Toledo by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
“Lodi” by CCR, about the small city of Lodi, California.
“Allentown” by Billy Joel, about the city in Pennsylvania.
“Jackson” by Billy Edd Wheeler (but probably the cover by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash is better known) about the capital of Mississippi.
“China Grove” by The Doobie Brothers. It’s not really about the small town in Texas, but it was inspired by the placename.
Shangri-La by The Kinks
“Rio” by Duran Duran.
“Rio” by Duran Duran.
“Tokyo” by 10cc, A Flock of Seagulls, and more than 50 other groups.
“Nashville” by the Indigo Girls
“Texarkana” by R.E.M., along with (if we can discard subtitles) “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville”
“Perth” and “Calgary” by Bon Iver; three other songs on that album look like cities, but they don’t exist (e.g. “Lisbon, OH”)
“NYC” by Interpol might count
“Paris, Texas” by Ry Cooder (from the movie soundtrack).
No fair, Colibri! The simulpost had to come from different posters.
R.E.M.: “All The Way To Reno”
Billy Joel: “Still In Saigon”
Deep Purple: “Woman from Tokyo”
Michelle Shocked: “Anchorage”
ABBA: “Waterloo” (it’s a city in Iowa, although that’s not what it’s about)
Who did “Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe” which is a riff that writes itself? (ETA: n/m, hadn’t read the whole thread yet)
KISS: “Detroit Rock City”
“Abilene” - George Hamilton IV
“Tillsonburg” - Stompin’ Tom Connors
As per the OP, non of those count.
“Moscow” by Genghis Khan. (Or “Moskau,” if you prefer.)
“Springfield” - Bart & Milhouse
Springfield, Springfield, it’s a helluva town
The schoolyard’s up and the shopping mall’s down
The stray dogs go to the animal pound
Springfield, Springfield
It’s a helluva town
“Joliet” - Seven Mary Three
The Waterloo is in Belgium. (There’s also one in Ontario, Canada.)
Yeah, but I couldn’t pass up such a golden opportunity.
And it actually took some work since the system won’t accept duplicate posts made within five minutes. I had to add a period to the second one, then go back and edit it out.
Hell City, Hell. (Supersukers)
Or, Baltimore, by Lyle Lovett.