" by Kendall Payne
- "Hollywood" by Los Lonely Boys
- "Hollywood" by Madonna
- "Hollywood" by Nickelback
- "Hollywood" by P.O.D.
- "Hollywood" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Hollywood" by Saliva
- "Hollywood" by The Veronicas
- "Hollywood" by West Indian Girl
- "Hollywood Babylon" by The Misfits
- "Hollywood Black" by Dio
- "Hollywood Cemetery" by Cracker
- "Hollywood Girl" by Drake Bell
- "Hollywood Nights" by Bob Seger
- "Hollywood Squares" by William "Bootsy" Collins
- "Hollywood Swingin" by Kool and the Gang
- "Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)" by [[Thin Lizzy]
- "Hollywood (Is Burning Down)" by Calibretto 13
- "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
- "Hooray, It's L.A." by Blindside
- "Hot Box City" by Klaatu
- "Hot Fudge (Moving to L.A.)" by Robbie Williams
- "Hot Rod Lincoln" by C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson (San Pedro and the Grapevine)
- "How To Survive in South Central" by Ice Cube
- "I Ain't from Compton" by O.F.T.B.
- "I Can't See Why You'd Want to Live Here" by Death Cab for Cutie
- "I Left my Wallet in El Segundo" by A Tribe Called Quest
- "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman
- "I Loved the Way She Said 'L.A.'" by Spitalfield
- "I'm from L.A." by Go Betty Go
- "I'm So L.A." by MYNX
- "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica" by Tom Lehrer
- "Inglewood Swangin" by Mack 10
- "Into the Airwaves" by Jack's Mannequin
- "Into the Great Wide Open" by Tom Petty (Hollywood)
- "Irvine" by Kelly Clarkson
- "Karma's Payment" by Modest Mouse
- "The Kids" by Hollywood Undead
- "L.A." by Elliott Smith
- "L.A." by MURS
- "L.A." by Naked Brothers Band
- "L.A. Blue" by Joey McIntyre
- "L.A. County" by Lyle Lovett
- "L.A. City" by Amad Jamal
- "L.A. Freeway" by Guy Clark (covered by Jerry Jeff Walker)
- "L.A. Girl" by The Adolescents
- "L.A. Is My Lady" by Frank Sinatra
- "L.A. Is The Place" by N.W.A.
- "L.A., L.A. (remix)" by Capone-N-Noreaga Featuring Tragedy Khadafi, Prodigy (Mobb Deep)
- "L.A. Song" by Beth Hart
- "L.A. Song" by John Mayer
- "The L.A. Song" by People Under the Stairs
- "L.A. Woman" by The Doors
- "L.A.P.D." by The Offspring
- "La Cienega Just Smiled" by Ryan Adams
- "Late Night, Early Town" by Lloyd Cole
- "LAX" by Big D and the Kids Table
- "LAX to O'Hare" by The Academy Is...
