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Some U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most state songs, with 12 official state songs and an official bicentennial rap.
It was adopted as the Official Rock Song of Oklahoma from 2009 to April 2013 and was ranked No. 31 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the 2000s. It is also the band's most popular live song, [ 4 ] and has rarely been excluded from setlists since its inception into their live shows in 2002.
The song is associated with Ohio State University and is Ohio's official rock song. The song became standard fare for garage bands and, in 1965, it became one of the first songs recorded by the Yardbirds with guitarist Jeff Beck. A version by the rock group the McCoys was the most successful, when it reached number one in the singles chart. [2]
Oklahoma's official state rock song. 2009: Fan Derek Brown starts supplementing the band's live lineup. More: 40 years of weird: The unexpected love between The Flaming Lips and their hometown.
"Copperhead Road" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle. It was released in 1988 as the first single and title track from his third studio album of the same name . The song reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was Earle's highest-peaking song to date on that chart in the ...
as the fan-voted state rock song, after the state House of Representatives failed to pass the resolution by three votes. The poignant anthem lost that status in 2013 , when Gov. Mary Fallin let ...
"Hang on Sloopy", by Wes Farrell and Bert Russell, is the state's official rock song, adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. [30] The song's status was never signed into law, but rather was enacted through House Concurrent Resolution 16, 116th General Assembly, 1985–1986 Session. [31]
"Rocky Mountain High" is a folk rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. [1] [2] Recorded by Denver in 1972, it is the title track of the 1972 album Rocky Mountain High, and rose to No. 9 on the US Hot 100 in 1973.