List of songs about California
This is a list of songs about California. Many songs have been written about California; some songs describe its people, places, and events, while others touch on Californian experiences and state of mind. This list tries to compile those songs and the artists who wrote them, although many entries include songs covered by artists who did not write the song.
List of songs about California
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Los Angeles and its vicinity
| Title | Artist |
| "101 Ventura Freeway Blues" | Speedtwinn |
| "21 Jumpstreet" | Snoop Dogg feat. Tray Deee |
| "8-Ball" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "80 Blocks from Silverlake" | People Under The Stairs |
| "99 Miles from L.A." | Roman Alcocer |
| "99 Miles from L.A." | Albert Hammond |
| "Ænema" | Tool |
| "Alameda" | Elliott Smith |
| "All I Wanna Do" | Sheryl Crow |
| "Always Remember Me" | Ry Cuming |
| "Amateur Lovers" | Switchfoot |
| "American Bad Ass" | Kid Rock |
| "Angeles" | Elliott Smith |
| "April 29, 1992 " | Sublime |
| "Awakening" | Switchfoot |
| "Babylon Sisters" | Steely Dan |
| "Back in L.A." | Apathy |
| "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" | Jerry Scoggins, Flatt and Scruggs |
| "Been to Hell" | Hollywood Undead |
| "Bel Air" | Lana Del Rey |
| "Beverly Hills" | The Circle Jerks |
| "Beverly Hills" | Weezer |
| "Beverly Hills Hotel" | Whitestarr |
| "Big City" | Wall of Voodoo |
| "Big in LA" | Joelle |
| "Big Machine" | The Goo Goo Dolls |
| "Bloody Mary Morning" | Willie Nelson |
| "Blue Jay Way" | The Beatles |
| "Born and Raised in Compton" | DJ Quik |
| "Born in East L.A." | Cheech Marin, a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." |
| "Boulevard" | Jackson Browne |
| "Boyz n da Hood" | Eazy-E |
| "Broken Headlights" | Roscoe & Etta ft. Maia Sharp & Anna Schulze |
| "Bunker Hill" | Michael Penn |
| "Bunker Hill" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Burn Hollywood Burn" | Public Enemy |
| "Buzzbomb From Pasadena" | Dead Kennedys |
| "California Girls" | The Magnetic Fields |
| "California's Burning" | Augustana |
| "Car on a Hill" | Joni Mitchell |
| "Car Phone" | Sheeler & Sheeler |
| "Carmelita" | Warren Zevon |
| "Carson Girls" | Angry Samoans |
| "Celluloid Heroes" | The Kinks |
| "Christmas in Hollywood" | Hollywood Undead |
| "Christmas in L.A." | The Killers |
| "Christmas in Los Angeles" | The Rockettes, Lawrence Welk |
| "Ciao, Babe" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Ciao L.A." | Chokebore |
| "City of Angels" | 10,000 Maniacs |
| "City of Angels" | The Distillers |
| "City of the Angels" | Journey |
| "City of Angels" | Pangea Project |
| "City of Angels" | Red Elvises |
| "City of Angels" | Thirty Seconds To Mars |
| "City of Devils" | Yellowcard |
| "City of Satan" | Turbonegro |
| "The City with Two Faces" | Goldfinger |
| "Come a Long Way" | Michelle Shocked |
| "Come to L.A." | Chilly |
| "Coming into Los Angeles" | Arlo Guthrie |
| "Compton" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Dr. Dre |
| "Compton Compton" | The Game |
| "Compton Swangin" | BG Knocc Out & Dresta |
| "Compton's in the House" | N.W.A |
| "Contact/L.A.U.S.D" | Jurassic Five |
| "Country Boy " | Glen Campbell |
| "Cowboy" | Kid Rock |
| "Cruiser" | Red House Painters |
| "Dead in Hollywood" | Murderdolls |
| "Dead Loss Angeles" | The Stranglers |
| "Dear Axl" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Desperados Under the Eaves" | Warren Zevon |
