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Winner of an online contest in which 458 songs were nominated, sez my e-mail.

Nominations for the rock song were collected from February to July 2008. More than 2,498 nominations were submitted for 458 songs. After verifying that each recommendation had an Oklahoma connection, the Oklahoma Historical Society then set forth a final list of nominations to the Official Oklahoma Rock Song Advisory Panel whose members were appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Pro Tempore, the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Film & Music Office. They included Phil Bacharach, Oklahoma City; Ronnie Kaye, Oklahoma City; Lacey Lett, Oklahoma City; Steve Ripley, Tulsa/Pawnee; Ryan LaCroix, Norman; Dr. Hugh Foley, Stillwater; and Angie Devore-Green, Tulsa.

The Advisory Panel met at the Oklahoma History Center in August of 2008 and narrowed the expansive list of nominated songs down to the ten finalists. They chose songs that represented the different decades of rock and roll in Oklahoma and the wide range of influence Oklahomans have had on the genre.

The other finalists were "Let's Have a Party" by Wanda Jackson (1958); "Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures (1960); "Endless Oklahoma Sky" by John Moreland and the Black Gold Band (2008); "Home Sweet Oklahoma" by Leon Russell (1971); "Move Along" by the All-American Rejects (2005); "Never Been to Spain" written by Hoyt Axton (1971); "Oklahoma" by The Call (1986); "Heartbreak Hotel" written by Mae Boren Axton (1956); and "After Midnight" by J.J. Cale (1965).

And the winner was ...

"Do You Realize???," The Flaming Lips

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