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Post by matt on Jun 3, 2019 13:20:36 GMT -5
Richard Marx gives Nebraska two with, "Hazard". In addition to "Hazard" and Lady Gaga's "You and I" (mentioned above), Nebraska was also mentioned in Michael Martin Murphy's 1975 hit "Wildfire". Additionally, Omaha is mentioned in Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" and Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" (Little Rock (AR) is also mentioned in this song). Alabama is at the center of the story and gets mentioned in the chorus of Amanda Marshall's 1996 hit "Birmingham". Illinois is mentioned in the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Runnin'". The Doobies also sing about the Mississippi moon in "Black Water". Kansas...well it had a group named after it, and I feel like there are songs that mention Kansas, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas...can't think of any songs with those states named, but I'm guessing there might be some out there? Of course, the Red Hot Chili Peppers knocked off probably 30-40 states on this list during songs like "Dani California" (as mentioned earlier in this thread) and "Around the World" among others... |
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Post by matt on Jun 3, 2019 13:24:18 GMT -5
Maryland (Baltimore and/or Chesapeake Bay) turns up in Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart", Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right", and J. Geils Band's "Angel In Blue", off the top of my head. Also arguably Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs". John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" not only mentions West Virginia, but it's the state's official song. And Denver of course name drops Colorado in several songs (i.e. "Rocky Mountain High"); heck, his own stage name effectively did. "Moonlight Feels Right" also mentions Mississippi indirectly ("you say you came to Baltimore from Ole Miss") |
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Post by matt on Jun 3, 2019 13:32:43 GMT -5
A couple of Sheryl Crow songs: "All I Wanna Do" mentions LA in the intro, and "Leaving Las Vegas". I'm sure she's got more, just can't think of them right now. ETA: Charlie Puth's "Attention" mentions LA. Sheryl also mentions Barstow (CA) in "Leaving Las Vegas". |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 3, 2019 14:06:23 GMT -5
I can't believe nobody mentioned the state of Georgia (which is mentioned in 2 #1's from 1973)--Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight & The Pips, and The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence.
Also one of my favorite #1's from 1976, Rock'n Me by Steve Miller, mentions Phoenix (AZ), Tacoma (WA), Philadelphia (PA), Atlanta (GA) & LA ,Lower Alabama--er, I mean Los Angeles (CA).
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Post by mkarns on Jun 3, 2019 14:56:48 GMT -5
Richard Marx gives Nebraska two with, "Hazard". In addition to "Hazard" and Lady Gaga's "You and I" (mentioned above), Nebraska was also mentioned in Michael Martin Murphy's 1975 hit "Wildfire". Additionally, Omaha is mentioned in Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" and Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" (Little Rock (AR) is also mentioned in this song). Alabama is at the center of the story and gets mentioned in the chorus of Amanda Marshall's 1996 hit "Birmingham". Illinois is mentioned in the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Runnin'". The Doobies also sing about the Mississippi moon in "Black Water". Kansas...well it had a group named after it, and I feel like there are songs that mention Kansas, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas...can't think of any songs with those states named, but I'm guessing there might be some out there? Of course, the Red Hot Chili Peppers knocked off probably 30-40 states on this list during songs like "Dani California" (as mentioned earlier in this thread) and "Around the World" among others... St. Louis, Missouri, gets name-dropped in "Back In the USA" (written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, charted on AT40 for Linda Ronstadt) and "Country Grammar" by Nelly. In addition to the Grand Funk song, Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" mentions Arkansas. Mississippi is the locale of the bar incident relayed in "Uneasy Rider" by the Charlie Daniels Band. Still coming up blank on Iowa, though the aforementioned "Turn the Page" (a classic rock favourite, but not an AT40 single) does mention "a highway east of Omaha". Leaving Omaha to the east, you cross the Missouri River and you're in Iowa. |
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 3, 2019 16:05:54 GMT -5
"Route 66" had no versions that went top-40 during Casey's original run. The Manhattan Transfer put it out as the follow-up to "Boy from New York City." Depeche Mode did a medley that included it; that was the closest anyone came. But it's such a great song, I couldn't resist adding it to this thread.
Among many great places, it mentions Joplin, Missouri; Gallup, New Mexico; and California.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 3, 2019 20:48:30 GMT -5
Kansas...well it had a group named after it, and I feel like there are songs that mention Kansas, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. There was the famous song "Kansas City", but it charted pre-AT40 and I don't know which Kansas City it referred to (Kansas or Missouri). |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 3, 2019 22:49:57 GMT -5
Gavin DeGraw's 2013 hit, "Best I Ever Had", mentions West Virginia, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, and California. Also mentions the city of Santa Fe.
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Post by matt on Jun 4, 2019 13:38:05 GMT -5
Kansas...well it had a group named after it, and I feel like there are songs that mention Kansas, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. There was the famous song "Kansas City", but it charted pre-AT40 and I don't know which Kansas City it referred to (Kansas or Missouri). It would definitely have been KC, Missouri -- that's the nicer of the two cities and where all the action is (night life, sports teams, museums, etc.). KC, Kansas is a place you generally want to avoid (sort of like Gary, IN to Chicago or East St Louis to St Louis). |
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Post by slf on Jun 5, 2019 15:28:57 GMT -5
With all the talk about Charlene's unforgettable hit "I've Never Been To Me" on the AT40 80's thread (snarky talk, of course), we can't forget her on this thread, being that she's "been to Georgia, and California".
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 6, 2019 9:49:43 GMT -5
Tony Carey: First Day of Summer...
Campin' by the road out in Santa Fe
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 6, 2019 13:43:24 GMT -5
Elt's Bite Your Lip:
Chicago, L.A.
Everyplace, everyway
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance.
Illinois, Santa Fe,
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 6, 2019 13:45:12 GMT -5
Promised Land:
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
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Post by woolebull on Jun 6, 2019 17:00:27 GMT -5
I'm loving all of these! So has anyone compiled which states we have named that have been represented on the Top 40? Maybe that will allow us to find a few more state that have not.
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Post by saltrek on Jun 6, 2019 20:05:12 GMT -5
Not sure about Springsteen or Bon Jovi, but Billy Joel did (Hackensack) in "Moving Out".
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