Crips wanna take my All-stars. Bloods wanna eat my Snicker bars. Them peckerwoods don't want none, but the Mexican's straight own one. Jammed his head up against the bunk. Socked that Cholo in his chin. Sheriff broke it up when we hit the floor. Back in town, we get along with the brown.
Now I'm in jail, they tryin' to beat me down. Jail is Hell, but I'll adapt. Won't hesitate to get in a scrap. Palmdale Palmdale , Hell, yeah. Two bad kids and a naggin' wife. Dead end job at the airport. Check too short to pay the house note. We used to kick back in East Palmdale. Rodney Williams. Lorenz Tate. Zeno plays for Colorado State. I wish my homeboys much success, but at the same time, I still get depressed.
Walkin' through the wind with a cup full of gin thinkin' 'bout things that could've, would've, should've been. I wipe my tears, sip my beers, wish good luck to my peers. Cause that's where my heartache began, heartache began Airborne Toxic Event, The. This song is from the album "Dope Machines" released in And the words she said… I could barely hear over the blare of the speakers and the smell of beer, As she got up to speak, she lifted her dress.
I remember her face but I forget the rest. Here in California , I was Just a name and a number, a face on a tumblr. I never thought it would matter so much to pretend. It hit me last night, in this song I heard, I remember the feeling but forget all the words.
Hollywood Park. This song is from the band's album "Hollywood Park" released in The singer must have really liked going to the track to sing so passionately about it, or maybe he was just a gambling addict. Hollywood Park was a horse racetrack in Inglewood, California that was demolished beginning in to make room for a planned neighborhood also named Hollywood Park that includes an NFL football stadium, a concert hall, a casino, office buildings, housing and more, all of which made me realize that a racetrack takes up a lot of real estate.
Who are all of these voices I've never heard? And what becomes of us now? Buried in concrete and broken earth As I stare out from the highway at these miles and miles of graves Under convenience stores and corner malls, all the countless roads they paved Yeah I wonder if it's lucky, or if you just forget the cost Or the price of the admission for all endless bets you lost In fifty years I will dream of this moment from a bed Tired from lifting, my legs tired from drifting around Through the dust, through the dust In all the time that I would spend But I never claimed I knew how this would end Or the order of the horses at the bend All I knew is I would be back again And we'd stand here as the world fell apart At Hollywood Park ".
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band formed in San Francisco in This is from their debut album "Terrible Things Happen," released in And I think I'm happy I read it in a magazine. They said it's all for free Stop your daydreaming about such silly little things Is California mine? I read it a magazine They said it's all for free. Stop your daydreaming Is California mine?
Way Less Sad. AJR is an indie pop trio of brothers from New York City, named after the first initials of their names. This song is from their fourth studio album "OK Orchestra" released in I like it because it acknowledges that constant sunshine can be depressing, too. That's why I moved north. She's So California. A country song from Trigger Bang. Lily Allen is a singer, songwriter, author and actress from the UK.
Giggs is a London rapper. This is an apparently autobiographical pop song from her album "No Shame. When I was young I was blameless Playing with rude boys and trainers I had a foot in the rave 'cause I was attracted to danger I never got home for Neighbours, hey When I grew up, nothing changed much Anything went, I was famous I would wake up next to strangers Everyone knows what cocaine does Numbing the pain when the shame comes, hey And it fuels my addictions Hanging out in this whirlwind If you cool my ambitions I'm gonna cut you out That's why I can't hang with the cool gang Everyone's a trigger bang, bang, bang, bang, bang Goodbye bad bones, I've got bigger plans Don't wanna put myself in your hands That's why I can't hang with the cool gang Everyone's a trigger bang, bang, bang, bang, bang Goodbye bad bones, I've got bigger plans Don't wanna put myself in your hands Back in the day like at Yo-Yo Then in L.
Alesso is a Swedish DJ, producer, and musician. California Snow. Where the California summer sun Will burn right to your soul But in the winter you can freeze to death In the California snow. Here In California. A nice cover version of the Kate Wolf song discussed below. King of California. A poor 19th century guy from east of the Ohio river promises his love that he will return and marry her after he makes his fortune in the California gold rush.
