__NOTOC__ This is a list of songs written about the U.S. state of West Virginia or locations in the state: Song Artist/Band Release year NoteAmerican TerroristLupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos2006BabydogEastern Regional Jam2024The song is about Babydog.By and ByCaamp2019Charleston GirlTyler Childers2014The song is about a girl from Charleston, West Virginia.Circus Farm Mind Garage 2006Don't This Look Like the DarkJason Molina2005Fate of Chris Lively and WifeBlind Alfred Reed1927The song tells of the death of Christopher Columbus Lively and his wife Mary Elizabeth Fisher Lively, who were killed on September 2, 1927, when a train collided with their horse and wagon at a railroad crossing near Pax, West Virginia.Feathered IndiansTyler Childers2017Flatwoods MonsterSamuel Felinton & Yuno Miles2026He's in DallasReba McEntire1991Hills of West VirginiaPhil Ochs1965I Wanna Go Back to West VirginiaSpike Jones and His City Slickers1944Jamboree JonesJohnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers1937John HardyMultiple artists1924Traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker living in McDowell County, West Virginia, in the Spring of 1893.Leaving West VirginiaKathy Mattea1986Linda LouBill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys & 1961Monongah, WVWeekend2010Muswell HillbillyThe Kinks1971Nobody but YouJames Taylor1972Railroad ManBill Withers1974RememberMac Miller2013Salt Pork, West VirginiaLouis Jordan & William J. Tennyson Jr.1946No. 8 on Billboard's list of the most played race records of 1946. Silver LineSheer Mag2019Stardog ChampionMother Love Bone1992Take Me Home, Country RoadsJohn Denver1971Peaked at No. 2 in the United States. Was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. One of the four West Virginia state songs.Take Me Home, Country Roads; Fallout 76 VersionCopilot Music and Sound2018Made for the game Fallout 76. Peaked at No. 21 on US Country Digital Songs chart.That Happy NightThe Stanley Brothers1959The Girl from West VirginiaDoyle Lawson2004The Green Rolling Hills of West VirginiaHazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard1973The Legend of John Henry's HammerJohnny Cash1963The Man from Bowling GreenJohnny Paycheck1977The Skin of My Yellow Country TeethClap Your Hands Say Yeah2006Peaked at No. 67 in Scotland.The West Virginia HillsHenry Everett Engle1885One of the four West Virginia state songs.The Wreck of the VirginianBlind Alfred Reed1927They Don't Make 'em Like My DaddyLoretta Lynn1974Peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.This ProtectorThe White Stripes2001This Is My West VirginiaIris Bell1963One of the four West Virginia state songs.West Virginia FantasiesChicago1970West Virginia GalsAl Hopkins1928West Virginia MineJackie DeShannon1970West Virginia, My HomeHazel Dickens1980West Virginia, My Home Sweet HomeJulian G. Hearne, Jr.1947One of the four West Virginia state songs.West Virginia WomanBobby Bare & Billy Joe Shaver1971Wheeling, West Virginia Neil Sedaka1970Peaked at No. 20 in Australia in early 1970.Wild West VirginiaDaniel Johnston1981 See also List of films set in West Virginia List of television shows set in West Virginia
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