"California, Here I Come" is a song interpolated in the Broadway musical Bombo, starring Al Jolson. The song was written by Bud DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, and Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on January 17, 1924, with Isham Jones' Orchestra, in Brunswick Records' Chicago studio. It is often called the unofficial state song of California. In 2020, it entered the public domain. State song Several attempts were made to designate "California, Here I Come" as the official state song of California, especially after a resolution passed by the California State Legislature in 1951 designated "I Love You, California" as the state song. However, those attempts proved unsuccessful, and "I Love You, California" was officially declared the state song in 1988. Covers In 1924, Cliff Edwards ("Ukulele Ike") released a very upbeat single of the song, which included some scat vocals and a brief sung intro: "Goodbye forever, goodbye forever, I'm going away for a long, long time." "Casa Loma Stomp," recorded by Fletcher Henderson, is a set of jazz variations on the song, the tune of which is clearly audible in the first few verses and gradually disappears under the increasing complexity of the variations. Freddy Cannon recorded the song on his debut 1960 album The Explosive Freddy Cannon. Ray Charles recorded a cover, which appears in his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. The four future members of ABBA performed a Wild West-themed version of the song for their first joint television appearance in 1970, on the SVT program Five Minute Saloon. In 1977, Tom Waits released Foreign Affairs, featuring a tribute to the song in a medley titled "Jack & Neal/California, Here I Come". In 2010, Huell Howser teamed up musicians at the Musicians Institute and produced a cover and music video of "California, Here I Come." Other songs The Dutch rock group Shocking Blue also had a song called "California Here I Come" on their first album At Home and on the North American version of that album, simply titled The Shocking Blue. The same version of this song was later released as "Hear My Song" on the B-side of the "Never Marry A Railroad Man" single on the Colossus label. Their song, despite having the same title, should not be confused with the song co-written by Al Jolson. While the song titles are exactly the same, they are completely different songs and neither is based on