Songs about U.S. Cities

Songs about U.S. Cities
Here’s the 30-page list on Wikipedia:
Abilene
Abilene by George Hamilton IV
Akron
My City Was Gone by The Pretenders
Downtown (Akron) by The Pretenders
Albuquerque
Albuquerque by Weird Al Yankovic
Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque by Tony Romeo
Albuquerque by Neil Young
Albuquerque by Sons of the Desert
Bring Em Out by T.I.
The Promised Land Chuck Berry
Space Between Us Sister Hazel
By the Time I Get to Phoenix Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roger Miller
Train Kept A Rollin' Stray Cats
Wanted Man Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave
Blue Bedroom Toby Keith
Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Perry Como
Cowboy Movie David Crosby
Make it Clap Busta Rhymes
Allentown
Allentown by Billy Joel
Allentown Jail by Kingston Trio
Amarillo
Is This the Way to Amarillo by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
Amarillo by Morning by George Strait
If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do) by Don Williams
Amarillo Sky by Jason Aldean
Anchorage
Anchorage by Michelle Shocked
Atlanta
ATL alt. rock song by Butch Walker, from Sycamore Meadows 2008
Atlanta Lady by Marty Balin (of Jefferson Airplane)
Atlanta by Stone Temple Pilots, from No. 4 1999
Atlanta Burned Again Last Night by country group Atlanta, from Pictures 1983
Bad Education by Tilly and the Wall 2006
Badstreet U.S.A by Michael Hayes (wrestler) 1987
Communicating Doors by The Extra Lens (From Undercard, 2010)
Hot 'Lanta (instrumental) by The Allman Brothers, from At Fillmore East 1971
F.I.L.A (Forever I Love Atlanta) by Lil Scrappy feat. Lil Jon 2004, crunk
Georgia by Field Mob and Ludacris ft. Jamie Foxx, from Disturbing tha Peace 2005
Going to Georgia by The Mountain Goats (from Zopilote Machine, 1994)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by Outkast 1994, Southern hip hop
ATL by Freak Nasty 2006, (rap, Miami bass)
I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) by Johnny Paycheck, from Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets album
1977
Love Shack by Athens band The B-52's, from Cosmic Thing 1989 (headin' down the Atlanta highway),
dance-rock
Oh, Atlanta by British hard rock band Bad Company, from Desolation Angels 1979; also popularly
covered by Alison Krauss
Welcome to Atlanta by Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris, 2002, from Word of Mouf and Instructions
Oh Atlanta by L.A. band Little Feat, from Feats Don't Fail Me Now 1974
200 More Miles by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, from The Trinity Session 1988
Doraville by Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, from Third Annual Pipe Dream 1974
Neon by John Mayer, bluesy song mentions Peachtree Street, from Room for Squares 2001, and Inside
Wants Out
Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue, from Girls, Girls, Girls 1987 (rockin' in Atlanta at Tattletales)
New Atlanta by Migos ft. Jermaine Dupri, Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan from No Label 2 2014, trap
music
East Point mentioned in Metallica song So What?
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington by Trace Adkins
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen
My City of Ruins by Bruce Springsteen
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen
Austin
Austin in My Sights by The Bluescasters
Amy's Back In Austin by Little Texas
Austin to Ashes by the Turnpike Troubadours
Austin by Blake Shelton
Avalon (Catalina Isl.), California
Avalon by Lionel Hampton
Baltimore
Baltimore by The Extra Lens
Baltimore by Lyle Lovett
Baltimore by Prince
Baltimore by Randy Newman, Nina Simone
Baltimore by Sonny James
Barefoot in Baltimore by Strawberry Alarm Clock
Blue Skies Over Dundalk by Mary Prankster
For Baltimore by All Time Low
The Girl From Baltimore by The Fleshtones
Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray!
Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen
Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck
Raining in Baltimore by Counting Crows
Streets of Baltimore by Bobby Bare
Willie Jones by the Charlie Daniels Band
Bangor, Maine
Going to Bangor by The Mountain Goats
King Of The Road - Roger Miller
Beaumont, Texas
Pretty Little Lady From Beaumont, Texas by George Jones
The Night's Too Long by Patty Loveless
Beaumont by Hayes Carll
Birmingham
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, The Old Iron Hills
John Hiatt, Train to Birmingham
Gene Autry, Birmingham Daddy
Richard Farina, Birmingham Sunday, recorded by Joan Baez
Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves, Birmingham, Alabama
Blackhawk, Postmarked Birmingham
Bruce Cockburn, Birmingham Shadows (1995)
Charlie Daniels Band, Birmingham Bus Station (1994)
Ani DiFranco, Hello Birmingham
Tommy Dorsey, Birmingham Bounce (1946)
Drive-By Truckers, Birmingham (2002)
Duke Ellington, Birmingham Breakdown (1926)
Emmylou Harris, Boulder to Birmingham
Erskine Hawkins, Tuxedo Junction
Charlie Johnson, Birmingham Black Bottom (1927)
Merline Johnson, I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine (1937)
Tracy Lawrence, Paint Me a Birmingham (2004)
Lead Belly, Birmingham Jail
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
Amanda Marshall, Birmingham
John Mellencamp, When Jesus Left Birmingham (1993)
Robert Moore, Sweet Birmingham (first recorded by Taj Mahal)
The Mountain Goats, Notifier Birmingham (1995)
David Lee Murphy, Breakfast in Birmingham
Randy Newman, Birmingham
Phil Ochs, Talking Birmingham Jam (1965)
Pirates of the Mississippi, Down and Out in Birmingham
Josh Rouse, Sparrows over Birmingham
Trixie Smith, Mining Camp Blues (1925)
Telluride, Birmingham Tonight
Ethel Waters, Birmingham Bertha (1929) (from On with the Show!)
Keith Whitley, Birmingham Turnaround
Jabo Williams, Pratt City Blues (1932)
Edith Wilson, Fats Waller (and many others) Birmingham Blues (1921)
Shovels & Rope, Birmingham (2012)
The Charlie Daniels Band, Birmingham Blues (1997)
Bossier City
Bossier City by the Turnpike Troubadours
Boston
528 by Nervous Eaters
All Kindsa Girls by Real Kids
Allston, Mass by The Allstonians
The Allston Beat by The Allstonians
An Open Letter to Boston by Mark Lind & The Unloved
As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town by Jonathan Richman
Back to Boston by The Rosebuds
Bank of Boston Beauty Queen by The Dresden Dolls
Beantown by John Cena
Bigger Things in Mind by Westbound Train
Bill Lee (Boston Red Sox pitcher, 1969–1978) by Warren Zevon
Blue Thunder by Galaxie 500
Billy Ruane by Varsity Drag (Ben Deily)
Boston by Augustana
Boston by Ed OG
Boston by The Byrds
Boston by The Dresden Dolls
Boston by emmet swimming
Boston by Horror Show
Boston by Kenny Chesney
Boston by Paulson
Boston by The Party of Helicopters
Boston by Patty Griffin
Boston (Ladies of Cambridge) by Vampire Weekend
Boston (My Hometown) by Freddy Boom Boom Cannon
Boston and St. John's by Great Big Sea
Boston Asphalt by the Dropkick Murphys
Boston Babies by G.B.H.