| "Disneyland" | The Eyes |
| "Disneyland" | Five for Fighting |
| "Dizz Knee Land" | Dada |
| "Don't Mean Nothing" | Richard Marx |
| "Don’t Move Back To LA" | Okkervil River |
| "Down in LA" | People Under The Stairs |
| "Down On Rodeo" | Lindsey Buckingham |
| "Down Rodeo" | Rage Against the Machine, referring to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills |
| "Down Whittier Blvd" | Thee Midniters |
| "Drinkin' and Dreamin'" | Waylon Jennings, reference to L.A. |
| "Drinking in L.A." | Bran Van 3000 |
| "Drive North" | SWMRS |
| "Drove Up from Pedro" | Mike Watt |
| "Drugs not Working" | Ryan Adams |
| "DTLA " | Gary Jules |
| "Dying in LA" | Panic! at the Disco |
| "Earthquake Song" | Little Girls |
| "East L.A." | War |
| "East L.A. Breeze" | Brazzaville |
| "Eastside LB" | The Twinz feat. Warren G |
| "Echo Park" | Ryan Cabrera |
| "Electric Los Angeles Sunset" | Al Stewart |
| "El Lay" | NOFX |
| "Electrolite" | R.E.M. |
| "Estimated Prophet" | Grateful Dead |
| "Everyone Is Someone in L.A." | Felix da Housecat |
| "Fallen Angel" | Poison |
| "Free Fallin'" | Tom Petty |
| "Fuck Compton" | Tim Dog |
| "Gangsta Love" | Warren G feat. RBX, Nate Dogg & Kurupt |
| "Garden Grove" | Sublime |
| "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive" | Death Cab For Cutie |
| "Girl from Malibu" | Red Elvises |
| "Glendora" | Rilo Kiley |
| "Going Out West" | Gomez |
| "Goin' Out West" | Tom Waits |
| "Going to Malibu" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Goodbye Hollywood" | Richard Marx |
| "Goodbye L.A." | Green River Ordinance |
| "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd" | Ryan Adams |
| "Goodnight L.A." | Counting Crows |
| "Gone Hollywood" | Supertramp |
| "Grapevine" | Tom Russell |
| "The Great Los Angeles Flood" | Woody Guthrie |
| "Grey in L.A." | Loudon Wainwright III |
| "Griffith Park" | Mellow the Band |
| "The Haircut Song" | Ray Stevens |
| "Hating Hollywood" | Theory of a Deadman |
| "Heartattack and Vine" | Tom Waits |
| "Heaven Help the Fool" | Bob Weir |
| "Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A." | Less than Jake |
| "Hello, Brooklyn" | All Time Low |
| "Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" | Blue Cheer |
| "Here I Am in Hollywood" | Red Elvises |
| "Here in L.A." | Roy Joseph |
| "Hey, California" | Paul Melancon |
| "History Lesson, Pt. 2" | The Minutemen |
| "Hollywood" | 999 |
| "Hollywood" | Bizzy Bone |
| "Hollywood" | Collective Soul |
| "Hollywood" | The Cranberries |
| "Hollywood" | Dorian's Gray |
| "Hollywood" | Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé |
| "Hollywood" | The Jonas Brothers |
| "Hollywood" | Los Lonely Boys |
| "Hollywood" | Madonna |
| "Hollywood" | Marina and the Diamonds |
| "Hollywood" | Nickelback |
| "Hollywood" | P.O.D. |
| "Hollywood" | Kendall Payne |
| "Hollywood" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Hollywood" | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| "Hollywood" | The Runaways |
| "Hollywood" | Saliva |
| "Hollywood" | Some Velvet Morning |
| "Hollywood" | Streetheart |
| "Hollywood" | Throw Rag |
| "Hollywood" | The Veronicas |
| "Hollywood" | West Indian Girl |
| "Hollywood" | World Party |
| "Hollywood Babylon" | The Misfits |
| "Hollywood Bitch" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| "Hollywood Black" | Dio |
| "Hollywood Cemetery" | Cracker |
| "Hollywood " | Thin Lizzy |
