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"All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks" by The World/Inferno Friendship Society

"All the Gold in California" by The Gatlin Brothers

"Antennas" by Rancid

"Atomic" by Tiger Army

"Back to California" by Carole King

"Back to California" by Sugarcult

"Back Home" by Yellowcard

"Big Sur" by Mason Jennings

"Big Sur" by The Thrills

"Buring Hot In Cali" by Latyrx

"California" by Belinda Carlisle

"California" by Blatz

"California" by Bob Dylan early version of -"Outlaw Blues

"California" by Copeland (band)

"California" by Dressy Bessy

"California" by Gianna Nannini

"California" by Gina Villlalobos

"California" by Gomez

"California" by Hawk Nelson

"California (All the Way)" by Luna

"California" by Joni Mitchell

"California" by Kenny Chesney

"California" by Lenny Kravitz

"California" by Low

"California" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (lyrics by Sue Vickers)

"California" by The Moffatts

"California" by Phantom Planet (the theme song of The OC)

"California" by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

"California" by Tea Leaf Green

"California" by The Rentals

"California" by Sarah Slean

"California" by Rogue Wave

"California" by Rufus Wainwright

"California" by Stroke 9

"California" by Semisonic

"California" by Unified Theory

"California" by Wave

"California" by Wax (band)

"California" by Wilson Phillips

"California" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

"California Babylon" by the Transplants

"California Crossing" by Fu Manchu

"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas

"California Dreamin'" by Queen Latifah (cover of The Mamas and the Papas)

"California Dreaming" by Hi-Standard (cover of The Mamas and the Papas)

"California Girls" by The Beach Boys

"California Girls" by Gretchen Wilson

"California Girls" by Van Halen

"California Grace" Long Beach Shortbus

"California Here I Come" by Al Jolson, B. DeSylva, and Joe Meyer

"California Jam" by Klaatu

"California King" by Everclear

"California Livin'" by Mac Dre

"California Love" by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre

"California Man" by The Move

"California Man" by Cheap Trick

"California Nights" by Sweet

"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" by The Decemberists

"California Paradise" by The Runaways

"California Part I" by Mason Jennings

"California Part II" by Mason Jennings

"California Promises" by Jimmy Buffett

"California Sky" by Unwritten Law

"California Stars" by Wilco(lyrics by Woodie Guthrie)

"California Songs" by Local H (according to Local H frontman Scott Lucas, a "theme song for the Midwest, very anti-California)

"California Soul" by Edwin Starr

"California Sun" By The Ramones

"California Sun" by Rancid

"California Sun" by The Rivieras

"California Sunset" by Neil Young

"California Uber Alles" by the Dead Kennedys

"California Waiting" by the Kings of Leon

"California Way" by Tim Bluhm

"Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Californie" by Air (band)

"Christmas in California" by The Cheetah Girls

"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett

"Come to California" by Matthew Sweet

Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Do You Know The Way To San Jose" by Dionne Warwick

"Estimated Prophet" Grateful Dead

"Eyeless" by Slipknot

"From California" by The New Amsterdams

"Gene Autry" by Beulah

"Get Back" by The Beatles (Jojo left his home for some California grass)

"Going Back To Cali" by LL Cool J

"Going Back To Cali" by Sevendust

"Going Back To Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G.

"Go to California" by Motorpsycho

"Going to California" by Led Zeppelin

"Gone to California" by P!nk

"Goodbye California" by Jolie Holland

"Holiday From Real" by Jack's Mannequin

"Homebody" by Zox

"Hotel California" by the Eagles

"I luv Cali in the Summertime" by Roscoe

"In California" by Neko Case

"I Remember California" by R.E.M.

"I'm Going Home" by The Kingston Trio

"It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond

"It Never Rains in Southern California" by Tony! Toni! Tone!

