According to KROQ (mainstream alternarock station in LA)

10) Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP)
9) California Phantom Planet
8) Santa Monica Everclear
7) Malibu Hole
6) Welcome to the Jungle GnR
5) Beverly Hills Weezer
4) April 29, 1992 Sublime
3) Los Angeles is Burning Bad Religion
2) Under the Bridge RHCP
1) Los Angeles X

I wonder what the top ten would be if they included indie rock bands, instead of just major label mainstream rock bands. How about if they included Hip-Hop? What about classic rock?

How about your city?

Let me start a list for NYC

10) 53rd and 3rd Ramones
...

While I wouldn't necessarily call all of this modern rock, these are probably the most famous rock songs that feature Detroit:

1. Detroit Rock City - KISS
2. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
3. Lose Yourself - eminem
4. American Bad Ass - Kid Rock
5. Hotel Yorba - White Stripes
6. Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
7. Broken City - Audioslave
8. One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
9. Panic in Detroit - David Bowie
10. Doctor Detroit - Devo

While I wouldn't necessarily call all of this modern rock, these are probably the most famous rock songs that feature Detroit:

1. Detroit Rock City - KISS
2. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
3. Lose Yourself - eminem
4. American Bad Ass - Kid Rock
5. Hotel Yorba - White Stripes
6. Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
7. Broken City - Audioslave
8. One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
9. Panic in Detroit - David Bowie
10. Doctor Detroit - Devo

Nice variety of rock rock rock for rock city!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Uh...pass.

not too happy with some of the LA songs like Hole's and Weezer's but I suppose KROQ has to stay within the songs on the playlist. Here are the lyrics.


LYRICS FOR THE LA songs

10) Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication

It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war your waging

[Chorus:]
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication

Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's Californication

Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away
It's Californication

Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybody's been there
and
I don't mean on vacation

[Chorus]

Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving

[Chorus]

9) We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from

Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the shore
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

8) I am still livin' with your ghost
Lonely and dreamin' of the west coast
I don't wanna be your downtime
I don't wanna be your stupid game
With my big black boots and an old suitcase
I do believe I'll find myself a new place
I don't wanna be the bad guy
I don't wanna do your sleepwalk dance anymore
I just wanna see some palm trees
I will try and shake away this disease
We can live beside the ocean
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die
We can live beside the ocean
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die
I am still dreamin' of your face
Hungry and hollow for all the things you took away
I don't wanna be your good time
I don't wanna be your fallback crutch anymore
Walk right out into a brand new day
Insane and risin' in my own weird way
I don't wanna be the bad guy
I don't wanna do your sleepwalk dance anymore
I just wanna feel some sunshine
I just wanna find some place to be alone
Yeah watch the world die

7) Crash and burn
All the stars explode tonight
How'd you get so desperate?
How'd you stay alive?
Help me please
Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh come on, be alive again
Don't lay down and die

Hey hey, you know what to do
Oh baby, drive away to Malibu

Get well soon
Please don't go any higher
How are you so burned when you're barely on fire?
Cry to the angels
I'm gonna rescue you
I'm gonna set you free tonight, baby
Pour over me

Hey hey, we're all watching you
Oh baby, fly away to Malibu
Cry to the angels
That swallow you
Go and part the sea, yeah, in Malibu

And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And the sun goes down
I walk into the waves
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And I walk
And I knew love would tear you apart
Oh, and I knew the darkest secret of your heart

Hey hey, I'm gonna follow you
Oh baby, fly away, yeah, to Malibu
Oceans of angels
Oceans of stars
Down by the sea is where you drown your scars

I can't be near you
The light just radiates
I can't be near you
The light just radiates

6) Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
We got your disease


Chorus:


In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun n,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,n,,n,n,,n knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed


Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream


Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me


Chorus


And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down, so down, so down, so down YEAH!


You know where you are
You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shu n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun n,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n.n, knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It's gonna bring you down!
Ha!

5)
Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me

I didn't go to boarding schools
Preppie girls never looked at me
Why should they?
I ain't nobody
Got nothing in my pocket

Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills

Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between

I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
'cause I'm the next big thing

Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills

The truth is I don't stand a chance
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong

No I don't
I'm just a no-class beat down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars play

Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills

4) I don't know if you can,
but can you get an owner for Ons,
that's O-N-S,Junior Market,
the address is 1934 East Aneheim,
all the windows are busted out,
and it's like a free-for-all in here
and uh the owner shouldat least come
down here and see if he can secure his business,
if he wants to...

April 26th, 1992,
there was a riot on the streets,
tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV,
while I was paticipatin' in some anarchy.

First spot we hit it was my liqour store.
I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford.
With red lights flashin' time to retire,
And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire.

Next stop we hit it was the music shop,
It only took one brick to make that window drop.
Finally we got our own p.a.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today?
Hey!

(call fire, respond mobil station.
alamidos in Anahiem,
its uhh flamin up good.
10-4 Alamidos in Anaheim)

Never doin no time

When we returned to the pad to unload everything,
It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings.
So once again we filled the van until it was full,
since that day my livin' room's been more comfortable.

Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here,
It's getting harder and harder and harder each and every year.

Some kids went in a store with thier mother,
I saw her when she came out she was gettin some pampers.

They said it was for the black man,
they said it was for the mexican,
and not for the white man.

But if you look at the streets it wasn't about Rodney King,
It's bout this fucked up situation and these fucked up police.
It's about coming up and staying on top
and screamin' 187 on a mother fuckin' cop.
It's not written on the paper it's on the wall.
National guard??!
Smoke from all around,

bo! bo! bo!

(units, units be advised there is an attempt 211 to arrest now at 938 temple,
938 temple... 30 subjects with bags.. tryin to get inside the cb's house)

(as long as I'm alive, I'mma live illegal)

Let it burn, wanna let it burn,
wanna let it burn, wanna wanna let it burn

(I'm feelin' Sad and Blue)

Riots on the streets of Miami,
oh, Riots on the streets of Chicago,
oh, on the streets of Long Beach,
mmm, and San Francisco (Boise Idaho),
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
(Salt Lake, Hunnington Beach, CA),
Tuscalusa Alabama (Arcada Compton Mischigan),
Cleveland Ohio,
Fountain Valley (Texas, Barstow - Let's do this every year),
Bear Mountain, Vista View (Twice a Year),
Eugene OR, Eureka CA (Let it burn, let it burn),
Hesperia (Oh, ya let it burn, wont'cha wont'cha let it burn),
Santa Barbara,Cuyamca, Nevada, (let it burn)
Phoenix Arizona,
San Diego, Lakewood Florida, (let it burn)
fuckin... 29 palms (wontcha let it burn)

any units assist 334 willow,
structure fire, and numerous subjects looting

10-15 to get rid of this looter..

10-4

3)
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of blue
St. Anne's skirts are billowing
But down here in the city of limelights
The fans of Santa Ana are withering
And you can't deny the living is easy
If you never look behind the scenery
It's Showtime for dry climes
And bedlam is dreaming of rain

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning

This is not a test
of the emergency broadcast system
When Malibu fires and radio towers
Conspire to dance again
And I cannot believe the Media Mecca
They're only trying to peddle reality
Catch it on Prime Time
Story at nine
The whole world is going insane

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is Burning

A placard reads "the end of days"
Jacaranda boughs are bending in the haze
More a question than a curse
How could hell be any worse
The flames are stunning
The cameras running
So take warning!

