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Best United State of America?

danG
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Best United State of America? 66 members have voted

  1. 1. vote for your faves 1/2

    • Ferko String Band - Alabama Jubilee (#20, 1955)
      0
    • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (#31, 1976)
      22
    • David Bowie - Alabama Song (#23, 1980)
      3
    • Johnny Horton - North To Alaska (#23, 1961)
      0
    • Freddy Cannon - California Here I Come (#24, 1960)
      0
    • Beach Boys - California Girls (#26, 1965)
      9
    • Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (#9, 1966)
      34
    • Move - California Man (#7, 1972)
      2
    • Beach Boys - California Saga (#37, 1973)
      2
    • Eagles - Hotel California (#8, 1977)
      33
    • River City People - California Dreamin (#13, 1990)
      2
    • Wedding Present - California (#16, 1992)
      0
    • 2Pac feat. Dr Dre - California Love (#6, 1996)
      19
    • Belinda Carlisle - California (#31, 1997)
      3
    • Dante Thomas feat. Pras - Miss California (#25, 2001)
      0
    • Phantom Planet - California (#9, 2005)
      17
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (#2, 2006)
      24
    • Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (#1, 2010)
      26
    • Rihanna - California King Bed (#8, 2011)
      21
    • Lil Baby - California Breeze (#26, 2022)
      0
    • Perry Como - Delaware (#3, 1960)
      2
    • Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (#24, 1960)
      4
    • Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (#10, 1976)
      10
    • Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (#14, 1979)
      6
    • Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia (#18, 1981)
      2
    • Julie Rogers - Hawaiian Wedding Song (#31, 1965)
      0
    • R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (#2, 1971)
      4
    • Little Richard - Kansas City (#26, 1959)
      1
    • Trini Lopez - Kansas City (#35, 1963)
      0
    • Lou Johnson - Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha) (#36, 1964)
      0
    • Adam Faith - Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) (#12, 1964)
      0
    • Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (#21, 1970)
      1
    • Bee Gees - Massachusetts (#1, 1967)
      18
    • Pussycat - Mississippi (#1, 1976)
      3
    • ZZ Top - My Head's In Mississippi (#37, 1991)
      2
    • Tony Brent - Walkin' To Missouri (#7, 1952)
      0
    • Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (#12, 1967)
      4
    • T.Rex - New York City (#15, 1975)
      3
    • Hello - New York Groove (#9, 1975)
      3
    • Patsy Gallant - From New York To L.A. (#6, 1977)
      4
    • Odyssey - Native New Yorker (#5, 1977)
      6
    • Darts - The Boy From New York City (#2, 1978)
      4
    • Frank Sinatra - Theme From 'New York, New York' (#4, 1980)
      11
    • Elbow Bones and the Racketeers - A Night In New York (#33, 1984)
      1
    • Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (#2, 1987)
      37
    • Sting - Englishman In New York (#15, 1988)
      16
    • Allison Jordan - The Boy From New York City (#23, 1992)
      2
    • Shinehead - Jamaican In New York (#30, 1993)
      1
    • Various Artists - New York Undercover EP (#39, 1996)
      0
    • [not voting in this poll]
      0

  2. 2. vote for your faves 2/2

    • Fun Lovin' Criminals - King Of New York (#28, 1997)
      4
    • Pet Shop Boys - New York City Boy (#14, 1999)
      16
    • Strokes - New York City Cops (#16, 2001)
      4
    • R.E.M. - Leaving New York (#5, 2004)
      8
    • Wombats - Moving To New York (#13, 2008)
      17
    • Paloma Faith - New York (#15, 2009)
      25
    • Taylor Swift - Welcome To New York (#39, 2014)
      21
    • Charles Hamilton feat. Rita Ora - New York Raining (#29, 2015)
      4
    • Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (#6, 1971)
      2
    • Bonnie Lou - Tennessee Wig Walk (#4, 1954)
      0
    • Dave Berry and the Cruisers - Memphis Tennessee (#19, 1963)
      0
    • Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee (#6, 1963)
      3
    • Arrested Development - Tennessee (#18, 1992)
      2
    • Mitch Miller and his Orchestra and Chorus - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#2, 1955)
      0
    • Gary Miller - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#13, 1955)
      0
    • Ronnie Hilton - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#15, 1955)
      0
    • Duane Eddy - Deep In The Heart Of Texas (#19, 1962)
      0
    • The Grid - Texas Cowboys (#17, 1993)
      2
    • Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em (#1, 2024)
      18
    • Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (#4, 1972)
      5
    • Drake - Virginia Beach (#6, 2023)
      1
    • [not voting in this poll]
      4