| "Hollywood Dreams" | Miguel |
| "Holiday from Real" | Jack's Mannequin |
| "Hollywood Girl" | Drake Bell |
| "Hollywood Hills" | Sunrise Avenue |
| "Hollywood Honeys" | Hank Williams Jr. |
| "Hollywood " | Calibretto 13 |
| "Hollywood Kids" | The Thrills |
| "Hollywood Nights" | Bob Seger |
| "Hollywood the Second Time" | Wall of Voodoo |
| "Hollywood Sign" | The Explosion |
| "Hollywood Squares" | William "Bootsy" Collins |
| "Hollywood Swinging" | Kool & the Gang |
| "Hollywood Tease" | L.A. Guns |
| "Hollywood Whore" | Papa Roach |
| "Hollywood's Not America" | Ferras |
| "Honey Don’t Leave L.A." | James Taylor |
| "Hooray for Hollywood" | Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. |
| "Hooray, It's L.A." | Blindside |
| "Hot Box City" | Klaatu |
| "Hot Fudge " | Robbie Williams |
| "Hot Rod Lincoln" | C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson |
| "Hotel Roosevelt" | Augustana |
| "How to Survive in South Central" | Ice Cube |
| "I Ain't from Compton" | O.F.T.B. |
| "I Am Hollywood" | He Is Legend |
| "I Can't Stand L.A" | Bowling For Soup |
| "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" | A Tribe Called Quest |
| "I Love Cali" | Roscoe |
| "I Love LA" | Emblem3 |
| "I Love L.A." | Rilo Kiley |
| "I Love L.A." | Randy Newman |
| "I Love L.A." | Starcrawler |
| "I Loved the Way She Said 'L.A.'" | Spitalfield |
| "I Remember L.A." | Celine Dion |
| "If Hollywood Don't Need You " | Don Williams |
| "I'm From L.A." | Go Betty Go |
| "I'm So L.A." | MYNX |
| " Hanukkah in Santa Monica" | Tom Lehrer |
| "In L.A." | Delinquent Habits |
| "Inglewood Swangin" | Mack 10 |
| "Into the Airwaves" | Jack's Mannequin |
| "Into the Great Wide Open" | Tom Petty |
| "Irvine" | Kelly Clarkson |
| "It's a Beautiful Day" | The Beach Boys |
| "It's Christmas Once Again in Santa Barbara" | Barry De Vorzon |
| "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" | X |
| "Join Me in L.A." | Warren Zevon |
| "Kalifornia" | Mos Def |
| "Kalifornian Ruosteiset Kukkulat" | Ultra Bra |
| "Karma's Payment" | Modest Mouse |
| "The Kelly Affair" | Be Your Own Pet |
| "The Kids" | Hollywood Undead |
| "Killafornia" | Cypress Hill |
| "A Kind of Christmas Card" | Morten Harket |
| "LA" | SiR |
| "LA" | Ty Dolla $ign |
| "L.A." | Jackie DeShannon |
| "L.A." | Murs |
| "L.A." | Naked Brothers Band |
| "L.A." | Elliott Smith |
| "L.A." | Neil Young |
| "L.A. Baby " | Jonas Brothers |
| "L.A. Blue" | Joey McIntyre |
| "La Brea" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "L.A. City" | Amad Jamal |
| "L.A. County" | Lyle Lovett |
| "LA Devotee" | Panic! at the Disco |
| "L.A. Feeding Fire" | Negative |
| "L.A. Freeway" | Guy Clark |
| "L.A. Girl" | The Adolescents |
| "L.A. Girlz" | Weezer |
| "L.A. International Airport" | Susan Raye |
| "LA Hallucinations" | Carly Rae Jepsen |
| "L.A. Is Burnin'" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "L.A. Is My Lady" | Frank Sinatra |
| "L.A. Is The Place" | N.W.A |
| "L.A., L.A. " | Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Tragedy Khadafi, Prodigy |
| "L.A. Made Me" | Alexz Johnson |
| "L.A. My Town" | The Four Tops |
| "The L.A. Of My Dreams" | Sony Holland |
| "L.A. Song" | Beth Hart |
| "L.A. Song" | John Mayer |
| "The L.A. Song" | People Under The Stairs |
| "L.A. Sunshine" | War |
| "L.A. Woman" | The Doors |
| "L.A.P.D." | L.A. Guns |
| "L.A.P.D." | The Offspring |
| "La Cienega Just Smiled" | Ryan Adams |
| "La La Land" | Bryce Vine |