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning

2) Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

1) she, had to leave
los angeles


she gets confused
flying over the dateline
her hands turn red
cause the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant

she had to leave
los angeles
she found it hard to say goodbye to her own best friend
she bought a clock on hollywood blvd the day she left
it felt sad, it felt sad
it felt saaaaaaad
she had to get out, get out
get out, get out
get out, get out

she gets confused
flying over the dateline
her hands turn red
cause the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant
the days change at night
change in an instant

I realize the term "modern" is emphasized in the list, but my list of LA rock songs would be totally different.

10. Valley Girl/Moon Zappa
9. Born in East LA/Cheech Marin
8. Dead Man's Curve/Jan and Dean
7. Comin into Los Angeles/Arlo Guthrie
6. LA Woman/Doors
5. Blue Jay Way/beatles
4. Strait Outta Compton/NWA
3. California Girls/Beach Boys
2. California Dreaming/Mammas and Pappas
1. I Love LA/Randy Newman.

Outside of LA, Seattle, or New York, there probably aren't too many cities that can claim at least 10 modern rock songs that mention their town.

A few modern and not-so-modern songs that mention Dallas-Ft. Worth:

1)Tush/ZZ Top
2)Pepper/Butthole Surfers
3)Ohio (Come Back to Texas)/Bowling for Soup
4)Truckin'/The Grateful Dead
5)Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?/George Strait

I'm sure there are a few others, but these seem to top the list.

Bowling for soup?

I doubt seattle has ten known songs about it as a city.

I'm working on SF and NY.

Songs about Seattle

"Baby, I'm an Anarchist" by Against Me!
"Welcome to Seattle" by Boom Bap Project
"The Day Seattle Died" by Cold (band)
"Seattle Head" by Duff McKagan
"The Shadow of Seattle" by Marcy Playground
"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" by Nirvana (band)
"Seattle" by Perry Como
"Seattle" by Public Image Limited
"Seattle" by The Sass
"Emerald City" by United State of Electronica
"Emeraldas Desu" by Red Martian
"Sub Pop Rock City" by Soundgarden
"Inkwell" by Blue Scholars
"Seattle Was A Riot" by Anti-Flag
"Posse on Broadway" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
"Seattle" by The Hot Toddies
"The Mud Shark" by Frank Zappa
"Seattle" by Jeffrey Lewis
"Work in Progress" by Set Your Goals
"Sick of Seattle" by The Smithereens
"Seattlantis" by The Fall of Troy

San Francisco songs:

"Back in San Francisco" by The Orange Peels
"Carlotta Valdez" by Harvey Danger
"The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco" by The Lucksmiths
"City Hall" by Vienna Teng
"Cold Wind" by Arcade Fire
"Come Back From San Francisco" by The Magnetic Fields
"Deep Kick" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Don't Gimme No Bammer Weed" by RBL Posse
"Down On Mission Street" by Lloyd Cole
"Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys
"Frisco Blues" by John Lee Hooker
"Frisco Town" by Memphis Minnie
"Golden Gate" by Al Jolson
"Golden Gate Bridge" by Rose Melberg
"The Golden Gate" by John Vanderslice
"Grace Cathedral Hill" by The Decemberists
"Grace Cathedral Park" by Red House Painters
"Hazy SF" by Six Organs of Admittance
"Hello, San Francisco" by Buddy Guy
"Honeymoon in San Francisco" by Of Montreal
"I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco" performed by Carmen McRae
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett
"Into Action" by Tim Armstrong
"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" by Counting Crows
"Josie" by John Stewart
"Jumpers" by Sleater-Kinney
"K-L-M Line" by The Fairways
"Left of the Dial The Replacements
"Lights" by Journey
"Linden Arden Stole The Highlights" by Van Morrison
"Mean Old Frisco" by Arthur Crudup, covered by Eric Clapton
"Mission Bells" by The Aislers Set
"Mission in the Rain" by Jerry Garcia Band
"Mission Street" by Vienna Teng
"Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin
"My Side of the City" by Beulah
"Pacific Heights" by Pep Love
"Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle and Sebastian
"Rendez-Vous: Potrero Hill" by Architecture in Helsinki
"San Franciscan Nights" by Eric Burdon & The Animals
"San Francisco" from San Francisco, by Walter Jurmann and Bronislaw Kaper, performed by Jeannette MacDonald and later covered by Judy Garland
"San Francisco" by Alkaline Trio
"San Francisco" by The Dingees
"San Francisco" by Hello Saferide
"San Francisco" by Jill Sobule
"San Francisco" by Kristin Hersh
"San Francisco" by Maxime Le Forestier
"San Francisco" by MU330
"San Francisco" by Sarah RabDAU
"San Francisco" by Vanessa Carlton
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" performed by Scott McKenzie
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" by The Village People
"San Francisco Bay" by Lee Oskar
"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Jesse Fuller
"San Francisco Days" by Chris Isaak
"San Francisco Fat" by NOFX
"San Francisco Knights" by People Under the Stairs
"San Francisco Night" by The Animals
"San Francisco On The Water" by Arik Einstein
"San Francisco Payphone" by Catch 22
"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel
"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay", by Otis Redding
"The Sound of San Francisco" by Global Deejays
"Strawberry Wine" by Ryan Adams
"Tania" by Camper Van Beethoven
"Tenderloin" by Rancid
"The Bay" by Zion I
"The Best in Me" by Sherwood (band)
"When I Come Around" by Green Day

Chicago songs:

