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Songs about U.S. Cities Here’s the 30-page list I compiled from Wikipedia: Abilene Abilene by George Hamilton IV Akron My City Was Gone by The Pretenders Downtown (Akron) by The Pretenders Albuquerque Albuquerque by Weird Al Yankovic Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque by Tony Romeo Albuquerque by Neil Young Albuquerque by Sons of the Desert Bring Em Out by T.I. The Promised Land Chuck Berry Space Between Us Sister Hazel By the Time I Get to Phoenix Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roger Miller Train Kept A Rollin' Stray Cats Wanted Man Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave Blue Bedroom Toby Keith Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Perry Como Cowboy Movie David Crosby Make it Clap Busta Rhymes Allentown Allentown by Billy Joel Allentown Jail by Kingston Trio Amarillo Is This the Way to Amarillo by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

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Songs about U.S. Cities

Here’s the 30-page list I compiled from Wikipedia:

Abilene

Abilene by George Hamilton IV

Akron

My City Was Gone by The Pretenders

Downtown (Akron) by The Pretenders

Albuquerque

Albuquerque by Weird Al Yankovic

Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque by Tony Romeo

Albuquerque by Neil Young

Albuquerque by Sons of the Desert

Bring Em Out by T.I.

The Promised Land Chuck Berry

Space Between Us Sister Hazel

By the Time I Get to Phoenix Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roger Miller

Train Kept A Rollin' Stray Cats

Wanted Man Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave

Blue Bedroom Toby Keith

Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Perry Como

Cowboy Movie David Crosby

Make it Clap Busta Rhymes

Allentown

Allentown by Billy Joel

Allentown Jail by Kingston Trio

Amarillo

Is This the Way to Amarillo by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

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Amarillo by Morning by George Strait

If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do) by Don Williams

Amarillo Sky by Jason Aldean

Anchorage

Anchorage by Michelle Shocked

Atlanta

ATL alt. rock song by Butch Walker, from Sycamore Meadows 2008

Atlanta Lady by Marty Balin (of Jefferson Airplane)

Atlanta by Stone Temple Pilots, from No. 4 1999

Atlanta Burned Again Last Night by country group Atlanta, from Pictures 1983

Bad Education by Tilly and the Wall 2006

Badstreet U.S.A by Michael Hayes (wrestler) 1987

Communicating Doors by The Extra Lens (From Undercard, 2010)

Hot 'Lanta (instrumental) by The Allman Brothers, from At Fillmore East 1971

F.I.L.A (Forever I Love Atlanta) by Lil Scrappy feat. Lil Jon 2004, crunk

Georgia by Field Mob and Ludacris ft. Jamie Foxx, from Disturbing tha Peace 2005

Going to Georgia by The Mountain Goats (from Zopilote Machine, 1994)

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by Outkast 1994, Southern hip hop

ATL by Freak Nasty 2006, (rap, Miami bass)

I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) by Johnny Paycheck, from Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets album 1977

Love Shack by Athens band The B-52's, from Cosmic Thing 1989 (headin' down the Atlanta highway), dance-rock

Oh, Atlanta by British hard rock band Bad Company, from Desolation Angels 1979; also popularly covered by Alison Krauss

Welcome to Atlanta by Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris, 2002, from Word of Mouf and Instructions

Oh Atlanta by L.A. band Little Feat, from Feats Don't Fail Me Now 1974

200 More Miles by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, from The Trinity Session 1988

Doraville by Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, from Third Annual Pipe Dream 1974

Neon by John Mayer, bluesy song mentions Peachtree Street, from Room for Squares 2001, and Inside Wants Out

Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue, from Girls, Girls, Girls 1987 (rockin' in Atlanta at Tattletales)

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New Atlanta by Migos ft. Jermaine Dupri, Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan from No Label 2 2014, trap music

East Point mentioned in Metallica song So What?