That didn't work out too well for him, but it probably woudn't have been a great song if it had. This rootsy acoustic song from beautifully conjures up the era and the spirit of "Go west young man. Out in California. This is from Dave Alvin's Interstate City album released in Out in California she's takin' off her tight red skirt The mountains out the window - they're a woman lyin' on a bed The mountains here are shaped like a woman lying naked on a bed She may be out in California , but I can't get her out of my head Out in California They killed off the Indians, they shot all the grizzly bears Out in California , they shot all the grizzly bears She just stands by the window, combing out her long black hair If a man keeps runnin', he'll run right into himself It a man keeps movin', he'll run into himself Out in California she's lyin down with somebody else Out in California Gonna buy me a Chevy, as soon as my luck turns around Gonna buy me a shotgun, soon as my luck turns around Gonna drive on back to that California town I'm sitting here drinkin' in the last bar on earth Sittin' here drinkin in the last bar on earth Out in California she's takin' off her tight red skirt".
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women. California's Burning. After the death of a member of his backing band, The Guilty Men, Alvin assembled a new band composed of women called The Guilty Women, whose voices add a nice dimension to his harmonies.
This song needs no explanation to those of us who have watched hillsides and homes go up in flames in the summer and fall and mudslides cover what remains the next winter California's burning, you can smell it in the air. You may be rich or poor, but you know that fire don't care.
No rain for four years, and the hills are dry and brown. Yeah, no rain for four years, and the hills are dry and brown. Yeah, well where you gonna run to when the whole wide world burns down?
Black clouds are risin' and they're blockin' out the sun. Some folks are sayin' the judgement day has come. California's burning, no one knows when it will end. California's burning, no one knows when this will end. What that fire burns down boys, we'll just build it back again. This song is hard to squeeze into a genre - psychedelic indie electro folk - something like that.
It's from his album "Freedom. At 10 I light my first cigarette and drive down to L. Some say fake it I don't know, man Stomp it, take it Cool it down, babe I've been trying to make it, years and years and years Watch them years go by, on fire Miki Dora.
This song from the album "Freedom" is very much a California song, even if it mentions only one obscure location in the state - North Beach, which is in Malibu. It's about a charismatic surfer based in Malibu, California, Miki Dora. He had his own line of surf boards and appeared in several "Beach Party" movies in the s as well as the classic surf movie "The Endless Summer" which praises his surfing style.
But he was also a controversial figure, known as the Black Knight of Malibu. He was also a lifelong criminal and retrograde: a true embodiment of the distorted male psyche. He was a living contradiction; both a symbol of free-living and inspiration, and of the false heroics American culture has always celebrated.
But enough about him. I must have listened to this song dozens of times before I bothered to find out what it was about. I'm usually pulled in by the music and the beat before I pay attention to the lyrics, and this song's hypnotic rhythm and quirky vocal style hooked me right away. California Revisited. America is a great soft rock band from the '70's, made up of Americans who lived in Britain as military dependants and didn't want anyone to think they were Brits.
That was before they re-located to L. This is from their album "Homecoming. Christmas in California. This is from the Christmas album "Holiday Harmony" released in This is from the B-side of the three-song single "A Horse with No Name," which was the band's big hit.
It's the same song as "California Revisited" from the "Homecoming" album. The lyrics are the same as those above, but the mix is different, leading me to think that the name was changed to "California Revisited" because the song was re-recorded for the album. This song is the one that was put on all of the band's greatest hits albums.
This is from the album "Holiday" released in Ventura Highway. From their album "Homecoming. For 30 years I wondered how those lizards got up in the air, but thanks to the imaginatiion-killing-internet I now know that they're only supposed to be cloud formations. This is one of the few songs about both California, and herps.
Or at least clouds that look like herps. In My Foreign. In my foreign? Lift the top back all the way, rolling through the streets of L. Girl, do you wanna ride, ride, ride in my foreign? We can turn up the radio, we ain't got no place to go Girl do you wanna ride? What you say? We can turn up the radio, we ain't got no place to go Girl it feels like Saturday, everyday I'm smoking loud and feeling so high I'm rolling good through my hood Getting lit like the 4th of July I got that exotic that you probably can't afford We be going up like them butterfly doors We ain't got no problems cause we counting all this cash Got a bobblehead with her metro on the dash Do you wanna ride, ride, ride in my foreign?
