Theme - Prisons

Songs about Prisons, being Arrested and Execution
(which may get divided at some later point).

I'd like to dedicate this list to John Forté, who is, I believe, at least halfway through serving his prison time. His album, I, John, was recorded in between his conviction and sentencing. It was one of my favorite albums of 2002.

"Watch your walk and what you rep Man, these walls got ears
Forget 10 years, I'm off to trial
Suited up and smiled
And if i'm gone, let the songs that I write walk the miles"

• 18 and Life - Skid Row - (Skid Row)
  
• 25 Minutes to Go - Johnny Cash
• 54-46 Was My Number - Toots and the Maytals
• Arkansas State Prison - Bobby Womack - (My Perscription)
  
• Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders - (Learning To Crawl)
  
• Bastille Day - Rush - (Caress Of Steel)
  
• Biko - Peter Gabriel - (Peter Gabriel) , covered by Simple Minds
  
• Billy Austin - Steve Earle - (The Hard Way)
  
• Black Steel in the Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy - (It Takes A Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back) , covered by Tricky
• Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies - (Odessey and Oracle)
  
• Chain Gang Special - Woody Guthrie
• Christmas in Prison - John Prine - (A John Prine Christmas)
  
• Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
• Dad, I'm in Jail - Was (Not Was) - (What Up, Dog?)
  
• Dead Man Walking - Bruce Springsteen - (Dead Man Walking Soundtrack)
  
• Ellis Unit One - Steve Earle - (Dead Man Walking Soundtrack/Sidetracks)
  
• Ether - Gang Of Four - (Entertainment!)
  
• Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti - (Expensive Shit)
• Fish in the Jailhouse - Tom Waits - (Orphans)
  
• Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
• Free Satpal Ram - Asian Dub Foundation - (Rafi's Revenge)
  
• General Penitentiary - Black Uhuru - (Guess Who's Coming To Diner)
  
• Go To Jail - R.L. Burnside - (A Bothered Mind)
  
• Hallowed Be They Name - Iron Maiden - (Number of the Beast)
• He's Doing Time In Jail - Wesley Willis
  
• High Plains Drifter - Beastie Boys - (Paul's Boutique)
  
• Holloway Jail - The Kinks - (Muswell Hillbillies)
  
• House of the Rising Son - The Animals
• Hurricane - Bob Dylan
• I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four, covered by The Clash
• I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
• I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Treat Her Right
  
• I've Got Stripes - Johnny Cash
• In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmy Rogers, covered by The Soggy Bottom Boys
• Jailbird - Primal Scream
• Jailbreak - AC/DC
• Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy - (Jailbreak)
  
• Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
• John Walker's Blues - Steve Earle - (Jerusalem)
  
• The Language Of Violence - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - (Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury)
  
• Locked Up - Akon
• Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
• Mercy Seat - Nick Cave, covered by Johnny Cash
• The Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Penitentiary - Citizen Cope
• Pray Them Bars Away - Lee Hazelwood
• Prison Bound - Social Distortion
• Prison on Route 41 - Iron and Wine
• Prison Sex - Tool - (Undertow)
  
• Prison Song - System Of A Down
• Riot in Cell Block #9 - The Robins
• Rude Boys Outta Jail - The Specials
• San Quentin - Johnny Cash
• Shut In At Christmas - The Louvin Brothers
  
• Sonny's Lettah - Linton Kwesi Johnson
• Stay Free - The Clash
  
• Stem/Long Stem - DJ Shadow - (Endtroducing...)
  
• Thirty Days in the Hole - Humble Pie
• The Tower - Ice-T - (O.G.: Original Gangster)
  
• What Jail Is Like - Afghan Whigs
• Work Song - Nina Simone

Sounds - Ocean

Songs that feature the sound of the ocean or other water-related sounds.

