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If you had the songwriting skills, wouldn’t you write a song about Utah, too? Ranging from the beauty of its mountains to the Great Salt Lake, the Beehive state has inspired artists enough to sing about it.
Artists have performed the songs for Utah concerts and others practically lived here. Billy Joel performed one of his rarities that has Utah in the lyrics while on stage at the then Energy Solutions Arena in downtown Salt Lake when he visited in 2007. And Utah was home away from home for the Beach Boys, according to Deseret News' Doug Robinson. "Salt Lake City" wasn't the group's only song with a connection to the Western state. Did you know "Fun, fun, fun" was about a Salt Lake girl with a T-bird?
Here's our non-exhaustive playlist of songs that mention Utah.
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