California Dreamin'. A very good indie rock cover with sitar! Highway 5. A dark slow dirge off "California," a album from this San Francisco based alternative rock band. Maybe back in 75 was the cruising speed, but 85 is more like it these days, and that's in the slow lane The Lady From 29 Palms. The Andrews Sisters were a close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras consisting of three sisters from Minnesota, active from to They have been called the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century.
This song was a top ten hit in Maybe California. Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter originally from the East Coast. This song is from her album "Abnormally Attracted To Sin.
I don't know what "Maybe California" means in the context of the song, but Amos fractures and repeats and stretches those six syllables like a jazz singer until the words themselves almost disappear.
Right Here? Animals, The Eric Burdon and. This psychedelic rock tribute to the Monterey Pop Festival, which took place two years before Woodstock, is from the band's second album "The Twain Shall Meet," released in Three days of understanding Of moving with one another Even the cops grooved with us Do you believe me? San Francisco Nights. That doesn't sound like summer in The City. Mark Twain gets credit for saying the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Whether he said it or not, it's hard to argue with it after the summer fog rolls in. Then maybe you'll understand the song, it will be worth it If not for the sake of this song but for the sake of your own peace of mind Strobe lights beam creates dreams Walls move minds do too On a warm San Franciscan night Old child young child feel alright On a warm San Franciscan night Angels sing leather wings Jeans of blue Harley Davisons too On a warm San Franciscan night Old angels young angels feel alright On a warm San Franciscan night I wasn't born there perhaps I'll die there There's no place left to go, San Francisco ".
Meet Me at Our Spot. This song is from their album "The Anxiety" released in Both musicians are from Los Angeles so there's no doubt the "" they sing about is the freeway, aka the "San Diego" freeway. I have no idea why they want to hit that particular freeway, maybe it's how they get to their spot, but it's one of many songs to mention a road or highway in the state, including all the songs about the Pacific Coast Highway, the , the 5, Ventura Highway, California 37, and don't forget Route Baby we can hit the Hypnotized by the lights Man this must be the life Aqualung is Matthew Hales, an English musician working since This song is from "Magnetic North" released in It's too short.
I could listen to it a lot longer. Fake Tales of San Francisco. Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in That's good company to keep. It's about a pretentious British band that talks about the USA even though they've never been there. I'll bet that band's lyrics are so wank that they rhyme "San Francisco" with "Disco. Life in L. Ariel Pink is the stage name of a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles active since He has released records credited to "Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti" including this one, so he is filed here under that name.
Figuring out how to list and alphabetize all these insane band and musician names is not always easy for a non-librarian such as myself. This is from Mr. Pink's seventh studio album "Worn Copy" released in If you like a song that opens with a half a minute of wind sounds and features kazoos, you're in luck.
Well, what can I say? It's a treasure to find So many ways to unwind You could be so lonely Life in L. Come on out if you're gay Make your babies and money Move in together Take out that loan Honey, it's now or never The weather is your boyfriend On a Saturday You stay in bed And you could be so lonely Life in L.
Is like a day in my brain Cut And did you know you could be so lonely? Cold in California. It's a reminder to all visitors to the Golden State to bring a jacket. Nobody Walks in L. Nobody walks in L. I had some dreams I was gonna crash the scene Thought anywhere I can survive That there must be a special place Where the beautiful people hide Begin to wonder what am I doin' wrong Had to figure it out intelligently Then it hit me Don't know if I read it or heard somebody say In Hollywood they do things a different way Don't you be caught cruisin' on a sunny day Cause nobody walks in L.
I been around and I like New York and Chinatown Where rivers of people seem to flow But bein' here under the sky so blue What do you do? What do you do? I've been around and I don't understand this town You got to know somebody or be on the party list And if you're not a big star You won't be missed But the most important rule No matter what games they play Nobody walks Don't know if I read it or heard somebody say In Hollywood they do things a different way Don't you be caught cruisin' on a sunny day Don't know if I read it or heard somebody say In Hollywood they do things a different way Don't you be caught cruisin' on a sunny day Cause nobody walks in L.