"Sweet Spots" - The Fiery Furnaces
"312" - Bohemia
"Ain't it Man" - Boo & Gotti
"Back to Chicago" - Styx
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
"Baseball Dreams" - Ralph's World
"Bear Down, Chicago Bears
"Best Wishes to your Black Lung" - Less Than Jake
"Born in Chicago" - Paul Butterfield
"Chi-City" - Common
"Chi-town gangsta"
"Chicago (We Can Change The World)" - Graham Nash
"Chicago Bound" - Jimmy Rogers
"Chicago Fanphair '93" - Local H
"Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" - Fall Out Boy
"Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night" - The Hold Steady
"Chicago Song" - David Sanborn
"Chicago at night" - Spoon
"Chicago" - Bis
"Chicago" - Da Brat
"Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" - Fred Fisher, popularized by Frank Sinatra
"Chicago" - Hieroglyphics
"Chicago" - Ingram Hill
"Chicago" - The Purple Hearts
"Chicago" - Sean Watkins
"Chicago" - Shawnna
"Chicago" - Sufjan Stevens
"Chicago" - The Tossers
"Chicago, Damn" - Bobbi Humphrey
"Chicago...." - Screeching Weasel
"City of Chicago" - Luka Bloom / Barry Moore
"Closer To Our Graves" - Lucky Boys Confusion
"Come On! Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens
"The Corner" - Common
"Crook County" - Twista
"C-Town" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Daley's Gone" - Steve Goodman
"Dead End Street" - Lou Rawls
"Dear Chicago" - Ryan Adams
"A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" - Steve Goodman
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" - Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
"The EL" - Rhett Miller
"Far, Far Away" - Wilco
"Full Moon" - Common
"Go Cubs Go" - Steve Goodman
"Going to Chicago Blues" - The Count Basie Orchestra
"Goodbye to Guyville" - Urge Overkill
"The Great Chicago Fire"
"Growing Up" - Fall Out Boy
"A Guided Tour of Chicago" - The Lawrence Arms
"Hands Open"- Snow Patrol
"Happy Summertime" - R.Kelly
"Here Come the Hawks"
"Home" - Kanye West
"Homecoming" - Kanye West, Ft. Chris Martin
"Homesick At Spacecamp" - Fall Out Boy
"I Came Home" - Rhymefest
"I'm Dying Tomorrow" - Alkaline Trio
"In the hood" - J-Bone
"In Tha Chi" - Shawnna
"In The Ghetto"- Elvis Presley
"Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" - Soul Coughing
"Jesus Just Left Chicago" - ZZ Top
"L.A., Goodbye" - The Ides of March
"Lake Shore Drive" - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
"Lake Shore Driving" - Duran Duran
"LAX To O'Hare" - The Academy Is...
"Leaving Chicago" - Knockout
"Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox" - Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers
"The Lincoln Park Pirates" - Steve Goodman
"Little Joe from Chicago" - Nat King Cole
"Mercy Me" - Alkaline Trio
"Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" - Brian Wilson
"My Kind of Town" - Frank Sinatra
"The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
"North Side Story" - Street Brats
"On The South Side of Chicago" - Freddy Cole
"Orange Line To Midway" - John & Philip
"Picketlines And Pepperspray" - Silent Film
"Prairie Song" - Billy Corgan
"Pushaman" - Bump J
"The Rebirth" - Chapter 13
"Red Leaves of October" - Michael Peter Smith
"Riverview" - Billy Corgan
"Slow Down Chicago" - Canasta
"Somewhere on Fullerton" - Allister
"South Side Irish" - Arranmore
"Southside Dreamer" - Made Avail
"Southside Mojo" - Jagoff
"Southwest Coast Blues" - Corky Siegel
"Star Witness"--Neko Case (about Humboldt Park: http://www.avclub.com/content/node/48266/1)
"Stay Chi" - Juice
"Stratford-On-Guy" - Liz Phair
"Super Bowl Shuffle" - Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, the 1985 Chicago Bears
"Sweet Home Chicago" - Robert Johnson, covered by The Blues Brothers
"Swing Life Away" - Rise Against
"Take Me Back To Chicago" - Chicago
"Take the Time" - Freddy Jones Band
"Thats That" - Snoop Dog ft R. Kelly
"Thin Red Line" - Typical Cats
"Tonight Will Last Forever" - Mest
"Tonight, Tonight" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Two Words" - Mos Def
"Via Chicago" - Wilco
"We Are The Immigrants"
"We Ride" - Jay-z/Memphis Bleek
"Welcome To Chicago" - Kill Hannah
"The Wicked Streets of Chi" -
"Winter in Chicago" - 504 Plan
"The Woman Downstairs" - Handsome Family

New York Songs:

"A Heart in New York" by Art Garfunkel
"Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack
"Alice" by Mott the Hoople
"All Alone on Christmas" by Darlene Love
"All My Friends in New York" by NOFX
"All the Critics Love You in New York" by Prince
"An American Tune" by Simon and Garfunkel
"An Old Fashioned Christmas" by Frank Sinatra
"An Open Letter to New York" by The Bamboo Kids
"An Open Letter to NYC" by The Beastie Boys
"Angel of Harlem" by U2
"Anniversary" by Suzanne Vega
"Another Hundred People" by Stephen Sondheim
"Another Lonely Night In New York" by Robin Gibb
"Another Rainy Day in New York City" by Chicago
"Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross
"At The Zoo" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Autumn In New York" composed by Vernon Duke and performed by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Harry Connick, Jr., and many more
"Avenue A" by Daniel Cartier
"Avenue B" by Iggy Pop
"Avenue B" by Gogol Bordello
"Avenue C" by Barry Manilow

[edit] B
"Back in N.Y.C." by Genesis
"Back in the New York Groove" by Ace Frehley
"Back of a Truck" by Regina Spektor
"Back To The Bronx" by 2 Live Crew
"Bad New York Band" by Jim Testa
"Ballad of N.Y.C." by Fun Lovin' Criminals
"Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March" by Mos Def
"The Best Of Queens (It's Us)" by Mobb Deep
"Big Apple" by Kajagoogoo
"Big Apple" by Molly Hatchet
"Big Apple Boogaloo" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Big Apple Dreamin'" by Alice Cooper
"The Big Backyard" (Up in Central Park) by Sigmund Romberg
"Black History Month" by Death from Above 1979 (inspired by a ride through the New York subway)
"Bleecker & MacDougal" by Fred Neil
"Bleecker Street" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Blessed" by Simon and Garfunkel
"Blue Belles O' Harlem" by Duke Ellington
"Boogie Down Bronx" by JVC Force
"Boy From New York City by The Manhattan Transfer
"Born in New York City" by Michael Packer
"The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel
"The Boy From New York City" by The Ad Libs
"The Bridge Is Over" by Boogie Down Productions
"Bright Lights" by Matchbox Twenty
"Broadway" by The Clash
"Broadway (So Many People)" by Low
"Broadway" by Old 97s
"Broadway Melody of 1974" by Genesis
"Bronx" by Kurtis Blow
"The Bronx Is Beautiful" by Robert Klein
"Bronx Keeps Creating It" by Fat Joe
"Bronx Tale" by Fat Joe
"Bronx War Stories" by A.I.G.
"Brooklyn" by Jesse Malin
"Brooklyn" by Mos Def
"Brooklyn" by They Might Be Giants
"Brooklyn" by John Henry Sheridan
"Brooklyn Blues" by Barry Manilow
"Brooklyn Bound" by The Black Keys
"The Brooklyn Bridge" by Sammy Kahn (Performed by Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, & Others)
"Brooklyn Girls" by Black 47
"Brooklyn Movements" by Da Bush Babees
"Brooklyn High" by Jay-Z
"Brooklyn Is Burning" by Head Automatica
"Brooklyn Roads" by Neil Diamond
"Brooklyn Queens" by 3rd Bass
"Brooklyn Sky" by Digable Planets
"Brooklyn Stars" by Matt Pond PA
"Brooklyn Steakhouse" by Bumblefoot
"Brooklyn to T-Neck" by Das EFX
"Brooklyn Took It" by Jeru The Damaja
"Brooklyn Zoo" by Ol' Dirty Bastard
"Brooklyn's Finest" by Jay-Z ft The Notorious B.I.G.
"Brooklyn's In The House" by Busy Bee
"The Brooklynites" by Soul Coughing
"Brooklyn Biatch" by Gözum Inshallah
"Bulletproof Weeks" by Matt Nathanson