• Alone In Kyoto - Air
• Beached - Orbital
• Blowin' Cool - Swervedriver
• Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro Tull
• Champagne Supernova - Oasis
• Circus Minor - Pink Floyd
• Clover Over Dover - Blur
• Cool Waves - Mercury Rev
• Earth Intruders - Bjork
• Endless - Dave Gahan
• Endless Happiness - Black Dice
• Fresh - Daft Punk
• Happy Cycling - Boards Of Canada
• The Kiss - The Sea and Cake
• Limonada - Lauge
  
• Mer du Japon - Air
• My Lighthouse - Pulp
• Natural Science - Rush
• Nowhere - Cornelius
• On The Beach - Raspberries
• Pacific State - 808 State
• Popeye The Sailer Man - Face To Face
• Remember Walkin' In The Sand - The Shangri-la's
• Rhythm Bandits - Junior Senior
• Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M
  
• Rock Lobster - B-52's
• Semolina - The Residents
• Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun - Pink Floyd
• Silvery Light of a Dream - Apples In Stereo
• Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
• Standing By The Sea - Husker Du
• Summerteeth - Wilco
• Sweet Charity - Mr. Bungle
• Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
• True Adventures - British Sea Power
• Twist - Tones On Tail
• Vuelo Al Sur (Koop Remix) - Astor Piazzolla
• The Walrus Hunt - The Residents
• Waves - M83
• Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

Places - USA - Washington DC

Songs that mention Washington DC or landmarks in Washington DC.

• Christmas in Washington - Steve Earle
• Washington DC - Gil Scott-Heron
• Washington DC Hospiral Center Blue - Skip James
• Washington Talkin' Blues - Woody Guthrie
• You're My Miss Washington DC - Nation Of Ulysses

Places - USA - San Francisco, CA

Songs that mention San Francisco, CA or landmarks in San Francisco, CA.

• Christie Rd. - Green Day
• Cold Wind - Arcade Fire
• Come Back from San Francisco - Magnetic Fields
• Deep Kick - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Fake Tales Of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys - (Whatever You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not)
• Goodbye San Francisco-Hello Amsterdam - Doug Sahm
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco - George Cory/Douglass Cross - covered by Tony Bennett
• Journey to the End of the East Bay - Rancid
• Left Of The Dial - The Replacements
• Moon over Marin - Dead Kennedys
• Palo Alto - Radiohead
• San Francisco - Alkaline Trio
• San Francisco Days - Chris Isaak
• Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
• Strawberry Wine - Ryan Adams
• Streets of San Francisco - Dreadformation

Places - USA - New York, NY

Songs that mention New York, NY or landmarks in New York, NY.

• 52nd Street - Billy Joel
• 53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
  
• The 59th Street Bridge Song - Simon & Garfunkel
• Across 11th Street - Bobby Womack
• American Skin (41 Shots) - Bruce Springsteen
• An Open Letter to NYC - Beastie Boys
• Angel Of Harlem - U2
• Avenue B - Gogol Bordello
• Avenue B - Iggy Pop
• Back in N.Y.C. - Genesis
• The Bridge Is Over - Boogie Down Productions
• Broadway - The Clash
• Broadway - Old 97's
• Brooklyn - Mos Def
• Brooklyn - They Might Be Giants
• Brooklyn Bound - The Black Keys
• The Booklynites - Soul Coughing
• Chelsea Girls - The Velvet Undergound
• Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
• City of Blinding Light - U2
• Coney Island Baby - Tom Waits
• Downtown Train - Tom Waits
• Englishman in New York - Sting
• Fairytale of New York - Pogues - coverd by No Use For A Name,Sinead O'Connor, Third Eye Blind
• First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen - covered by Joe Cocker, R.E.M., Warren Zevon
• Girl From New York City - Beach Boys
• Good Fortune - PJ Harvey
• The Hands That Built America - U2
• Harlem - Bill Withers
• Hello Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
• I'll Take New York - Tom Waits
• I'll Sink Manhattan - They Might Be Giants
• I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground
• I Love NYC - Andrew W.K.
• The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
• Leaving New York - R.E.M.
• Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
• Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard (A True Story)- !!!
  
• Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
• New York - Norah Jones
• New York - Sex Pistols
• New York - U2
• New York City - Cub - covered by They Might Be Giants
  
• New York City - John Lennon/Yoko Ono
• New York City - Peter Malick w/Norah Jones
• New York City - Gil Scott-Heron
• New York City Cops - The Strokes
• New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
• New York Minute - Don Henley
• New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel
• New York's Alright (If You Like Saxophones) - Fear
• New York, New York - Ryan Adams
• New York, New York - Moby
• No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
• The Place Where We Dwell - Gang Starr
• The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
• Sidewalks Of New York - written by James W. Blake and Charles E. Lawlor - covered by Duke Ellington, The Grateful Dead.
  
