Taylor Swift’s single ‘Carolina’ has us thinking: What are the best songs about NC, SC?
At midnight on June 24, Taylor Swift dropped her latest instant hit, “Carolina.” The song is from the new “Where the Crawdads Sing” movie, which lands in theaters next month.
One North Carolina native has something to say about it: CharlotteFive’s Lorenza Medley has thoughts on T Swift’s newest musical masterpiece.
And it got our team wanting to update our playlist of songs that celebrate all things North and South Carolina. Below are some of our favorite songs — which ones should we add to the list? Email us at charlottefive@charlottefive.com and let us know.
Songs about the Carolinas
“Blue Ridge Mountain Blues” – Doc Watson
“Carolina” – Eric Church
- “Carolina” — Parmalee
- “Carolina” — Taylor Swift
“Carolina Calling” — Mipso
- “Carolina in My Mind” — James Taylor
- “Carolina in the Fall” — The Kruger Brothers
- “Carolina in the Morning” — Bing Crosby
- “Carolina Girls” — General Johnson and the Chairman of the Board
- “Carolina Moon” — Scotty McCreery ft. Alison Krauss
- “Carolina Star” — Tony Rice
“The Charleston” – James P Johnson
- “Charlotte’s in North Carolina” — Keith Whitley
- “Darlington County” — Bruce Springsteen
- “Heads Carolina, Tails California” — Jo Dee Messina
- “Hickory Wind” — The Byrds
“Living in Raleigh Now” — Chatham County Line
- “Oh My Sweet Carolina” — Ryan Adams
“Raise Up” — Petey Pablo
“Tiger Town” — Conner Sweeney*
- “Wagon Wheel” — Old Crow Medicine Show
*Full disclosure: Conner Sweeney is a cousin of the reporter who compiled this list.
This story was originally published June 24, 2022 at 11:11 AM.