I don't know anything about this band except that they are from Atherton, a small city in San Mateo County near Palo Alto. After lots of Googling I gave up trying to find more information. I guess that's what happens when you name yourself after a city.
This is the lead off song from the album "Pale Summer" released in It's a great but obscure indie rock song that I only learned about because someone suggested it for this list. A song from a San Diego rock band. Allie's stomach's churning, churning, like a storm today Encinitas likes to miss me, like nobody's child.. Gonna Love Ya. This is another one from with a tropical house feel.
California Women. Hoyt Axton was a singer-songwriter originallly from Oklahoma who got his start singing folk songs in San Francisco clubs in the late s. This is from the album "Joy to the World" released in But the girls I love get their toes in the sand, Of the sweet Santa Monica shore.
Singin' California women, in the heat God Almighty. Gotta sweet, sweet jelly roll. California women, in the heat God Almighty Gotta sweet, sweet jelly roll. De, da'd 'n, de, de, de, de'd 'n, de, de'd 'n, de Singin' California women, in the heat God Almighty Gotta sweet, sweet jelly roll. California women, in the heat God Almight Gotta sweet, sweet jelly roll.
I gotta sweet, sweet jelly roll. California women, in the Greek, God, Amon. The Babys are a British rock band that started in This song comes from their third album "Head First," released in Land of Competition. Bad Religion is a punk rock band with harmonies formed in Los Angeles in This song is from their 3rd album Suffer, released in Next there's a boy who seems so lost in his joy, he's all alone.
The camera's on them, they're in the land of competition. Southern California air feeds them. And they know they are best 'cause of the way they are dressed, But you can bet you are not welcome in their home. See there's a girl who sits and watches the world from her blue screen. Also a boy who truly wants to destroy his hometown scene.
They both want to travel to the land of competition. Southern California will destroy them, And they won't be the best, they'll be the poseurs who dress Like the plastic idiots who they copy. Tell me what do you need to make you happy? Indeed, is it out of your reach? Beware of number one, see all the damage it has done, there are so few of them.
You won't find too many in the land of competition. Southern California doesn't breed them. If you just want the best turn to yourself for the rest And forget about the ones who have it all. Be careful of the ones who have it all. Los Angeles is Burning. This is another song about California wildfires, from the band's album The Empire Strikes First. The flames are stunning The cameras running So take warning When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin Palm trees are candles in the murder wind So many lives are on the breeze Even the stars are ill at ease And Los Angeles is burning".
Bahari is a trio of female pop singer-songwriters and muscians that formed in Manhattan Beach in One member grew up in Kenya speaking Swahili and "Bahari" means "ocean" in Swahili. One thing I don't understand about this song is the line "Drive down to heaven on the This is beginning to sound like that Saturday Night Live Californians sketch where all they do is give driving directions around L. A kiss from the sun, let it burn your skin I'll meet you tonight but don't ask where I've been The liquor store on 7th, they don't check IDs Yeah a pretty girl can always get whatever she needs I can be your California I can be your getaway I love ya, but I have to warn ya You can visit but you cannot stay Well I could be your California baby And we could be a flawed paradise Nothing perfect lasts forever But baby wouldn't that be nice?
California-fornia love California-fornia love Love I can be your, I can be your I can be your California I can be your getaway I love ya, but I have to warn ya You can visit but you cannot stay Well I could be your California baby And we could be a flawed paradise Nothing perfect lasts forever But baby wouldn't that be nice".
Grant Avenue. The movie features the star Nancy Kwan lip syncing, but the real singer is B. Kwan and Baker's " I Enjoy Being a Girl " number is another highlight of the movie musical which was groundbreaking in that it featured entertainers of Asian heritage instead of non-Asian actors in "yellow-face" makeup, which was common in those days.
I wish someone would have told Rogers and Hammerstein, who wrote the song for the original musical, that they're called "Cable Cars" not "trolleys" in San Francisco. You can shop for precious jade or teakwood tables or silk brocade Or see a bold and brassy night club show, On the most exciting thoroughfare I know. Looks down from Chinatown Over a foggy bay. You travel there in a trolley, In a trolley up you climb, Dong! You're in Hong Kong, Having yourself a time. You can eat, if you are in the mood, Shark-fin soup, bean cake fish.