• Slaughter On Tenth Avenue - Mick Ronson
• South Bronx - Boogie Down Productions
• Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues - Ryan Adams
• Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
• Union Square - Tom Waits
• Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
• We Live In Brooklyn Baby - Roy Ayers
• When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan Adams

Places - USA - Cities - Las Vegas, NV

Songs that mention Las Vegas, Nevada or landmarks in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• 40 Miles To Vegas - Southern Culture on the Skids
  
• Dino's Head - Captain Howdy -
• Leaving Las Vegas - Sheryl Crow - (Tuesday Night Music Club)
• Ooh Las Vegas - Gram Parson - covered by Ryan Adams, Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, String Cheese Incident
  
• Viva Las Vegas - written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman - covered by Dead Kennedys, Dread Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Ramone, The Residents, Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top
  

Places - USA - Cities - Los Angeles, CA

Songs that mention Los Angeles, CA or landmarks in Los Angeles, CA.

• Ænema - Tool - (Ænema)
• Beverly Hills - Weezer
• Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
  
• Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy
• California - Semisonic
• Camera One - Josh Joplin Group
  
• Canyon Girl - Fruit Bats
  
• God Is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde
• Gray in L.A. - Louden Wainwright III
  
• Hollywood - Madonna
• Hollywood - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  
• Hollywood - Wallflowers
• Hollywood Freaks - Beck
• Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
• I Left My Wallet in El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest
• I Love L.A. - Randy Newman
• It'll Chew You Up and Spit You Out - Concrete Blonde
• L.A. - Elliot Smith
  
• L.A. Woman - Doors
• La Cienega Smiled - Ryan Adams - (Gold)
• Los Angeles - X - (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles I'm Yours - The Decemberists
• Los Angeles in Burning - Bad Religion
  
• Malibu - Hole
• Moving to L.A. - Art Brut
  
• One In A Million - Guns n' Roses
• Paradise City - Guns n' Roses
• Plastic People - Frank Zappa - "There's this guy from the CIA, he's creeping around Laurel Canyon...I hear the sound of marching feet, down Sunset Boulevard to Crescent Heights"
  
• Santa Monica - Everclear
• Screenwriter's Blues - Soul Coughing
  
• Still in Hollywood - Concrete Blonde
• Ticket To L.A. - Urge Overkill - (Americruiser/Jesus Urge Superstar)
  
• Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
• Valley Morning - Louden Wainwright III
• Walking in L.A. - Missing Persons
  
• Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses
• Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Places - USA - Cities - Detroit, MI

Songs that mention Detroit, Michigan or landmarks in Detroit, Michigan.

• 8 Mile - Eminem
• Back to Detroit - Wayne Kramer
  
• Broke In Detroit - The Dirtbombs
• Broke In Detroit Again - The Dirtbombs
• Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
• Detroit, Michigan - Andre Williams
  
• Detroit Rock City - Kiss - covered by Hayseed Dixie, Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Detroit Swing City - Alien Fashion Show
• Don't Stop Believin' - Journey - (Escape)
  
• Get Me Out Of Detroit - Otis Gibb
• Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes - (White Blood Cells)
• Motor City Baby - The Dirtbombs
  
• Motor City Burnin' - MC5
• Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent
• Panic In Detroit - David Bowie
  
• We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron

Places - USA - Cities - Chicago

Songs that mention Chicago, Illinois or landmarks in Chicago, Illinois.

• 2120 South Michigan Avenue - The Rolling Stones
  
• Back To Chicago - Styx
  
• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
• Chi-City - Common
  
• Chicago At Night - Spoon
  
• Chicago Fanphair '93 - Local H
• Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night - The Hold Steady
  
• Dear Chicago - Ryan Adams
• Going to Chicago Blues - Isaac Hayes - (Presenting Isaac Hayes)
• Goodbye To Guyville - Urge Overkill
  
• Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago - Soul Coughing - (Ruby Vroom)
  
• Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top - covered by Gov't Mule, Phish
• Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah
  
• The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace - covered by Yo La Tengo
  
• Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson - covered by Luther Allison, The Blues Brothers, Lonnie Brooks, Eric Clapton, Foghat, Taj Mahal
  
• Take Me Back To Chicago - Chicago
  
• Via Chicago - Wilco - (Summerteeth)
  

Titles - Repitition.

