# Songs with addresses in them. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561 "2008-01-15T03:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/1 "2008-01-15T03:08:57Z")
The other day I saw _American Gangster_ and was thrilled to hear Bobby Womack’s _Across 110th Street_. Then today I heard Crowded House’s _Weather With You_, which starts : \*Walking 'round the room singing Stormy Weather At 57 Mount Pleasant Street \* which is satsisfyingly more specific. Any favourite musical addresses of other Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/2 "2008-01-15T03:33:46Z")
Driver 67 (in [Car 67)](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=13351) is instructed by Control to pick up a fare from 83 Royal Gardens but he refuses because his girl just walked out on him and that’s where she’s living now. Whatever you think of that summary it’s better than listening to the song. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/3 "2008-01-15T04:27:49Z")
All Time Quarterback (AKA Ben Gibbard) did this in a song called “Dinner at Eight in the Suburbs” with the lines: “I left the timber line for oil slicks and parking fines And I found that it’s too late to renew the lease at 1138 Ellis.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/4 "2008-01-15T04:41:44Z")
15 Parkside Lane - _Taxi_ - Harry Chapin ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/5 "2008-01-15T04:41:53Z")
Harry Chapin’s “Taxi” has Sue asking Harry to drive her to 16 Parkside Lane: _“Where you going to, my lady blue? It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.” She just looked out the window, And said, “Sixteen Parkside Lane.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/6 "2008-01-15T04:43:01Z")
Good timing **spoke** –although a little eerie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/7 "2008-01-15T04:43:02Z")
I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/8 "2008-01-15T04:44:05Z")
Jinx. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/9 "2008-01-15T04:49:51Z")
Not sure if this would count, but Madame Ruth? You know the gypsy with the gold capped tooth? She’s got a pad down at 34th and Vine, selling little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/10 "2008-01-15T05:01:31Z")
Seventy Seven Sunset Strip ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/11 "2008-01-15T05:11:23Z")
Does ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)’ by Simon and Garfunkel count (since the street is mentioned in the title but not the lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/12 "2008-01-15T05:26:40Z")
MC Pee Pants tells people to go to “642 Wharf Avenue” Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/13 "2008-01-15T05:45:51Z")
_Down on Maa-ain Street…_ ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/14 "2008-01-15T06:43:20Z")
[slight hijack] Songs with phone numbers maybe as an alternative? 867-5309 [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/15 "2008-01-15T07:18:05Z")
Well, The Wallflowers had “Sixth Avenue Heartache.” The Beatles had “Penny Lane.” Eddy Grant had “Electric Avenue.” The Smiths often named British towns in their songs - Miserable Lie mentions Whalley Range (Manchester), and so on. Another Mancunian band, Electronic, mention Moss Side (also in Manchester) in “Haze.” If we’re also including phone numbers, we’ve got to add in Squeeze’s “853-5937,” which also mentions London locales Mill Hill and Bermondsey. I’m not actually sure if this meets the OP’s requirement - they’re geographic locations, but not street addresses per se. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/16 "2008-01-15T09:44:31Z")
2000 Hamburg 4 in Vision Thing by The Sisters of mercy. It refers to the postal code for the Reeperbahn district in Hamburg. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/17 "2008-01-15T11:53:29Z")
No street specified, but LKJ has a song about [Street Number 66](http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/L/lintonkwesijohnsonlyrics/lintonkwesijohnsonstreet66lyrics.htm) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/18 "2008-01-15T13:22:21Z")
Though the specific address isn’t mentioned by number it’s not too hard to find **Heartbreak Hotel**. It’s down at the end of Lonely Street and I’ve been dwelling there ever since my baby left me. Oh and sticking with the phone number theme, if you’re ever in need of a dirty deed -done dirt cheap by the way- try: 36 24 36 (hey!). Specialties include but are not limited to concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT -and much, much more! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/19 "2008-01-15T13:40:17Z")
“The Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy” gives the address of the shoe shine stand as “Fourth and Grand.” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561/20 "2008-01-15T14:13:12Z")
For phone numbers, there’s “Pennsylvania 6-5000.” An actual phone number (for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City) still in use today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561.md?page=2)