The girl who serves you all your food Is another tasty dish! California U. Warren Barker Orchestra. This is a version of the original theme song to the private detective TV series based on a non-existant address on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles that ran from This version comes from the show's soundtrack album that was released in The much better original theme, with a faster tempo and finger snaps that sound like a whip cracking, was written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston, but I don't know who performed it.
Listen to the original theme here. Kim's Caravan. Courtney Barnett, from Melbourne, Australia, is an outstanding singer-songwriter and a great guitar player, too. After a couple of great EPs she released her first full album in March "Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit" on which you'll find this song which describes the devastation of Australia's environment, not California's, and mentions the Sunset Strip in Los Angeleeze only to clarify that she's not singing about it, she's singing about the Sunset Strip on Phillip Island, which is south of Melbourne, Australia, but it's a good excuse for me to put her on my list.
Shaker Star. Pretty on the West Coast. The West Coast refers to more than California, but, no offense to Oregon or Washington, this song is obviously not about either of those states with lines such as " California Calling.
One of many of the Beach Boys' California songs, this one is from during their later incarnations. A Could come with us to Californ-i-a We could take 'em to a place out west Where the good sun shines everyday Now there's a touch o' Californ-i-a In everyone who's ever been this way And when your telephone begins to ring And the operator comes on the line California callin' I'll be there right away There's some beautiful women Gonna find me one To show me how to ride the ultimate wave Now I've joined the surfin' nation and so I'll take a permanent vacation and go To the golden shores of ' Frisco Bay I'll ride 'em all the way to Malibu And I'll take ya' boogie boardin' with me 'Cause when we're surfin' it's so great to be free And when you're on a California beach You might even find 'em windsurfin' too California Dreaming.
This version of the Mamas and the Papas classic is one of my favorites. California Girls. The classic surf pop song that probably started the regional wars over whose girls look the best - another unnecessary war that can't ever be won The Beach Boys were sent to the Netherlands in to try to snap Brian Wilson out of his depression.
An eagle's nest on the head of an old redwood on one of the precipice-footed ridges Above Ventana Creek, that jagged country which nothing but a fallen meteor will ever plow: no horseman Will ever ride there, no hunter cross this ridge but the winged ones, no one will steal the eggs from this fortress.
The she-eagle is old, her mate was shot long ago, she is now mated With a son of hers. When lightning blasted her nest she built it again on the same tree, in the splinters of the thunder bolt. In a broken shack an old man takes his time about dyin' And just at the back a wild flowerbed that he'll lie in In dawn's new light a man might venture A horse drawn stage from Monterey. The she-eagle is older than I: she was here when the fires of eighty-five raged on these ridges, She was lately fledged and dared not hunt ahead of them, but ate scorched meat.
The world has changed in her time; humanity has multiplied, But not here; men's hopes and thoughts and customs have changed, their powers are enlarged, their powers and their follies have become fantastic Big Sur I've got plans for you Me and mine are going to Add ourselves to your lengthy list of lovers Big Sur mount And live in canyons covered in springtime green Wild birds and flowers to be heard and seen And with my old guitar I'll make up songs to sing.
Where bubbling springs from the mountainside Join the Big Sur river to the oceanside Where the kids can look for sea shells at low tide Big Sur my astrology it says that I am made to be Where the rugged mountain meets the water Have you ever been down Salinas way? And have you ever walked down through the sycamores Where the farmhouse used to be There the monarch's autumn journey ends On a windswept cyprus tree. Had to Phone Ya. This song is from the "15 Big Ones" album released in Brian Wilson said that it's about letting his friends know that they were free to call him for help when their world was upside down.
That meant a lot more in when everybody didn't carry an instant communicator in their pocket. I hope you're home ". Drunk in L. Beach House is a duo formed in Baltimore in that became synonymous with "dream pop" in the s. This song is from their album "7" released in It's set in L. According to the notes on notes on Genius. The Beat Farmers were a cowpunk band formed in San Diego in This is from their album "Van Go. Blue Jay Way. The Beatles were a rock band formed in Liverpool, England in The band broke up in but it is still the best-selling music act of all time, and is often regarded as the most influential band of all time.
