# Streets mentioned in Pop/Rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931 "2006-10-10T14:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/1 "2006-10-10T14:32:38Z")
Hey Gang, I’m trying to compile a list for my trivia league of songs that have streets mentioned in them. I’m not really looking for obscure stuff, but if you’ve got obscure stuff, fire away. Things I’ve got so far: Jaybird Street - from Rockin’ Robin 52nd Street by Billy Joel Sentimental Street by Night Ranger On the Street Where you Live - Bobby Darin (I’m sure many others) Street of Dreams - Sinatra Street of Dreams - Rainbow Flamingo Lane in Jungleland by Springsteen I’m sure there are a ton more. Help would be appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/2 "2006-10-10T14:33:43Z")
Durrrrrr…Thunder Road by Springsteen as well ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/3 "2006-10-10T14:39:23Z")
Penny Lane - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/4 "2006-10-10T14:39:34Z")
Fascination Street - The Cure ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/5 "2006-10-10T14:43:37Z")
_“A” Bomb In Wardour Street_ and _Carnaby Street_ by **The Jam** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/6 "2006-10-10T14:46:30Z")
10th Avenue Freezeout - Springsteen Bleeker St. - Simon & Garfunkel Sunset Ave. & Vine St. - in Dead Man’s Curve - Jan & Dean ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/7 "2006-10-10T14:48:46Z")
Sullivan Street - Counting Crows Allison Road - Gin Blossoms ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/8 "2006-10-10T14:50:04Z")
Bad Street, Atlanta GA—from\* Bad Street\* about as obscure a song as you can get. Reportedly, an original release from Freebird Michael Hayes, used as his entrance music for several years. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/9 "2006-10-10T14:51:29Z")
_Copperhead Road_—Steve Earle ---
**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:** [October 10, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/10 "2006-10-10T14:58:20Z")
Gilbert Street – Sweet Thursday (the most obscure of all the supergroups) 42nd Street – various Lullabye of Broadway – various South Street – the Orlons (Also mentions West Street, East Street, North Avenue) Streets of London – Ralph McTell On Broadway – The Coasters/George Benson Second Hand Rose – Funny Girl (“of Second Avenue”) The Long and Winding Road – the Beatles Ventura Highway – America America – Simon and Garfunkle (“counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike”) Route 66 – Bobby Troup Boulevard of Broken Dreams – various Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn (“My feet ten feet off of Beale” – Beale Street, that is) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/11 "2006-10-10T15:00:02Z")
59th Bridge Street song…S&G ---
**Author:** ![OatmealB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OatmealB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OatmealB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/12 "2006-10-10T15:00:03Z")
Lonely Street from Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley (Strawberry) Philadelphia Drive from Dayton, Ohio 19 Something and 5 – Guided by Voices Santa Monica Boulevard in All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/13 "2006-10-10T15:07:35Z")
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty Moon Over Bourbon Street - Sting Tobacco Road - Various Telegraph Road - Dire Straits Elvaston Place - Al Stewart ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/14 "2006-10-10T15:24:38Z")
Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant Streets of Your Town - Go Betweens Highway 101 - Social Distortion 53rd & 3rd - Ramones Highway to Hell - ACDC ---
**Author:** ![ignoramus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@ignoramus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignoramus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/15 "2006-10-10T15:35:45Z")
James Bond Lives Down Our Street - The Toy Dolls ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/16 "2006-10-10T15:38:01Z")
Mike Doughty mentioned quite a few East Village/SoHo streets in _Sunkeneyed Girl_- Delancey & Ludlow come to mind. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/17 "2006-10-10T15:38:54Z")
Holiday Road (the theme from Vacation) - Lindsay Buckingham Middle of the Road - Pretenders ---
**Author:** ![ignoramus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@ignoramus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignoramus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/18 "2006-10-10T15:41:26Z")
Oxford Street - Everything But The Girl ---
**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:** [October 10, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/19 "2006-10-10T15:44:42Z")
Yonge Street: Bruce Cockburn in “The Coldest Night of the Year” I-10: C.W. McCall in “Convoy” State Street (that great street): Frank Sinatra and many others ---
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[9th & Hennepin](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=9th+St+N+%26+Hennepin+Ave,+Minneapolis,+MN+55403&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=44.9764,-93.27693&spn=0.001459,0.002253&t=h&om=1) - Tom Waits [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931.md?page=2)