Boston Babies by Slaughter & The Dogs
Boston Band by Jim's Big Ego
Boston Belongs To Me by Death Before Dishonor
The Boston Beguine by Sheldon Harnick
Boston Bound by The Kings of Nuthin'
Boston Girl by Didn't Planet
Boston Jail by Porter Wagoner
A Boston Peace by Say Anything
Boston Rag by Steely Dan
Boston Rose by Liam Reilly
Boston Strong by Jeffrey Nottonson
Boston Subway by The Pubcrawlers
Boston Tea Party by Alex Harvey (and, more recently, by Fish)
The Boston Tea Party by Jimmy Dorsey,(Decca, DLA-456-A)
Boston United by The Unseen
Boston, USA by The Ducky Boys
Bostons by Have Heart
Bridges, Squares by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Brighton Memories by The Allstonians
Bunker Hill by Michael Penn
Carl Yastrzemski by Jess Cain
The Chosen Few by the Dropkick Murphys
Christmas Time by the Dogmatics (takes place in Kenmore Square)
Crutch by Buffalo Tom
Devils in Boston by Samantha Crain
Dirty Water by The Standells
Down Around Here by Big D and the Kids Table
Drivin' in Boston is Drivin' Me to Drink by Howie Newman
The End of Radio by Shellac
Etoh by The Avalanches
Fairmount Hill by the Dropkick Murphys
The Fenway by Jonathan Richman (Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers)
Fly Into the Mystery by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
For Boston originally by T.J. Hurley (and, more recently, by the Dropkick Murphys)
For Boston by The Hold Steady
Girlfriend by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
Going Out in Style by the Dropkick Murphys
Government Center by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
Homecoming King by Guster
I Want My City Back by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Ice of Boston by The Dismemberment Plan
I'm Shipping up to Boston by Woody Guthrie and the Dropkick Murphys from The Warrior's Code 2005
(Celtic punk)
I'm Yours Boston by Big D and the Kids Table
In Defense of Dorchester by the Street Dogs
Jackson Mann by The Allstonians
Just Like Larry by Dispatch (subject of the song is former Boston Celtic and Basketball Hall of Famer
Larry Bird)
Knights of Bostonia by State Radio
Logan to Government Center by Brand New
M.T.A. by The Kingston Trio
Mass Ave by Willie Alexander
Mass Pike by The Get Up Kids
Massachusetts Avenue by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
Midnight Rambler by The Rolling Stones
Modern World by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
My Sister by Juliana Hatfield
Never Alone by Dropkick Murphys
No Future (Death or Jail) by Mark Lind
Normal Town by Better Than Ezra
Pipe Bomb on Lansdowne Street by the Dropkick Murphys
Please Come to Boston by Dave Loggins
The Rascal King by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Ride on Down the Highway by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
Riot on Broad Street by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Riverside by The Allstonians
Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
Rock and Roll Band by Boston
Roslindale by Birdbrain
Savin Hill by Street Dogs
She's From Boston by Kenny Chesney
She's Got a Boyfriend Now by Boys Like Girls
Shining On by Big D and the Kids Table
Shot Heard 'Round the World by Ween (originally from Schoolhouse Rock)
Skinhead on the MBTA by the Dropkick Murphys
Still In Massachusetts by Refuse Resist
Southeast of Boston by June of 44
South End Incident by The Beacon Street Union
Southie Is My Hometown by Freddie Hall
The State of Massachusetts by Dropkick Murphys
Subway by Mary Lou Lord
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
T DJ by Freezepop
Tessie by Dropkick Murphys
There's a Black Hole in the Shadow of The Pru by American Nightmare
They Came To Boston by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
This Is Boston, Not L.A. by The Freeze
The Warrior's Code by Dropkick Murphys (subject of the song is boxer Micky Ward)
Time To Go by Dropkick Murphys
Twilight in Boston by Jonathan Richman
UK Girl (Boston Calling) by Ellis Paul
Walkaways by Counting Crows
Walk Up the Street by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
Walkin' Around Boston by Didn't Planet
Whoever's in New England by Reba McEntire
Wicked Little Critta by They Might Be Giants
Winter Afternoon by B.U. in Boston by Jonathan Richman
Young New England by Transit
Brownsville, TX
It's All Here in Brownsville by The Mountain Goats
Buffalo, NY
Going to Buffalo by The Mountain Goats
Shuffle Off to Buffalo by The Stolen Sweets
Cairo, GA
Alpha Omega by The Mountain Goats
Charleston, SC
Holy City by Edwin McCain
You Can Have Charleston by Darius Rucker
Carolina by Corey Smith
the Charleston (dance) and song
Chattanooga
The Chattanooga Shoot Shoot by Darren Hanlon
