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The song was a frequent candidate for the official State Song of California until 1988 , when that title went to " I Love You, California ". According to legend, the song was played by the ship's band of the aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5) as she steamed to meet her destiny at the Battle Of Midway . It was popularly used in Warner Bros. Cartoon s, typically in an instrumental version, whenever a character was going somewhere in a hurry. The classic example would be in '' Hair-Raising Hare ''. When the mad scientist (a Peter Lorre caricature) introduces Bugs Bunny to his monster (later dubbed " Gossamer "), Bugsy beats a hasty retreat, in cadence with the song's chorus. On his way out, he tells the scientist, "And don't think it hasn't been a little slice of heaven... 'cause it ''hasn't!''" Richard Nixon , in a set of instructions he left in case he were to die in office, directed that "California, Here I Come" should be played "softly and slowly" at his funeral. LYRICS
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Repeat chorus The Phantom Planet song " California " (the Theme Song to '' The O.C. '') uses a modified version of the first two lines of the chorus, changing "I" to "we". |
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