Looking for some awesome jams for your 4th of July BBQ? Looking to celebrate America’s birthday with some classic American music? Well look no further. I’ve assembled a massive 52 song playlist below – there is one song  for each of our 50 states (plus one for DC and one for Puerto Rico). Each song, while not often about the state represented, is performed by a native of said state.

Putting this playlist together was no easy task. I had to deal with important questions like:

• New Jersey: Bon Jovi or Springsteen?
• Pennsylvania: Live or the Roots?
• Ohio: Marilyn Manson, Bones Thugs & Harmony, or The Black Keys?
• Connecticut: Michael Bolton or John Mayer?
• Are there any famous musicians from New Hampshire?
• How much flak will I get from choosing Collective Soul over REM (Georgia) or The Mighty Mighty Bosstones over Aerosmith (Massachusetts)

You will take umbrage with at least part of this list. But hey, my guess is that you’ll also really enjoy part of it to. So onto the main event (and listen along with the embedded Grooveshark widget):

American, The Playlist: 50 Songs from 50 Artists from 50 States (plus 2)

1. Alabama: Lionel Richie, “All Night Long”
2. Alaska: Jewel, “Standing Still”
3. Arizona: Meat Puppets, “Backwater”
4. Arkansas: Johnny Cash, “Get Rhythm”
5. California: Tupac/Dre, “California Love”
6. Colorado: DeVotchKa, “How it Ends”
7. Connecticut: Michael Bolton, “How Can We Be Lovers”
8. Delaware: George Thorogood, “One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer”
9. Florida: Flo Rida, “Low”
10. Georgia: Collective Soul, “Shine”
11. Hawaii: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, “Somewhere over the Rainbow”
12. Idaho: Josh Ritter, “Rattling Locks”
13. Illinois: Common and Kanye, “The Food”
14. Indiana: John Cougar Mellencamp, “Pink Houses”
15. Iowa: Glenn Miller, “In the Mood”
16. Kansas: Kansas, “Carry on Wayward Son”
17. Kentucky: Montgomery Gentry, “Gone”
18. Louisiana: Better than Ezra, “Good”
19. Maine: Ray LaMontagne, “You are the Best Thing”
20. Maryland: OAR, “Crazy Game of Poker”
21. Massachusetts: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, “Someday I Suppose”
22. Michigan: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, “We Almost Lost Detroit”
23. Minnesota: Prince, “Kiss”
24. Mississippi: Afroman, “Because I Got High”
25. Missouri: Nelly, “Ride with Me”
26. Montana: Colin Meloy, “We Both Go Down Together”
27. Nebraska: Bright Eyes, “Four Winds”
28. Nevada: Killers, “All These Things that I’ve Done”
29. New Hampshire: Shaggs, “If I Needed Someone”
30. New Jersey: Bon Jovi, “Livin’ on a Prayer”
31. New Mexico: Beirut, “Nantes”
32. New York: Jay-Z, “Can I Get A…”
33. North Carolina: Superchunk, “Digging for Something”
34. North Dakota: Peggy Lee, “Why Don’t You Do Right?”
35. Ohio: Black Keys, “Tighten Up”
36. Oklahoma: Flaming Lips, “Fight test”
37. Oregon: YACHT, “Shangri-La”
38. Pennsylvania: The Roots, “Seed 2.0”
39. Puerto Rico: Ricky Martin, “Livin’ la Vida Loca”
40. Rhode Island: Blu Cantrell, “Breathe”
41. South Carolina: Hootie and the Blowfish, “Only Wanna Be with You”
42. South Dakota: Indigenous, “Evolution Revolution”
43. Tennessee: Elvis Presley, “Suspicious Minds”
44. Texas: ZZ Top, “Tuch”
45. Utah: Donnie Osmond, “Puppy Love”
46. Vermont: Phish, “Bouncing Around the Room”
47. Virginia: N.E.R.D., “My Drive Through”
48. Washington: Nirvana, “In Bloom”
49. Washington, DC: Exit Clov, “Beast Simone”
50. West Virginia: Brad Paisley, “Mud on the Tires”
51. Wisconsin: Violent Femmes, “Add it Up”
52. Wyoming: Chris Ledoux, “Cadillac Cowboy”