Chattanooga Sugar Babe by Johnny Cash
Chicago
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Chino
Chino Love Song 1979 by The Mountain Goats
Going to Chino by The Mountain Goats
Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph of by The Mountain Goats
Cleveland
Anything But Mine by Kenny Chesney
Burn On by Randy Newman
Christmas in Cleveland by The Raveonettes
Cleveland by Jewel
Cleveland is the City by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Cleveland by All-Time Quarterback
Cleveland is the Reason by Kid Cudi
Cleveland Ohio Blues by Bull Moose Jackson
Cleveland Rocks by Ian Hunter
Cuyahoga by REM
Going to Cleveland by The Mountain Goats
The Heart of Rock & Roll by Huey Lewis and the News
In the Heartland by the Michael Stanley Band
Let's Move to Cleveland by Frank Zappa
Look Out, Cleveland by The Band
Mean Night in Cleveland by Cactus
Missing Cleveland by Scott Weiland
Ohio (Come Back to Texas) by Bowling for Soup
Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt, covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Precious by The Pretenders
Skinny Little Boy from Cleveland by Alex Bevan
Stairway To Cleveland by Jefferson Starship
Till I Die by Machine Gun Kelly
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene by The Head and the Heart
All I Left Behind - Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Commerce City, CO
Commerce City Sister by DeVotchKa
Danville
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band
Dallas
Blues in Dallas by The Mountain Goats
Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights by Chris LeDoux
Dallas by Alan Jackson
Big D from The Most Happy Fella
Goin Through The Big D by Mark Chesnutt
He's in Dallas- Reba McEntire
Dallas by Holly McNarland
I Drove Her To Dallas by Ty England
Dallas by Johnny Winter
Trudy by the Charlie Daniels Band
Dallas After Midnight by Ray Wylie Hubbard (with Jack Ingram)
Dallas by The Flatlanders
People In Dallas Got Hair by Waylon Jennings
Pecos Promenade by Tanya Tucker
Dallas by Silver Jews
Run by George Strait
Hot Night in Dallas by Moon Martin
Denton
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton by The Mountain Goats
Denver
From Denver to L.A. by Elton John
Get Out of Denver by Bob Seger
O.D.'d in Denver by Hank Williams Jr.
Satori in Denver by The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice
40 Miles from Denver by Yonder Mountain String Band
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead by Warren Zevon
Denver by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
Detroit
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Doraville
Doraville by Atlanta Rhythm Section
El Paso
All The Way Down To El Paso by Elton John
El Paso by Marty Robbins (Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl...)
Texas Women by Hank Williams Jr.
El Paso by Old 97's
El Paso by Taking Back Sunday
Flagstaff
Convoy by C.W. McCall
Fort Worth
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind by George Strait
Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights by Chris LeDoux
Galesburg, Illinois
Weekend in Western Illinois by The Mountain Goats
Galveston
Darling I Need You by John Cale
Galveston by Jimmy Webb
Pecos Promenade by Tanya Tucker
Garden Grove
Home Again Garden Grove by The Mountain Goats
Gary
Gary, Indiana from The Music Man
2300 Jackson Street by The Jacksons
Goldsboro, NC
Moon Over Goldsboro by The Mountain Goats
Hackensack, NJ
Hackensack by Fountains of Wayne
Honolulu
Honolulu City Lights by Keola Beamer and Kapono Beamer
Houston
Bloody Mary Morning by Willie Nelson
Houston by R.E.M.
Houston by Lee Hazlewood
Telephone Road by Steve Earle
Telephone Road by Rodney Crowell
Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
Uneasy Rider '88 by the Charlie Daniels Band
Dixie On My Mind by Hank Williams Jr.
Houston by Soul Coughing
Dracula From Houston by Butthole Surfers
Welcome to H-Town by Lecrae ft. Dre Murray
Won't Let You Down Texas by Chamillionaire
Midnight Special by Lead Belly
Houston by Dean Martin
Indianapolis
Indianapolis by Menudo
Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty
Little Green Apples sung by O.C. Smith
Jackson, MS
Jackson Mississippi by Kid Rock
Jackson by Johnny Cash & June Carter
Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band
Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town by Norma Jean
Juneau
Juneau by Port Blue
Kalamazoo, MI
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo by the Glenn Miller Orchestra
Gotta Get Away by The Black Keys
Kansas City
18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) by Cat Stevens
Kansas City, from the musical Oklahoma! (Everything's up to date in Kansas City...)