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"C.R.E.A.M." by Wu Tang Clan
"Cab" by Train
"Cabbies on Crack" by The Ramones
"Cali To New York" by the Black Eyed Peas
"The Camera Eye" by Rush
"Canal Street" by Love as Laughter
"Central Park" by Pete Miser
"Central Park West" by John Coltrane
"Central Park 'n' West" by Ian Hunter
"Chelsea" by Counting Crows
"Chelsea Avenue" by Patti Scialfa
"Chelsea Girls" by The Velvet Underground
"Chelsea Hotel" by Dan Bern
"Chelsea Hotel No 2" by Leonard Cohen
"The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song" by Jeffrey Lewis
"Chelsea Morning" by Joni Mitchell
"Chicago, New York" by The Aislers Set
"Christmas in the City" by Mary J Blige
"Christmas in Hollis" by Run D.M.C.
"Christmas in New York" by Loa Falkman
"Christmas in New York" by Kelley Vice
"Christmas Night in Harlem" by Mitchell Parish and Raymond Scott, performed by Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and others
"Christmas on Riverside Drive" by Kid Creole
"Church on White" Pavement
"City Boy" by Fun Lovin' Criminals
"City of Blinding Lights" by U2
"City of Dreams" by The Loft
"Calling Out Names" by Kurupt
"Coming Home" by KISS
"Coney Island" by Death Cab for Cutie
"Coney Island" by Mel Tormé
"Coney Island Baby" by Lou Reed
"Coney Island Baby" by The Excellents
"Coney Island Baby" by Tom Waits
"Coney Island Girl" by Fun Lovin' Criminals
"Cotton Club Stomp" by Duke Ellington
"[A] Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams, Jr.
"Cradle and All" by Ani Difranco
"Crooklyn" by The Crooklyn Dodgers consisting of Masta Ace Special Ed & Buckshot Shorty from Black Moon
"Cuckoo Cocoon" by Genesis

[edit] D
"Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More" by Steely Dan
"Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
"Detachable Penis" by King Missile
"Date With Baby" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Debbie Loves Joey" by Helen Love
"Deee-Lite Theme" by Deee-Lite
"Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez
"Dirty Boulevard" by Lou Reed
"Do It Right" by The Slaughterhouse Four
"Do You Miss New York?" by Dave Frishberg
"Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)" by Cole Porter
"Down and Out In New York City" by James Brown
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Downtown Train" by Tom Waits
"Dreaming of Manhattan" by Echo Brain
"Drop Me Off in Harlem" by Duke Ellington (covered by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Frishberg, Johnny Hodges, George Shearing, and many more)
"Dropping Some NYC" by Blues Traveler
"Dream Like New York" by Tyrone Wells

[edit] E
"East Side Beat" by The Toasters
"East Village Rocker With A Missed Connection" by Jason Trachtenburg
"Easter Parade" by Judy Garland
"Echoes of Harlem" by Duke Ellington
"Egg Cream" by Lou Reed
"88 Christopher Street" by Dirt Bike Annie
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" by Franz Ferdinand
"11:35" by Aesop Rock
"Empire State" by Fleetwood Mac
"Empire State Building" by Randy Newman
"Empire State Express" by Son House
"Englishman in New York" by Sting, said to be inspired by Quentin Crisp
"Everybody's Talkin" by Breakaway
"Every Street's a Boulevard (In Old New York)" by Jule Styne / Bob Hilliard, From the Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg" (1953) covered by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis & others
"Everything's Better in Manhattan" by Casey Dienel
"Eyes of a New York Woman" by B.J. Thomas

[edit] F
"F Train" by Babe the Blue Ox
"Face Down At Folk City" by The Roches
"Faded Flower of Broadway" by Willie Nile
"Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
"Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen
"52nd Street" by Billy Joel
"53rd and 3rd" by The Ramones
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Simon and Garfunkel (covered by Ernestine Anderson)
"Fighting 69th" by Dropkick Murphys
"First Snow in Brooklyn" by Jethro Tull
"First we Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen
"5 Boroughs" by KRS-One with Bounty Killer, Buckshot, Cam'Ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Redman, Rev. Run, and Vigilante
"Frank Mills" by James Rado/Jerome Ragni/Galt MacDermot, from the musical Hair
"Folk Song" by Bongwater
"42nd Street" by Drink Me
"42nd Street" by Ruby Keeler
"42nd Street Psycho Blues" by Janis Ian
"45 Minutes From Broadway" by George M. Cohan
"14th Street" by Rufus Wainwright
"14th Street" by Laura Cantrell
"Fuego En El 23" by Fania All-Stars
"Fuel" by Ani DiFranco

[edit] G
"Get Ready Here Come the Knicks" by Paulette LaMelle
"GG Train" by Charles Mingus
"The Girl From New York City" by The Beach Boys
"Girl From NYC (Named Julia)" by Of Montreal
"Give it Back to the Indians" by Rodgers and Hart from Too Many Girls (1939).
"Give My Regards to Broadway" by George M. Cohan
"Glad Tidings" by Van Morrison
"Go Brooklyn" by Stetsasonic
"Go Harlem" by Chick Webb and his Orchestra
"Go New York Go New York Go" (Knicks theme song) by Jesse Jaymes
"Goin' to New York" by James Blood Ulmer
"Goodbye Manhattan " by Pieces Of A Dream
"Good Fortune" by PJ Harvey
"Goodnight, New York" by Julie Gold
"Gotham City" by R. Kelly
"Gramercy Park Hotel" by Edwin McCain
"Grand Central Station" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman" by Lee Hazlewood
"Ground Zero Brooklyn" by Carnivore

[edit] H
"Hard Times in New York Town" by Bob Dylan
"Harmony in Harlem" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem" by Edwin Starr
"Harlem" by Bill Withers
"Harlemania" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem Air Shaft" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem Congo" by Chick Webb and his Orchestra
"Harlem Fuss" by Fats Waller & His Buddies (covered by Eddie Condon)
"Harlem Heaven" by The Rance Allen Group
"Harlem Holiday" by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Harlem Hospitality" by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Harlem Joys" by Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs
"Harlem Lullaby" composed by Margod Millhane and Willard Robison, performed by Mildred Bailey, The Dorsey Brothers, and Junior Mance
"Harlem Madness" by Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
"Harlem Nocturne" by Earle Hagen (covered by Ray Anthony, Earl Bostic, Martin Denny, Les Elgart, Esquivel, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, Johnny Otis, Mel Tormé and many more)
"Harlem on Parade" composed by Benny Carter and Ray Evans, performed by Gene Krupa & his Orchestra, Anita O'Day, and Roy Eldridge
"Harlem River Quiver" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem Shout" by Eddie Durham and Jimmie Lunceford
"Harlem Shuffle" by Bobby Relf and Earl Nelson (covered by The Rolling Stones)
"Harlem Twist (East St. Louis Toodle-oo" by Duke Ellington
"Harlem Women" by Hank Kilroy
"Harlem Woogie" by James P. Johnson
"Hats Off To Hawaii" by Kung Fu Monkeys
"Ha Ya Doin? Yankees" - The Haya Doin'? Boys
"A Heart in New York" by Gallagher and Lyle (covered by Simon and Garfunkel)
"Heartbreaker" by The Rolling Stones
"Heavens in New York" by Wyclef Jean
"Hell in New York" by Slaughter and the Dogs
"Hello Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys
"Hello, Dolly!" by Jerry Herman (about 14th Street)
"Hello New York" by Silverhead
"Here Come the Yankees, New York Yankees
"Hey, Manhattan" by Prefab Sprout
"Hey Eugene!" by Pink Martini
"Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's
"Holiday in Harlem" by Chick Webb (featuring Ella Fitzgerald)
"Holland Tunnel" by I Am the World Trade Center
"Holland Tunnel" by John Phillips
"Hot in Harlem" by Tiny Grimes (covered by Indigo Swing)
"Hover" by Rhett Miller
"How About You?" composed by Ralph Freed and Burton Lane, performed by Chet Baker, Rosemary Clooney, Tommy Dorsey, Bill Evans, Judy Garland, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Maxine Sullivan, and many more

