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Maybe these musicians were inspired by ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s vibe, or maybe they needed a word that rhymed with "boots on." Either way, these 21 songs that have the word "ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥" in them are good enough to make a cactus sway.

Note: After a few years and a couple of dozen emails from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ music lovers, we've added a few new tunes to the list. Still don't see that ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ song you love? Email us at thisistucson@tucson.com with your suggestion.

ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Train — Bruce Springsteen

Lyric: "Seemed all of our love was in vain/My baby's coming in on the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ train"

Release year: 2019

Fun fact: According to an ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ article by Cathalena E. Burch, the last time Springsteen performed in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ was in 1978 to a sold out crowd at the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Convention Center. Read more about the song here.

Jack Straw — TheÌýGrateful Dead

Lyric: "Half a mile from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/By the morning light/One man gone and another to go/My old buddy you're moving much too slow"

Release date: 1972

Fun fact: This was the most-requested song to add to our list after we didn't include it the first time. Some people were nice about it (and some people were mean) but good to know we got some ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Deadheads out there 💀. KXCI also has a show called Ìýevery Sunday from 6-9 p.m., where you can listen to jam bands and the Grateful Dead.Ìý

We Got Cactus — Al Perry

Lyric: "Welcome to my home, no fear of pneumonia/This is paradise, in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥."

Release year: 2004

Fun Fact: This song is a cover that was originally written and performed by the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ punk band in 1985. Read about the origins of the song .

Vienna Calling — Falco

Lyric: Womit spielen kleine Mädchen heute, hier und dort und da / Ob in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥; Toronto, Canada? (Translation: What do little girls play today, here and there, in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥; Toronto, Canada?)

Release year: 1985

Fun fact: Austrian singer Falco is better know for his other 1985 hit, "."

Mel Tillis — Send Me Down to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥

Lyric: "No one wants to go down to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ in the summer/So this time the boss chose me/I've been sort of restless yes he thought it might help if/I got away from my wife and family

Release year: 1979

Fun fact: You want a good old fashioned ? Be sure to hit play on this one. Ìý

Old Black Dawning — Frank Black (a.k.a. Black Francis)

Lyric: I'm always happy to/Go down to old ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/After you had your fun/It's time to move on

Release year: 2007

Fun Fact: Francis is the frontman of the alternative band the . Ìý

Willin' — Linda Ronstadt

Lyric: "And I've been from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah/Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made"

Release year: 1974

Fun fact: The song was originally written and performed by the American rock band, . Ronstadt is a native to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, so it's seems pretty fitting she has her own rendition of the song.

Check out this Ronstadt throwback from the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s archive.

Here's what her band, The Stone Poneys, has to say about their sound in 1966: "It's folk music because we're folks and it's our music."

Get Back — The Beatles

Lyric: "Jojo left his home in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ For some California grass"

Release date: April 11, 1969

Fun fact: When released as a single as part of the Beatles' final studio album "Let it Be," the song hit No. 1 in the U.S. and international charts.Ìý

Bonus fact: Paul McCartney's first wife, Linda, studied at the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ in Fine Arts. They married in 1969, the same year "Get Back" was recorded. The couple bought ranch property in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ in 1979 and lived here for several years until .

Closer — The Chainsmokers (feat. Hasley)

Lyric: "Stay, and play that Blink-182 song/That we beat to death in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, OK"

Release date: July 29, 2016

Fun fact: The Chainsmokers performed to a sold-out crowd at the Rialto Theatre last time they were in town in 2015.ÌýThis song was ÌýBlink-182's 2004 hit "." We may have just solved the mystery about what Blink song was overplayed on their tour bus in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.Ìý Ìý

Must Be Losing My Mind — Brett Dennen

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Lyric: "Burned out in the lawn in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/With the scavengers on 4th Avenue"

Release year: 2011

Fun Fact: Brett Dennen is an American pop/folk singer who loads up a lot of modern day ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ references in this song.

Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya — Toby Keith

Lyric: "I made it out to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ where I turned my truck around/I started barreling down that highway boy, back to that Texas town"

Release year: 2007

Fun Fact: The singer had some ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ roots momentarily when a "Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill" on New Year's Eve, 2012. He then turned "back to that Texas town" when the about 14 months later. Ìý

Road to Gila Bend — Los Lobos

Lyric: "Got to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ in the dark/Keeping an eye out for the law/Five hundred miles or more from a broken heart"

Release year: 2006

Fun fact: Can't get enough Los Lobos? The band runs a "" section on their website where you can watch past performances.

Hows about tellin' a story? — Devendra Banheart

Lyric: "Mansonite and the Wolfman, Katmandu, and Honest Abe/Something happens up in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and then it happens again in Maine"

Release year: 2005

Fun Fact: Singer Devendra Banheart was raised for most of his childhood in Venezuela before with his mother and stepfather at the age of 14.Ìý

Idiot Summer — Gin Blossoms

Lyric:Ìý"There's no telling I was so confused/I try but I can't help you choose/ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ is so far away"

Release year: 1989

Fun fact: This song was part of the . Party on!

Under African Skies — Paul Simon

Lyric: "I said take this child, Lord, From ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/Give her the wings to fly through harmony/And she won't bother you no more"

Release date: August 1987

Fun Fact: Part of the song was Ìý— about her life growing up in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. She also contributes to the backing vocals.

Thumbelina — The Pretenders

Lyric: "Hush little baby, don't you cry/When we get to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ you'll see why/ We left the snowstorms and the thunder and rain/For the desert sun, we're gonna be born again"

Release year: 1984

Not so fun fact: The song is featured in The Pretenders' third studio album, "Learning to Crawl," which was produced after two of the band's four original members died from .

Leila — ZZ Top

Lyric: "I begged her not to go away/She left my ex best friend out in old ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/Told me she was leavin' and would be rollin on."

Release year: 1981

Fun Fact: The band has appeared on a few television shows over their 40+ years in the business, including hosting an episode of

It Ain't All Bad — Charley Pride

Lyric: "I picked last night in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ I sang 'em a country song/Missed my plane this morning Lord cause we parted all night long"

Release date: March 1975

Fun Fact: Pride has been part-owner of the . At 82, he also takes time off to work out with the team at their spring training facility in Surprise.

Seashores of Old Mexico — Merle Haggard

Lyric: "We left out of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ with no destination in mind/We were runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind"

Release year: 1974

Fun fact: There is a duet version of the song featuring . In fact they recorded a whole album together titled "."

The Ballad of Boothill — Johnny Cash

Lyric: "Out in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ just south of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/Where tumbleweeds tumble in search of a home/There's a town they call Tombstone where the brave never cry"

Release year: 1959

Fun fact: This song is more about Tombstone than it is about ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. But hey, it's Johnny Cash singing about the famous , so we'll deal.