- "LBC and the ING" by Mack 10 feat. Snoop Dogg
- "Let's Go!" by Olympic Hopefuls (now known as The Hopefuls; "Like the Hollywood vampires / We sleep until the sun sets")
- "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" by Jan and Dean, covered by The Beach Boys
- "Los Angeles" by Frank Black (although Frank sings "not the one in South California", so it's actually not a song about California)
- "Los Angeles" by Jim's Big Ego
- "Los Angeles" by X
- "Los Angeles" by Sugarcult
- "Los Angeles" by The 69 Eyes
- "Los Angeles" by Brad Mehldau
- "Los Angeles" by Ozma
- "Los Angeles" by The Rosewood Thieves
- "Los Angeles Blues" by Lightnin' Hopkins
- "Los Angeles Daze" by People Under the Stairs
- "Los Angeles I'm Yours" by The Decemberists
- "Los Angeles Is Burning" by Bad Religion
- "Los Angeles November 2019" by Vangelis(Blade Runner)
- "Los Angeles Times" by Xzibit
- "Los Angelinos" by Billy Joel
- "Lost Angeles" by Wired All Wrong
- "Lost Angelino" by Tony Lucca
- "Lost in Hollywood" by System of a Down
- "Love is the Movement" by Switchfoot
- "Lullaby" by Shawn Mullins
- "Malibu" by Hole
- "Malibu Love" by Luna
- "Marina Del Rey" by Kenny Chesney
- "Marina Del Rey" by George Strait
- "Moving to L.A." by Art Brut
- "Newport Living" by Cute Is What We Aim For
- "Next to Highway Number 10" by John George Campbell
- "No. 5" by Hollywood Undead
- "No Se Vende La Calle" by Doc Gyneco
- "O.C. Supertones (That's just life in Orange County California)" by The O.C. Supertones
- "Ode to L.A." by The Raveonettes
- "Old L.A. Tonight" by Ozzy Osbourne
- "Old School Hollywood"- System of a Down
- "Ole Mulholland" by Frank Black (about the Los Angeles' Aqueduct)
- "One in a Million" by Guns N' Roses
- "Open Up" by Leftfield
- "Orange County" by STEFY
- "Orange County Girl" by Gwen Stefani
- "Orange County Suite" by The Doors
- "Orange County Lumber Truck" by Frank Zappa
- "Out in L.A." by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Out of LA" by Jude
- "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses, covered by Pat Boone
- "Pasadena" by Al Jolson
- "Playing Favorites" by The Starting Line
- "Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) by Head Automatica
- "Pico-Union" by Psycho Realm
- "Pico and Sepulveda" by Freddy Martin (as Felix Figueroa and his Orchestra)
- "Picture Postcards from L.A." by Joshua Kadison
- "The Promised Land" by Chuck Berry
- "Purple Stain" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Recognize" by Warren G feat. The Twinz & Snoop Dogg
- "Revolution Blues" by Neil Young
- "Ride Wit Me" by The Relativez feat. Butch Cassidy
- "The River" by Good Charlotte featuring M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold
- "Rooming House on Venice Beach" by Johanthan Richman
- "Saints of Los Angeles" by Motley Crue
- "San Fernando Valley" by Bing Crosby
- "Santa Monica" by Everclear
- "Santa Monica" by Savage Garden
- "Santa Monica" by Theory of a Deadman
- "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" by Billy Joel
- "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" by Eminem
- "Screenwriter's Blues" by Soul Coughing
- "Sin City" by The Flying Burrito Brothers
- "Slow Down" by The Academy Is...
- "So L.A." by The Motels
- "Still in Hollywood" by Concrete Blonde
- "Stories from Hollywood" by Jon Peter Lewis
- "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA
- "Strait of Gibraltar" by Val Holler
- "Streets of LBC" by Warren G
- "Sunset People" by Donna Summer
- "Sunset Strip" by Courtney Love
- "Summer's Coming" by Sean Watkins
- "Summertime in the LBC" by The Dove Shack
- "Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys (various surf spots in California)
- "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" by Rachel Stevens
- "This is L.A." by Delinquent Habits
- "To Live & Die in L.A." by 2Pac
- "To Live and Die in L.A." by Wang Chung
- "21 Jumpstreet" by Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Dee
- "Two Lost Angels" by Franky Perez
- "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Under the Bridge" by the All Saints
- "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa
- "Venice USA" by Van Morrison
- "The Vicodin Song" by Terra Naomi
- "Wailin' in West Covina" by The Spectrums
- "We from the LBC" by Bad Azz feat. Snoop Dogg
- "Walking in L.A." by Missing Persons
- "Watts Riot" by KAM
- "Weekend in L.A." by The Toasters
- "Welcome Me" by Indigo Girls
- "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses
- "West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson & The Street People
- "West L.A. Fadeaway" by The Grateful Dead
- "Whittier Blvd." by Thee Midniters
- "Who Would've Thought" by Rancid (Echo Park)
- "Who's Down" by Kingspade ("P-town" - Placentia)
- "Why You'd Want to Live Here" by Death Cab for Cutie
- "Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe
- "The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles" by Phil Ochs
San Francisco and the Bay Area
Other Locations, Cities, and Streets
References
- ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
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