[edit] I
"I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond
"I Can't See New York" by Tori Amos
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
"I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" by Harry Nilsson (covered by Sinéad O'Connor)
"I Happen to Like New York" by Cole Porter
"I Just Wanna Have Something to Do" by The Ramones
"I'll Take New York" by Tom Waits
"I'll Sink Manhattan" by They Might Be Giants
"I Love Livin' In The City" by Fun Lovin' Criminals
"I Love NYC" by Andrew W.K.
"I Love New York" by Madonna
"I Run New York" by 50 Cent featuring Tony Yayo
"I'm a Knicks Fan" by Jesse Jaymes
"I'm Waiting For The Man" by The Velvet Underground
"Idiot Kings" by Soul Coughing
"If You Were Here" by Unlovables
"Illume" by Fleetwood Mac
"In A New York Minute" by Sanne Salomonsen and Chris Minh Doky
"In the Cage" by Genesis
"In the City" by Milton
"In the Flesh" by Blondie
"Incident on 57th Street" by Bruce Springsteen
"Into the Fire" by Bruce Springsteen
"It's a Long Way Suzy To New York City" by The Subsonics
"In the Mood Again" by Elvis Costello
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants
"It's Nice to go Trav'ling" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
"It Rains In New York To" by Pete Miser
"I've Got New York" by The 6ths
"Is It Raining in New York City?" by Cashman & West

[edit] J
"Janine" by Soul Coughing
"Jesus Went To N.Y.C." by Five Fifteen
"The Joint Is Really Jumping Down At Carnegie Hall" by Judy Garland
"Just Over The Brooklyn Bridge" by Art Garfunkel
"JFK To LAX" by Gang Starr
"Jamaican In New York" by Shinehead
"Jenny From The Block" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Jadakiss & Styles P.

[edit] K
"The Key to Gramercy Park" by Deadsy
"Keyornew" by Mathieu Boogaerts
"The Killing of Georgie" by Rod Stewart
"King of New York" by Fun Lovin Criminals
"King of New York" by Schooly D.
"King of New York" from the soundtrack to Newsies
"King of N.Y." by Fat Joe
"King of the New York Streets" by Dion
"Kitty Lives in Brooklyn", composer unknown

[edit] L
"Lady Cab Driver" by Prince
"La Maleta" by Rubén Blades & Willie Colón
"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
Note: The album of the same name is a concept album that takes place in New York City. The only individual songs listed on this list refer to specific geographic locations in New York City, i.e. references to Broadway and Times Square in the title song.
"La Vie Boheme" by Rent_(musical)
"Leaving New York" by R.E.M.
"A Letter to the New York Post" by Public Enemy
"Let's Fly Away" by Cole Porter (performed by Anson Weeks, Lee Wiley, Doris Day, Jeri Southern, Bobby Short, and others)
"Let's Go Mets" by the New York Mets
"Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Ira Gershwin
"The Light Dies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
"A Light Shines on the Other Side of Brooklyn" by Pain Hertz
"Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)" by The Clash
"Live From New York" by Raekwon
"Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder
"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
"Living in America" by Black 47
"Lost In the Flood" by Bruce Springsteen
"Lower East Side" by U.K. Subs
"Love Is My Decision" by Chris DeBurgh
"Love Song to New York City" by Chelsea Genzano
"Lua" by Bright Eyes
"Ludlow Street" by Suzanne Vega
"The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" by Magnetic Fields
"Lullaby of Broadway" from the musical 42nd Street
"Lullaby on New York" by Aztec Two-Step

[edit] M
"MacDougal Blues" Kevin Kinney
"Macy's Day Parade" by Green Day
"Made In NYC" by The Casualties
"Marching Bands of Manhattan" by Death Cab for Cutie
"The Man from Harlem" by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Manhattan" by Turnstyle
"Manhattan" by Caetano Veloso
"Manhattan" by Louise Attaque
"Manhattan" by Eric Johnson
"Manhattan" by Rodgers and Hart and performed by Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Blossom Dearie, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, John Pizzarelli, and many more
"Manhattan Avenue" by Nellie McKay
"Manhattan Cowboy" by Susan Cagle
"Manhattan Island Serenade" by Leon Russell
"Manhattan-Kaboul" by Renaud Séchan with Axelle Red
"Manhattan Madness" by Irving Berlin
"Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire
"Manhattan Skyline" by The Cocker Spaniels
"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon
"Meet the Mets" by Ruth Roberts
"Meet the Mets" (organ version) by Jane Jarvis
"Meeting Across The River" by Bruce Springsteen
"Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" by Billy Joel
"Mi Barrio" by La Casa
"Miss You" by The Rolling Stones
"Mizz Bed-Stuy" by The Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Mi Vida En Nueva York" by Los Hermanos Rosario
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, pt.2" by Elton John
"More Shine" by Si*Se
"Morning Glory" by Loey Nelson
"Morph the Cat" by Donald Fagen
"Motorcycle Drive By" by Third Eye Blind
"Moving to New York" by The Wombats
"My Apartment" by Ben Kweller
"My City of Ruins" by Bruce Springsteen
"My My Metrocard" by Le Tigre
"My New York" by Reclinerland
"Myriad Harbour" by The New Pornographers
"My Ship's Rolling In" by Drink Me