For song titles that feature words or phrases repeated in the title.

Two Times

• Bang Bang - Coke - (Coke)
  
• Hey Hey, My My - Neil Young
• Na Na - Coke - (Coke)
  
• Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies
  

Three Times

• Amy, Amy Amy - Amy Winehouse (Frank)
• Bun Bun Bun - Coke - (Coke)
• Bye Bye Bye - Plants and Animals - (Parc Avenue)
  
• Cry, Cry, Cry - Johnny Cash - covered by Elvis Costello
• Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA
  
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Black Flag
• Gone Gone Gone - Notwist - (The Devil, You & Me)
  
• No No No - Deep Purple
  
• No No No - Def Leppard
  
• No No No - Destiny's Child
  
• No No No - Eve
  
• No No No - Kiss
  
• No No No - Yoko Ono
  
• No No No - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Please Please Please - James Brown - covered by Soul Survivors
  
• Run Run Run - Concrete Blonde - (Free)
• Run Run Run - The Gestures
• Run Run Run - The Velvet Underground
• Run Run Run - The Who
• Say Say Say - Paul McCartney
• Shame Shame Shame - Consolidated - (The End Of Meaning)
  
• Shame Shame Shame - Jimmy Reid - covered by Bryan Ferry, Johnny Winter
  
• Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies - (For Certain Because)
• Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips - (At War With The Mystics)
  

Four Times Or More

• You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout - Automatic Automatic - (Not Accepted Anywhere)
  
• You Will You Will You Will You Will - Bright Eyes (covered by Snow Patrol)
• You You You You You - The 6ths - (Hyacinths and Thistles)
  

Places - USA - Wyoming

Songs that mention the State of Wyoming or any cities within Wyoming.

Places - USA - Wisconsin

Songs that mention the State of Wisconsin or any cities within Wisconsin.

Places - USA - West Virginia

Songs that mention the State of West Virginia or any cities within West Virginia.

• Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

Places - USA - Washington

Songs that mention the State of Washington or any cities within Washington.

Tacoma, WA

• Thrice All American - Neko Case - (Furnace Room Lullaby)
• South Tacoma Way - Neko Case - (Furnace Room Lullaby)
  

Places - USA - Virginia

Songs that mention the State of Virginia or any cities within Virginia.

Places - USA - Vermont

Songs that mention the State of Vermont or any cities within Vermont.

• Moonlight in Vermont - written by John Blackburn and Karl Sussdorf - covered by Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennet, Willie Nelson, Sarah Vaughan.
• Moonlight in Vermont - Captain Beefheart - (Trout Mask Replica)
  

Places - USA - Utah

Songs that mention the State of Utah or any cities within Utah.

Places - USA - Texas

Songs that mention the State of Texas or any cities within Texas.

• Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man - Concrete Blonde
  
• Never buy Texas From A Cowboy - Brides Of Funkenstein
• Raising Hell - Lucero - (Lucero) - "My little brother raising hell down in Texas"
• Screw You, We're From Texas - Ray Wylie Hubbard
  
• Texas - Buddy Miles
• Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan - (Texas Flood)
• Trashville - Hank Williams III - (Lovesick, Broke and Driftin') - "I'd rather take my things and go back to Texas you see."
  
• West Texas Teardrops - Old 97's

Amarillo, TX

• Amarillo - Emmylou Harris

Fort Worth, TX

• Fort Worth Blues - Steve Earle - (El Corazon)

Jasper, TX

• Jasper - Confrontation Camp - (Objects in the Mirror)

Places - USA - Tennessee

Songs that mention the State of Tennessee or any cities within Tennessee.