| "La La Land" | The Go-Go's |
| "The Last Resort" | Eagles |
| "Late Night, Early Town" | Lloyd Cole |
| "Laurel Canyon" | Jackie DeShannon |
| "LAX" | Big D and the Kids Table |
| "LAX to O'Hare" | The Academy Is... |
| "LBC and the ING" | Mack 10 feat. Snoop Dogg |
| "Le Chateau" | Nous Non Plus |
| "Let Me Back In" | Rilo Kiley |
| "Let's Go!" | The Olympic Hopefuls |
| "Letter to L.A." | Joe Ely |
| "Life in L.A." | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
| "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" | Jan and Dean, covered by The Beach Boys |
| "Little Suzy Suicide" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Long Beach" | Bethany Curve |
| "A Long December" | Counting Crows |
| "Long Way to Hollywood" | Hank Williams Jr. |
| "Los Ageless" | St. Vincent |
| "Los Angeles" | The 69 Eyes |
| "Los Angeles" | The Audition |
| "Los Angeles" | Frank Black |
| "Los Angeles" | Blink-182 |
| "Los Angeles" | Counting Crows |
| "Los Angeles" | The Firebird Band |
| "Los Angeles" | Morten Harket |
| "Los Angeles" | Jim's Big Ego |
| "Los Angeles" | Brad Mehldau |
| "Los Angeles" | Ozma |
| "Los Angeles" | Porcelain and the Tramps |
| "Los Angeles" | The Rosewood Thieves |
| "Los Angeles" | Sugarcult |
| "Los Angeles" | X |
| "Los Angeles Blues" | Lightnin' Hopkins |
| "Los Angeles Daze" | People Under The Stairs |
| "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" | The Decemberists |
| "Los Angeles Is Burning" | Bad Religion |
| "Los Angeles November 2019" | Vangelis |
| "Los Angeles Times" | Xzibit |
| "Los Angelinos" | Billy Joel |
| "Lost Angeles" | Wired All Wrong |
| "Lost Angelino" | Tony Lucca |
| "Lost in Hollywood" | System of a Down |
| "Love in L.A." | Ernie Halter |
| "Love is the Movement" | Switchfoot |
| "Low Rider" | War |
| "Lullaby" | Shawn Mullins |
| "M.A.A.D City" | Kendrick Lamar featuring MC Eiht |
| "Madame Hollywood" | Felix da Housecat featuring Miss Kittin |
| "Magnets" | Disclosure featuring Lorde |
| "Malibu" | Miley Cyrus |
| "Malibu" | Hole |
| "Malibu Beaches" | Benjamin Boczulak |
| "Malibu Gas Station" | Sonic Youth |
| "Malibu Love Nest" | Luna |
| "Malibu Man" | Dan Auerbach |
| "Malibu Nights" | LANY |
| "Malibu Pier" | Rake and the Surftones |
| "Malibu Run" | The Fender IV |
| "Marina Del Rey" | Kenny Chesney |
| "Marina Del Rey" | George Strait |
| "Mid-City Fiesta" | People Under The Stairs |
| "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight |
| "Moonlight Drive" | The Doors |
| "Morrison Hotel" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Moving to L.A." | Art Brut |
| "My California" | Beth Hart |
| "My Heart Is Lost" | Blackbear |
| "Newport Living" | Cute Is What We Aim For |
| "Next to Highway Number 10" | John George Campbell |
| "No. 5" | Hollywood Undead |
| "No More Parties in LA" | Kanye West |
| "No Other Place" | Hollywood Undead |
| "No Se Vende La Calle" | Doc Gyneco |
| "Not So Bad in LA" | Allie X |
| "Number 13 Baby" | Pixies |
| "O.C. Confidential'" | The Adolescents |
| "O.C. Life'" | Rikk Agnew |
| "O.C. Supertones " | The O.C. Supertones |
| "Ode to L.A." | The Raveonettes |
| "Old L.A. Tonight" | Ozzy Osbourne |
| "Old School Hollywood" | System of a Down |
| "Ole Mulholland" | Frank Black |
| "On My Way To L.A." | Phil Carmen |
| "On The Edge" | Terry Woods |
| "One in a Million" | Guns N' Roses |
| "Open Up" | Leftfield |
| "Orange County" | STEFY |
| "Orange County Girl" | Gwen Stefani |
