Alabama
Alabama Shakes- “Hold On”
Alaska
Volcano Choir- “Alaskans”
Arizona
The Beatles- “Get Back”
Arkansas
Of Montreal- “Little Rock”
California
Foxygen- “San Francisco”
Colorado
Bob Dylan- “Man of Constant Sorrow”
Connecticut
Superchunk- “Connecticut”
Delaware
City and Colour- “Hello, I’m In Delaware”
Florida
STRFKR- “Florida”
Georgia
Yuck- “Georgia”
Hawaii
The Beach Boys- “Hawaii”
Idaho
The Ramones- “Danny Says”
Illinois
Wilco- “Via Chicago”
Indiana
Louis Armstrong- “Indiana”
Iowa
Joni Mitchell- “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines”
Kansas
The Mountain Goats- “Going to Kansas #1”
Kentucky
Pavement- “Kentucky Cocktail”
Louisiana
Neutral Milk Hotel- “On Avery Island- April 1”
Maine
Okkervil River- “Maine Island Lovers”
Maryland
The Jayhawks- “The Baltimore Sun”
Massachusetts
Vampire Weekend- “Walcott”
Michigan
Sufjan Stevens- “Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)”
Minnesota
The Hold Steady- “Stuck Between Stations”
Mississippi
Nina Simone- “Mississippi Goddam”
Missouri
Tom Waits- “Hold On”
Montana
John Linnel- “Montana”
Nebraska
Bright Eyes- “I Watched You Taking Off”
Nevada
Cocteau Twins- “Heaven or Las Vegas”
New Hampshire
Sonic Youth- “New Hampshire”
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen- “Born to Run”
New Mexico
Beirut- “Santa Fe”
New York
Ryan Adams- “New York, New York”
North Carolina
Brand New- “Sudden Death in Carolina”
North Dakota
The Magnetic Fields- “Reno Dakota”
Ohio
Modest Mouse- “Ohio”
Oklahoma
The Kinks- “Oklahoma, USA”
Oregon
Titus Andronicus- “Upon Viewing Oregon’s Landscape With the Flood of Detritus”
Pennsylvania
We Are Augustines- “Philadelphia (The City of Brotherly Love)”
Rhode Island
Belle & Sebastian- “The State I Am In”
Almost certainly not about Rhode Island at all, but it’s difficult to find a song for the state. Just pretend that Providence is referencing the capital city.
South Carolina
Adam & Naive- “Carolina”
South Dakota
The Bee Gees- “South Dakota Morning”
Tennessee
Arrested Development- “Tennessee”
Texas
Daniel Johnston- “Spirit World Rising”
Utah
Band of Horses- “The Great Salt Lake”
Vermont
Frank Sinatra- “Moonlight in Vermont”
Virginia
The Rolling Stones- “Sweet Virginia”
Washington
Jeffrey Lewis- “Seattle”
West Virginia
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth”
Wisconsin
Kimya Dawson- “Tire Swing”
Wyoming
Guided By Voices- “Cheyenne”
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