Artist	Song
The Mamas & The Papas	California Dreamin'
from The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Hits (1998)
The Beach Boys	California Girls
from Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of The Beach Boys (2003)
Eagles	Hotel California
from Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2006)
2Pac, Roger Troutman & Dr. Dre	California Love
from 2Pac: Greatest Hits (2009)
LL Cool J	Going Back to Cali
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
Ramones	California Sun
from Leave Home (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Dead Kennedys	California Uber Alles
from Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication
from Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits (2003)
Al Jolson	California, Here I Come
from The Essential Recordings (2005)
Billy Bragg & Wilco	California Stars
from Mermaid Avenue (2007)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel
from The Very Best Of (2009)
Phantom Planet	California
from The Guest (2003)
Albert Hammond & M. Hazelwood	It Never Rains In Southern California
from Radio Hits of the '70s (2006)
The Notorious B.I.G.	Going Back to Cali
from Life After Death (2005)
Cheap Trick	California Man
from The Essential Cheap Trick (2004)
Neil Young	California Sunset
from Old Ways (2000)
Carole King	Back to California
from Music (1991)
Eddie Floyd	California Girl
from Chronicle: Greatest Hits (2006)
Grateful Dead	Estimated Prophet
from Terrapin Station (2008)
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Dani California
from Stadium Arcadium (2009)
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers	All the Gold In California
from 16 Biggest Hits (2000)
Matthew Sweet	Come to California
from Blue Sky On Mars (1995)
Lenny Kravitz	California
from Baptism (2004)
Fatboy Slim	Kalifornia
from You've Come a Long Way Baby (2005)
Kings of Leon	California Waiting
from Holy Roller Novocaine - EP (2003)
R.E.M.	I Remember California
from Green (2008)
Game	California Vacation
from Doctor's Advocate (2006)
Lesley Gore	California Nights
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore (2000)
Rufus Wainwright	California
from Poses (2002)
America	California Revisited
from Homecoming (2009)
Sweet	California Nights
from The Best of Sweet (1993)
Jimmy Buffett	California Promises
from One Particular Harbour (1987)
P!nk	Gone to California
from M!ssundaztood (2001)
The Decemberists	California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade
from Castaways and Cutouts (2003)
Propellerheads	Take California
from Decksandrumsandrockandroll (1998)
Luna	California (All the Way)
from The Best of Luna (2006)
Rancid	Antennas
from Rancid (2000) (2005)
Pretenders	California
from Pirate Radio (Digital Version) (2006)
Transplants	California Babylon
from Transplants (2005)
Rogue Wave	California
from Descended Like Vultures (2005)
Sugarcult	Back to California
from Palm Trees and Power Lines (2004)
Pavement	Unfair
from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA’s Desert Origins (2004)
Five for Fighting	California Justice
from Two Lights (2008)
Mason Jennings	California
from Mason Jennings (2008)
Mason Jennings	California, Pt. 2
from Mason Jennings (2008)
Dave Alvin	King of California
from King of California (2009)
Semisonic	California
from Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Youth Brigade	Sink With California
from Sink With Kalifornija (1984)
NOFX	Leaving Jesusland
from Wolves In Wolves' Clothing (2006)
Unwritten Law	California Sky
from Unwritten Law (2008)
Freedy Johnston	California Thing
from Can You Fly (2008)
Long Beach Shortbus	California Grace
from Flying Ship of Fantasy (2005)
Dada Ante Portas	California Gold
from Dada (1998)
Starland Vocal Band	California Day
from Starland Vocal Band (2004)
Joni Mitchell	California
from Dreamland (2004)
Latyrx & Blackalicious	Burning Hot in Cali On a Saturday Night
from The Album (1997)
Augustana	California's Burning
from All the Stars and Boulevards (2006)
Mike Stinson	Late Great Golden State
from Jack of All Heartache (2002)
John Doe	The Golden State (feat. Eddie Vedder & Corin Tucker)
from The Golden State - EP (2008)
Low	California
from The Great Destroyer (2005)
Enrique Iglesias	California Callin'
from 7 (2004)
Fu Manchu	California Crossing
from California Crossing (2002)
Beulah	Gene Autry
from The Coast Is Never Clear (2001)
Lil Sic & Bad Azz	Sunny California
from Summertime In the Varrio (2008)
Sloan	Losing California
from A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005 (2005)
Hem	Not California
from Funnel Cloud (2010)
Jolie Holland	Goodbye California
from Escondida (2008)
The New Amsterdams	From California
from Worse for the Wear (2004)
The Cheetah Girls	Christmas In California
from A Cheetah-licious Christmas (2006)
World / Inferno Friendship Society	All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks
from East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today! (2006)
Motorpsycho	Go to California
from Phanerothyme (2001)
Daz Dillinger & Lady "V"	In California
from Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back (2001)
William Hung	Hotel California
from Inspiration (2004)

Comment:

What is it about the 31st state that so captures songwriters' hearts and minds? Is it the dreamin', the girls, the nights, the sky, the gold . . . the hotel? Yes, indeed, it's all of the above and more. Ever since the Gold Rush in 1849, people have been streaming into the Golden State, seeking their fortune as miners, musicians, movie stars, and magnates, and just enough of them have made it to perpetuate the myth. With the prospect of eternal youth (courtesy of your friendly nip-and-tuck pro), plus California's sun-fun-stay-play ambiance, who [i]wouldn't[/i] want to sing the state's praises?

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