# The Greatest Songs About Places. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375 "2008-07-13T23:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/61 "2008-07-17T03:41:33Z")
[Everywhere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eI4BumtpfA) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/62 "2008-07-17T04:05:09Z")
Dirty Water ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/63 "2008-07-17T04:19:47Z")
[I’s the B’y!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I's_the_B'y) I spell the first Sally’s last name as “Thibeault”, but Wiki spells it “Tibbo”. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/64 "2008-07-17T05:13:48Z")
[Rocky Top, TN](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9prNixjbg) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/65 "2008-07-17T05:52:13Z")
[Alpenrap](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUph-gDxqvI&feature=related) Kind of about Switzerland… ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/66 "2008-07-17T06:33:42Z")
[**Malagueña**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaguena) Arguably, a classical music piece inspired by the women of the Spanish Port City of [Málaga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga). Brilliant rendition of the Malagueña by Jose Feliciano. [Roy Clark does the meanest Malagueña](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxhsd4x5u0&feature=related) I’ve ever seen or heard. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/67 "2008-07-17T06:59:33Z")
Okay, folks, how about Johnny Cash’s _I’ve Been Everywhere_ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eI4BumtpfA](http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eI4BumtpfA) The song mentions a few dozen cities. It’s too good a song to be used for a dumb ad. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/68 "2008-07-17T07:09:43Z")
My mistake. **Cosmodan** mentioned _I’ve Been Everywhere_ back in post #7. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/69 "2008-07-17T18:21:55Z")
Does it have to be a real place? 'Cause I’ve always liked Donovan’s song [Atlantis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_JTV9E3J48). And just about as much, the [Futurama parody](http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?ml_video=156745) of it about Atlanta (formerly of Georgia) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/70 "2008-07-18T08:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] East St. Louis Toodle-Oo / Steely Dan [/QUOTE] Some guy named Duke Ellington wrote and recorded it first. Other place songs: [Sweet Home Chicago](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago) - Robert Johnson [Chicago](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/tony-bennett/chicago-that-toddling-town.html) - written by Fred Fisher in 1922 and recorded by many artists [I Love Paris](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Love-Paris-lyrics-Nat-King-Cole/1F10A656A912126048256AF1000B2914) - written by Cole Porter in 1953 [Cleveland Rocks](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/i/ian+hunter/cleveland+rocks_20066603.html) - originally by Ian Hunter, used as the theme for the Drew Carey Show [Memphis Blues](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/w/wc_handy/memphis_blues.html) - written by W.C. Handy (or St. Louis Blues fame) in 1912 as a campaign song called “Mr. Crump” - adapted a year later as “Memphis Blues”. The first published blues song. [Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/louis+armstrong/do+you+know+what+it+means+to+miss+new+orleans_20085364.html) - written by Eddie De Lange and Louis Alter in 1947. The famous recording is by Louis Armstrong. [California, Here I Come](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California,_Here_I_Come) - made famous by Al Jolson in 1924 [(Back Home Again in) Indiana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana) - written by Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley in 1917. A traditional jazz standard that is also sung at the Indianapolis 500 every year. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/71 "2008-07-18T10:46:54Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] [Everywhere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eI4BumtpfA) [/QUOTE] I think that covers Everywhere in the US but it’s not quite Everywhere, Peter! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375/72 "2008-07-18T11:32:42Z")
[(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtoI0_TG5kI&feature=related), by **R.E.M.** I didn’t know until looking it up just now that it refers to an actual place, Rockville, MD. Pretty depressing place, apparently. [Rockaway Beach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbiKWdmnNkI), by **The Ramones**. It’s not hard to reach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-songs-about-places/456375.md?page=3)