  3. 3. Bonus: Best charting artist named after a US state

    • Alabama 3
      5
    • Arizona Zervas
      2
    • Florida Georgia Line
      7
    • Georgia Gibbs
      0
    • Georgia Satellites
      1
    • Georgia Jones
      0
    • Indiana
      5
    • French Montana
      6
    • Nevada (of 2003 hit 'Dancin Tonight')
      0
    • Nevada (of 2016 hit 'The Mack')
      1
    • New York City
      0
    • Ohio Express
      1
    • Tennessee Ernie Ford
      2
    • Tennessee Three
      0
    • Texas
      32
    • Utah Saints
      23
    • Dinah Washington
      2
    • Geno Washington
      0
    • Grover Washington Jr
      2
    • Keith Washington
      4
    • Sarah Washington
      2
    • [not voting in this poll]
      10

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California Dreamin'

Midnight Train to Georgia

New York City Cops

King of New York

Texas Cowboys

Virginia Plain

(voted for a few others too but the above are particular faves)

 

Plus, of course, UTAH SAINTS U U U UTAH SAINTS! *.*

Boston, Kansas and Chicago were all band names, probably more too in existence. Chicago's UK #1 If You Leave Me Now is fab as is Boston's More Than A Feeling - only #22 in the UK what?!

 

Cant believe danG forgot about Boston and Chicago

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Boston, Kansas and Chicago were all band names, probably more too in existence. Chicago's UK #1 If You Leave Me Now is fab as is Boston's More Than A Feeling - only #22 in the UK what?!

 

Cant believe danG forgot about Boston and Chicago

 

Boston and Chicago aren't states. Kansas' only chart hit peaked at #51 and this poll seems to be only top 40 hits.

Only voted for Texas, Utah Saints in the band names

Voted for songs New York Groove, Hotel California, Paloma's New York, Fairytale of New York, Englishman in New York

Voted for:

Sweet Home Alabama

California Girls [not "Gurls"]

California Dreamin'

Hotel California

Theme From 'New York, New York'

Fairytale Of New York

Leaving New York

Virginia Plain

and Utah Saints

The majority of US-state based songs are named all named after California (with a couple of good New York ones too). 'California Dreamin' is my absolute fave here (and one of my all time favourite songs), although Belinda Carlisle's 'California' is a close second. Although could we not have bent the rules a little and allowed 'Californication'?

 

Bands-wise, Texas are the only contender here, head and shoulders above the rest.

How many states have NOT had a hit song named after them?

 

Voted for Sweet Home Alabama, California Dreamin' (Mamas & The Papas), Hotel California, California Love, California (Phantom Planet), Massachusetts, Fairytale Of New York, Englishman In New York & Moving To New York.

 

For bands Texas & Utah Saints.

How many states have NOT had a hit song named after them?

 

Most of them - I only count 17/50 on this poll (still only 21/50 if you generously count both of the Carolinas and Dakotas too).

Cast 10 votes:

Mamas And The Papas

Eagles

Phantom Planet

Bee Gees x2

Odyssey

Pogues

Sting

Wombats

Paloma

 

Bonus poll: Tennessee Ernie Ford

'Banks Of The Ohio' and Ohio Express, more votes for those please.

 

I also selected 'Dani California', Arizona Zervas, Florida Georgia Line and Utah Saints.

Flo Rida should be in the artists or does the gap matter to much?
'Banks Of The Ohio' and Ohio Express, more votes for those please.

 

There's also a 70s band called Ohio Players but they only made #43 in the UK chart so not on the list.

I voted for:

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Beach Boys - California Girls

Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin

Beach Boys - California Saga

Phantom Planet - California

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

Perry Como - Delaware

Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

ZZ Top - My Head's In Mississippi

T.Rex - New York City

Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

Strokes - New York City Cops

R.E.M. - Leaving New York

Wombats - Moving To New York

Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee

Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em

 

and:

 

Arizona Zervas

Florida Georgia Line

 

Voted for my top 5:

 

2Pac feat. Dr Dre - California Love (#6, 1996)

Bee Gees - Massachusetts (#1, 1967)

Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (#12, 1967)

Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (#9, 1966)

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (#2, 1987)

I was thinking a lot of the New York songs are probably referring to the city rather than the state. But there's not really much point in going through them all to try and work it out. :lol:
Special shoutout to Sufjan Stevens who had the greatest idea back in the day to make 50 albums, one for each state in the US... of course the project was over-ambitious and he only made 2 :) but still... we got Illinois and Michigan :)
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Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (#9, 1966)

Eagles - Hotel California (#8, 1977)

2Pac feat. Dr Dre - California Love (#6, 1996)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (#2, 2006)

Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (#1, 2010)

Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (#10, 1976)

Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (#14, 1979)

Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (#2, 1987)

Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em (#1, 2024)

 

Indiana [based solely on her one hit lol]

Texas

Utah Saints

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