[edit] N
"Native New Yorker" by Odyssey
"Ne Me Quitte Pas" by Regina Spektor
"Never Enough Time" by Nate Borofsky
"New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello
"New Amsterdam" by Travis
"New Killer Star" by David Bowie
"New New York" by The Cranberries
"The New New York" by Tru-Life
"New York" by AZ
"New York" by Cat Power
"New York" by Continental Drifters
"New York" by Eskimo Joe
"New York" by The Flowers of Romance
"New York" by Norah Jones
"New York" by Ja Rule
"New York" by Rhubarb (band)
"New York" by Richard Ashcroft
"New York" by Ryan Adams
"New York" by Sex Pistols (covered by Opium Jukebox)
"New York" by Stephen Fretwell
"New York" by The Crash
"New York" by The Templars
"New York" by U2
"New York" by Vennaskond
"New York avec toi" by Téléphone
"New York As A Muse" by Yoko Ono
"New York Baby" by Leona Naess
"New York Blackout" by The Mighty Sparrow
"New York Belongs to Me" by Roger Miret and the Disasters
"New York Boy" by Neil Diamond
"New York Central" by Son House
"A New York Christmas" by Rob Thomas
"New York City" by Boney M
"New York City" by Keith Caputo
"New York City" by Cub, covered by They Might Be Giants
"New York City" by The Cult
"New York City" by Damon and Naomi
"New York City" by The Demics
"New York City" by Emigrate (2007)
"New York City" by Evergreen
"New York City" by Hanoi Rocks
"New York City" by Mason Jennings
"New York City" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
"New York City" by Madball
"New York City" by Peter Malick and Norah Jones
"New York City" by moe.
"New York City" by Gil Scott-Heron
"New York City" by Stisism
"New York City" by T. Rex
"New York City" by That Was Something
"New York City" by They Might Be Giants
"New York City Blues" by Duke Ellington
"New York City Boy" by Pet Shop Boys
"New York City Blues" by The Yardbirds
"New York City Cops" by The Strokes
"New York City Fuck Off" by Matson Jones
"New York City Lights" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
"New York City Pakistan" by Terre Roche
"New York City Rhythm" by Barry Manilow
"New York City Serenade" by Bruce Springsteen
"New York City Streets" by Triumph
"New York Crew" by Judge
"New York Fever" by The Toasters
"New York Giants" by Big Punisher
"New York Girls" by The Mooney Suzuki
"New York Girls" by Morningwood
New York Groove by Ace Frehley
"New York, Hold Her Tight" by Restless Heart
"New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" by LCD Soundsystem
"New York Is A Christmas Kind of Town" by Marah
"New York Is A Woman" by Suzanne Vega
"New York In The Dark" by the Ad Libs
"New York Minute" by Don Henley
"New York Minute" by Mobile
"New York Minute" by Zoetrope
"New York, New York" by Bernstein-Comden-Green from the 1946 musical On the Town
"New York, New York" written by Kander and Ebb; originally recorded by Liza Minnelli; famously sung by Frank Sinatra
"New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss
"New York, New York" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
"New York, New York" by Ryan Adams
"New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice)" by Gerard Kenny
"New York, New York" by Johnny Winter
"New York, New York" by The Dictators
"New York, New York" by Microchip League
"New York, New York" by Moby
"New York, New York" by Nina Hagen
"New York, New York" by The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg
"New York New York New York" by Tellison
"New York, New York Stealing My Way" by Back Street Crawler
"New York Nights" by Jesse Malin
"New York Nights" by Recoil
"New York, NY 10009" by Black 47
"New York Police State" by Agnostic Front
"New York Shit" by Busta Rhymes
"The New York Shuffle" by Graham Parker
"New York Skyline" by Garland Jeffries
"New York Slave" by The Blood Brothers
"New York State Of Mind" by Billy Joel
"New York State of Mind" by Nas
"New York State of Mind Pt. 2" by Nas
"New York State of Mind" by Alicia Keys Nas and Rakim
"New York State of Mind" by Mel Tormé
"New York Strait Talk" by Gang Starr
"New York Taxi" by Harry Belafonte
"New York Telephone Conversation" by Lou Reed
"New York Tendaberry" by Laura Nyro
"New York Times" by Cat Stevens
"New York, USA" by Serge Gainsbourg (covered by Mick Harvey)
"New York Wakes" by Horslips
"New York Was Great" by The Raveonettes
"New York (Ya Out there?)" by Rakim
"New York, You've Got Me Dancing" by Andrea True Connection
"New York's A Lonely Town" by The Trade Winds
"New York's Alright (If You Like Saxophones)" by Fear (covered by Enon)
"New York's In Love" by David Bowie
"New York's My Home" by Sammy Davis Jr.
"New York's Not My Home" by Jim Croce
"Next Exit" by Interpol
"The Next Ten Minutes" from the musical "The Last Five Years"
"Nights in Harlem" by Luther Vandross
"Nights on Broadway" by the Bee Gees
"Nolita Fairytale" by Vanessa Carlton
"No hay marcha en Nueva York" by Mecano
"No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys
"No Woman, No Cry" by The Fugees
"Noche En Down Town" by Fito Páez
"N.Y." by Doves
"NY Electric" by Aesop Rock
"NY Nightmare" by Phoebe Legere
"NY Song" by Modern Skirts
"N.Y.C." From the Broadway musical "Annie"
"NYC (You can't dance in New York City)" by Das Ben
"NYC" by Drink Me
"NYC" by Permanent Me
"NYC 1999!" by Pussy Galore
"NYC-25" by The Olivia Tremor Control
"NYC" by Interpol
"NYC Beat" by Armand Van Helden
"NYC C--T" by Princess Superstar
"NYC Everything" by RZA
"NYC Man" by Lou Reed
"NYC (There’s No Need To Stop)" by The Charlatans
"NYC Song" (Sample 'What it's Worth' of Buffalo Springfield) by Charles & Eddie
"NYC Weather Report" by Five For Fighting
"NYC Tonight" by GG Allin
"NYC's Like a Graveyard" by The Moldy Peaches
"NYNYC" by Daryl Hall
"NYU Girls" by The Argument
"Not So Soft" by Ani DiFranco

[edit] O
"O Beautiful" by [Tara Leigh Cobble]
"Oh Oh I Love Her So" by The Ramones
"Old Man Harlem" by Hoagy Carmichael and Rudy Vallée (covered by The Dorsey Brothers, Dave Frishberg, Ethel Waters, and others)
"Old New York" by Luke Temple
"Old School" by 2pac
"Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)" by Bright Eyes (about the anti-war protests held in New York City on February 15th, 2003)
"Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York" by Frank Loesser from the 1950 musical Guys and Dolls
"Olympia, WA" by Rancid
"On Broadway" by The Drifters
"On My Way to Harlem" by Coolio
"On the Drag" by They Might Be Giants
"On The Streets Of The Bronx" by The Moonglows
"Once Upon A Time In New York City" by Huey Lewis
"One Day You'll Dance For Me New York City" by Thomas Dybdahl
"One Night in NYC" by The Horrorist
"Only In New York" by Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan for the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie
"The Only Living Boy in New York" by Simon & Garfunkel
"Our Lady of the Bronx" by Black 47
"Out of Habit" by Ani Difranco

[edit] P
"Pacifics" by Digable Planets
"Paper Boats" by Nada Surf
"Paranoia Blues" by Paul Simon
"Park Slope" by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips
"Pedro Navaja" by Rubén Blades & Willie Colón
"Penthouse Serenade" by Marianne Faithfull
"Perfect Day" by Lou Reed
"People Who Died" by Jim Carroll
"Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle and Sebastian
"Planet Williamsburg" by Jim Testa
"Poem to a Horse" by Shakira
"Poses" by Rufus Wainwright
"Positively 4th Street" by Bob Dylan
"Punk Rock Club" by Unlovables
"Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin

[edit] Q
"Q.U. -- Hectic" by Mobb Deep
"Queens" by Pharoahe Monch
"Queens Boulevard" by Kid Casanova
"Queensboro Bridge" by David Mead
"Que Pasa, New York?" by Elephant's Memory featuring John Lennon