| "Orange County Suite" | The Doors |
| "Orange County Lumber Truck" | Frank Zappa |
| "Out in L.A." | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Out of L.A." | Jude |
| "Out on the Weekend" | Neil Young |
| "Pachuco Blues" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Pacific Coast Highway" | Burt Bacharach |
| "Paradise City" | Guns N' Roses, covered by Pat Boone |
| "Party Girl" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Party in the USA" | Miley Cyrus |
| "Pasadena" | Al Jolson |
| "Playing Favorites" | The Starting Line |
| "Please Please Please " | Head Automatica |
| "Pico and Sepulveda" | Freddy Martin |
| "Pico-Union District" | Psycho Realm |
| "Picture Postcards from L.A." | Joshua Kadison |
| "The Promised Land" | Chuck Berry |
| "Purple Stain" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Recognize" | Warren G feat. The Twinz & Snoop Dogg |
| "Redondo Beach" | Patti Smith, later covered by Morrissey |
| "Revolution Blues" | Neil Young |
| "Ride Wit Me" | The Relativez feat. Butch Cassidy |
| "The River" | Good Charlotte featuring M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold |
| "Roamer" | Enrique Iglesias |
| "Rooming House on Venice Beach" | Jonathan Richman |
| "Saints of Los Angeles" | Mötley Crüe |
| "San Fernando Valley" | Bing Crosby |
| "Santa Ana Wind" | Tom Russell |
| "Santa Monica" | Everclear |
| "Santa Monica" | Jay Malinowski |
| "Santa Monica" | Savage Garden |
| "Santa Monica" | Theory of a Deadman |
| "Santa Monica Dream" | Angus & Julia Stone |
| "Save Me, San Francisco" | Train |
| "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" | Eminem |
| "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" | Billy Joel |
| "Screenwriter's Blues" | Soul Coughing |
| "Sea of Drugs" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Sin City" | The Flying Burrito Brothers |
| "Skies Of L.A." | Celine Dion |
| "Sleazy Wednesday" | Jack's Mannequin |
| "Sleepless in Silverlake" | Les Savy Fav |
| "Slow Down" | The Academy Is... |
| "So.Cal" | Delinquent Habits |
| "So L.A." | The Motels |
| "Some Girls" | The Rolling Stones |
| "Some L.A. Niggaz" | Dr. Dre |
| "Some Other Time" | X |
| "Spectacular Views" | Rilo Kiley |
| "Starfish" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Stephanie's for L.A." | The Mother Hips |
| "Still in Hollywood" | Concrete Blonde |
| "Stories from Hollywood" | Jon Peter Lewis |
| "Straight Outta Compton" | N.W.A |
| "Strait of Gibraltar" | Val Holler |
| "Stranded in L.A." | L.A. Guns |
| "Strange Season" | Michael Penn |
| "Streets of LBC" | Warren G |
| "Summer Means Fun" | Bruce & Terry |
| "Summer's Coming" | Sean Watkins |
| "Summertime in the LBC" | The Dove Shack |
| "Sunset Blvd" | Emblem3 |
| "Sunset Grill" | Don Henley |
| "Sunset People" | Donna Summer |
| "Sunset Strip" | Courtney Love |
| "Surf Ain't No City " | Brakkers |
| "Surf Route 101" | Jan and Dean |
| "Surfin' U.S.A." | The Beach Boys |
| "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" | Rachel Stevens |
| "Temecula Sunrise" | New Years Day |
| "They Will Kill Us All " | The Bronx |
| "This is L.A." | Delinquent Habits |
| "This is L.A." | The Briggs |
| "This Old Town" | Tom Petty |
| "This Town" | The Go-Go's |
| "Three Little Pigs" | Green Jellÿ |
| "Time Spent in Los Angeles" | Dawes |
| "To Die in L.A." | West Indian Girl |
| "To Live & Die in L.A." | 2Pac |
| "To Live and Die in L.A." | Wang Chung |
| "Train" | Goldfrapp |
