Another semester of Intro World Regional Geography/Globalization = another set of musical geography papers. I always look forward to assigning this piece, and the variety of songs that students analysed always produces a few surprises. I was also fortunate to learn about a few new (to me) artists like Mr. Vegas, and the amazingly-named Tropical Fuck Storm (TFS), and Declan McKenna.

The almost-full list is below, with any multiple submissions in parenthesis. I would make a Spotify playlist if I used Spotify, but you can find any of these in good quality on various online platforms. It bears mentioning, too, that almost every track is available on vinyl in some form from your local/regional record shop, who are likely suffering right now and subsisting on mail orders.

• “America: Fuck Yeah!” from Team America: World Police
• Gordon Lightfoot – “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (2)
• Sean Kingston feat. Nicki Minaj – “Letting Go”
• Mukesh – “Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein”
• Evan Legler – “Michigan”
• The Monkees – “Pleasant Valley Sunday”
• Pink Floyd – “San Tropez”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Compton”
• The Veronicas – “Change the World”
• Men at Work – “Down Under”
• Kid Rock – “Detroit, Michigan”
• Declan McKenna – “Brazil”
• Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind” (3)
• NWA – “Fuck Tha Police”
• Yusuf Lateef – “Eastern Market”
• Alabama – “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta have a Fiddle in the Band)”
• The Arcade Fire – “Here Comes the Night Time”
• Lee Greenwood – “God Bless the U.S.A.”
• Glen Campbell – “Southern Nights”
• LCD Soundsystem – “New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”
• Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On”
• Lefty Frizzell – “Saginaw, Michigan”
• The Beatles – “Back in the U.S.S.R.”
• Tropical Fuck Storm – “You Let My Tyres Down”
• John Denver – “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
• Mr. Vegas – “The Voices of Sweet Jamaica”