George Harrison wrote the song. Now they've lost themselves instead Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long for I may be asleep Well, it only goes to show And I told them where to go Ask a policeman on the street There's so many there to meet Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long for I may be asleep Now it's past my bed I know And I'd really like to go Soon will be the break of day Sitting here in Blue Jay Way Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long for I may be asleep Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long Please don't be long Please don't you be very long Please don't be long Don't be long, don't be long, don't be long Don't be long, don't be long, don't be long".
Get Back. This is a single that reached 1 on the Billboard charts. There is another version on the band's last album "Let it Be" released in Useless trivia: It's the 12th and final song on the 12th and final Beatles studio album. I don't think the California grass Jojo seeks is the kind in the yard you have to mow. Bless You California. His breakthrough hit "Loser" in put him on the map. This song is from his album "Midnight Vultures.
Besides the shout out to Glendale, there's a hidden L. Hollywood Freaks. This is another song from Beck's album "Midnight Vultures" released in We drop lobotomy beats Evaporated meats On the hi-tech streets We go solo Dance floors and talk shows Hot dogs, No Doz Hot sex in back rows I wanna know what makes you scream Be your twenty million dollar fantasy Treat you real good Expensive jeans Hollywood freaks on the Hollywood scene Touch it real good if you want a piece Party people know I'm that type of freak People look so snooty Take pills, make them moody Automatic bazooty Zero to tutti frutti Sex in the halls Niagara Falls Local shopping malls receive anonymous calls Hot like a cheetah Neon mamacita Eat at Taqueria Pop lockin' beats from Korea Looking like jail bait Selling lots of real estate Looking like a hot date Banging like an Do you want to feel this?
Do you want to feel this? Norman Schwartzkopf! Something tells me you want to go home! Champagne, bibles, custom clothes you own Calling up from special area codes Hollywood notes with the Hollywood phones I got nothing to do, nowhere to go I'll tell you what you want If you want to know Jocking my Mercedes!
Probably have my baby! Shop at Old Navy! He wish he was a lady! Do you wanna feel this? Yeah, you fill in the blanks Sha-na-na-na-na-na, yeah!
Tutti frutti! Automatic bazooti! Yeah, I'm mixin' business with leather! The Bee Gees were a pop group from England and Australia that formed in and became one of the best-selling artists of all time and rock 'n' roll hall of fame members. Unlike a lot of pop groups, they wrote their own songs.
This one was a huge hit from The singer has returned to his home from San Francisco only to find that everybody else had left to become a San Francisco hippie, too.
Belle and Sebastian. Piazza, New York Catcher. This song is from their sixth studio album "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" released in and was on the Juno soundtrack. Mike Piazza is a Hall-of-Fame catcher who played for the Mets when this song was released. Persistent rumors that he was gay forced him to deny it in I have no idea what the song means and neither does Genius. Wickipedia says the singer wrote it for his wife when they were still courting.
How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? Oh elope with me in private and we'll set something ablaze A trail for the devil to erase San Francisco's calling us, the Giants and Mets will play Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? We hung about the stadium, we've got no place to stay We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell About the saddest book you ever read It always makes you cry The statue's crying too and well he may I love you I've a drowning grip on your adoring face I love you my responsibility has found a place Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd "You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job" Maybe, but not what she deserves Elope with me Miss Private and we'll drink ourselves awake We'll taste the coffee houses and award certificates A privy seal to keep the feel of style We'll comment on the decor and we'll help the passer by And at dusk when work is over we'll continue the debate In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare The catcher hits for.
This is an official anthem of the city of San Francisco and it's in the Library of Congress. It's also Tony Bennett's signature song. It was written in by a couple of songwriters in Brooklyn, but it wasn't a hit until Bennett recorded it in Plenty of other singers have sung it, including these: Julie London sang it sad and sexy in Stevie Wonder recorded it in but it was not released by Motown until later.
Bobby Womack made it upbeat and funky in Back In The U. Chuck Berry was a pioneer of rock and roll music born in St. This patriotic rock classic was released way back in Linda Ronstadt had an even bigger hit with it in Shwayze with Cisco. Golden State. John Doe featuring Kathleen Edwards. Gone to California. Gonna Love Ya. Good Life. Goodbye California. Jolie Holland. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. Gorilla, You're a Desperado. Grant Avenue. Grapevine Fires. The Greatest.
