Songs About New Mexico Archive
Here you’ll find an ever-growing archive of songs about New Mexico’s communities, cultures, famous and not-so-famous people, events, history, holidays, traditions, etc. The archive includes all music genres, languages, and time periods; “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of songwriting plus everything in between. If something that involves New Mexico is mentioned in the lyrics or the song title, it’s included in the archive.
Help Us Grow the SANM Archive
As you can see below, the archive is still quite small. We’d love your help – please email us song suggestions. Include in your email:
- song title
- performer/band name
- link to a video performance
Please also tell us which city you live in (and state, if you’re not from New Mexico) and we’ll acknowledge you in the song’s profile as a small thank you for sending the info to us. Much obliged!
Songs
year of release – song title – artist
- 1915 – O’ Fair New Mexico – Elizabeth Garrett
- 1928 – New Mexico March – John Phillip Sousa
- 1946 – Route 66 – Bobby Troup
- 1964 – New Mexico – Johnny Cash
- 1967 – Santa-Fe – Bob Dylan
- 1967 – Taos, New Mexico – Waylon Jennings
- 1970 – Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque – Tony Romeo
- 1974 – Worse Comes To Worst – Billy Joel
- 1975 – Albuquerque – Neil Young
- 1975 – Clovis, New Mexico ~ Hank Williams, Jr.
- 1977 – Bus Ride Blues – The Nolan Brothers
- 1978 – ¡Arriba Nuevo México! – Roberto Griego
- 1980 – Que Viva Nuevo Mexico – Steve Ortiz
- 1982 – New Mexico Rain – Michael Hearne
- 1990 – Santa Fe ~ Jon Bon Jovi
- 1991 – Portales – Ray Wylie Hubbard
- 1998 – Albuquerque – Weird Al Yankovic
- 2002 – Radio America – The Libertines
- 2003 – New Mexico – Simon Petty and Minibar
- 2011 – Santa Fe – Alan Menken and Jack Feldman
- 2011 – Santa Fe – Beirut
- 2013 – Duke City – David Wade
- 2014 – New Mexico – Wake Self
- 2015 – Las Cruces – Bri Bagwell
- 2015 – Leaving My New Mexico Home – Zephaniah Stringfield
- 2016 – Burque Low Rider – De Luz
- 2017 – Burque by Breakfast – Chile Pi
- 2019 – Land of Enchantment – Jesse Cann
- 2020 – Albuquerque – Shawn Brooks
No copyright is claimed in the above creative examples and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, the New Mexico Music Commission asserts that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe these materials have been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact us.