Have a Favorite Michigan Song? Michiganders Picked These

Do you have a favorite Michigan song? There are lots to choose from according to Michiganders.

Songs About Michigan

There are a lot of songs that have been written about Michigan. Songs about cities, events, or memories from artists who are from the Great Lakes State.

Artists like Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Alice Cooper, Pretenders, J. Geils Band, Journey, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Huey Lewis & The News, Glenn Frey, Bruce Springsteen, Marvin Gaye, Ted Nugent, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, and Gordon Lightfoot are just a few that have name-dropped Michigan or Detroit.

My personal favorite happens to be Detroit Rock City from Kiss.

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Bob Seger has more Michigan name-drops than any other artist but makes sense since he grew up here.

What Is Your Favorite Michigan Song?

Recently on the Michigan Reddit page poster "SeaLocksmith1830" asked the question, "What's your favorite Michigan song?" This topic resonated with Michiganders because they are still posting on this thread.

I will attempt to list every artist and song posted so far in no particular order:

• The Parachute Adams - Up North
• Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
• Simon and Garfunkel - America
• Lefty Frizzle - Saginaw Michigan
• Glen Miller Orchestra - I've got a gal in Kalamazoo
• Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
• The Accidentals - Michigan and Again
• Jeff Daniels - Michigan My Michigan
• Da Yoopers - Second Week of Deer Camp
• Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Especially in Michigan
• The Milk Carton Kids - Michigan
• Kiss - Detroit Rock City
• David Bowie - Panic in Detroit
• White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
• Da Yoopers - Rusty Chevrolet
• Bob Seger - Fire Lake
• Michigan Rattlers - Sirens
• Michigan Out of Doors - Theme Song to TV Show
• Frontier Ruckus - albums full of nostalgic Michigan information
• Steppin' In It - Last Winter in the Copper Country
• Arkells - Michigan Left
• JR JR - We Almost Lost Detroit
• Trick Trick - Welcome 2 Detroit
• Dayton Family - Flint Town
• Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan
• J Geils Band - Detroit Breakdown
• Great Lakes Myth Society - Hey Days
• Great Lakes Myth Society - Across the Bridge
• John Lee Hooker - The Motor City is Burning
• MC5 - The Motor City is Burning
• Mike Ridley - Michigan Man
• Joe Rayome - Everything I Ever Learned
• Ben Folds - Kalamazoo
• Kid Rock - All Summer Long
• The University of Michigan Fight Song
• Craig Johnson - Keweenaw Light
• Lord Huron - Ghost on the Shore
• Devendra Banhart - Michigan State
• The Arcs - Lake Superior
• Bob Seger - Mainstreet
• Sam Roberts - Detroit 67
• Ultraviolet Hippopotamus - North Coast
• Steve Cook - The Legend '97 (The Dogman Song)
• Green Sky Blue Grass - Tied Down to Michigan
• Ryan Hurd - Michigan in the Winter
• Judy Garland - I Want to Go Back to Michigan
• Bob Seger - Roll Me Away
• Mike Posner - Buried in Detroit
• The Mountain Goats - Going to Michigan
• Lordd Virgil - Flint Michigan
• Osborn - Michigan Dream
• Kathryn Christian - I'm a Michigan Kid
• Billy Murray - I Want to Go Back to Michigan
• Gomez - Detroit Swing 66
• Hello Dave - Another Night in Michigan
• Harlan Pepper - Great Lakes
• Dick Siegel - Angelos
• Eric Engbalde - The Golden Link: The S.S. Badger
• Plain Jane Glory - Petosky
• Pat Dailey - Great Lakes Song
• Jeff Dudewolf -  Ghosts of Detroit
• Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
• Tyler Childers - Detroit
• Autumn Andersen - Michigan
• Wayne Kramer - Back to Detroit
• Radio Birdman - Murder City Nights
• The Dirtbombs - Broke in Detroit
• Alice Cooper - Be My Lover
• Patti Smith - 25th Floor
• Rodriquez - Inner City Blues
• Bill McAdoo - Detroit Blues
• Yusef Lateef - Detroit
• Brian Darcy James - Michigan Christmas
• Ratboys - Go Outside
• Michigan J. Frog - The Michigan Rag
• Drew Hale - Great Lakes Summer Night
• Uncle Kracker - Heaven

If I missed one and you would like to make a post click here.

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