Kansas City, performed by Wilbert Harrison
Blues from Kansas City by Jay McShann
Kansas City by Sneaky Sound System
Kansas City Kitty by Walter Donaldson
Kansas City Lights by Steve Wariner
Kansas Rock City by Kiss
Train from Kansas City by Neko Case
The Kansas City Song by Buck Owens
Kansas City Star by Roger Miller
Kansas City Shuffle by J. Ralph
Kansas City Shuffle (Intro) by Tech N9ne
Kansas City by Okkervil River
Kansas City by The New Basement Tapes
Liberty Street by The New Basement Tapes
Six Months in Kansas City (Liberty Street) by The New Basement Tapes
K.C. Blues by Charlie Parker
Kent, OH
Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville Girl by Nick Cave
La Grange, TX
La Grange by ZZ Top
Laredo
Streets of Laredo (old cowboy song)
Laredo by Band of Horses
Me & Paul by Willie Nelson
New Year's Day by Charlie Robison
Las Vegas
Alone in Vegas by Pusha T
Checkout Time In Vegas by Drive-By Truckers
Gone Country by Alan Jackson
Las Vegas Nights by Verona Grove
Leaving Las Vegas by Sheryl Crow
Let's Go To Vegas by Faith Hill
Vegas by Sara Bareilles
Pretty Vegas by INXS
Pyramids by Frank Ocean
Vegas by Calvin Harris
Vegas Lights by Panic! At The Disco
Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley
Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas by Brandon Flowers
Laurel, MS
Goin' Down to Laurel by Steve Forbert
Little Rock
I Hear Little Rock Calling by Ferlin Husky
Little Rock by Collin Raye
Little Rock by Reba McEntire
Los Angeles
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See the list
Louisville
Home Away from Home by Pokey LaFarge
Lubbock, TX
Going to Lubbock by The Extra Lens
Lubbock Or Leave It Dixie Chicks
Luckenbach, TX
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) by Waylon Jennings
Malibu, CA
Going to Malibu by The Mountain Goats
Malibu by Hole
Mayberry, NC
Mayberry March by Andy Griffith
Mayberry by Rascal Flatts
Marina del Rey
Marina del Rey by George Strait
Memphis
Memphis holds the distinction of being the most mentioned city in the world when it comes to
commercially recorded songs. As of July 2013, this list has made it up to 1074 songs and counting. The
list is maintained at the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum website. The ones listed below are some of the
more well known songs:
Graceland by Paul Simon
Guitar Man by Jerry Reed
Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tillis
Memphis by Johnny Rivers
Memphis by PJ Harvey
Memphis Belle by Hank Williams Jr.
Memphis Blues by W. C. Handy
Memphis Skyline by Rufus Wainwright
Memphis, Tennessee by Chuck Berry
Messed Up In Memphis by Darryl Worley
Nothing 'Bout Memphis by Trisha Yearwood
Queen of Memphis by Confederate Railroad
Streets of West Memphis by Crime & the City Solution
Truck Drivin' Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
West Memphis by Lucinda Williams
Wrong Side of Memphis by Trisha Yearwood
Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2
That's How I Got to Memphis by Bobby Bare
Considering A Move To Memphis by The Colorblind James Experience
Black Velvet by Alannah Myles
What's Your Mama's Name by Tanya Tucker
Letter to Memphis by Pixies
Miami
"Miami, My Amy" by Keith Whitley
"The New South" by Hank Williams Jr.
"If the South Woulda Won" by Hank Williams Jr.
"Moon Over Miami" by Eddie Duchin 1935
Miami by Counting Crows 2002
Miami by British band Foals
Miami by Will Smith 1998 (Bienvenido a Miami)
Miami by Bob Seger on the album Like a Rock
Miami Beach by Brazilian group Bonde do Rolê on the album Marina Gasolina EP
I'm in Miami Bitch by LMFAO on the album Party Rock 2008
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) by Billy Joel 1976
Swimming In Miami by Owl City
Miami by U2 on the album Pop
Miami is the Place for Me by Big Money Jon
Welcome to Miami by Pitbull
Miami by Yo Gotti
Only in Miami by Bette Midler
Summer Wit' Miami by Jim Jones
Miami by K'Jon
Miami Nights by Wale
Defend Dade by DJ Khaled ft. Pitbull, from We Global 2008
Miami 2 Ibiza by Swedish House Mafia & Tinie Tempah 2010
Miami by Against Me! from Searching for a Former Clarity 2005
Miami by Taking Back Sunday
Miami by John Mellencamp (on John Cougar album)
Miami by Randy Newman (on Trouble in Paradise album)
Going Back to Miami, written by Wayne Cochran, made famous by The Blues Brothers
Everybody loves Miami by Germany's The Underdog Project
Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami by Jimmy Buffett from Fruitcakes 1994
This is Miami by Dutch DJ Sander Kleinenberg 2006
Miami by Australian band The Church from Further/Deeper 2014
Midland, TX
Midland by The Mountain Goats
Milwaukee
What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) by Jerry Lee Lewis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis by that dog
Minneapolis by Lucinda Williams
Minneapolis by Bill Janovitz
Shhh by Atmosphere
Little Green Apples sung by O.C. Smith
Ninth and Hennepin by Tom Waits
Lake Street is for Lovers by Lifter Puller
Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits
Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan
Mall of America by Desaparecidos
Skyway by The Replacements
Rock 'n' Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis) by Prince
Seeing Double at the Triple Rock by NOFX
MPLS Song by Pinhead Gunpowder
Southtown Girls by The Hold Steady
Your Little Hoodrat Friend by The Hold Steady
Stuck Between Stations by The Hold Steady
Sunshine by Atmosphere
Always Coming Back Home to You by Atmosphere
Mobile
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again by Bob Dylan
Montgomery
Alabama Nova by The Mountain Goats
Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson
Montgomery in the Rain by Hank Williams Jr.
The Ride by David Allan Coe
Tokyo Storm Warning by Elvis Costello
200 More Miles by Cowboy Junkies
Muncie, IN
I Wanna Talk About Me by Toby Keith
Muskogee, OK
Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard
Myrtle Beach, SC
Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard by Alabama
Ocean Boulevard by Band of Oz
Nashville
Crazy Town (song) by Jason Aldean, from Wide Open 2010, country rock
Congregation (song) by Foo Fighters ft. Zac Brown from Sonic Highways 2014
Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess Of Darkness) by Eric Church
Dream Dream Dream by Marty Stuart
East Nashville Skyline by Todd Snider
Guitar Town by Steve Earle
Home by Ben Rector
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night by The Tragically Hip
I Want by Good Lovelies
Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down by Jello Biafra
Lullaby by Shawn Mullins
Nashville by David Mead
Nashville by David Houston (written by Don Choate and Billy Sherrill)
Nashville by the Indigo Girls
Nashville #1 by Audrey Auld Mezera
Nashville Blues by The Delmore Brothers
Nashville Blues by Earl Scruggs
Nashville Bum by Waylon Jennings, from Nashville Rebel 1966
Nashville Cats by The Lovin' Spoonful 1966
Nashville Grey Skies by The Shires (country duo) from England
Nashville Parthenon by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
The Nashville Scene by Hank Williams Jr. from Five-O (album) 1985
Nashville Rash by Dale Watson
Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan 1969, country rock from Nashville Skyline
Nashville West by The Byrds
Nashville Winter by Nick 13
Nashville Without You by Tim McGraw
Never Goin' Back To Nashville by John Stewart, The Lovin' Spoonful
No No Song by Hoyt Axton also sung by Ringo Starr
Magic Town by Marty Stuart
Murder On Music Row by Larry Cordle
Sally G by Wings
South Nashville Blues by Steve Earle
Strings of Nashville by Pavement
Sundown in Nashville by Marty Stuart
West Coast Kid by Toby Mac
West Nashville Boogie by Steve Earle
West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown by Jimmy Buffett
Wrong Side of Memphis by Trisha Yearwood
New Britain, CT
New Britain by The Mountain Goats
New Orleans
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See the list
New York City
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See the list
Norwalk, CA
Going to Norwalk by The Mountain Goats
Olema, CA
Hippie From Olema by The Youngbloods
Olympia
Rock Star by Hole
Olympia WA. by Rancid
Omaha
Convoy by C.W. McCall
Omaha by Counting Crows
Turn the Page by Bob Seger
Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band
Omaha Nebraska by Bowling for Soup
Ontario, CA
Ontario by The Mountain Goats
Palestine, TX
Wheels by Kanude
Panama City, FL
Guitar Man by Jerry Reed
Passaic, NJ
Passaic, 1975 by The Mountain Goats
Philadelphia
Goodbye Philadelphia by Peter Cincotti
I-76 by G. Love & Special Sauce
Is This America by Skyhooks
Freedom of '76 by Ween
Miss Philadelphia by Musiq Soulchild
Philadelphia by Neil Young
Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John
Punk Rock Girl by The Dead Milkmen
Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
Sit Down, John from the musical 1776
Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen
Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB
Yo Home to Bel-Air by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Tenth Street by Valencia
Motown Philly by Boyz II Men
Phoenix
Anybody Going To San Antone by Charley Pride
Bobby in Phoenix by Gorillaz
By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Jimmy Webb
Pittsburgh
I'm in Pittsburgh by The Outcasts
Pittsburgh Sound (All In My Blood) by Wiz Khalifa
Ode to Pittsburgh by Loudon Wainwright III