[edit] R
"Radio Free Brooklyn" by Pete Miser
"Rats" by Drink Me
"Real Rock & Roll Don't Come From New York" by The Gizmos
"Red Dragon Tattoo" by Fountains of Wayne
"Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War" by Paul Simon
"Rent" by Rent
"Respiration" by Black Star featuring Common
"Rhapsody In Blue" by George Gershwin (inspired by the sounds and motions of a locomotive leaving Grand Central Station)
"Rhode Island Is Famous for You (aka Coney Island)" by The Lascivious Biddies
"Rikers Island" by Cocoa Tea
"The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen
"Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones
"Rockin' Around in NYC" by Marshall Crenshaw
"Rockin' the Bronx" by Black 47
"Romeo Had Juliet" by Lou Reed
"Rose of Washington Square" (old standard)

[edit] S
"Safe In New York City" by AC/DC
"A Salute to Harlem" by Boots Douglas (covered by Girls from Mars)
"Saturday In The Park" by Chicago
"Savoy" by Lucky Millinder
"Savoy Strut" by Duke Ellington
"Sci-Fi Wasabi" by Cibo Matto
"Self Evident" by Ani Difranco
"Seventh Avenue" by Rosanne Cash
"Shattered" by The Rolling Stones
"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" by The Ramones
"The Sheik Of Avenue B" by Frank Crumit
"Sherry Darling" by Bruce Springsteen
"Shy" by Ani Difranco
"Sidewalks of New York" by James W. Blake and Charles E. Lawlor (1890, used as a presidential campaign tune in the 1920's [1]), performed by Duke Ellington, Cannonball Adderley, and others
"Silver Bells" a famous Christmas song by Bing Crosby
"Six" by Darlington
"Six Queens" by Larrikin love
"Sixth Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers
"Skylines and Turnstiles" by My Chemical Romance
"Slapshot (The Rangers Goal Song), by Bad Apple
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" by Mick Ronson
"Slum Goddess" by The Fugs
"Slumming on Park Avenue" composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, Mildred Bailey, and others
"Snowin' in Brooklyn" by Ferron
"So Long Astoria" by The Ataris
"Soft Smoke" by The Pink Spiders
"Song for Myla Goldberg" by The Decemberists
"Song for Sharon" by Joni Mitchell
"South 2nd" by CocoRosie
"South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
"Spanish Harlem" by Ben E. King (covered by Aretha Franklin)
"Spanish Harlem Incident" by Bob Dylan
"Spring Street" by Dar Williams
"Springtime in New York" by Jonathan Richman
"The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)" by Mobb Deep
"Staten Island" by Johnny McEvoy
"Staten Island Baby" by Black 47
"Statue of Liberty" by XTC
"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees
"Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin & the Hacker
"Stompin' at the Savoy" composed by Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, and Chick Webb
"Strange Powers" by The Magnetic Fields
"Streets of New York" by Alicia Keys
"Streets of New York" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
"Streets of New York" by The Wolfe Tones
"Streets of New York" by Willie Nile
"Streets of NY" by Terror Squad
"Subrosa Subway" by Klaatu
"Subway Train" by the New York Dolls
"Suicide (A Better Way)" by Choking Victim
"Sullivan Street" by Counting Crows
"Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
"Sunday at the Savoy" by Count Basie
"Sunday in New York" by Carroll Coates and Peter Nero, performed by Ernestine Anderson, Bobby Darin, Mel Tormé, and others
"The Sun Will Rise in Queens" by The Exit
"Sunkeneyed Girl" by Mike Doughty

[edit] T
"Take Me Back To Manhattan" by Cole Porter (from the musicals "The New Yorkers" and "Anything Goes)
"Take that Look off Your Face" by Andrew Lloyd Webber (from the musical Song and Dance)
"Take the A Train", written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
"Take the L Train (To 8 Ave.)" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Take the L Train (To Brooklyn)" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Tarzan of Harlem" by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Taylor, the Latte Boy" by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
"Talking New York" by Bob Dylan
"Tell It To Your Heart" Lou Reed
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" by Bruce Springsteen
"Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me the F Train" by Mike Doughty
"That Time" by Regina Spektor
"The Boy Looked At Johnny" by The Libertines
"The City" by Joe Purdy
"(The Night The Lights Went Out In) New York City" by The Trammps
"The Day I Saw Bo Diddley In Washington Square" by Willie Nile
"The Place Where We Dwell" by Gang Starr
"The Preacher" by Fun Lovin' Criminals
"The Thread" by Art Garfunkel
There is a Rose in Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King
"There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" from the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Dubose Heyward and recorded by Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis, Jr., Ernestine Anderson, Miles Davis, and many more
"There's a House in Harlem for Sale" by Harold Arlen and Jimmy Van Heusen, performed by Henry "Red" Allen & his Orchestra and others
"This Island" by Le Tigre
"This Mess We're In" by PJ Harvey (with Thom Yorke)
"Thousands Are Sailing" by The Pogues
"Three Buroughs" by X-ecutioners
"Times Square" by Marianne Faithfull
"Times Square Go-Go Boy" by East River Pipe
"Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues" by Ryan Adams
"Token Back To Brooklyn" by They Might Be Giants
"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega
"Train Under Water" by Bright Eyes
"Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" by Big Punisher
"Trial of Tears" by Dream Theater
"Tribeca" by Kenny G
"Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" by The Mamas and the Papas
"Two Little Girls" by Ani DiFranco
"Two Nobodys in New York" from the musical Title of Show

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"Underneath the Harlem Moon" by Don Redman and his Orchestra
"Union Square" by Tom Waits

[edit] V
"The Vampires of New York" by Marcy Playground
"Venezuelan In New York" by King Changó
"The Village in the Morning" by The Magnetic Fields
"Violets For Your Furs" by Frank Sinatra
"Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan
"Valley Winter Song" by Fountains of Wayne

[edit] W
"Wake up in New York" by Craig Armstrong
"The Wall Street Shuffle" by 10cc
"Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed
"Walkin' In N.Y." by The Manhattan Transfer
"Walk In N.Y" by Fabolous
"Washington Square" by The Village Stompers
"Way Out West (On West End Avenue)" by Rodgers & Hart (Performed by Ray Charles, Bobby Short, & Others)
"We're A Happy Family" by The Ramones
"We Are New York and We Love Basketball" by Paulette LaMelle
"We Live In Brooklyn Baby" by Roy Ayers
"Welcome to Brooklyn" by Lil Kim
"Welcome to New York" by Tim Mahoney
"Welcome to New York City" by Cam'Ron featuring Jay-Z and Juelz Santana
"What More Do I Need?" by Stephen Sondheim
"What New York Couples Fight About" by Morcheeba featuring Kurt Wagner
"When New York was Irish" by Terence Winch
"When I First Kissed You" by Extreme
"When the Stars Go Blue" by Ryan Adams
"When You Got to New York" by Saturday Looks Good To Me
"Where I'm From" by Digable Planets
"Whizz Kid" by Mott the Hoople
"Why" by Jeremy Kushnier
"Why Should I Worry?" by Billy Joel (from the film Oliver & Company)
"Wimpy Drives Through Harlem" by The Queers
"The World I Know" by Collective Soul
"Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)" by Elton John

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"Yeah! New York" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"You and Me and New York City" by Brad Hopkins
"You Can't Live in Harlem" composed by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, performed by Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle & his Orchestra
"You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce
"You Said Something" by PJ Harvey
"You Get High in N.Y.C." by Revanche
"You've Seen Harlem at Its Best" by Ethel Waters

[edit] Z
"Zephyr & I" by Suzanne Vega

New York wins!!!!

how about picking the 10 most famous rock songs...;)

how about picking the 10 most famous rock songs...;)


Yeah no doubt. THey took something that was kind of silly and made it kind of stupid.

