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As the holidays come close and we prepare to travel around the country visiting friends and family, here are my favorite songs about each one of the 50 states to provide you with some inspiration for the ultimate road-trip playlist.

  1. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  2. “Alaska” – Maggie Rogers
  3. “Route 66” – The Rolling Stones
  4. “Arkansas” – John Oates
  5. “Hotel California” – Eagles
  6. “Colorado” – Cody Jinks
  7. “Connecticut” – Emma Charles
  8. “Delaware Slide” – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
  9. “Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season” – Jimmy Buffett
  10. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” – The Charlie Daniels Band
  11. “Blue Hawaii” – Elvis Presley
  12. “Private Idaho” – The B-52’s
  13. “Illinois” – Dan Fogelberg
  14. “Indiana” – Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
  15. “Iowa” – Donovan Woods & Aoife O’Donovan
  16. “Salina, Kansas in the Rain” – Zombies Of The Stratosphere
  17. “Blackie, Kentucky” – Dolly Parton
  18. “Louisiana Lady” – New Riders of the Purple Sage
  19. “Maine” – Noah Kahan
  20. “Going to Maryland” – The Mountain Goats
  21. “Boston” – The Byrds
  22. “Pretty Girl from Michigan” – The Avett Brothers
  23. “Girl from the North Country” – Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
  24. “Mississippi Kisses” – Leon Bridges
  25. “Missouri Waltz (feat. Kaston Guffey)” – Georgia English
  26. “Wild Montana Skies” – John Denver & Emmylou Harris
  27. “Plains of Nebrasky-o” – Eric Andersen and Phil Ochs
  28. “Leaving Las Vegas” – Sheryl Crow
  29. “New Hampshire” – Town Meeting
  30. “Hackensack” – Fountains Of Wayne
  31. “New Mexico’s No Breeze” – Iron & Wine
  32. “Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)” – JAY-Z
  33. “Carolina In My Mind” – James Taylor
  34. “North Dakota” – The Wooden Sky
  35. “Ohio” – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  36. “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma” – David Frizzell and Shelly West
  37. “Eugene Oregon” – Dolly Parton
  38. “Philadelphia Freedom” – Elton John
  39. “Sweet Rhode Island Red” – Ike & Tina Turner
  40. “Carolina” – Harry Styles
  41. “South Dakota Morning” – Bee Gees
  42. “Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton
  43. “Texas Sun” – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
  44. “Salt Lake City” – The Beach Boys
  45. “Moonlight in Vermont (ft. Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson & Buddy Rich)” – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  46. “Sweet Virginia” – The Rolling Stones
  47. “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle” – Nirvana
  48. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” – John Denver
  49. “Wisconsin” – Whitehorse
  50. “Wyoming State of Mind” – The Snarlin’ Yarns

Listen to the playlist here on Apple Music. Happy travels!

Lindsay Morris is studying Journalism and Political Science at the University of Georgia. She loves to read and write, especially about culture, style, and entertainment. When she's not doing that, Lindsay loves walks in the rain, creating ultra-specific playlists, and going out with friends.