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Guy Mitchell
Pittsburgh Makes Me Drunk by Ceann
31 (For Pittsburgh I Am Bound) by Ceann
Six Days on the Road by Dave Dudley
Pomona, CA
Going to Pomona by The Mountain Goats
Portland
Alameda - Elliott Smith (1997)
By the Banks of the Old Willamette (1909)
City of Roses - Esperanza Spalding; refers to her childhood days spent in her hometown and the
nickname of Portland, Oregon (2012)
Everyone Knows Everyone - The Helio Sequence (2004)
I Will Buy You a New Life - Everclear (1997)
Light Rail Coyote - Sleater Kinney (2002)
Night of the Living Rednecks - Dead Kennedys (1979)
On the Portland Picket Line - Joe Glazer (1966)
On the Bus Mall - The Decemberists (2005)
Paul's Song - M Ward; lyric every town is all the same/when you've left your heart in the Portland rain
(2005)
Portland - The Replacements (1997)
Portland Girl - John Callahan (2004)
Portland Life - Cool Nutz (1997)
Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn and Jack White of The White Stripes (2004)
Portland, Oregon - Belle and Sebastian (2001)
Portland Oregon You're My Home - Carrie Brownstein (2010)
Portland Rain - Everclear (2006)
Portland Song - Jewel (2010)
Portland Town - Derroll Adams, later performed by Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, and others (1957)
Portland Water - Michael Hurley (1991)
Portland Woman - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1969)
Portlandia - Marc C Miller (1989)
Rambin' Blues - Woody Guthrie (1941)
Rose Parade - Elliott Smith (1997)
Sisters of the Road - Casey Neill (2001)
Solid - The Dandy Warhols; references Old Town (2000)
Reno
Reno Bound by Southern Pacific
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Don't go Down to Reno by Tony Christie
Richmond, VA
Gibby by Pat McGee Band
James River by Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven
James River Blues by Old Crow Medicine Show
Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde by Travis Tritt
Richmond is a Hard Road (Union Civil War song based on Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel by Dan
Emmett)
Scuffle Town by Avail
The Carolinian by Chatham County Line
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band
Virginia Is For Lovers by Mat Kearney
We Are Marching On To Richmond aka Our knapsacks sling (Union Civil War song) words and music by
E.W. Locke
Sacramento, CA
Arco Arena by CAKE
Sacramento by Middle of the Road
Saginaw, MI
Saginaw, Michigan by Lefty Frizzell
Saint Louis, MO
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
St. Louis Blues by W.C. Handy
St. Louie by Nelly
Born in St. Louis by Pokey Lafarge
Louis to Frisco by Chuck Berry
Heavy Metal Drummer by Wilco
Saint Louis Rag by Tom Turpin
San Angelo, TX
San Angelo by Aaron Watson
San Angelo by Marty Robbins
San Angelo by Third Day
San Antonio
New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills
San Antonio Stroll by Tanya Tucker
Anybody Going To San Antone by Charlie Pride
San Antonio Rose by Lee Ann Womack, and Willie Nelson & Ray Price
San Antonio Nights by Eddie Raven
San Antonio by Willie Nelson from Texas in My Soul 1968
It Came from San Antonio by Bruce Robison
Remember the Alamo by George Strait
Across the Alley from the Alamo by Bob Wills
San Antonio Romeo by Tish Hinojosa
Johnny Come Lately by Steve Earle
What am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? by The Monkees
San Bernardino
San Bernardino by The Mountain Goats
San Diego
Going to San Diego by The Mountain Goats
San Jose
Born Ready by The Mountain Goats
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Santa Fe
Drive By by Train
Santa Fe by Bon Jovi
Santa Fe by The Bellamy Brothers
Santa Fe by The Bluescasters
