Names beginning with a number are on top of. This List is Alphabetized by the Artist (Band Name or Artist Last Name) The lyrics shown here are all the property of the copyright owners and are provided here only for educational purposes. I've received lots of great recommendations from site visitors so let me know if you know any other interesting California songs that I should add. I add new songs to it as I discover them. (They could be right.) There's room for everything on this list, but some songs that may have a personal or cultural connection to the state for you may not be included here because they don't specifically mention something about the state in the lyrics or in the title. Some musicians have even written songs about California songs and the bands Local H and My Chemical Romance have written songs complaining that we don't need any more California songs. Recording a California song seems to be a requirement for musicians, including those from other countries, occasionally just to show that they hate California stereotypes or the Hollywood entertainment industry that dominates their field. That place didn't exist either.) Some songs describe the disappointment found after getting to California and discovering that life there is no better than where the singer came from.

(The Spanish named the territory after a mythical island paradise they were searching for that was supposed to be full of gold and ruled by a queen named Califa. Many songs describe a journey to, or a longing to return to, a sun-drenched coastal paradise where everyone is eternally young and beautiful and happy - in other words a fictional place that bears little resemblance to the real California. Some songs use California as a metaphor for the American dream, others use it as a metaphor for the American nightmare. The image of California as all palm trees, sunshine, and beaches applies only to a part of coastal southern California, but nevertheless it's what the world thinks of when the state is mentioned, and therefore it's common in California songs. Some of the songs on this list have been grouped by place, topic or genre on lists that can be found to the right.Ī lot of songs have been written about California. When an artist has multiple songs on the list, their brief biographical information is usually only put on the first song of theirs on the list.

I have censored potentially offensive words (not to protect you, but to protect this site from being censored.) YouTube links to the song are included if I could find them, but they remove songs often there so you might have to search for the song yourself if I haven't fixed a bad link. The lyrics and comments are as accurate as I can determine but there are no doubt some mistakes for which I apologize. This is not meant to be a list of favorite songs, just some interesting ones. A few of them are Califonria songs by the title or the context instead of the lyrics. It has been split into two pages, but it's much better to go the Title List or the Artist List, find the song there, then click on the 'Artist' link which will take you to back here for comments and lyrics.Ĭalifornia is the main subject of some of these songs, but others simply mention something about the state such as a place, a street or highway, the weather, a person, or an attitude or lifestyle the state evokes for the singer. This list is much too long to browse easily. Songs That Mention California (with lyrics)

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