Ideally it should be ten songs that people have actually heard, not just every obscure cut that happens to have a city in the title or happens to mention a city.

Every rock radio listener under the age of 40 knows most of these songs.

10) Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP)
9) California Phantom Planet
8) Santa Monica Everclear
7) Malibu Hole
6) Welcome to the Jungle GnR
5) Beverly Hills Weezer
4) April 29, 1992 Sublime
3) Los Angeles is Burning Bad Religion
2) Under the Bridge RHCP
1) Los Angeles X

While there probably isn't a handful of music trivia fiends that know


"The Shadow of Seattle" by Marcy Playground
"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" by Nirvana (band)
"Seattle" by Perry Como
"Seattle" by Public Image Limited
"Seattle" by The Sass
"Emerald City" by United State of Electronica
"Emeraldas Desu" by Red Martian
"Sub Pop Rock City" by Soundgarden
"Inkwell" by Blue Scholars
"Seattle Was A Riot" by Anti-Flag

or

"Down On Mission Street" by Lloyd Cole
"Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys
"Frisco Blues" by John Lee Hooker
"Frisco Town" by Memphis Minnie
"Golden Gate" by Al Jolson
"Golden Gate Bridge" by Rose Melberg
"The Golden Gate" by John Vanderslice
"Grace Cathedral Hill" by The Decemberists
"Grace Cathedral Park" by Red House Painters
"Hazy SF" by Six Organs of Admittance
"Hello, San Francisco" by Buddy Guy

Although I have heard of all most all of those bands/musicians, I don't think I have ever heard a single one of those songs on the radio. Let's not make things stupid.

A couple of more Seattle songs:

Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix (Midway isn't Seattle proper, but close enough)
Jet City Woman - Queensryche

Some Minneapolis songs:

Funkytown - Lipps Inc
9th and Hennepin - Tom Waits
There goes a regular - The Replacements
Room with a view - Brother Ali
Like Today - Atmosphere
Uptown - Prince
Uptown Suckers - The Cows
Minneapolis - The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group
Seeing double at the Triple Rock - NOFX
All along the watchtower - Bob Dylan (not about Minneapolis but inspired by the Witches' Hat tower where Dylan used to smoke dope in his Minnepolis folk scene days)

Some Minneapolis songs:

Funkytown - Lipps Inc
9th and Hennepin - Tom Waits
There goes a regular - The Replacements
Room with a view - Brother Ali
Like Today - Atmosphere
Uptown - Prince
Uptown Suckers - The Cows
Minneapolis - The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group
Seeing double at the Triple Rock - NOFX
All along the watchtower - Bob Dylan (not about Minneapolis but inspired by the Witches' Hat tower where Dylan used to smoke dope in his Minnepolis folk scene days)

Regarding The Replacements: Isn't it "Here comes a Regular" about being an alcoholic that stays home all the time. How about "up in the skyway"? Now that's a minneapolis modern rock song!!!!

Nice variety of rock rock rock for rock city!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Since when is Eminem rock?

Regarding The Replacements: Isn't it "Here comes a Regular" about being an alcoholic that stays home all the time. How about "up in the skyway"? Now that's a minneapolis modern rock song!!!!It is also a slice of life as seen through the CC Club, a local bar that is a neighborhood institution.

Once again since LA is the sum of its parts you will find many songs not referring to the city directly but about its surrounding cities or districts. I've actually done this before listing of songs of cities before and if I can remember New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and the LA area(Hollywood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Compton etc.) were the most popular. But most songs don't explicitly name the city so it's really difficult to get a true reading such as "Mac Arthur Park"(LA) or Sly Stone's "Love and Haight"(SF).

Since when is Eminem rock?

A lot of eminem's songs get played on 89x (Detroit's Alt Rock station). In fact back in the late 90's his first major single "My Name Is" was played on 89x long before it got played on any of the rap stations in the city.

Here are a few songs from eminem that I can remember hearing on 89x:

Ny Name Is
The Real Slim Shady
The Way I Am
Stan
Without Me
Cleanin' Out My Closet
Lose Yourself
Just Lose It
Like Toy Soldiers

Hell, he might even be referring to 89x in a line from "The Way I Am" when he refers to being in the "rotation at rock'n'roll stations".

Some how "The City is Mine" and "Where I'm From" both by Jay-Z were left off the NYC list.

Sinatra recorded not one but two tunes about Chicago.

After that, it would be silly for some snot-nosed rock and roll punk to even try.

Sinatra recorded not one but two tunes about Chicago.

After that, it would be silly for some snot-nosed rock and roll punk to even try.

Sinatra recorded at least two songs about New York (New York, New York; Manhattan Seranade) and LA (LA is My Lady; Hooray for Hollywood) as well. He liked to sing about cities.

A lot of eminem's songs get played on 89x (Detroit's Alt Rock station). In fact back in the late 90's his first major single "My Name Is" was played on 89x long before it got played on any of the rap stations in the city.

Here are a few songs from eminem that I can remember hearing on 89x:

Ny Name Is
The Real Slim Shady
The Way I Am
Stan
Without Me
Cleanin' Out My Closet
Lose Yourself
Just Lose It
Like Toy Soldiers

Hell, he might even be referring to 89x in a line from "The Way I Am" when he refers to being in the "rotation at rock'n'roll stations".

Still doesnt make it rock, he just gets played there cause...well you know

Wait i thought the title said top 10...

"if you are going to san francisco"!!

Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
Whitney Houston - Title TBA
U2 - No Line On the Horizon
Eminem - Relapse
Green Day - Title TBA
Christina Aguilera - Title TBA

There aren't any at all about Roanoke, and I'm sure any about Washington would be pretty pathetic.

Not all rock songs....or all too modern because of the first one. Not in any specific order either.

MIAMI

Eddy Duchin - Moon Over Miami
U2 - Miami
Against Me! - Miami
Will Smith - Miami
Taking Back Sunday - Miami
Owl City - Swimming in Miami
Counting Crows - Miami
Roisin Murphy - Dear Miami
Billy Joel - Miami 2017
Awesome New Republic - Magic City

There are also about 1,000,002 rap songs about Miami. :okay:

Across 110th st. is about Cleveland, not NY

This is a dumb thread. How about the top 10 "modern rock" songs about...Istanbul, not Constantinople.

Across 110th st. is about Cleveland, not NY

Across 110th street is about Harlem, which is obviously in New York.

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this is an latin imitation of michael jackson , in a subway metro in caracas - venezuela

i thing this guy danced with michael in several concerts and actually he has not job


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