Santa Fe by Beirut
Santa Fe by Newsies
Santa Fe by Rent (musical)
San Francisco
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Sausalito, CA
Sausalito Summer Night by Diesel
Savannah, GA
Savannah by Relient K
West Savannah by Outkast
Gump by Weird Al Yankovic
Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)
Seattle
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Simi Valley
Simi California by Fisher
Sioux City, IA
Terminal Grain by The Extra Lens
St. Paul
Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo by Lobo, mentions the wheat fields of St. Paul
Mister D.J. by the Charlie Daniels Band
Tacoma, WA
Rock'n Me by Steve Miller Band
Thrice All-American by Neko Case
Tallahassee
Alpha Sun Hat by The Mountain Goats
Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats
Tallahassee Lassie by Freddy Cannon
Tampa
The Alphonse Mambo by The Mountain Goats
Jam Eater Blues by The Mountain Goats
Tampa by The Mountain Goats
Telluride, CO
Telluride by Tim McGraw
Thibodaux, LA
Amos Moses by Jerry Reed
Tucson
Get Back by The Beatles
Send Me Down To Tucson by Mel Tillis
Tucson, Arizona (Gazette) by Dan Fogelberg
Willin' by Little Feat
Tucumcari
Coyote by Better Than Ezra
Dead End Diner by Lost Dogs
Goodbye Tennessee by Jim Post
Hungry Man by Louis Jordan
I Don't Care by Justin Townes Earle
Il Treno a Tucumcari by Bloodhorse
Last Hobo by John Denver
Route 40 by Leslie Fish
Route 66 by Perry Como
Tucumcari by Cex
Tucumcari by Freedy Johnston
Tucumcari by Hugues Aufray
Tucumcari by Jimmie Rodgers
Tucumcari by Randy Kaplan
Tucumcari, Here I Come by Dale Watson
Tucumcari Woman by Dan Roberts
Two-Gun Harry from Tucumcari by Dorothy Shay
Willin' by Little Feat
Tulsa
200 More Miles by Cowboy Junkies
Almost to Tulsa – Buddy Charleton
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Don't Let the Sun Set on You in Tulsa - Waylon Jennings
Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa - Wade Hayes
Easton and Main by the Turnpike Troubadours
Halfway to Tulsa – Larry Sparks
Home Sweet Oklahoma by Leon Russell
Last Trip to Tulsa – Neil Young
Prisoner of the Highway by Ronnie Milsap
Take Me Back to Oklahoma – Chubby Checker
Take Me Back to Oklahoma – Henson Cargill
Take Me Back to Tulsa - Bob Wills
Tampa to Tulsa – The Jayhawks
Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa -Merle Haggard
The Day That She Left Tulsa by Wade Hayes
The Heart of Rock & Roll by Huey Lewis and the News
The Tulsa Shuffle – The Tractors
Tulsa – Rufus Wainwright
Tulsa – Wayne The Train Hancock
Tulsa - Waylon Jennings
Tulsa Baby – Dave Stogner
Tulsa County –The Byrds
Tulsa Girl - Dwight Twilley
Tulsa Imperative – The Mountain Goats
Tulsa Queen – Emmylou Harris
Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble to Me – Shawn Camp
Tulsa Straight Ahead – Jimmy Hall
Tulsa Telephone Book – Tom T. Hall
Tulsa Time by Don Williams
Tulsa Turnaround by Kenny Rogers
24 Hours From Tulsa — Gene Pitney
You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma by David Frizzell & Shelly West
Waco, TX
Waco by The Mountain Goats
Washington, D.C.
Banned in DC by Bad Brains
The Bourgeois Blues by Lead Belly
Chocolate City by Parliament
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by The Postal Service
Washington, D.C. by The Magnetic Fields
The Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa
Fifteenth and T by Swingin' Utters
And the Washington Monument Blinks Goodnight by Q And Not U
Wichita
Wichita Skyline by Shawn Colvin
True Dreams of Wichita by Soul Coughing
Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell
Seven Nation Army by White Stripes
Wichita by Gillian Welch
Winslow, AZ
Take It Easy by The Eagles
Youngstown, OH
Youngstown by Bruce Springsteen