# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/41 "2019-03-24T02:01:17Z")
Luckenbach, Texas by Waylon Jenning ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/42 "2019-03-24T02:07:57Z")
Century City – Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/43 "2019-03-24T02:08:10Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > As per the OP, non of those count. “Count” for what? Is this some sort of competition? Or is someone publishing these in a coffeetable book? > [@](#): > > “Chicago” - Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens did whole albums devoted to a single state. He claimed he was going to work his way through the midwest, then broaden out until he’d done an album’s worth for each of the 50 states and DC. Well, he got all the way from Michigan to Illinois, then went home. His [“Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel the Illinoise”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_(Sufjan_Stevens_album)) album only has one other City-Name-Only song: _“Jacksonville”_, but is full of city-centric tributes like _“Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois”_ and _“Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!”_ My favorite name? _“The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!”_ ETA: Speaking of _“Chicago”_, there’s also the CSN song (or maybe just Graham Nash, not sure if there ever was a studio version) that was a rallying cry for the Chicago protests. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/44 "2019-03-24T02:11:16Z")
Eleni Mandell - Iowa City Weezer - beverly hills ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/45 "2019-03-24T02:14:01Z")
[Los Angeles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUiZHt6sqg4) by X. [Los Angeles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLllNyfiHs) by Frank Black. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/46 "2019-03-24T02:19:05Z")
Amsterdam Antarctica (Several different songs for each title.) ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/47 "2019-03-24T02:45:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Count” for what? Is this some sort of competition? Or is someone publishing these in a coffeetable book? I specifically said in the OP “Not songs with a city name in the title.” The title has to be a city name, nothing else. ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/48 "2019-03-24T02:50:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Count” for what? Is this some sort of competition? Or is someone publishing these in a coffeetable book?. Why are you posting if you are going to ignore what the OP requested? It just makes it look like you didn’t read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/49 "2019-03-24T02:55:53Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Or, _Baltimore_, by **Lyle Lovett**. Or [Baltimore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFvrL_5TUs) by Tori Amos. Woodstock by Joni Mitchell. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/50 "2019-03-24T03:02:03Z")
[Champaign, Illinois](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzKamaMgEY) written by Carl Perkins and Dylan. My old home town. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/51 "2019-03-24T03:13:47Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “Birmingham” (Drive By Truckers) Randy Newman has another song called Birmingham Miami - Will Smith ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/52 "2019-03-24T03:16:00Z")
**La Grange** , ZZ Top ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/53 "2019-03-24T04:23:38Z")
Berlin, Lou Reed (and a number of others) [Singapore,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_(song))by Polish band 2 Plus 1, ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/54 "2019-03-24T04:30:52Z")
[Cripple Creek,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek_(folk_song)) a folk song not to be confused wirh _Up On Cripple Creek_ by The Band. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/55 "2019-03-24T04:32:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Why are you posting if you are going to ignore what the OP requested? It just makes it look like you didn’t read the OP. I _did_ read the OP, and I posted two songs that were just names of cities. I merely asked _"Why_ only the city name?" ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/56 "2019-03-24T04:33:02Z")
[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGRnJlvuhI) by Guy Mitchell ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/57 "2019-03-24T04:41:01Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I _did_ read the OP, and I posted two songs that were just names of cities. The songs **Peter Morris** said didn’t count were posted by **nearwildheaven** , but your asking about why they didn’t count made it seem like you didn’t read the OP, since it’s obvious from that. > [@](#): > > I merely asked _"Why_ only the city name?" Because that’s what the OP asked for. Doesn’t seem that hard to understand to me. I don’t know why you would ask that if you read the OP. ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/58 "2019-03-24T04:48:06Z")
_Biloxi_, Jimmy Buffett (written by Jesse Winchester) ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/59 "2019-03-24T04:50:46Z")
_Monterey_, by Eric Burden and the Animals ---
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