*** CITY SONGS ***

One Night in Bangkok

New York, New York

Manhattan...Kansas

Michael Jackson's "Stranger in Moscow", even though the video doesn't have anything to do with Moscow.

You can't poo poo...

Lights (Journey) - song about San Francisco

San Francisco!

I love L.A. It was written as a tongue in cheek tribute, but it can be taken anyway you want to take it.

Ike & Tina rocking out 🤟

Miss Warwick and San Jose

"Te Dejo Madrid" by Shakira

London belongs to me

Chicago is the birthplace of House music.

Amsterdamned! (it was the theme song for a horror movie)

Nina Simone "Baltimore"

Portland, Oregon

Oh Vienaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Jackson

I'm a star in New York, I'm a star in L.A.!

WE'RE GOING TO IBIZA!!

I am a lineman for the county!

Show me the way!

Maybe they like it better that way.

Paris au mois d'août

I was gonna post Michelle Shocked's "Anchorage" but I couldn't find the song on the YouTubes. What the deuce?

"Sunset People" by Donna Summer - singing about the dark side of Los Angeles / Hollywood.

"Tokyo" by Donna Summer.

"Bristol Stomp" by the Dovells

🎼"The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol....."🎶

That’s How I Got to Memphis, Solomon Burke’s cover of the Tom T Hall original.

Burke got so gigantic near the end that he had to perform sitting on an onstage throne.

But he was a fucking king, so it works.

Paris is...

Boston

Walkin' in Memphis

Please Come to Boston

Hey now!

I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo

The largest Elizabeth...

The Clash - London Calling

Will Smith - Miami

Miami, You’ve Got Style

Buenos Aires!

29 Palms

I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City. Peggy Lee’s live version with George Shearing is my favorite version.

He went to Paris - Jimmy Buffett

Cleveland.

Akron.

Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel

In Liverpool - Suzanne Vega

Angel from Montgomery

Allentown by Billy Joel

Boy From New York City

Loco in Acapulco

Capistrano

Citiest people...

Stratford-on-Guy, Liz Phair’s fanciful inner monologue while on a flight descending into Chicago.

Niagara - Streisand

Does a town count as a city? City vibes

The City. THE city--not just any city, mind you.

How can this not make the list?

To Paris With Love - Donna Summer

New York.

Luscious Jackson - Citysong

Philadelphia.

G. Love & Special Sauce - I-76

Philadelphia.

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

Philadelphia.

Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

Summer in the City

[quote]Does a town count as a city?

Yes, r54, as well as burg.

Happy holidays from a hooker in Minneapolis living above a dirty book store!!!

Morgantown

This… is not… Des Moines….

Baltimore

DC

Washington, DC - Gil Scott Heron

By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

Rockville, MD.

REM - Don't Go Back to Rockville

Speaking of Des Moines...

Another New York(er)

DC

The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park

You Came a Long Way from Saint Louis.

Della Reese’s version punches hard!

Laredo

[quote]Della Reese’s version punches hard!

Della was a punchy singer.

Amarillo by morning

No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Abilene. Abilene. Prettiest town I've ever seen.

Barcelona

Okay... 'Memphis' it is!

Lol the chat about Della Reese made me remember her beating up Eddie Murphy in Harlem Nights, getting her pinky toe shot off, then making up over a sandwich, all while cursing hilariously with Redd Foxx. It’s so much fun!

Anyway,

Stevie Wonder - Living for the City

Katmandu

A few variations (ones I love) on mentioned songs

The Dells - Wichita Lineman

By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Carol Burnett

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

"When she knows as much as we know

She'll be on her way to Reno

While he still has dough!

She'll give him the shuffle

When they're back from Buffalo!"

Only Living Boy in NYC - Everything But the Girl

Paris Match - The Style Council ft. Tracey Thorn

Hollywood Nights

In Liverpool - Suzanne Vega

Hollywood Movie Girls - Dusty Springfield

24 Hours from Tulsa - also Dusty

Bombay Sapphire - Stevie

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens

R82 she was the nine toed'est bitch in all of Harlem!

Say goodbye to...

Malibu - Hole

Great song, great video. I love Melissa Auf der Maur in this

Titfield?!

You'll caper like a stupid clown when you chance to see 4th Street and D!

Surabaya

Boston Bernice

Still more Memphis:

Hey, I'm on the list, man. Plus infinity.

My Kind of Town (Chicago Is) by Frank Sinatra

one of the greatest songs about a city

Jacques Brel - Amsterdam

^ the movie version

You queens are slipping.

Léo Ferré - Paname

(Paname is a familiar reference to Paris; this is a loving homage to Paris)

Los Angeles - X

Beer City

Azusa

...lights

Judy again!

I’m on a New York theme

More NYC

Last big 🍎 from me

Vienna waits for you…

Who sang it better?

"Crescent City" - Lucinda Williams

Where's Nancy going?

The very best version of "New York, New York."

It's paradise to me....

White City Fighting (Pete Townshend)

Never been able to track this city down, but I love this song and album.

Berlin!

PS: PSB songs remind me we could probably do a whole other thread about neighborhoods: West End Girls, Kings Cross, etc.

Milwaukee Moon

Savannah

Kokomo, Indiana

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Fairytale of New York, with the late great Kirsty MacColl

One more step.....

Be careful not to vomit.

New York to London.....London to New York

West Point, NY

Detroit Rock City

Nutbush City Limits

Autumn in...

