"Where-In-The-World-Is" This Song Talking About? Quiz

Answer: San Francisco, CA

San Francisco was the destination in the first line of the song. In many interviews, Jimmy gives credit to this song 'saving his life'. "It is a song that kept me from killing myself in the Howard Johnson's in Marin County [California]. Well, it hit, and I paid the rent, got my dog out of the pound, and I was deathly depressed, too." (AmericanSongwriter.com)

Answer: Detroit, MI

The song's writer, Jonathan Cain, told this story to the Tennessean in 2018. "My dog got hit by a car and I had to put her back together. And it was a $900 vet bill, and I'm barely making my rent. I call my dad up and said, "I need a loan. ... Am I just dreaming? Should I just come back to Chicago? He said, "I'll give you the loan, you gotta stay put." ... And he said, "Son, don't stop believin'."

Answer: New Orleans, LA

Though released many times (Dylan - 1962 , The Animals - 1964), it has much deeper roots in American Music. Some trace to Appalachia during the Civil War. It tells the story of a house in New Orleans where the house in question had 'been the ruin of many a poor boy'.

Answer: Atlanta, GA

"The boys are thirsty in Atlanta / and there's beer in Texarkana / We'll get it back no matter what it takes!" If you are up for a goofy 70s romp, "Smokey and the Bandit", which this song was created for, is a good one to watch. A veritable cornucopia of "Oh I remember them" stars fill the cast, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Paul Williams just to name a few.

Answer: Tampico, Mexico

This track ("Tampico Trauma") was on Side 4 of the double live album - "You Had To Be There". The city sits on the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer: Johnson City, TN

While Bob Dylan wrote and recorded just the chorus, Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor added the verses some 25 years later. Where was the trucker headed coming out of the Cumberland Gap? Darius Rucker popularized the song to a new generation with his release in 2013.

Answer: Denver, CO

Not the Loggins (that was Kenny) from "House at Pooh Corner/Footloose" fame, this oft covered song (David Allen Coe, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and Jackson Browne) was penned in 1974. "Please come to _______ for the snowfall"? This Orange Crush mad Ski Town even made a Super Bowl in the 1970s.

Answer: Winslow, AZ

It's the little (pop 8500, circa 2020) town in Arizona where a girl slowed down to 'Tale a Look' at Glenn Frey. The song was released on Eagles' first album, in 1972.

Answer: San Antonio, TX

A Road Trip staple if there ever was one. Which song tells the story of a "Sleepy little town" with a "Sheriff and his buddies with their Samurai Swords"? From their album "The Captain and Me" from 1973.

Answer: Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Legend has it that they got the name off of a guitar. "I pulled into Nazareth" is the opening line of The Band's 1968 classic song "The Weight", Songwriter Robbie Robertson was inspired by seeing the town name on a Martin guitar, which is manufactured there, rather than a biblical location.