# Songs where the title is a city name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427 "2019-03-23T21:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/1 "2019-03-23T21:46:28Z")
Not “songs with a city name in the title”! The title must be nothing but the name of a city. I will also allow city + state or city + country. So “I Love L.A.” or “St. Louis Blues” does not count, but “New York New York” does. “El Paso” (Marty Robbins) “Kansas City” (Lieber and Stoller) “Bloomington” and “Champaign Illinois” (Old 97s) “Birmingham” (Drive By Truckers) “Copenhagen” (Lucinda Williams) “Stockholm” (Jason Isbell) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/2 "2019-03-23T21:48:07Z")
“Galveston” by Glen Campbell ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/3 "2019-03-23T21:49:51Z")
“Valparaiso” - Sting “Gotham City” - R. Kelly ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/4 "2019-03-23T21:51:56Z")
Atlantic City - Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/5 "2019-03-23T21:54:55Z")
Sorry, mine doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/6 "2019-03-23T21:57:22Z")
“Barcelona” - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé “Vienna” - Ultravox “Havana” - Camila Cabello “Phoenix City” - Roland Alphonso ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/7 "2019-03-23T22:01:53Z")
Baltimore – Nils Lofgren (written by Randy Newman) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/8 "2019-03-23T22:17:55Z")
**Saginaw Michigan** by Lefty Frizzel. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/9 "2019-03-23T22:28:38Z")
**Katmandu** by Bob Seger. **Vienna** by Billy Joel **El Paso City** a sequel to his signature song by Marty Robbins. **Durham Town** by Roger Whittaker. **Seattle**. Theme song to _Here Come the Brides_. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/10 "2019-03-23T22:34:31Z")
[Washington DC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLLNhTiQZc) - The Magnetic Fields And somewhat of a reach, the traditional song '[Botany Bay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5L3ssIlG_I), which was what Sydney was known as before it was established as a distinct place [Sydney’s official name was then ‘New Albion’, which was never used]. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/11 "2019-03-23T22:38:31Z")
Would the OP count “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 🙂 According to Wikipedia, at least 8 different musicians have written songs titled “Chicago”. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/12 "2019-03-23T22:38:56Z")
“Jerusalem” - British hymn. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/13 "2019-03-23T22:41:30Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > “Barcelona” - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé Also by [Stephen Sondheim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04zBxmsE7zw) [West Covina](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92538NJ0lbE) from _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_ There’s also [New York, New York](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7CIgWZTdgw)from _On the Town_. [San Francisco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s) by Scott McKenzie ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/14 "2019-03-23T22:55:56Z")
Hackensack – Fountains of Wayne Mendocino – Sir Douglas Quintet ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/15 "2019-03-23T22:58:05Z")
“Panama” by Van Halen technically qualifies. (The name of the city is just “Panama,” not “Panama City,” the same as the country. Also, the song is actually about a car, but the OP didn’t say the song had to be about the city.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/16 "2019-03-23T23:03:00Z")
There are at least two called ‘Reno’. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/17 "2019-03-23T23:08:57Z")
“Memphis” : [Chuck Berry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrbPlr4Wskc), [Johnny Rivers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAc0FKyBgks) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/18 "2019-03-23T23:15:36Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Would the OP count “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” :). Or the song that allegedly inspired it, [C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKjwqo8GcLE)- Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/19 "2019-03-23T23:17:51Z")
“Chicago” - Sufjan Stevens “Jacksonville” - Sufjan Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/20 "2019-03-23T23:32:49Z")
_The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe._ Three cities in one title! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427.md?page=2)