• Tennessee - Arrested Development
• Tennessee Blues - Steve Earle - (Washington Square Serenade)
  
• Tennessee Sucks - Ryan Adams
• Tennessee Waltz - written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King - covered by Roy Acuff, Mose Allison, James Brown, Eva Cassidy, The Chieftans (with Tom Jones) Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Manfred Mann, Otis Redding (with Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
  

Memphis, TN

• I've Been To Memphis - Lyle Lovett - (Joshua Judges Ruth)
  
• Memphis - PJ Harvey
  
• Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry - covered by Hasil Adkins
• Memphis, Tennessee - Mason Jennings - (In The Ever)
  
• South Nashville Blues - Steve Earle - (I Feel Alright)
  
• Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan
• Trashville - Hank Williams III - (Lovesick, Broke and Driftin') - "I used to think that country was out of Nashville, TN but all I see in Nashville is a bunch of backstabbers takin' you and me."
  

Places - USA - South Dakota

Songs that mention the State of South Dakota or any cities within South Dakota.

Hazel, SD

• Hazel, South Dakota - Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Rapid City, SD

• Rapid City, South Dakota - Dwight Yoakam

Places - USA - South Carolina

Songs that mention the State of South Carolina or any cities within South Carolina.

• Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen - (Born in the USA)
  
• South Carolina - Gil Scott-Heron (From South Africa to South Carolina)

Places - USA - Rhode Island

Songs that mention the State of Rhode Island or any cities within Rhode Island.

Places - USA - Pennsylvania

Songs that mention the State of Pennsylvia or any cities within Pennsylvania.

Allentown, PA

• Allentown - Billy Joel

New Hope, PA

• Pumpin 4 The Man - Ween - (Pure Guava) - "Think about how bad New Hope sucks"
  

Philadelphia, PA

• Philadelphia - Atom & His Package - (A Society of People Named Elihu)
• Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
  
• Walt Whitman Bridge - Marah - (If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry)
  

Places - USA - Oregon

Songs that mention the State of Oregon or any cities within Oregon.

• Oregon - Loretta Lynn - (Van Leer Rose)
  
• Oregon Trail - Woody Guthrie
  

Places - USA - Oklahoma

Songs that mention the State of Oklahoma or any cities within Oklahoma.

• If You're Ever in Oklahoma - J.J. Cale
• Oklahoma - Whiskeytown

Tulsa, OK

• 24 Hours from Tulsa - Gene Pitney - covered by Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield
• From Tampa to Tulsa - Jayhawks - (Rainy Day Music)
  
• Last Trip to Tulsa - Neil Young
  

Places - USA - Ohio

Songs that mention the State of Ohio or any cities within Ohio.

• Cuyahoga - R.E.M. - (Life's Rich Pagent)
  
• Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - covered by The Dandy Warhols, Devo, The Isley Brothers, Mott The Hoople, Rise Against, Paul Weller
  
• Somewhere in Ohio - The Jayhawks - (Smile)
• Youngstown - Bruce Springsteen
  

Cleveland, OH

• Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter, Presidents Of The United States Of America
  

Places - USA - North Dakota

Songs that mention the State of North Dakota or any cities within North Dakota.

• North Dakota - Lyle Lovett (Joshua Judges Ruth)
  

Places - USA - North Carolina

Songs that mention the State of North Carolina or any cities within North Carolina.

Places - USA - New York

Songs that mention the State of New York or any cities within New York, not including the city of New York.

Albany, NY

• Cold Hands From New York - Gordon Lightfoot - "I came down from Albany"

Places - USA - New Mexico

Songs that mention the State of New Mexico or any cities within New Mexico.

Albuquerque, NM

• Albuquerque - Weird Al Yankovic
• Albuquerque - Neil Young
  

Places - USA - New Jersey

Songs that mention the State of New Jersey or any cities within New Jersey.

• 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Bruce Springsteen - (The Wild, The Innocent, The E Street Shuffle)
  
• Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
  
• The Ballad Of Sin Eater - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - (Hearts Of Oak) - "..but when I woke up beaten and bloodied, I couldn't tell if it was Jersey or Sierra Leone"
  
• Jersey Girl - Tom Waits - (Heartattack & Vine) -covered by Holly Cole, Bruce Springsteen
• New Jersey - Joe Piscopo - (New Jersey)
  
• New Jersey - Red House Painters - (Red House Painters)

Multiple Cities

• Entering Marion - John Forster - (Marion, NJ - Sharon, NJ - Lawrence, NJ - Athol, NJ)
  

Places - USA - New Hampshire

Songs that mention the State of New Hampshire or any cities within New Hampshire.

