# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/21 "2001-08-02T16:51:23Z")
Amy’s Back in Austin New San Antonio Rose Houston Solution La Grange Little Rock (not the city, really…) Are these municipal melodies disproportionately country tunes? ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/22 "2001-08-02T16:54:09Z")
“Skinny Little Boy from Cleveland, Ohio” _I’m a skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio Come to steal your women and drink your beer_ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/23 "2001-08-02T16:57:09Z")
Chattanooga Choo-choo ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/24 "2001-08-02T17:23:01Z")
_Sally from Syracuse Tallahassee Lassie He Went to Paris_ Jimmy Buffett _Biloxi_ also by JB _West Nashville Grand_ also by JB _Livingston Saturday Night_ also by JB _Havana Daydreamin’_ also by JB _Tokyo Love Song_ Arrogant Worms \*Werewolves of London ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/25 "2001-08-02T20:59:55Z")
Things to do in Denver when you’re dead ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/26 "2001-08-02T21:36:34Z")
Just thought I’d mention that, according to an arcade trivia machine I was playing a while back, Memphis is mentioned in rock songs more often than any other city (not necessarily just in the title, but in the entire lyrics). Not at all a reliable source, but seems reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/27 "2001-08-02T21:46:52Z")
_Nashville_ sung by the Indigo Girls _Walkin’ in Memphis_ Marc Cohn _L.A. Song_ Beth Hart _Stockton Gala Days_ 10,000 Maniacs _Say Goodbye to Hollywood New York State of Mind Allentown Goodnight Saigon_ all by Billy Joel _Callin Baton Rouge The Beaches of Cheyenne_ by Garth Brooks ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/28 "2001-08-02T22:04:40Z")
_Tijuana Jail_ _Straight Outta Compton_ _Pretoria_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/29 "2001-08-02T22:13:17Z")
_The Cockroach That Ate **Cincinnati** _ ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/30 "2001-08-02T22:52:23Z")
[ul][li]Chicago (“Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town”)[/li][li]Mention My Name in Sheboygan (Wisconsin)[/li]Jerusalem (hymn, Blake’s poem set to music, used by Monty Python)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/31 "2001-08-02T23:04:00Z")
Surely we don’t want this thread to drag on forever with every place on **Cecil** ’s green earth mentioned. Surely there must be an existing database somewhere on the vast internet? Yes? Bueller? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/32 "2001-08-02T23:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\* > > Surely there must be an existing database somewhere on the vast internet? Yes? > \*\* You’re right, it does exist: [Song titles that contain cities, states or countries](http://www.kser.org/shows/dusties/lists.html#GEOGRAPHY) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/33 "2001-08-02T23:56:37Z")
At least for soul music, that is. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/34 "2001-08-02T23:59:57Z")
**Lsura** , you are a goddess. Now let’s nail down some lists for other genres and sew this puppy up. ---
**Author:** ![Podalack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@Podalack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podalack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/35 "2001-08-03T00:15:06Z")
“The Lights of Albuquerque,” is a country song. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/36 "2001-08-03T00:17:15Z")
I can’t believe I spent this much time on this, but [here ya go](http://www.mapville.com/riback/places.htm) ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/37 "2001-08-03T00:51:17Z")
_Neenah Menasha_ by Sponge Two cities for the price of one actually. And the song really has nothing to do with the small Wisconsin cities, the singer just saw them on a sign and thought they sounded neat. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/38 "2001-08-03T01:38:27Z")
_Planet of New Orleans_ (Dire Straits - what a great album!) _Stuck in Lodi_ (already mentioned, but I always thought it meant Lodi, NJ) _Take it Easy_ (Eagles, “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona”) _Long Walk Back (to San Antone)_ (Junior Brown) _There Is No Arizona_ (Jamie O’Neil - country song. Mentions Tombstone, Sedona, Grand Canyon, etc.) _Anybody Seen My Baby_ (Rolling Stones - mention all the boros of NY City and New Jersey!) And two albums - Page & Plant: _Walking into Clarksdale_ and _London Calling_ by The Clash! Tripler And don’t forget Springsteen who mentions “Highway 9” in _Born to Run_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/39 "2001-08-03T01:51:34Z")
“Savannah Nights” - Tom Johnston ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618/40 "2001-08-03T04:15:49Z")
do you know the way to san jose honolulu lulu (jan and dean) wkrp in cincinatteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and i scrolled thru twice and didnt see new york new york start spreading the news… is that even the name of it? all i remember is theyd play it when the yankees beat the dodgers in the 77 and 78 world series and broke our hearts (when we still loved the dodgers) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-in-song-titles/74618.md?page=3)