Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
- “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams
- “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. Kelly
- “Illegal Smile” John Prine
- “I Confess” New Colony Six
- “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” Buckinghams
- “Surrender” Cheap Trick
- “The Search Is Over” Survivor
- “When I Think About Cheatin’” Gretchen Wilson
- “Here for the Party” Gretchen Wilson
- “The Lincoln Park Pirates” Steve Goodman
For the rest, click here.
“Jailhouse Rock” was not written by an Illinois resident.