Places - USA - Nevada

Songs that mention the State of Nevada or any cities within Nevada, not including Las Vegas.

• All The Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) - R.E.M. - (Reveal)

Places - USA - Nebraska

Songs that mention the State of Nebraska or any cities within Nebraska.

• Dressed Up Like Nebraska - Josh Rouse - (Dressed Up Like Nebraska)
  
• Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen - (Nebraska)
  

Places - USA - Montana

Songs that mention the State of Montana or any cities within Montana.

• Montana - Frank Zappa - (Over-Nite Sensation)
  

Places - USA - Missouri

Songs that mention the State of Missouri or any cities within Missouri.

Places - USA - Mississippi

Songs that mention the State of Mississippi or any cities within Mississippi.

• Born in Mississippi - James Cotton
  
• Goin' To Mississippi - Magic Slim
• Going Down to Mississippi - Phil Ochs
• Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi - Jim White
  
• Miss The Mississippi And You - written by Bill Halley - covered by Crystal Gayle, Arlo Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers
• Mississippi - Bob Dylan - (Love & Theft)
  
• Mississippi KKKrossroads - Chris Thomas King - (Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues)
• Mississippi Mud - Hank Williams III - (Lovesick, Broke & Driftin')
  
• Mississippi Woman - Waylon Jennings
• My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
  

Places - USA - Minnesota

Songs that mention the State of Minnesota or any cities within Minnesota.

• A Friend to the Minnesota Strangler - Pinetop Seven - (Bringing Home The Last Great Strike)
• The Biggest Ball Of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al
  

Jordan, MN

• Jordan, Minnesota - Big Black

Minneapolis, MN

• Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Tom Waits
• Minneapolis - That Dog. - (Retreat From The Sun)
  
• MPLS - Pinhead Gunpowder - (Jump Salty)
  

Places - USA - Michigan

Songs that mention the State of Michigan or any cities within Michigan, not including Detroit, or any songs on Sufjan Steven's Michigan.

• Especially in Michigan - Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Stadium Arcadium)
• Miss Michigan - Mustard Plug - (Evildoers Beware)
• The Road - Tenacious D - "Met a tasty baby in Michigan"
  

Kalamazoo, MI

• Kalamazoo - Primus - (The Brown Album)
  

Saginaw, MI

• Sagniaw, Michigan - Johnny Cash
  

Places - USA - Massachussetts

Songs that mention the State of Massachussetts or any cities within Massachussets.

• Massachusetts - Arlo Guthrie

Boston, MA

• For Boston - The Hold Steady
• The Ice Of Boston - The Dismemberment Plan
• I'm Shipping Off To Boston - The Dropkick Murphys
  
• MTA - The Kingston Trio - "He may ride forever beneath the streets of Boston" - "covered" by the Dropkick Murphys (Skinhead on the MBTA)
• Skinhead on the MBTA - The Dropkick Murphys
• They Came to Boston - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  
• You Souls of Boston - Woody Guthrie
  

Nattick, MA

• Maybe a Walk Home from Natick High School - Jonathan Richman

Places - USA - Maryland

Songs that mention the State of Maryland or any cities within Maryland.

• Maryland Bridge - John K. Samson - (Little Pictures EP)

Places - USA - Maine

Songs that mention the State of Maine or any cities within Maine.

Places - USA - Louisiana

Songs that mention the State of Louisiana or any cities within Louisiana.

• Greenville to Baton Rouge - Drive-By Truckers - (Southern Rock Opera)
• Louisiana Rain - Tom Petty
  
• Louisiana Women - J.J. Cale - (J.J. Cale)

New Orleans, LA

• Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams - covered by AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Amboy Dukes, Paul Butterfield, The Clash, The Doors, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Mellencamp, Van Morrison, Tom Petty, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Muddy Waters,
  
• Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
  
• Crescent City - Lucinda Williams
• Going Back To New Orleans - Mason Jennings - (In The Ever)
  
• The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
  
• I Wish I Was In New Orleans - Tom Waits
• Red Hot Mama from Louisiana - Parliament/Funkadelic
  
• Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans - Meters
• The Saints Are Coming - U2 and Green Day
• The Vampire Song - Concrete Blonde
  

Places - USA - Kentucky

Songs that mention the State of Kentucky or any cities within Kentucky.

