North Carolina does not have a state rock song.
Sure, you're thinking, who does? As it turns out: Washington, Oklahoma and Ohio.
When Dome was a teen-ager, a local comedy sketch show staged a campaign to have the incomparable "Louie, Louie" declared the state song.
Legislators were loath to jettison the existing tune, so they named the Kingsmen's one-off hit the state rock song instead.
Recently, a group in Oklahoma held an online contest to determine that state's rock song.
The winning song — "Do You Realize??" — was referred to the legislature, though there were a few hiccups when a member of The Flaming Lips wore a T-shirt with a hammer and sickle.
Ohio also named "Hang on Sloopy" by the McCoys.
So, North Carolina, what would be your official state rock song?
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Re: N.C.'s official state rock song?
Gone to Carolina -- Shooter Jennings