| "Twelve Thirty " | The Mamas & the Papas |
| "Two Lost Angels" | Franky Perez |
| "Two More Bottles of Wine" | Emmylou Harris |
| "Under the Bridge" | The All Saints |
| "Under the Bridge" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Valley Girl" | Frank Zappa |
| "Valley of the Dollz" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Van Nuys " | Los Abandoned |
| "Venice USA" | Van Morrison |
| "Venice, USA" | Red Elvises |
| "Ventura" | Lexington & 3rd |
| "Ventura Blvd" | Tom Hagan |
| "The Vicodin Song" | Terra Naomi |
| "Wailin' in West Covina" | The Spectrums |
| "Walking in L.A." | Missing Persons |
| "Walking in Los Angeles" | Kate Micucci |
| "Wannabe in L.A." | Eagles of Death Metal |
| "War Within a Breath" | Rage Against the Machine |
| "Watts Riot" | KAM |
| "The Way The Story Goes" | Tim Foust |
| "We Built This City | Starship |
| "We from the LBC" | Bad Azz feat. Snoop Dogg |
| "We Lost Our Way" | Chris Isaak |
| "We Run L.A." | Ya Boy |
| "Weekend in L.A." | The Toasters |
| "Welcome Me" | Indigo Girls |
| "Welcome to the Boomtown" | David & David |
| "Welcome to Hollywood" | Mitchel Musso |
| "Welcome to the Jungle" | Guns N' Roses |
| "West L.A. Fadeaway" | Grateful Dead |
| "White Guilt" | The Bronx |
| "Whittier Blvd." | Thee Midniters |
| "Who Would've Thought" | Rancid |
| "Who's Down" | Kingspade |
| "Why You'd Want to Live Here" | Death Cab for Cutie |
| "Wild Side" | Mötley Crüe |
| "William Faulkner in Hollywood" | Tom Russell Band |
| "Winter" | The Rolling Stones |
| "The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles" | Phil Ochs |
| "Wrong Way to Hollywood" | Wall of Voodoo |
| "Yo Home to Bel-Air" | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
| "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" | David Frizzell and Shelly West |
San Francisco and the Bay Area
Other locations, cities, and streets
| Title | Artist |
| "16th Street" | Invictus |
| "26 Miles " | The Four Preps |
| "29 Palms" | Robert Plant |
| "96 Miles to Bakersfield" | George Lindsey |
| "Albatross + Ivy" | Limbeck |
| "Alibi" | The Mountain Goats |
| "All Devils Here Now" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Almond Grove" | Cracker |
| "Alone in Santa Cruz" | the Ataris |
| "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Back to the 101" | Albert Hammond, Jr. |
| "Back to Salinas" | Mary McCaslin |
| "Bakersfield" | Lonely Avenue |
| "Bakersfield" | Social Distortion |
| "Bakersfield" | Tom Russell |
| "Big Sur" | Adam Franklin |
| "Big Sur" | King of Woolworths |
| "Big Sur" | Magic Castles |
| "Big Sur" | Mason Jennings |
| "Big Sur" | The Thrills |
| "Billy the Mountain" | Frank Zappa |
| "Bixby Canyon Bridge" | Death Cab for Cutie |
| "The Blondes of Santa Barbara" | Saint Milkweed |
| "Booyaka 619" | WWE |
| "Brand New Orange" | Limbeck |
| "Bubble Toes" | Jack Johnson |
| "Call of the West" | Wall of Voodoo |
| "Caltrans" | Doo Doo Wah |
| "Cambria" | Jason Bennett |
| "Catalina" | The Descendents |
| "Celluloid Heroes" | The Kinks |
| "Chino Love Song 1979" | The Mountain Goats |
| "City of Deygo" | Mike Nasty |
| "Cloudy" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| "Coronado II" | Polaris |
| "Cucamonga" | Frank Zappa |
| "Dance Music" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Deckchairs and Cigarettes" | The Thrills |
| "Deportee " | Woody Guthrie |
| " Goleta" | Camper Van Beethoven |
| "Don't Mess With the Mayor" | The Medflys |