Loudon Wainwright III. Had to Phone Ya. Hash Pipe. Hate it or love it. The Game featuring 50 Cent. Have a Nice Day. Hawaiian Cowboy. Al Kealoha Perry and his Singing Surfriders. Heads Carolina, Tails California. Joe Dee Messina. Heartattack and Vine. Heart of Gold. Heavy, California. He's the Greatest Dancer. Sister Sledge. Hell Looks a Lot Like L. Less Than Jake. Here In California. Here in California. Lucinda Williams. Here in Frisco.
Highway 5. The Hills of California. Hippie From Olema No. The Youngbloods. History Lesson - Part II. Holiday in Spain. Car Seat Headrest. Hollywood Dreams. Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings. Father John Misty. Hollywood Freaks. Hollywood's Bleeding. Hollywood Lawn. Hollywood Nights. Hollywood Park. Airborne Toxic Event, The. Hollywood Perfume. Hollywood Sign. KennyHoopla featuring Travis Barker. Hollywood Swinging. Hollywood The Second Time. Wall of Voodoo. Home to Sacramento. The Steam Machine.
Hong Kong Blues. Hoagy Carmichael. Hooray For Hollywood. Johnny 'Scat' Davis and Frances Langford. Hot Rod Lincoln. Charley Ryan. Hot Rod Race. Arkie Shibley. Hotel California. House in California. House in L. How Much is That Doggie in the Window? How to Survive in South Central. I'd Rather Be in Redding. Chuck McCabe. Nancy Wilson. I Said. Neil Diamond. I Dig Rock and Roll Music. Peter, Paul and Mary. I've Never Been to Me. I Hate California.
Jonathan Coulton. I've Been Everywhere. I Heart California. Admiral Radley. Tony Bennett. Julie London. A Tribe Called Quest. I Live in California. Jon Brian featuring WYD. Scoobert Doobert. I Live in L. Randy Newman. I Love New York. I Remember California. Robbie Williams. If We Make it Through December. Jensen McRae. In California. Joanna Newsom. In Hollywood Everybody Is a Star. Village People. In My Foreign. The Americanos. The Welcome Matt. Inside Out. International Love.
Pitbull featuring Chris Brown. Into the Great Wide Open. It'll All Work Out. It's Time to Wake Up. It Neva Rains featuring The Game. It Never Rains in Southern California.
It Was a Good Day. Join Me in L. Judy is a Punk. Jump On It. Sir Mix-a-Lot. Above The Law featuring Kokane. Kalifornia Dreamin'. Kali-fornia Uber Alles, 21st Century. Jello Biafra with the Melvins. Kern River Blues. King of Bakersfield. King of California. King of Hollywood. Kim's Caravan. Courtney Barnett. Kinks Shirt. Matt Nathanson. Elliott Smith. California Suite. The Adolescents. Carly Rae Jepsen. International Airport. Is My Lady. Love La La Remix.
Fergie featuring YG. Not Alone Girl! Song Out of This Town. La Di Die. Nessa featuring jxdn. La Jolla California Suite. La La Land. Ron Rogers. Ladies of the Canyon. The Lady From 29 Palms. The Andrews Sisters. Land of Competition.
Bad Religion. Lawrence of California. Leaving California. PJ Harvey and John Parish. Leaving L. Leaving Las Vegas. Sheryl Crow. Left of the Dial. The Replacements. Life in California. Life in L. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Like a California King. Sudan Archives. Little Boxes. Malvina Reynolds. Little Green.
Creedence Clearwater Revival. A Long December. Look at California. The Scrayper Boyz. London Thunder. Los Ageless. Los Angeles. Bird and the Bee, The. California Wives. Los Angeles Blues. Los Angeles is Burning. Los Angeles, I'm Yours. Shawn Mullins. Lust For Life. MacArthur Park. Richard Harris.