Corpus Christi

London Calling

Whatever city it is....it was her town too.

Medjugorje (Bosnia)

Jackson

Montecito (!)

Mendocino

The Twin Cities

The Battle of New Orleans

Excellent cover version of the Eagles' "The Last Resort." (Los Angeles, or all of Southern California)

Viva!

I see "Los Angeles" by X mentioned above, but I also love Sugarcult's song "Los Angeles".

Enjoy the night landing at LAX.

Moon Over Miami

Montego Bay

We Built This Anonymous....

One Night in Bangkok

Where do we open?

Me and...

"There's A Pawnshop On A Corner In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania" - Guy Mitchell

Blondie - "Union City Blue" (New Jersey)

The town of Down...

Werewolves of London

"His hair was perfect."

Miss Sarajevo

Luciano Pavarotti, Brian Eno, Bono, The Edge - Miss Sarajevo (Live)

Jeanette's town...

“Century City” was inspired by Tom Petty’s legal battle with MCA records, which took place largely in the sleek law offices of the Westside neighborhood.

Get out of Denver

Town without Pity, Gene Pitney

Speaking of Blondie.

Mira

Birmingham

Manila, Manila, Manila

Hollywood/Los Angeles: "Desperados under the Eaves" - Warren Zevon

Ye olde English folk song "Scarborough Fair" - Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Honolulu

Straight Outta Compton

Rose of...

Big D

No one's mentioned this oddity, which reached #5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart?

Elvis - "Viva Las Vegas" - for the film's opening.

[quote] Big D

I thought Julie and Carol didn't like the big D. 😁

All the Way to Reno...

My city...

City Lights - James Taylor

Stockton Gala Days - 10000 Maniacs (with Natalie "Cunt" Merchant)

Granada

Tallahassee - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.

Avalon

In Santiago, Chile (Tain't chilly at all)

From NY to Chi...

Emerald City

All aboard!

In the heat of the day...

Gay.

Kind of a twofer, really.

Old Peking

One Short Day in the Emerald City

Everything's like a dream in Kansas City!

Do You Ever Go to Boston?

Barcelona

Six Thirty, Sunday Morning / New York, I Don't Know about You - Peter Allen

The bluest sky you've ever seen... in Seattle!

Did someone mention Peter Allen?

It's a Long Way to Tipperary

Streets of Philadelphia

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Baghdad! Don't underestimate Baghdad!

You Came A Long Way From St. Louis -- Della Reese (live).

Arrivederci...

Lou Reed - Berlin

Meow.

Das Chicago...

Every Street’s A Boulevard (In Old New York).

There's a great big town on a great big lake called Chicago!

Trendy travelers tend to talk

Of London, Paris, Rome, New York

Like only they were stylish and unique!

San Francisco

"Sevilla" by Spanish singer Miguel Bosé

I don't like cities, but I like New York

Other places make me feel like a dork

New York, New York - Nina Hagen

Wonderful Copenhagen

Shame on you, r212. That song belongs to Mr. Whiting.

R220 Oh, well - Dean and Jerry starred in the movie version (with Jerry playing “Homer Flagg”).

*Living It Up (1954)

Yeah, well...

Danny Kaye - "Wonderful Copenhagen"

"Salty old queen of the sea ...."

Put your hands up for ... Detroit.

"Sioux City Sue"

The original was by Dick Thomas in 1945. It's been covered by over 50 singers, including Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, and later Willie Nelson with Leon Russell.

Dick Thomas himself did a follow-up called "The Sister of Sioux City Sue."

ABBA - Waterloo

Why have one city when you can have four?

Jan & Dean - Little Old Lady from Pasadena

Miley Cyrus also has a song called "Malibu."

Berlin ist Dufte - Nina Hagen

It Happened In Monterey. Bing & Rosie.

Managua!

All aboard!

A bunch of towns...

Another one by Jan and Dean is "Honolulu Lulu."

Gary (U.S.) Bonds - "New Orleans"

Check out these dance moves.

btw - I didn't know Gary was still alive. He'll be 85 in June.

Waylon Jennings singing "Omaha":

"Boston" by The Dream Syndicate (Steve Wynn).

From wiki: Though never commercially successful, the band met with considerable acclaim, especially for its songwriting and guitar playing. Bandleader Steve Wynn reformed the band in 2012, and a fifth studio album was released in February 2017.

Rio de Janeiro

Peter Allen, "I Go To Rio"

......

Okey-dokey, I'm gonna add areas/neighborhoods to the list.

Detroit 442

Union City Blue

Peter Cincotti, "I Love Paris"

Ventura Highway

I guess it's actually about a road, but it does have the name of a city in the title.

Kingston Market

Not a city by r245's post reminded me of......this song about an entire country.....

Spanish Harlem

Amsterdam

Budapest

Sun Valley

P.A.C.O.I.M.A.

hooray

Talladega

Lodi (the one in California, not the ones in NJ or Italy.)

A Little Girl From Little Rock

Pyongyang

Hollywood

Another...

Has anyone said San Francisco?

yes

Grant Avenue...San Francisco...*that's* where it's at!

Isn't this the whole songbook of Surfjan Stevents?

Night in the...

Savannah

That's where I want to be... GIMME GIMME, GIMME GIMME

Harlem

Yes, R161, but no one has yet reminded us what to put in our hair if we're going there.

Well...hello!

Boston

"Charlie on the MTA"

Linda Eder - "Vienna"

SF & LA