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This is a list of songs written about the U.S. state of West Virginia or locations in the state:
| Song | Artist/Band | Release Year | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Terroist | Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos | 2006 | |
| By and By | Caamp | 2019 | |
| Charleston Girl | Tyler Childers | 2014 | The song is about a girl from Charleston, West Virginia. |
| Circus Farm | Mind Garage | 2006 | |
| Don't This Look Like the Dark | Jason Molina | 2005 | |
| Fate of Chris Lively and Wife | Blind Alfred Reed | 1927 | |
| Feathered Indians | Tyler Childers | 2017 | |
| He's in Dallas | Reba McEntire | 1991 | |
| Hills of West Virginia | Phil Ochs | 1965 | |
| I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia | Spike Jones and His City Slickers | 1944 | |
| Jamboree Jones | Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers | 1937 | |
| John Hardy | Eva Davis | 1924 | |
| Leaving West Virginia | Kathy Mattea | 1986 | |
| Linda Lou | Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys & | 1961 | |
| Monongah, WV | Weekend | 2010 | |
| Muswell Hillbilly | The Kinks | 1971 | |
| Nobody but You | James Taylor | 1972 | |
| Railroad Man | Bill Withers | 1974 | |
| Remember | Mac Miller | 2013 | |
| Salt Pork, West Virginia | Louis Jordan & William J. Tennyson Jr. | 1946 | No. 8 on Billboard's list of the most played race records of 1946. |
| Silver Line | Sheer Mag | 2019 | |
| Stardog Champion | Mother Love Bone | 1992 | |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver | 1971 | Peaked at No. 2 in the United States. Was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. One of the four West Virginia state songs. |
| That Happy Night | The Stanley Brothers | 1959 | |
| The Girl from West Virginia | Doyle Lawson | 2004 | |
| The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | 1973 | |
| The Legend of John Henry's Hammer | Johnny Cash | 1963 | |
| The Man from Bowling Green | Johnny Paycheck | 1977 | |
| The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | 2006 | Peaked at No. 67 in Scottland. |
| The West Virginia Hills | Henry Everett Engle | 1885 | One of the four West Virginia state songs. |
| The Wreck of the Virginian | Blind Alfred Reed | 1927 | |
| They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy | Loretta Lynn | 1974 | Peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. |
| This Protector | The White Stripes | 2001 | |
| This Is My West Virginia | Iris Bell | 1963 | One of the four West Virginia state songs. |
| West Virginia Fantasies | Chicago | 1970 | |
| West Virginia Gals | Al Hopkins | 1928 | |
| West Virginia Mine | Jackie DeShannon | 1970 | |
| West Virginia, My Home | Hazel Dickens | 1980 | |
| West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home | Julian G. Hearne, Jr. | 1947 | One of the four West Virginia state songs. |
| West Virginia Woman | Bobby Bare & Billy Joe Shaver | 1971 | |
| Wheeling, West Virginia | Neil Sedaka | 1970 | Peaked at No. 20 in Australia in early 1970. |
| Wild West Virginia | Daniel Johnston | 1981 |
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