| "Don't Wait on Me" | The Statler Brothers |
| "Dream Life of Rand McNally" | Jason Mraz |
| "El Camino Real" | Alfred Reed |
| "El Caminos in the West" | Grandaddy |
| "Everybody's Free " | Baz Luhrmann |
| "Far Away Eyes" | The Rolling Stones |
| "For What It's Worth" | Buffalo Springfield |
| "Freeport Boulevard" | Jackie Greene |
| "Friend of the Devil" | Grateful Dead |
| "Folsom Prison Blues" | Johnny Cash |
| "Get 'Em Outa Here" | Sprung Monkey |
| "Going Back to Big Sur" | Johnny Rivers |
| "Gone Country" | Alan Jackson |
| "Go to Montecito" | The High Llamas |
| "Going to Glendale" | Further |
| "Going to Chino" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Going to Malibu" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Going to Norwalk" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Going to Pomona" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Going to San Diego" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Grapevine Fires" | Death Cab for Cutie |
| "Heading for Hesperia" | F.X. MacDonald |
| "Heart of Gold" | Neil Young |
| "Holly " | All Time Low |
| "Highway 101" | Social Distortion |
| "Home Again Garden Grove" | The Mountain Goats |
| "I Don't Like Mondays" | The Boomtown Rats |
| "I Got the Blues in Santa Cruz" | Horace Silver |
| "I'm a Raider" | Luniz |
| "I'm Coming Home" | Robert Earl Keen |
| "I Wish I Looked a Little Better" | Sparks |
| "I Woke Up in a Car" | Something Corporate |
| "It's Christmas Once Again in San Diego" | Barry De Vorzon |
| "Johnny Come Lately" | Steve Earle |
| "June on the West Coast" | Bright Eyes |
| "Kern River" | Merle Haggard |
| "Kern River" | Dave Alvin |
| "King of Bakersfield" | Cracker |
| "La Jolla" | Grey Boy |
| "The Lady from Twentynine Palms" | The Andrews Sisters |
| "Leaving Las Vegas" | Sheryl Crow |
| "Lions " | Pavement |
| "Lodi" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| "Lonesome Santa Barbara Blues" | Mark Roberts |
| "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans | Merle Haggard |
| "Manzanar" | Tom Russell |
| "Matterhorn" | Joy Electric |
| "Meet Me In The Middle" | Allstar Weekend |
| "Mendo" | Loose Change |
| "Mendocino" | Michael Holm |
| "Mendocino" | The Sir Douglas Quintet |
| "Mendocino Desperados" | Bob Gibson |
| "Mendocino County Line" | Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack |
| "Miles from Monterey" | West Indian Girl |
| "Modesto" | True Love Always |
| "Modesto Is Not That Sweet" | The Hold Steady |
| "Montecito White Trash Barbecue" | Claude Hopper |
| "Monterey" | Eric Burdon & The Animals |
| "Monterey" | Rhythma |
| "Morning Misty Eyes" | Tommy Flanders |
| "Ms. Santa Cruz County" | Cracker |
| "Never Been to Spain" | Hoyt Axton |
| "New Star Song" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Next to Highway Number 10" | John George Campbell |
| "Ninety-Six Miles to Bakersfield" | George Lindsey |
| "O Valencia!" | The Decemberists |
| "October in Oxnard" | Rake and the Surftones |
| "Old Cayucos" | Craig Melia |
| "On Interstate 15" | Wall of Voodoo |
| "One More Minute" | Authority Zero |
| "Ontario" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Pacific Coast Highway" | Burt Bacharach |
| "Pacific Coast Highway" | Courtney Love |
| "Pacific Coast Highway" | The Mamas & the Papas |
| "Pacific Coast Highway" | Sonic Youth |
| "Pacific Coast Party" | Smash Mouth |
| "Paddle Out" | Sublime |
| "Palm Springs Swing" | Keely Smith |
