17 Best Songs About Indiana
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“Indiana” by Sean Kelly
Song Year: 2003
Sean Kelly wrote this song about the first time he ever drove through Indiana, and then all the times he returned to The Hoosier State. He talks about how he would drive through small towns but not really know anything about them other than what he could see on the outside.
He sings about dreaming of meeting people in these towns and all the corn fields and rolling hills that he saw as he made his way through the state.
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Tom Petty
Song Year: 1993
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” is one of the best rock songs about Indiana. Don’t let the fact that the state isn’t in the song’s title fool you. Tom Petty does a wonderful job of telling the story of a beautiful woman who grew up in Indiana.
As you listen to the lyrics, you can picture a beautiful woman who is the star of her small Indiana town. He falls in love with her, and the song talks about how she’s the only reason he enjoys being in that small Indiana town. The artist sings about how he can’t stay long anyway but will make time for one last day with her before hitting the road.
“Indiana” by David Mead
Song Year: 2004
David Mead’s song about Indiana is truly a reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While many people find the miles and miles of corn fields and soybean farms beautiful and peaceful places, David Mead sings about how being stuck in a car driving through Indiana is the worst.
Besides that, the song mentions how his partner travels through the concrete jungle of large cities and how he craves to do the same rather than drive through Indiana. It’s a unique take on Indiana compared to other songs written about the state, and still, one of the best written.
“Indiana” by Jon McLaughlin
Song Year: 2007
Another great song about Indiana is by Jon McLaughlin. To no one’s surprise, he wrote this song as a love song to the state and the small towns. Many of the lyrics are all about how he loves and misses every little detail of his home in Indiana.
The song is like poetry and will pull on your heartstrings. He mentions that he loves how far away his small town in Indiana is away from the large cities and everything in between. There is a woman mentioned in the song, but she doesn’t feel the same way about Indiana as the artist.
“Pizza King” by Wussy
Song Year: 2011
Wussy’s song, “Pizza King,” is an exciting and unique song about The Hoosier State. Unlike the others that mention how much people miss the small towns and landscapes of the state, this one is about specific activities people would get into while living in small towns in the USA.
The lyrics talk about how they would sit outside the Pizza King and meet up with friends, pass around cans of what we can assume is beer, and how teenagers would flirt and be playful with one another in a seemingly boring area.