All songs with “California” in the title for the first half of this week’s show
| Band | Song |
| Phantom Planet | California (from the soundtrack to the TV show “the O.C.”) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californiacation |
| Novi Split | California Skies |
| Tripsitter | California Son |
| Gin Blossoms | California Sun |
| Led Zeppelin | Going to California |
| R.E.M. | I Remember California |
| Semisonic | California |
| Katie Perry | California Gurls |
| The Beach Boys | California Girls |
| Mat Kearney | New York to California |
| The Decemberists | California One |
| California Snow Story | Suddenly Everything Happens |
| Jonathan Coulton | I Hate California |
| America | Ventura Highway |
| Jerry Jeff Walker | LA Freeway (Live) |
| The Mountain Goats | Shot Song About the 10 Freeway |
| Aimee Mann | Freeway |
| Todd Rundgren | Emperor of the Highway |
| Snow Patrol | Headlights on Dark Roads |
| Kevin Gilbert | Lonely Road |
| Mumford and Sons | Holland Road |
| Yes | Perpetual Change |
| Genesis | The Light Lies Down on Broadway |
| Porcupine Tree | Lazarus |
| Bruno Mars | Marry You |
| Lush | Last Night |
| Hole | Petals |
| The Californias | La Di Da |
| Deaf School | What a Way to End it All |
| Donna Summer | On the Radio |
| Vanity Fare | Summer Morning |
