# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/81 "2019-03-26T12:28:34Z")
Amsterdam - Van Halen New York, New York - Frank Sinatra Montreal - Blue Rodeo City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie > [@Colibri](#): > > “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.) According to DLR the song is actually about a stripper… > [@terentii](#): > > _ **The** _ Waterloo is in Belgium. (There’s also one in Ontario, Canada.) It’s also a district in Central London, UK ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/82 "2019-03-26T14:13:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If that’s OK, then _Odessa (City on the Black Sea)_ by the Bee Gees could be included. But there is also a song titled simply _Odessa_ by Caribou. Since the rules have been broken and Odessa has been mentioned, the movie The Odessa Files has Odessa Discovery and Odessa Return. Both written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Who also wrote Evita’s Buenos Aires, now that I’ve come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/83 "2019-03-27T13:14:03Z")
Sir Douglas Quintet, “Mendocino” Beck, “Modesto” ---
**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:** [March 27, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/84 "2019-03-27T13:23:19Z")
In addition to Buenos Aires from Evita, ALW and Tim Rice also wrote “Poor Jerusalem” for Jesus Christ Superstar ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/85 "2019-03-27T13:40:25Z")
El Cajon by Dave Frishberg ---
**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:** [March 27, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/86 "2019-03-27T13:46:27Z")
What about Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/87 "2019-03-27T13:47:27Z")
That’s more of a _town_… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/88 "2019-03-27T13:54:45Z")
[West Covina, California](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92538NJ0lbE). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/89 "2019-03-27T13:57:59Z")
‘Xanadu’ - Rush. ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/90 "2019-03-27T14:08:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What about Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s more of a _town_… Actually, a state of mind…or a degree of inebriation. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/91 "2019-03-27T14:09:03Z")
Xanadu - Olivia Newton John Atlantis - Donovan ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/92 "2019-03-27T14:09:58Z")
A couple more from Mr. William Joel: _Leningrad Vienna_ _Cassadaga_ - Tom Petty Did anyone mention _Georgia_? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/93 "2019-03-27T14:50:08Z")
The Dresden Dolls - [Boston](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hW8BmkxuVU) The Byrds - [Boston](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq3I1RrCncc) Kenny Chesney - [Boston](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faT2HAGpbKk) Red Hot Chili Peppers - [Detroit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zm6Iy0wMWk) Rancid - [Detroit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8VVtd5D29U) Primal Scream - [Detroit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SnTYD7295s) There’s a bunch more on [Wikipedia lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_songs_about_a_city) if you want to go through the links. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/94 "2019-03-27T15:27:00Z")
Amsterdam’s already been mentioned, but here’s Guster’s “[Amsterdam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0TQVbiWeEs)”. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/95 "2019-03-28T00:15:33Z")
Birmingham by Amanda Marshall Phoenix by Daft Punk Abeline by George Hamilton Marrero, by MC Thick ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/96 "2019-03-28T03:29:00Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Philadelphia by Springsteen > > Oops, it is actually “Streets of Philadelphia”. Neil Young - [Philadelphia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpQFF_Et4s) (from the same soundtrack) Also: Neil Young -[L.A.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uR9OvK5zxg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427/97 "2019-03-28T03:33:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Berlin, Lou Reed (and a number of others) Ideal -[Berlin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYyZaoVT3WA) Fischer Z -[Berlin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkkYsG8Z9do) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427.md?page=4)