Category
page 1Songs about California
California Dreamin'
original song written and composed by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips; first recorded by The Mamas & the Papas and released in 1965
Paradise City
1988 single by Guns N' Roses
California Love
1995 single by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre
Californication
2000 song by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dani California
single
Surfin' U.S.A.
song; rewritten version of "Sweet Little Sixteen", lyrics adapted by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
song written and composed by John Phillips, originally recorded by Scott McKenzie and released in 1967
California Girls
1965 song by the Beach Boys
Malibu
2017 single by Miley Cyrus
Folsom Prison Blues
original song written, composed, and performed by Johnny Cash
Going to California
Led Zeppelin song
West Coast
2014 song by Lana Del Rey
Free Fallin'
song written and composed by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, originally recorded by Tom Petty and released in 1989
California Über Alles
single by Dead Kennedys
Welcome to Paradise
1994 single by Green Day
I Love You, California
regional anthem
Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
influential hip hop single
Pink Pony Club
2020 single by Chappell Roan
Freak (Lana Del Rey song)
2016 single by Lana Del Rey
Avalon
1920 popular song written by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and Vincent Rose
Regulate
1994 single by Warren G
It Never Rains in Southern California
original song written and composed by Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood, originally recorded by Albert Hammond and released in 1972
Doin' Time
1997 single by Sublime
Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind
song by Lana Del Rey
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
song by Lana Del Rey
Straight Outta Compton
1988 single by N.W.A.
California Blue
1989 Roy Orbison song
Arcadia
2021 single by Lana Del Rey
Electrolite
"Electrolite" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., released as the closing track from their tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996), and as the album's third single later that year. The song is a piano-based ballad dedicated to Hollywood and the closing twentieth century. Frontman Michael Stipe initially objected to including the song on the album, but was convinced by his bandmates Peter Buck and Mike Mills.
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
song by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David; performed by Dionne Warwick
Check My Brain
2009 single by Alice in Chains
The River
Good Charlotte song
California
1996 single by Mylène Farmer
Malibu
1998 single by Hole
Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)
2012 single by The Offspring
New in Town
2009 Little Boots single
The Greatest
original song co-written and performed by Lana Del Rey
Ventura Highway
original song written and composed by Dewey Bunnell; recorded and released by America in 1972
California Sun
1960 song recorded by Joe Jones
Novacane
2011 single by Frank Ocean
Semi-Charmed Life
1997 single by Third Eye Blind
Santa Monica
1998 single by Savage Garden
Lodi
original song written and composed by John Fogerty; first recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival