Whcih city is spoken or mentioned most in songs?

Mentioned by name: New York
places in the city mentioned: London

Though I don't know about Mumbai....

I'd say New York, New York...
Lou Reed has sung a lot about it (either alone or with the Velvet U.), the Stones sang about it, Sonic Youth with "NYC Ghosts & Flowers", Dylan sang about it in his first years, Jimi Hendrix's "Crosstown Traffic" is about that city, Alice Cooper had that great song in the 70's: Big Apple Dreamin' about the greatness of NYC, the Ramones sang about it, Cole Porter wrote about it, Beastie Boys with "No Sleep ’Till Brooklyn", Grandmaster Flash’s "New York, New York" and other rappers like Public Enemy made the city their own war zone, Bobby de Niro & Liza Minnelli played & sang about it, Frank Sinatra sang about it, Leonard Cohen sang that line "First We Take Manhattan... Then We Take Berlin" in Suzanne (?), Simon & Garfunkel had that song about the 59th Street Bridge, the New York Dolls maybe never sang about it but took their name from the city, Blondie and Talking Heads had some references to the Big Apple in their songs, folksingers (Dave Van Ronk, etc), jazzers (Louis Armstrong, the Duke, Charlie Parker, etc) and bluesmen (Jimmy Reed, etc) talked, sang and played extensively about it from the 20's to the 60's too, also soul and doo-wop groups sang about it, etc..

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Couple of Lyrics Verses ...

[Verse - Snoop Dogg] (Justin Timberlake) Signs
Mami, mamasita, have you ever - flown on G5s
From London - to a beat hah? You gotta have cake
You'll have Sunday's with chiquitas
You'll see Venus and Serena, in the Wimbledon Arena
And I can take you (Uncle Charlie, preach!!)

[Verse - Gwen Stefani] Rich Girl
Think what that money could bring
I'd buy everything
Clean out Vivienne Westwood
In my Galliano gown
No, wouldn't just have one hood
A Hollywood mansion if I could
Please book me first-class to my fancy house in London town

[Blur - London Love]
A malady has taken him over
Coughing tar in his japanese motor
The lights are magic
And he feels lucky
And he's got money
Shoots like an arrow - oh

London loves
The mystery of a speeding car
London loves
The misery of a speeding heart

[The Calling - London Calling]
London calling to the faraway towns
Now that war is declared-and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look at us
All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing

[Alanis Morrisette - London]
Deep breaths will not make my brain stand still
To be loved and swallowed are single handed praises
I love speaking French to the taxi drivers
We slept and were cold on the train out of France
And how I do love London
And how I do love London

[Tori Amos - London Girls]
Some people sing about Deutsche girls
and girls from California
they might be alright for a night alright
but I don't trust them I warn ya
I've been to the east and I've been out west
and I've been the world around
but I ain't seen no one anywhere near
a girl from London town

[Barry Manilow - London]
Oh London
What were we scared of
Why did I run from London
Part of me still has
Never come back from London
Is it fair that I miss
You so much

Take good care all my love
Keep in touch
New York winter taxi ride
Then run inside it's cold

[Paul McCartney - London Town]
Crawling Down The Pavement On A Sunday Afternoon,
I Was Arrested By A Rozzer
Wearing A Pink Balloon About His Foot.
Toot Toot Toot Toot.
Silver Rain Was Falling Down
Upon The Dirty Ground Of London Town.

[Elvis Costello - London's Brilliant Parade]
Just look at me
I'm having the time of my life
Or something quite like it
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade

[Frank Sinatra - London By Night]
London by night is a wonderful sight
There is magic abroad in the air
I'm often told that the streets turn into gold
When the moon shines on * Circus and Square *

My love and I saw the sun leave the sky
Then we kissed in the fast-fading light
Most people say they love London by day
But lovers love London by night

[Bowling For Soup - London]
So I I've got London on my mind
Did you cry another time?
I've got London on my mind
Did you look so satisfied?

[Pet Shop Boys - London]
We were in London
Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is

[Lenny Kravitz - Light Sking Girl From London]
She's unique and complete
And with the dog will sleep
She loves to read - she drew her feet and
She drew Jesus too
Oh Yeah
Light skin girl from London
Light skin girl from London

[Dizzie Rascal - Dream]
I used to love music it was like my hidden hobbie,
But i couldn't get on on local radio back then,
So i went to north london and trekked to tot-tottenham to be precise

[Natasha Bedingfield - Drop Me In The Middle]
Oh, I'm coming from the streets of London
What I'm saying happens everywhere

[The Killers - Under The Gun]
Stupid on the streets of London
James Dean in the rain
Without her it's not the same
The same, the same, but it's alright

[Joe Budden - Give Me Reason]
When I say pounds y'all I'm talkin bout London cake
I can serve it to you uncut or somethin baked

Billy Joel had lots of songs about New York too. And don't forget Limahl's Living in th Big Apple, Chris de Burgh's Snow in New York, Tom Waits' Jersey Girl (he crosses the river for her). And THE RAMONES! More from S&G: The Boxer, Only living Boy in New York, So long Frank Lloyd Wright, Poem on the Underground Wall (or the like), America (the starting point must have been NYC), At the Zoo...

so we're only considering tracks on compact discs rather than songs, are we?

it's just maths and as for genuine songs;

most heavily populated part of the world throughout history; probably China. Thus logic has it a Chinese city would the one. While European cities like Rome, Cologne, Paris, London, Moscow, Istanbul, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Danzig, Guernica, Barcelona or Athens would fill most of the top 40.

so we're only considering tracks on compact discs rather than songs, are we?

it's just maths and as for genuine songs;

most heavily populated part of the world throughout history; probably China. Thus logic has it a Chinese city would the one. While European cities like Rome, Cologne, Paris, London, Moscow, Istanbul, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Danzig, Guernica, Barcelona or Athens would fill most of the top 40.

then go find that chinese city and find how many songs there are about it...

I don't think this is about maths... popular songs usually talk about love and daily life, and only some are about historical events or relate to a king, city, country, celebration, etc..

I think the only way to try to answer this thread is to think about recorded music, not a chinese farmer playing his instruments and singing about Beijing o X'ian or whatever to his sons and daughters.. that wouldn't make sense..

Summer in the city is one of the coolest city songs (NYC)

Citrus... "London Calling" is from The Clash, not The Calling

and since you're elaborating a London list, you can add "London's Burning" also from The Clash...

Jimi Hendrix's "Crosstown Traffic" is about that city,

Not too sure about this one. Jimi was quoted as saying he wrote that song about a particular woman and there is no hint in the lyrics about any city in particular.

Considering he was living in London at the time he wrote that song (and it was London where he created his fame, London where he changed his name from Jimmie to Jimi, wrote and recorded his best material, and London where he died), it could be deduced that if any city was on his mind at the time, logic would presume it was London.

Not too sure about this one. Jimi was quoted as saying he wrote that song about a particular woman and there is no hint in the lyrics about any city in particular.

Considering he was living in London at the time he wrote that song (and it was London where he created his fame, London where he changed his name from Jimmie to Jimi, wrote and recorded his best material, and London where he died), it could be deduced that if any city was on his mind at the time, logic would presume it was London.

umm.. but the video featured mostly New York City's crazy streets footage.. and I've read somewhere that that song was related to NYC..

also, as far as I can remember (I could be wrong), Electric Ladyland was recorded in NYC's Record Plant, and if that album is not among Jimi's best we really have very different tastes...

btw, someone said Barcelona as a city quoted in songs... and I'm curious which songs about her are out there... right now I can only think about Dylan's "Boots of Spanish Leather"... others?

Probably Mumbai or NYC.

I would say L.A/California, ATL and Miami, a.k.a MIA (in the rap/crunk scene), and New York.

Possibly something biblical as there are lost of hyms out there. Jerusalem or somewhere like that. Else New York and London are big contenders.

Citrus... "London Calling" is from The Clash, not The Calling

and since you're elaborating a London list, you can add "London's Burning" also from The Clash...

As are "Guns of Brixton" and "First Night Back in London" by The Clash

Other songs about London (or parts of London)

London Pride - Noel Coward
Yankee Doodle Came To London Town - Billy Cotton & His Band (no kidding, old wartime song)
London Homesick Blues - Jerry Jeff Walker & the Lost Gonzo Band
Lambeth Walk - Ambrose & His Orchestra (another wartime song)
Streets of London - Ralph McTell or The Johnstons
A Foggy Day in London - Dinah Washington
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (in London)- Frank Sinatra, Manhattan Transfer
Waterloo Sunset - Kinks refers to the London train station
Baker Street - Gerry Raffity
London Can You Wait - Gene
London - Roger Hodgson
London - Steeleye Span
London Conversation - Martyn John
London Talking - Ian Dury And The Blockheads
London - Queensryche
London Luck & Love - Hall And Oates
London in the Rain - Puressence
London Lady - Stranglers
Emit Remmus - Red Hot Chili Peppers (lyrics - London in the summer time)
London Rain - Heather Nova
London Still - The Waifs
London Fire - Curbsquirrels
London Traffic - The Jam
London - Tangerine Dream
London Life - Anah Aevia
London - The Breeders
London Crawling - Kinky Machine
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces (imaginary London Square)
There's No Place Like London - Shirley Bassy
London Song - Seatrain
Towers Of London - XTC
Next Plane To London - The Rose Garden
London - Pet Shop Boys
London By Night - Frank Sinatra
Last Train To London - Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
London Bridge is Falling Down - anyone's guess
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - See here (http://www2.capitalfm.com/staticweb/avplayers/vanilla/cap_video.html?&stream=mms://stream2.capitalinteractive.co.uk/capital/jv/jvadhi.wmv&end)
London - Kinks
London - The Smiths
London Town - Paul McCartney
P.25 London - Black Crowes
London Bridge - Joni Mitchel
London Bridge - Mindless Self Indulgence
Swinging London - The Magnetic Fields
London Dungeon - Misfits
London Irish - Divine Comedy
How London Got Its Fog - From A Second Story Window
London Boys - Marc Bolan and T. Rex
In London - Johnny Logan
On London Bridge - Jo Stafford
Down On London - The Wildhearts
Trip to London - Fiend
Hold Tight London (Feat. Anna Lynne) - The Chemical Brothers
The London Cab Tape - Frank Zappa
Get Outta London - Aztec Camera
Little London Night - Sarah Slean
Great London Traffic Warden Massacre - Morcheeba
Why London? - Eskobar
Leaving London - Paxton Tom
Dead London - 200 North
London - Morissette Alanis
London Girls - Tori Amos
London - Third Eye Blind
London Bye Ta-Ta - Bowie David
London Leather Boys - Accept
London Loves - Blur
Someone in London - Godsmack
Lights Of London - David Gray
London - Anthrax
London-Paris - Pizzicato Five
Hey Young London - Bananarama
Down To London - Joe Jackson
King of London - The Waterboys
Trams of Old London - Hitchcock Robyn
Walking in London - Concrete Blonde
Lucifer Over London - Rotting Christ (seriously)
London, London - RPM
London - Barry Manilow

....god, I could just go on and on and on...

another ethnocentrical, glotocentrical thread

I would Have To Agree With JORdan On This One, I Think California/Los angeles Has Many Songs Written about. Im Not Going To write them all down, i dont have that much time but the beach boys, all those rap songs (including snoop dogg) and the eagles have all mentioned Cali...

Well.. California has a song from the OC
and Tupac has a song called California Love

a lot of songs about la, true. And even more specific, like hollywood, or mcarthur park.

actually you might be suprised but it's neither london nor new york but memphis, TN. There are 899 recorded and distributed songs the mention it in it lyrics.
Just to name a few:
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tillis
Black Velvet by Alanna Myles
Memphis, Tennessee by the Beatles
Montgomery to Memphis by Lee Ann Womack
M.E.M.P.H.I.S by Three 6 mafia
Memphis pearl by Lucinda Williams
Lights Out by Lisa Marie Presley
America by Daisy Jane

also there are songs bySammy Hagar,
Stray Cats, The Killers, Rod Stewart, Grateful Dead, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Alabama, Tim McGraw,
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Elton John, U2, Bob Dylan, Huey Lewis & The News, Joni Mitchell, Allman
Brothers, Nirvana, Cher, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springstein, Beastie Boys, Billy Idol, REM, Jan & Dean, Bon
Jovi, Phish, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, John Denver, Smashing
Pumpkins, even Snoop Dog. The eccentric list even includes songs by Neon Cactus, Elvis Hitler, Kowtow
Popof, Spock’s Beard, Peetie Wheatstraw, Xray Men, Star Barefoot Walker, Runaway Planet, The Disco
Biscuits, Babe the Blue Ox, Pianosaurus and Enchanted Ape.

And its not even finished yet. Don't believe me? Check out the memphis rock n' roll museum's website for the whole thing.

it's obviously new york...you know why? because hip hop lyrics put so much emphasis on geography/territory and the genre pretty much revolved around new york for the first 20 years.

Some of Amsterdam
"Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel song), a song by Jacques Brel
"Amsterdam" (Maggie MacNeal song) a song by Maggie MacNeal
"Amsterdam" (Guster song), a song by Guster
"Amsterdam" (Van Halen song), a song by Van Halen
"Amsterdam", a song from the album Wedding Album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
"Amsterdam", a song from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
"Amsterdam", a song from the album Writer's Block by Peter Bjorn and John
"Amsterdam", a song from the album Ode to Ochrasy by Mando Diao
"Amsterdam", a song from the album Play Me Backwards by Joan Baez
"Amsterdam", a single by Luminary
"Amsterdam", a song from the Broadway Musical Passing Strange by Stew and Heidi Rodewald.

Amsterdam can mostly be seen in house music videos. But this is mostly because the DJ is Dutch :D

Let's hear it from New York...
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actually you might be suprised but it's neither london nor new york but memphis, TN. There are 899 recorded and distributed songs the mention it in it lyrics.
Just to name a few:
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tillis
Black Velvet by Alanna Myles
Memphis, Tennessee by the Beatles
Montgomery to Memphis by Lee Ann Womack
M.E.M.P.H.I.S by Three 6 mafia
Memphis pearl by Lucinda Williams
Lights Out by Lisa Marie Presley
America by Daisy Jane

also there are songs bySammy Hagar,
Stray Cats, The Killers, Rod Stewart, Grateful Dead, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Alabama, Tim McGraw,
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Elton John, U2, Bob Dylan, Huey Lewis & The News, Joni Mitchell, Allman
Brothers, Nirvana, Cher, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springstein, Beastie Boys, Billy Idol, REM, Jan & Dean, Bon
Jovi, Phish, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, John Denver, Smashing
Pumpkins, even Snoop Dog. The eccentric list even includes songs by Neon Cactus, Elvis Hitler, Kowtow
Popof, Spock’s Beard, Peetie Wheatstraw, Xray Men, Star Barefoot Walker, Runaway Planet, The Disco
Biscuits, Babe the Blue Ox, Pianosaurus and Enchanted Ape.

And its not even finished yet. Don't believe me? Check out the memphis rock n' roll museum's website for the whole thing.

Ahhhh you beat me to it....most people think of New York, Miami, London or Paris but they are no where near close. Memphis is the most sung about city ever. Worldwide.

And lets not forget the most famous song that has been re-done many times....Walking in Memphis

Prague?

Ahhhh you beat me to it....most people think of New York, Miami, London or Paris but they are no where near close. Memphis is the most sung about city ever. Worldwide.

And lets not forget the most famous song that has been re-done many times....Walking in Memphis

Probably true about Memphis, though most of the songs are types which, well, to put it bluntly, not really great. Few people list to blues or Country music. Blues in itself is good, but very limiting (which is why they all sound the same ;O) And country music... I guess you gotta be American or from a small town to enjoy that.

Jerusalem

New York much?

If we are talking about famous songs then I think that's New York.

Was this thread meant only for songs in English? Since most English-speakers (except the growing hispanic population of the US) don't speak a second language as many other speakers usually do, they would not know if other languages are singing a lot about a certain city.

Sevillanas, a type of folk singing of Seville and probably all Andalucía makes reference to Seville and other Andalusian cities in Spain like Huelva. There are probably hundreds and hundreds of Sevillanas. Then you have coplas and many flamenco songs that also sing or make reference to Seville. People from Seville are very regional-minded and centric so most of their music is about Andalucía and it's capital Seville, rarely about Spain, the entire country. I would not be surprised if Seville or another city with proud, folky people has more songs about it than New York or Paris. I'm thinking Nashville and many places like that. There must be hundreds of these places in the world with such strong, surviving folky music and we would never know here unless someone comes out and says it because we don't understand those languages.

In resumé, I say it's surely a folky type of city that is the winner and I'm throwing Seville as a probable candidate.

Probably true about Memphis, though most of the songs are types which, well, to put it bluntly, not really great. Few people list to blues or Country music. Blues in itself is good, but very limiting (which is why they all sound the same ;O) And country music... I guess you gotta be American or from a small town to enjoy that.

I didn't notice this suggestion. Good one. Ya, see, that's what I was saying just above. The winner is probably a folky place like Memphis, Seville-Spain and the like. For all we know the winner is a Chinese provincial city and here we are thinking it's NYC, Paris or places like that.

This one technically sings about Sevilla province so it makes references to the small towns around Seville too. Like this sevillanas there are many:
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I'd put my money on Paris

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Rio de Janeiro!

Was this thread meant only for songs in English? Since most English-speakers (except the growing hispanic population of the US) don't speak a second language as many other speakers usually do, they would not know if other languages are singing a lot about a certain city.

Sevillanas, a type of folk singing of Seville and probably all Andalucía makes reference to Seville and other Andalusian cities in Spain like Huelva. There are probably hundreds and hundreds of Sevillanas. Then you have coplas and many flamenco songs that also sing or make reference to Seville. People from Seville are very regional-minded and centric so most of their music is about Andalucía and it's capital Seville, rarely about Spain, the entire country. I would not be surprised if Seville or another city with proud, folky people has more songs about it than New York or Paris. I'm thinking Nashville and many places like that. There must be hundreds of these places in the world with such strong, surviving folky music and we would never know here unless someone comes out and says it because we don't understand those languages.

In resumé, I say it's surely a folky type of city that is the winner and I'm throwing Seville as a probable candidate.


This makes sense.

It seems people sometimes really think they know most of what is going on, if they don't know about something then it probably doesn't exist....

I think it would be impossible to tell which city really does have the most songs about it, there are simply too many songs and cities. But for well-known songs, probably the global capital cities (e.g London, New York etc..)

I'm sure Las Vegas is mentioned a lot as well :D

Some of the better known songs about San Francisco are:


I left my heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
If you're going to San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
San Francisco - Jeanette McDonald
San Francisco Nights - The Animals
San Francisco Days - Chris Isaak
Despite the popularity of the song that tops the list, the greatest song about the bay city has yet to be written...

BUENOS AIRES HAS MANY POP SONGS AND ALMOST ALL THE TANGO LIRICS INSPIRED IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

"BUENOS AIRES,BIG APPLE"-------------------MADONNA
"BUENOS AIRES NIGHTS"----------------------MAE WEST
"MY DEAR BUENOS AIRES"--------------------CARLOS GARDEL
"BUENOS AIRES MY CITY"/"MY CIUDAD"----NACHA GUEVARA
"MALOS AIRES-BUENOS AIRES"--------------MERCEDES SOSA
"CRIMINAL BUENOS AIRES"------------------GOTAN PROJECT
"YEARS OF SOLITUDE"------------------------ASTOR PIAZZOLA
& JERRY MULIGAN
"POINT OF VIEW"-----------------------------DB BOULEVARD
"MORIRE EN BUENOS AIRES"----------------MINA,MILVA,LAURA PAUSSINI

OH MY GOD AND SO MANY MORE SONGS...............:nuts:

Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ajQh6wtF9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUgOa05Gy8

Saint-Petersburg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs2BmBEaRrE

Yep, it's MEMPHIS.

BUENOS AIRES HAS MANY POP SONGS AND ALMOST ALL THE TANGO LIRICS INSPIRED IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

"BUENOS AIRES,BIG APPLE"-------------------MADONNA
"BUENOS AIRES NIGHTS"----------------------MAE WEST
"MY DEAR BUENOS AIRES"--------------------CARLOS GARDEL
"BUENOS AIRES MY CITY"/"MY CIUDAD"----NACHA GUEVARA
"MALOS AIRES-BUENOS AIRES"--------------MERCEDES SOSA
"CRIMINAL BUENOS AIRES"------------------GOTAN PROJECT
"YEARS OF SOLITUDE"------------------------ASTOR PIAZZOLA
& JERRY MULIGAN
"POINT OF VIEW"-----------------------------DB BOULEVARD
"MORIRE EN BUENOS AIRES"----------------MINA,MILVA,LAURA PAUSSINI

OH MY GOD AND SO MANY MORE SONGS...............:nuts:

I FORGOT A BIG ONE ABOUT BUENOS AIRES:
"CITY OF FURY"/"LA CIUDAD DE LA FURIA"......GUSTAVO CERRETTI
/SODA STEREO
GREAT!!! IN YOUTUBE

I think it would be impossible to tell which city really does have the most songs about it, there are simply too many songs and cities. But for well-known songs, probably the global capital cities (e.g London, New York etc..)Not a capital city.

The only song i know about Munich is "Munich Girls" from Falco ...also, he sings about "Toronto' Canada" (ironically in "Vienna Calling" :D)

i don't know if the subject is just about english songs or all languages, there is a lot of songs about marrakech in different languages.

PanaManiac: NY is the capital of the world; the whole universe for all I know.

BUENOS AIRES HAS MANY POP SONGS AND ALMOST ALL THE TANGO LIRICS INSPIRED IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

"POINT OF VIEW"-----------------------------DB BOULEVARD

How is this related to Buenos Aires? Great song by the way. :)

PanaManiac: NY is the capital of the world; the whole universe for all I know.

^^ no. :)

How is this related to Buenos Aires? Great song by the way. :)

Copenhagen, perhaps. :)

Copenhagen, perhaps. :)

I don't see that connection either, DB Boulevard is from Italy so let's say it's about Naples. :)

I forgot the song title, but I remember the lyric

New York, Rio, Tokyo...

London, Paris maybe Tokyo...

New York State of Mind

A foggy day, in London town

PanaManiac: NY is the capital of the world; the whole universe for all I know.

How can it be, there is one City much bigger and greater, Tokyo, and many cities the same size as NY, New York is a world city among many world cities.

1. Perth
2. Liverpool
3. New York
4. Cairo

I'M IN MIAMI BITCH!!!!

Some Shanghai ones.

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And of course the modern hip-hop version

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Berlin

The list you can check here. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Liedern_%C3%BCber_Berlin)

Rio de janeiro I guess

Definitely Canberra

a good case can be made for Miami... the 305... magic city... for songs written in the past 20 years. Definitely a brand name in hip hop, Latin base, pop, etc.

Its still New York.

NEW YORK AND BUENOS AIRES ARE NUMBER ONE NAMES IN SONGS!

state..california :D

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For songs in english it would be NY for sure.

Probably somewhere in China must be the most spoken in songs.

As a brazilian, and portuguese speaker, I'd say Rio de Janeiro, with the most beautiful songs in the world. Just listen to Bossa Nova dude... I particularly like Samba do Aviao and Garota de Ipanema (the girl from ipanema). Cidade Maravilhosa is also a great samba!

^^
I agree!

New York as number one!

But I think in Latin America, Rio is the 1º city.