• Blue Moon of Kentucky - Ray Charles
  
• My Old Kentucky Home - written by Stephen Foster - covered by Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, Randy Newman
  
• No Christmas In Kentucky - Phil Ochs

Bowling Green, KY

• Bowling Green - Neko Case - (The Virginian)
  

Places - USA - Kansas

Songs that mention the State of Kansas or any cities within Kansas.

• Not In Kansas - Basehead - (Not In Kansas Anymore)

Kansas City, KS

• Eternal Kansas City - Van Morrison - (A Period Of Transition)
• Train From Kansas City - Neko Case - (The Tigers Have Spoken)

Places - USA - Iowa

Songs that mention the State of Iowa or any cities within Iowa.

Des Moines, IA

• Des Moines - The Drams - (Jubilee Dive)
  

Places - USA - Indiana

Songs that mention the State of Indiana or any cities within Indiana.

• Indianapolis - Bottle Rockets

Wanamaker, IN

• Wanamaker - Otis Gibbs
  

Places - USA - Illinois

Songs that mention the State of Illinois or any cities within Illinois, not including Chicago, or any of the songs on Sufjan Stevens - Illinois.

• Illinois Blues - Skip James
  

Aurora, IL

• Fuck You Aurora - Alkaline Trio - (Maybe I'll Catch Fire)
  

Carpentersville, IL

• You Spoke To Me - Smoking Popes - "I drove all the way from Carpentersville"
  

Cicero, IL

• Trouble In Cicero - The Jesus Lizard (Clerks Soundtrack)

Springfield, IL

• Springfield, IL - Slobberbone
  

Multiple Cities

• Chris Michaels - The Fiery Furnaces - "On the phone with the West Glen Ellyn rest home" - "Then Tony of the Franklin Park hockey club"
  

Places - USA - Idaho

Songs that mention the State of Idaho or any cities within Idaho.

• I Need A Joint - Basehead - (Not In Kansas Anymore) - "Now the summer's here and she's gonna go/Back to Idaho, or where ever the fuck she's from"
  
• Twin Falls - Built to Spill (There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
  

Places - USA - Hawaii

Songs that mention the State of Hawaii or any cities within Hawaii.

• Oahu - The 6ths - (Hyacinths and Thistles)

Places - USA - Georgia

Songs that mention the State of Georgia or any cities within Georgia.

• Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
  
• Georgia Lee Brown - Jackie Lee Cochran - covered by The Cramps
• Georgia On My Mind - written by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael - covered by Louis Armstrong, Derek Bailey, The Band, Michael Bolton, James Brown, Ray Charles, Coldplay, The Spencer Davis Group, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Gladys Knight, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wes Montgomery, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Django Reinhardt, Righteous Brothers, Widespread Panic
• Macon Georgia, County Line - Whiskeytown
• Never Going Back To Georgia - Badd Boys
• Rainy Night In Georgia - Tony Joe White - covered by Brook Benton, Ray Charles, Hem, Shelby Lynne, Aaron Neville
• South Georgia Sugar Babe - Justin Townes Earle - (Justin Townes Earle)
  
• Sweet Georgia Brown - written by Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey - covered by The Beatles, Django Reinhardt

Atlanta, GA

• Oh Atlanta - Little Feat - (Feats Don't Fail Me Now) - "Well you can drop me off on Peachtree/I got to feel that Georgia sun/And the women there in Atlanta/They make you awfully glad you come"
  

Places - USA - Florida

Songs that mention the State of Florida or any cities within Florida.

• Bad Florida - Tim Easton
• Florida - Blue Rodeo
• Florida - Patty Griffin
  
• Florida - Modest Mouse
• Florida's on Fire - Superchunk
• Killer Parties - The Hold Steady - "We woke up in Ybor City"
  
• Monday - Wilco - (Being There) - "Get me out of F-L-A"
• Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers
• Y'all Don't Wanna Step To Dis - Against Me! - "and Alachua still sleeps tonight"

Goulds, FL

• What the Fuck'd You Expect? - Against All Authority - (All Fall Down) - "What the fuck'd you expect him to do? Get a job like you when all he ever knew was surviving the streets of Goulds."

