List of songs about West Virginia

This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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 Note
American Terroist Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos 2006
Babydog Eastern Regional Jam 2024 The song is about Babydog.[1]
By and By Caamp 2019
Charleston Girl Tyler Childers 2014 The song is about a girl from Charleston, West Virginia.[2]
Circus Farm Mind Garage 2006
Don't This Look Like the Dark Jason Molina 2005
Fate of Chris Lively and Wife Blind Alfred Reed 1927 The 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.[3]
Feathered Indians Tyler Childers 2017
He's in Dallas Reba McEntire 1991
Hills of West Virginia Phil Ochs 1965
I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia Spike Jones and His City Slickers 1944
Jamboree Jones Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers 1937
John Hardy Multiple artists[4] 1924 Traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker living in McDowell County, West Virginia in the Spring of 1893.
Leaving West Virginia Kathy Mattea 1986
Linda Lou Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys & 1961
Monongah, WV Weekend 2010
Muswell Hillbilly The Kinks 1971
Nobody but You James Taylor 1972
Railroad Man Bill Withers 1974
Remember Mac Miller 2013
Salt Pork, West Virginia Louis Jordan & William J. Tennyson Jr. 1946 No. 8 on Billboard's list of the most played race records of 1946.[5]
Silver Line Sheer Mag 2019
Stardog Champion Mother Love Bone 1992
Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver 1971 Peaked at No. 2 in the United States.[6] Was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.[7] One of the four West Virginia state songs.[8]
Take Me Home, Country Roads; Fallout 76 Version Copilot Music and Sound 2018 Made for the game Fallout 76. Peaked at No. 21 on US Country Digital Songs chart.[9]
That Happy Night The Stanley Brothers 1959
The Girl from West Virginia Doyle Lawson 2004
The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard 1973
The Legend of John Henry's Hammer Johnny Cash 1963
The Man from Bowling Green Johnny Paycheck 1977
The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2006 Peaked at No. 67 in Scottland.[10]
The West Virginia Hills Henry Everett Engle 1885 One of the four West Virginia state songs.[11][12][13]
The Wreck of the Virginian Blind Alfred Reed 1927
They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy Loretta Lynn 1974 Peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[14]
This Protector The White Stripes 2001
This Is My West Virginia Iris Bell 1963 One of the four West Virginia state songs.[12][13]
West Virginia Fantasies Chicago 1970
West Virginia Gals Al Hopkins 1928
West Virginia Mine Jackie DeShannon 1970
West Virginia, My Home Hazel Dickens 1980
West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home Julian G. Hearne, Jr. 1947 One of the four West Virginia state songs.[12][13]
West Virginia Woman Bobby Bare & Billy Joe Shaver 1971
Wheeling, West Virginia Neil Sedaka 1970 Peaked at No. 20 in Australia in early 1970.[15]
Wild West Virginia Daniel Johnston 1981

See also

References

  1. ^ Kirk, Sam (October 25, 2024). "West Virginia's Babydog now has a song about her". WOWK. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Lambert, Cody. "Appalachian In Chicago: Finding My Charleston Girl". Downtown Huntington. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Matrix BVE-40791. Fate of Chris Lively and wife / Blind Alfred Reed". UCSB Libraries. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "John Hardy". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.
  6. ^ Breihan, Tom (February 5, 2019). "The Number Ones: The Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"". Stereogum. Retrieved January 7, 2025. John Denver's folksy, bucolic ramble "Take Me Home, Country Roads" also peaked at #2...
  7. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  8. ^ Taylor, Isaac (June 26, 2023). "The history of West Virginia anthem 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'". WOWK. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ^ Hampp, Andrew (July 31, 2018). "Songs for Screens: How a John Denver Classic Resurfaced Thanks to 'Fallout 76'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Chart 2006 07 16". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  11. ^ "e-WV | The West Virginia Hills". www.wvencyclopedia.org. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Johnson, Roger R. (2016). "State Songs". Roger Johson's Welcome to America. Archived from the original on 2023-02-15. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c Ramella, Richard. "West Virginia's Three State Songs". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  14. ^ "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  15. ^ "Go-Set Top 40 chart, 7 March 1970". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved January 7, 2025.