| "Palmdale" | Afroman |
| "Pebble Beach" | Vince Guaraldi |
| "Pescadero Days" | Gary Gates |
| "Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Postcard from Lompoc" | Kreg Viesselman |
| "Pretty Girl from San Diego" | The Avett Brothers |
| "Quiet Beach Town" | Franklin For Short |
| "Ramona Moraga" | Babyland |
| "Red Hill Mining Town" | U2 |
| "Revelation Big Sur" | Red House Painters |
| "Riverside" | The Beat Farmers |
| "Rosalita " | Bruce Springsteen |
| "The Rocket Ships of La Jolla" | Jesus Jones |
| "The Rose of the San Joaquin" | Tom Russell |
| "Route 66" | Nat "King" Cole |
| "Route 101" | Herb Alpert |
| "Running on Empty" | Jackson Browne |
| "Sacramento" | Cuf |
| "St. Modesto" | Chris Walla |
| "Salinas" | Jackie DeShannon |
| "San Andreas Fault" | Natalie Merchant |
| "San Ber'dino" | Frank Zappa |
| "San Berdoo Sunburn" | Eagles of Death Metal |
| "San Berdu" | The Vandals |
| "San Bernadino" | Christie |
| "San Bernardino" | The Mountain Goats |
| "San Bernardino" | Satanic Surfers |
| "San Bernardino Boy, The" | Cracker |
| "San Diego" | Blink-182 |
| "San Diego" | Burning Brides |
| "San Diego Song, My" | Arkady Luxemburg |
| "San Diego" | Charlie Walker |
| "San Diego" | Feeder |
| "San Diego" | L.A. Symphony |
| "San Diego" | Parmalee |
| "San Diego" | Roy Zimmerman |
| "San Diego" | Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra |
| "San Diego" | Starlight Mints |
| "San Diego" | The Eternal Afflict |
| "San Diego is Burning" | Agent 51 |
| "San Diego Serenade" | Tom Waits |
| "San Diego Song" | The Coronas |
| "San Diego Zoo" | The 6ths |
| "San Luis Obispo" | Ted Wulfers |
| "San Luis Obispo" | Coyote |
| "San Simeon" | Bryan Ferry |
| "San Simeon" | Goldfinger |
| "Santa Barbara" | Matthew Hart |
| "Santa Barbara" | Meg & Dia |
| "Santa Barbara" | Mellow the Band |
| "Santa Barbara" | Ronnie Milsap |
| "Santa Barbara" | Radical Something |
| "Santa Barbara" | The Superficials |
| "Santa Barbara" | World Party |
| "Santa Carla Twilight" | Tiger Army |
| "Santa Cruz" | Brian Sharpe |
| "Santa Cruz" | JJ Cale |
| "Santa Cruz " | The Thrills |
| "Short Song About the 10 Freeway" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Siren on the 101" | Over It |
| "Someone Else's Parking Lot in Santa Cruz" | The Mountain Goats |
| "South Coast" | Tom Russell |
| "South Coast" | Dave Stamey |
| "Streets of Bakersfield" | Buck Owens |
| "Streets of Bakersfield" | Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens |
| "Streets of Redding" | The Ruggles Brothers |
| "Studebaker" | Warren Zevon |
| "Summer '79" | The Ataris |
| "Summertime" | Crimpshrine |
| "Surfin' U.S.S.R" | Ray Stevens |
| "Sutter's Mill" | Dan Fogelberg |
| "Talk to Me of Mendocino" | Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
| "Talk to Me of Mendocino" | Linda Ronstadt |
| "Teenage World" | The Mountain Goats |
| "Ten Miles to Bliss" | Val Holler |
| "Tight Wad Hill" | Green Day |
| "Trouble Child" | Joni Mitchell |
| "Ukiah" | The Doobie Brothers |
| "Ventura" | Lucinda Williams |
| "Ventura" | Whiskey Chimp |
| "Ventura County Line" | Fur Dixon and Steve Werner |
| "Ventura Highway" | America |
| "Ventura, Ventura Space People" | Shinobu |
| "Village of the Sun" | Frank Zappa |
| "West Coast" | Emily's Army |
| "West Coast" | FIDLAR |
| "We Weren't Crazy" | Josh Gracin |
| "White Boy from Sacramento" | Timothy B. Schmit |
| "Willin' " | Lowell George |
| "The Young Thousands" | The Mountain Goats |