Places - USA - Delaware

Songs that mention the State of Delaware or any cities within Delaware.

• Delaware Rain - Ric Menck (Ballad Of Ric Menck)
• The First Lady of Delaware - Seymores
  
• The Successful Failures - Bridges Over Delaware (Bridges Over Delaware EP)

Places - USA - Connecticut

Songs that mention the State of Connecticut or any cities within Connecticut.

• Connecticut - Superchuck (Incidental Music)
• Laser Show - Fountains Of Wayne - "They come from Bridgeport, Westport, Darien"
  

Places - USA - Colorado

Songs that mention the State of Colorado or any cities within Colorado.

• Colorado - Flying Burrito Brothers
• Colorado Girl - Townes Van Zandt
  
• Rocks in My Head - Johnny Socko - (Quatro) - "Every time I visit Colorado, I always lose my stocking cap."
  
• Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
  

Places - USA - California

Songs that mention the State of California or any cities within California, not including Los Angels or San Francisco.

• Back in the USA - Chuck Berry - "From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay".
• Ben Moves To California - The Broadways - (Broken Star)
  
• California - Phantom Planet - covered by Mates Of State
• California Angel - The Derailers
• California Cotton Fields - Gram Parsons
• California Dreamin' - Mamas and the Papas (If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears) - covered by Beach Boys, The Four Tops, The Free Design, Eddie Hazel, Queen Latifah, The Ventures
• California Girls - Beach Boys
• California Love - 2pac
• California Man - Cheap Trick
• California One Youth & Beauty Brigade - Decemberists
• California Song - Mountain Goats (Sweden)
• California Songs - Local H
• California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco (Mermaid Avenue)
• California Sun - The Rivieras - covered by Dick Dale, The Dictators, Los Straitjackets, The Ramones, The Replacements
• California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys (Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables) - covered by Jello Biafra w/The Melvins, The Delgados, Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, Dramarama, Six Feet Under
• California Waiting - The Kings Of Leon
• California Women - Hank Thompson
• California Zephyr - Hank Williams, Sr.
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication)
• Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie - "California's a garden of eden"
  
• Come To California - Matthew Sweet (Blue Sky On Mars)
• Dog Breath in the Year of the Plague - Frank Zappa
  
• Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J
  
• Going To California - Led Zeppelin (Zoso)
• Goodnight California - Kathleen Edwards
• Here in California - Lucinda Williams
• Hotel California - The Eagles (Hotel California) - covered by The Gyspsy Kings
• I Don't Have A Reason To Go To California Anymore - Willie Nelson
• I Remember California - R.E.M. (Green)
• In California - Neko Case
• King Of California - Dave Alvin
• Memories of El Monte - Frank Zappa
  
• Nevada, California - The Jayhawks
• Wanted Man - Johnny Cash - "Wanted man in California"
• When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - written by Leon René - covered by Gene Autry, Pat Boone, Xavier Cugat, The Ink Spots, Glenn Miller
  
• Why I Left California - Liz Phair
  

Places - USA - Arkansas

Songs that mention the State of Arkansas or any cities within Arkansas.

• Arkansas Traveler - Michelle Shocked
  
• Banks of the Arkansas - Lucero (Lucero)
• Diamond State Heartbreak - Lucero (The Attic Tapes)

Places - USA - Arizona

Songs that mention the State of Arizona or any cities within Arizona.

Arizona - Scorpions (Blackout)
By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy (Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black)
Hotel Arizona - Wilco (Being There)
Mars, Arizona - Blues Explosion (Damage)

Phoenix, Arizona

By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell

Places - USA - Alaska

Songs that mention the State of Alaska or any cities within Alaska.

• Alaska - Eyes Adrift (Eyes Adrift)
• North To Alaska - Johnny Horton
• When It's Springtime in Alaska - written by Tillman Franks/Johnny Horton - covered by Johnny Cash (Orange Blossom Special), Hank Snow