"Just Like California" by Old 97s

"Kalifornia" by Fatboy Slim

"L.A. Song" by Beth Hart

"Leaving Jesusland" by NOFX

"Long December" by Counting Crows

"Losing California" by Sloan

"Marina Del Rey" by Kenny Chesney

"Miss California" by Dante Thomas

"More Bounce In California" by Soul Kid
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"Not California" by Hem (band)

"O.C. Supertones (That's just life in Orange County California)" by the O.C. Supertones

"Reality Check" by OPM

"Santa Cruz" by The Thrills

"Shores of California" by The Dresden Dolls

"Sleepy California" by Her Space Holiday

"Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" by Dar Williams

"Sunny in California" by Aberdeen

"Take California" by Propellerheads

"Two States" by Pavement

"Unfair" by Pavement

"Westside till I die" by TQ

"You Probably Shouldn't Move Here" by Five Iron Frenzy

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"Ænema" by Tool

"All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow

"April 29, 1992" by Sublime

"Beverly Hills" by The Circle Jerks

"Beverly Hills" by Weezer

"Blue Jay Way" by The Beatles, refers to a street in Beverly Hills"

"Born And Raised In Compton" by DJ Quik

"Born in East L.A." by Cheech Marin, a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."

"Big Machine" by The Goo Goo Dolls

"Burn Hollywood Burn" by Public Enemy

"Carmelita" by Warren Zevon

"City of Angels" by the Distillers

"City of Angels" by 10,000 Maniacs

"City of Devils" by Yellowcard

"Coming into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie

"Compton's In The House" by N.W.A

"Down Rodeo" by Rage Against The Machine, referring to Rodeo Drive in Beverley Hills

"Downtown Los Angeles" by Gary Jules

"Drinking in L.A." by Bran Van 3000

"Earthquake Song" by Little Girls

"East L.A." by War

"Everyone Is Someone in L.A." by Felix da Housecat

"Fallen Angel" by Poison, referring to kids moving away from home in the 1980s to make it big in L.A.

"Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A." by Less than Jake

"Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" by Blue Cheer

"Hey, California" by Paul Melancon

"Hot Box City" by Klaatu

"Hot Fudge (Moving to L.A.)" by Robbie Williams

"How To Survive In South Central" by Ice Cube

"I Love L.A." by Randy Newman

"I Loved the Way She Said 'L.A.'" by Spitalfield

"I'm So L.A." by MYNX

"Karma's Payment" by Modest Mouse

"L.A." by Elliott Smith

"L.A." by MURS

"L.A. County" by Lyle Lovett

"L.A. City" by Amad Jamal

"L.A. Freeway" by Jerry Jeff Walker

"L.A. Is My Woman" by Frank Sinatra

"L.A. Is The Place" by N.W.A.

"L.A. Song" by John Mayer

"L.A. Song" by Beth Hart

"L.A. Woman" by The Doors

"L.A.P.D." by The Offspring

"LAX" by Big D and the Kids Table

"Los Angeles" by Frank Black (although Frank sings "not the one in South California", so it's actually not a song about California)

"Los Angeles" by Jim's Big Ego

"Los Angeles" by X

"Los Angeles" by Sugarcult

"Los Angeles Blues" by Lightning Hopkins

"Los Angeles Daze" by People Under the Stairs

"The L.A. Song" by People Under the Stairs

"Los Angeles I'm Yours" by The Decemberists

"Los Angeles is Burning" by Bad Religion

"Los Angeles November 2019" by Vangelis(Bladerunner)

"Los Angeles Times" by Xzibit

"Los Angelinos" by Billy Joel

"Love Potion Number Nine" by The Searchers

"Marina Del Rey" by Kenny Chesney

"Moving to L.A." by Art Brut

"No Se Vende La Calle" by Doc Gyneco

"Ode to L.A." by The Raveonettes

"One in a Million" by Guns N' Roses

"Out in L.A." by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Out of LA" by Jude

"Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses

"Revolution Blues" by Neil Young

"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" by Billy Joel

"Saying Goodbye to Hollywood" by Eminem

"Screenwriter's Blues" by Soul Coughing

"Sin City" by The Flying Burrito Brothers

"So L.A." by The Motels

"This is L.A." by Delinquent Habits

"To Live and Die in L.A." by 2pac

"To Live and Die in L.A." by Wang Chung}}

"Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

"West L.A. Fadeaway" by The Grateful Dead

"Walking in L.A." by Missing Persons

"Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses

"Why You'd Want to Live Here" by Death Cab for Cutie

"Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe

"California" by Darren Hayes

"Raining In California" by Human Nature

"Ride Wit Me" by The Relativez feat. Butch Cassidy

"Santa Monica" by Everclear

"Santa Monica" by Savage Garden

"Santa Monica" by Theory of a Deadman

"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel

"Summertime in the LBC by The Dove Shack

"We from the LBC by Bad azz feat. Snoop Dogg

"LBC and ING by Mack 10 feat. Snoop Dogg

"Streets of LBC by Warren G

"21 jumpstreet" by Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Dee

"Eastside LB" by Twinz feat. Warren G

"Recognize" by Warren G feat. Twinz & Snoop Dogg

"Gangsta Love" by Warren G feat. RBX, Nate Dogg & Kurupt

"Compton Compton" by The Game

"Compton Swangin" by BG Knocc Out & Dresta

"Straight Outta Compton" by NWA

"Watts Riot" by KAM

"I ain't from Compton" by O.F.T.B.

"Inglewood Swangin" by Mack 10

"Hollywood" by Madonna

"Hollywood" by Nickelback

"Hollywood" by P.O.D.

"Hollywood" by West Indian Girl

"Hollywood Cemetery" by Cracker

"Hollywood Swingin" by Kool and the Gang

"Burn Hollywood Burn" by Public Enemy

"Going to Malibu" by The Mountain Goats

"Going Back To Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G.

"Hollywood Nights" by Bob Seger

"Playing Favorites" by The Starting Line

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"The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco" by The Lucksmiths

"Come Back From San Francisco" by The Magnetic Fields

"Don't Gimme No Bammer Weed" by RBL Posse

"Down On Mission Street" by Lloyd Cole

"Fake Tales of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys

"Golden Gate Bridge" by Rose Melberg

"The Golden Gate" by John Vanderslice

"Grace Cathedral Hill" by The Decemberists

"Grace Cathedral Park" by Red House Painters

"Hello, San Francisco" by Buddy Guy

"Hollywood" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett

"Lights" by Journey

"Mean Old Frisco" byArthur Crudup, covered by Eric Clapton

"Mission Bells" by The Aisler's Set

"Pacific Heights" by Pep Love

"Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle and Sebastian

"San Franciscan Nights" by Eric Burdon & The Animals

"San Francisco" by Alkaline Trio

"San Francisco" by Kristin Hersh

"San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie

"San Francisco" by Vanessa Carlton

"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" by The Village People

"San Francisco Bay" by Lee Oskar

"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Eric Clapton

"San Francisco Days" by Chris Isaak

"San Francisco Fat" by NOFX

"San Francisco Knights" by People Under the Stairs

"San Francisco Payphone" by Catch 22

"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding

"Strawberry Wine" by Ryan Adams

"Tania" by Camper Van Beethoven

"The Bay" by Zion I

"Waliking Along the Mission in the Rain" by Jerry Garcia Band

"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" by Billy Joel

"Tenderloin" by Rancid

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"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" by The Four Preps

"Alone in Santa Cruz" by the Ataris

"Berkeley is My Baby and I Wanna Kill It" by Blatz

"Big Sur" by The Thrills

"Blue Jay Way" by The Beatles

"Beverly Hills" by Weezer

"Burn Hollywood Burn" by Public Enemy

"Catalina" by The Descendents

"Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks

"Christie Rd." by Green Day (About Berkeley, CA.)

