вЂњMichigan seems like a dream to me now/It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw/IвЂ™ve gone to look for AmericaвЂќДЄ song that makes for a great road trip companion, Paul Simon and Art GarfunkelвЂ™s 1968 hit details the travels of a young couple, the starting point of which seems to be Saginaw, Michigan. The Wikipedia entry entitled вЂњList of songs about DetroitвЂќ turns up a list comprised of twenty-one Kid Rock tunes and very few songs that could be considered вЂњhits.вЂќ Still, with a little extra effort, we dug up the best songs about Michigan! Top 10 Songs About Michigan вЂњAmericaвЂќ вЂ“ Simon and Garfunkel Sure, any given weekend you can hear large congregations of drunks shouting the lyrics to JourneyвЂ™s вЂњDonвЂ™t Stop BelievinвЂ™,вЂќ but anyone with any sense of geography realizes south Detroit is called Canada. And yet, given all this musical star power, a surprisingly small number of great songs have been written about the mitten state. ItвЂ™s home to Motown and is the birthplace of techno itвЂ™s the home state of such stars like Eminem, Madonna, Big Sean, Kid Rock, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Jack White, and Iggy Pop. ItвЂ™s well known that Michigan has a rich musical history. Want more Michigan songs? Check out IPRвЂ™s comprehensive Spotify playlist.

Disagree? WeвЂ™d love to hear your opinion. In the end, we came up with five more songs that shouldвЂ™ve been on the list the first time. We pored over your comments on Facebook and Twitter. We scoured the internet and the recesses of our minds to come up with other great songs that mention Michigan. While we stand by our original selections, we have to admit there were some glaring absences. So when our friends over at Interlochen Public Radio asked us to revisit the topic, we jumped at the chance to add to our list. Our вЂњTop Five Songs That Mention MichiganвЂќ has been a popular article for some time here at Awesome MittenвЂ“and a popular topic of debate.

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