Sharon Van Etten. Malibu People. John Phillips. Marriage Made in Hollywood. Bonnie Raitt. Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign. Maybe California. Me and Bobby McGee. Kris Kristofferson. Meet Me at Our Spot. The Sir Douglas Quintet. Mendocino County Line. Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack. Cage the Elephant. Midnight Flyer. Midnight Train to Georgia. Miki Dora. Mill Valley. Miss California. Jack's Mannequin featuring Pras.
Dante Thomas. Miss Santa Cruz County. Modesto is Not That Sweet. The Hold Steady. The Animals Eric Burdon and. Moon Over Marin. More Than My Hometown. Morgan Wallen. Music Machine. Gabriella Cohen. My California. My Old School. My Summer Vacation. Nevada, California.
The Jayhawks. Never Been to Spain. Three Dog Night. The Next Best American Record. Next Level. No More Parties In L. Kanye West featuring Kendrick Lamar. No Rock: Save in Roll.
No Woman. Nobody Walks in L. Northern California Girls. Not California. Elizabeth Cook. Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang. The Raveonettes. Oh California. Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground.
Okie From Muskogee. Old Town Road Remix. Ole Mulholland. Judy Garland. One Big Holiday. My Morning Jacket. One in a Million. Guns N' Roses. Ooh La. Oops I'm Sorry. Out in California. Out On the Weekend. Pacific Coast Highway. Van Dyke Parks. Party in the USA. Pastures of Plenty. Patient Zero. Pernice Brothers. Peace Frog.
Perfect Blue Buildings. Piazza, New York Catcher. Belle and Sebastian. Pink Rabbits. The National. Plastic California. Poor Man's Shangri-La. Pretty on the West Coast. Be Calm Honcho.
Promised Land. Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign. Punky's Dilemma. Put the Blame on Mame. Anita Ellis voice Rita Hayworth Performer.
Queen of California. Rattle Your Bones. Black Whales. Redtail Hawk. Reelin' In the Years. Return to San Francisco. Rich Love. Lowell featuring Icona Pop. Ride Captain Ride. Blues Image, The. The Beat Farmers. The Steve Miller Band. Bruce Springsteen. Arizona Zervas. Sacramento A Wonderful Town.
Middle of the Road. Dominic's Preview. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Everything. Got it? Lyrics: "California is calling me. California is where I should be. The California promise: When Spain and Greece can't compare. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: It's home.
Lyrics: "Still a lot of lands to see, but I wouldn't want to stay here, it's too old and cold and settled in its ways. Oh, but California, California I'm coming home. The California promise: The dream's more complicated than it seems at first glance. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: The excess. Lyrics: "I heard the mission bell and I was thinking to myself, this could be heaven or this could be hell. The California promise: Come to search, come to start over.
What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Dreams. Lyrics: "Made up my mind to make a new start, going to California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. The California promise: Safety and warmth.
What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Los Angeles. There's more to explore than will fit in a song. And it's all bright and clean. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Roadtrips. And John Steinbeck, apparently. Lyrics: "Have you ever walked down through the sycamores where the farmhouse used to be? There the monarch's autumn journey ends on windswept cypress trees. The California promise: Tans and bikinis. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: The girls.
Lyrics: "I been all around this great big world and I seen all kind of girls, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states, back to the cutest girls in the word. I wish they all could be California girls The California Promise: You must learn to drive. Even the grannies will cut you off. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Car culture. Lyrics: "Parked in a old rickety old garage is a brand-new, shiny red super stock Dodge.
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner than the little old lady from Pasadena. What's worth singing about in the Golden State: Redwoods Lyrics: "Let the sun set on the ocean, I will watch it from the shore. Let the sun rise over the redwoods, I'll rise with it till I rise no more.
Interesting, I mostly remember the Mamas and Papas and the beach boys. These songs made California sound like heaven on earth for us here in South Africa. I believe Lenny Kravitz also has a "California" track. Great hub, a vote up from here! By the way im studying on a topic about American people's feelings to california and the songs about it so your hubs on this really helped a lot!
The Red Hot Chili Peppers certainly can't be ignored when it comes to California music, and I'm sure the group's songs will make many "Classic California" lists in years to come. For now, you'll find the Red Hot Chili Peppers earned a place among my picks for the best songs about California's un-sunny side.
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