# City names in song titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618 "2001-08-02T07:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/1 "2001-08-02T07:15:19Z")
A friend and I were sitting around tonight trying to think of all the different song titles we could think of that mentioned the names of cities or towns in them. We came up with: Galveston, Abilene, El Paso, El Paso City, New York New York, From New York to L.A., San Francisco, Do you know the way to San Jose, Going to San Antonio, L.A. Woman, The Night Chicago Died, Chicago Is My Kind of Town, Amarillo By Morning, Detroit City, Saginaw Michigan, Streets of Laredo, Laredo, Streets of Bakersfield, By The Time I Get to Phoenix, Seattle (old Perry Como song), Kansas City (Loving), Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City (Oklahoma), Do You know what it means to miss New Orleans (old big band song), Maybe it was Memphis, Memphis Tennessee (Chuck Berry), Meet Me In St. Louis, Viva Las Vegas, Houston, Please Come to Boston, The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, Vancouver Town (Rolf Harris). Can you come up with some more? We’re stumped now. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/2 "2001-08-02T12:57:04Z")
Believe it or not, there is a song called “I’ve got a cousin in Milwaukee” (IIRC), from the 30s or 40s… never much of a hit, I suspect. “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo.” (Damn Yankees) “I Lost My Heart in San Francisco” “I love Paris (in the springtime)” … and Moderator gonna move this to IMHO, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/3 "2001-08-02T12:58:18Z")
Gary, Indiana Shuffle Off to Buffalo Hooray for Hollywood Shanghai Lil A Foggy Day in London Town I Love Paris Philadelphia Freedom Midnight in Moscow The Boy from New York City The Eggplant that Ate Chicago I Left My Heart in San Francisco (can’t believe you didn’t think of that) San Francisco (Be sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) We Put the Spring in Springfield Hot 'Lanta If you go to the [Allmusic Guide,](http://www.allmusic.com) you can find hundreds of songs named for cities. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Nekked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@Buck\_Nekked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Nekked)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/4 "2001-08-02T13:05:29Z")
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? I hear Little Rock Calling (Livin’ on) Tulsa Time Wichita Lineman Last Train to Clarksville ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/5 "2001-08-02T13:10:05Z")
Buenos Aires (Evita); Goodbye Seattle (recorded by Pual Raven a/k/a Gary Glitter); I Love New York, and So Much to Do in New York (both from Song & Dance), and Poor Jerusalem (Jesus Christ Superstar). ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/6 "2001-08-02T13:23:29Z")
_Springfield, Springfield (It’s a Helluva Town)_ from _The Simpsons_ _Detroit Rock City_ _Sweet Home Chicago_ _I Love L.A._ _The Girl From Ipanema_ _Little Old Lady From Pasadena_ _I Miss the Flies in Peoria_ (an obscure record from the 40’s that my grandmother (R.I.P.) used to love) _Ludenbach,_(sp?)_Texas_ _Scarborough Fair_ _London Calling_ _O Little Town of Bethlehem_ ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/7 "2001-08-02T13:46:13Z")
The Boston Rag Tall trees of Georgia Georgia on my Mind Midnight train to Georgia Barrytown (real place?) Allentown ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/8 "2001-08-02T13:47:19Z")
Ladie’s night in Buffalo - DLR, and I’m sure someone else. Cabo Wabo - VH The Streets of Laredo - No Idea(sang it in the 3rd grade) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/9 "2001-08-02T14:01:12Z")
Abeline Rose April in Paris Austin Prison Charleston Going to Memphis The Guns of Brixton I Happen to Like New York It Happened in Monterey Jackson Kingston Market Knoxville Girl The Last Time I Saw Paris Leaving Las Vegas Lodi Memphis in June New Orleans New York State of Mind Nutbush City Limits On an Evening in Roma Orleans Parish Prison Philadelphia Planet of New Orleans Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day Salt Pork, West Virginia Say Goodbye to Hollywood St. Louis Blues The Streets of Philadelphia Sunshine on Leith There’s a Boat that’s Leaving Soon for New York Towers of London TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) Walking to New Orleans Waterloo Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/10 "2001-08-02T14:25:42Z")
Can’t think of any. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/11 "2001-08-02T14:30:28Z")
“Cleveland Rocks!” by Ian Hunter (adopted as the Drew Carey Show theme.) “Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio” from John Denver in Concert, circa 1975 or so. “City of New Orleans” by Steve Goodman (ok, so it was actually a song about a train named after a city, but still). ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/12 "2001-08-02T14:56:20Z")
One Night in Bangkok My Woman from Tokyo (was that the title or just the chorus?) The Vatican Rag (Tom Lehrer) Veracruz (Warren Zevon) –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/13 "2001-08-02T15:01:49Z")
Don’t forget “Oh, Atlanta” by Little Feat! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/14 "2001-08-02T15:09:17Z")
Also, there’s “Birmingham Jail” by a ton of country and folk singers. “Nashville Skyline Rag” and “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again.” by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Man\_from\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/15 "2001-08-02T15:48:03Z")
Arrivaderci Roma ---
**Author:** ![anenquiringmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/16 "2001-08-02T15:56:50Z")
Eyes Of A New York Woman B.J. Thomas ---
**Author:** ![JCThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@JCThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/17 "2001-08-02T15:59:24Z")
This is a great thread for me to come across. My Irish friend is becoming a US citizen & I’m throwing him a party complete with all American City/State songs. Much thanks!! - JC By the way, you forgot “We Don’t Smoke Majijuana in Muskogee”, by Merle Haggerd ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/18 "2001-08-02T16:09:13Z")
Hmmm… “Benson, Arizona” (the only reason I remember this one is that it was played in the final moments of the campy sci-fi film “Dark Star”.) “The Road to Mandalay” (Is Mandalay a city?) That’s all I can add… ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/19 "2001-08-02T16:16:48Z")
There’s one about a squirrel in a small town in Mississippi…uh, Pascagoula, I think its called. Terrible that I can’t remember exactly since I lived there for over a year. ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/20 "2001-08-02T16:27:24Z")
“My favorite town Osaka” Shonen Knife. “Panic in Detroit” David Bowie. “I belong to Glasgow” trad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618.md?page=2)