"Dead In Hollywood" by The Murder Dolls

"Do You Know The Way to San Jose" written by Burt Bacharach, performed by Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, Frankie Goes to Hollywood

"(Don't You Go To) Goleta" by Camper Van Beethoven

"Down In Oakland" by Transplants

"Down Rodeo" by Rage Against the Machine

"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty (which makes references to Reseda, Ventura Boulevard, and San Fernando Valley)

"Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead

"Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

"Gilman Street" by Mr. T Experience

"Garden Grove" by Sublime

"Gone Country" by Alan Jackson (References to L.A. and "The Valley")

"Gone Hollywood" by Supertramp

"Going to Malibu" by The Mountain Goats

"(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica" by Tom Lehrer

"Hollywood" by Madonna

"Hollywood" by Nickelback

"Hollywood" by P.O.D.

"Hollywood" by West Indian Girl

"Hollywood Black" by Dio

"Hollywood Cemetery" by Cracker

"Hollywood Swingin" by Kool and the Gang

"Hyphy" by The Federation

"I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats

"Im a Raider" by The Luniz

"Kern River" by Merle Haggard

"Leaving Los Vegas" by Sheryl Crow

"Left my Wallet in El Segundo" By A Tribe Called Quest

"Let's Go!" by Olympic Hopefuls (now known as The Hopefuls; lyric is "Like the Hollywood vampires / We sleep until the sun sets")

"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by The Beach Boys

"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan and Dean

"Lodi by Creedence Clearwater Revival

"Lost In Hollywood" by System of a Down

"Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down

"Malibu" by Hole

"Malibu Love" by Luna

"Marina Del Rey" by Kenny Chesney

"Mendocino" by The Sir Douglas Quintet

"Mendocino County Line" by Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack

"Monterey" by The Animals

"Moon over Marin" by The Dead Kennedys

"New Oakland" by Mistah F.A.B.

"Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down

"Orange County Suite" by The Doors

"Palo Alto" by Radiohead

"Buzzbomb From Pasadena" by The Dead Kennedys

"Pacific Coast Highway" by Sonic Youth

"Pacific Coast Highway" by Courtney Love

"Revelation Big Sur" by Red House Painters

"Sacramento" by Cuf

"Samba de Sausalito" by Santana

"San Andreas Fault" by Natalie Merchant

"San Bernadino" by The Satanic Surfers

"San Diego" by Feeder

"San Diego is Burning" Agent 51

"San Diego Zoo" by The 6ths (Barbara Manning Vocals)

"San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby

"Sweet Home San Diego" Sprung Monkey

"Santa Carla Twilight" By Tiger Army

"Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" by The Thrills

"Santa Monica" by Everclear

"Santa Monica" by Savage Garden

"Santa Monica" by Theory of a Deadman

"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel

"Show'n Love" by Killa Sharks

"Still in Hollywood" by Concrete Blonde

"Summer '79" by the Ataris

"Summertime in the LBC" by The Dove Shack

"Sunset Strip" by Courtney Love

"Stuart and the Ave." by Green Day

"Trouble Child" by Joni Mitchell

"We from the LBC" by Bad Azz feat. Snoop Dogg

"LBC and the ING" by Mack 10 feat. Snoop Dogg

"Streets of LBC" by Warren G

"21 jumpstreet" by Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Dee

"Eastside LB" by Twinz feat. Warren G

"Compton Swangin" by BG Knocc Out & Dresta

"Straight Outta Compton" by NWA

"Watts Riot" by KAM

"I ain't from Compton" by O.F.T.B.

"Inglewood Swangin" by Mack 10

"Talk to Me of Mendocino" by Linda Ronstadt (also covered by Lee Ann Womack)

"Tight Wad Hill" by Green Day

"Caltrans" by Doo Doo Wah (a song about California Department of Transportation road crews)

"Ukiah" by The Doobie Brothers

"Ventura Highway" by America

"Vallejo" by Mac Dre

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