Snoop Dogg released a new Christmas song about Minnesota ahead of his halftime performance at the Vikings/Lions game on Dec. 25. The song, “Christmas in Minnesota,” was released on Christmas Eve. The ...

Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was more than just ...

Now that we have a new state flag, it’s time to turn to music. The state song, “Hail! Minnesota,” written in 1904 by two University of Minnesota students, was an early version of NyQuil. To be fair, ...

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Minnesota would designate three state songs – "Hail! Minnesota", "Girl from the North Country" and "Purple Rain" – under a bipartisan bill heard in a committee Tuesday. "Hail! Minnesota" was made the ...

Boyfriends Erik Nelson, center, and Wesley Noble, right, sing the Minnesota state song with friends during a party they hosted to celebrate the new Minnesota state flag on Saturday in St. Paul.

A look back at the Minnesotan who inspired more than one of his songs and how the state's cold spring inspired another. John Denver is associated with the Rocky Mountains, but he married a Minnesota ...