Arlington, Virginia

Arlington by Trace Adkins

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen

My City of Ruins by Bruce Springsteen

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen

Austin

Austin in My Sights by The Bluescasters

Amy's Back In Austin by Little Texas

Austin to Ashes by the Turnpike Troubadours

Austin by Blake Shelton

Avalon (Catalina Isl.), California

Avalon by Lionel Hampton

Baltimore

Baltimore by The Extra Lens

Baltimore by Lyle Lovett

Baltimore by Prince

Baltimore by Randy Newman, Nina Simone

Baltimore by Sonny James

Barefoot in Baltimore by Strawberry Alarm Clock

Blue Skies Over Dundalk by Mary Prankster

For Baltimore by All Time Low

The Girl From Baltimore by The Fleshtones

Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray!

Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen

Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck

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Raining in Baltimore by Counting Crows

Streets of Baltimore by Bobby Bare

Willie Jones by the Charlie Daniels Band

Bangor, Maine

Going to Bangor by The Mountain Goats

King Of The Road - Roger Miller

Beaumont, Texas

Pretty Little Lady From Beaumont, Texas by George Jones

The Night's Too Long by Patty Loveless

Beaumont by Hayes Carll

Birmingham

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, The Old Iron Hills

John Hiatt, Train to Birmingham

Gene Autry, Birmingham Daddy

Richard Farina, Birmingham Sunday, recorded by Joan Baez

Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves, Birmingham, Alabama

Blackhawk, Postmarked Birmingham

Bruce Cockburn, Birmingham Shadows (1995)

Charlie Daniels Band, Birmingham Bus Station (1994)

Ani DiFranco, Hello Birmingham

Tommy Dorsey, Birmingham Bounce (1946)

Drive-By Truckers, Birmingham (2002)

Duke Ellington, Birmingham Breakdown (1926)

Emmylou Harris, Boulder to Birmingham

Erskine Hawkins, Tuxedo Junction

Charlie Johnson, Birmingham Black Bottom (1927)

Merline Johnson, I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine (1937)

Tracy Lawrence, Paint Me a Birmingham (2004)

Lead Belly, Birmingham Jail

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama (1974)

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Amanda Marshall, Birmingham

John Mellencamp, When Jesus Left Birmingham (1993)

Robert Moore, Sweet Birmingham (first recorded by Taj Mahal)

The Mountain Goats, Notifier Birmingham (1995)

David Lee Murphy, Breakfast in Birmingham

Randy Newman, Birmingham

Phil Ochs, Talking Birmingham Jam (1965)

Pirates of the Mississippi, Down and Out in Birmingham

Josh Rouse, Sparrows over Birmingham

Trixie Smith, Mining Camp Blues (1925)

Telluride, Birmingham Tonight

Ethel Waters, Birmingham Bertha (1929) (from On with the Show!)

Keith Whitley, Birmingham Turnaround

Jabo Williams, Pratt City Blues (1932)

Edith Wilson, Fats Waller (and many others) Birmingham Blues (1921)

Shovels & Rope, Birmingham (2012)

The Charlie Daniels Band, Birmingham Blues (1997)

Bossier City

Bossier City by the Turnpike Troubadours

Boston

528 by Nervous Eaters

All Kindsa Girls by Real Kids

Allston, Mass by The Allstonians

The Allston Beat by The Allstonians

An Open Letter to Boston by Mark Lind & The Unloved

As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town by Jonathan Richman

Back to Boston by The Rosebuds

Bank of Boston Beauty Queen by The Dresden Dolls

Beantown by John Cena

Bigger Things in Mind by Westbound Train

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Bill Lee (Boston Red Sox pitcher, 1969–1978) by Warren Zevon

Blue Thunder by Galaxie 500

Billy Ruane by Varsity Drag (Ben Deily)

Boston by Augustana

Boston by Ed OG

Boston by The Byrds

Boston by The Dresden Dolls

Boston by emmet swimming

Boston by Horror Show

Boston by Kenny Chesney

Boston by Paulson

Boston by The Party of Helicopters

Boston by Patty Griffin

Boston (Ladies of Cambridge) by Vampire Weekend

Boston (My Hometown) by Freddy Boom Boom Cannon

Boston and St. John's by Great Big Sea

Boston Asphalt by the Dropkick Murphys

Boston Babies by G.B.H.

Boston Babies by Slaughter & The Dogs

Boston Band by Jim's Big Ego

Boston Belongs To Me by Death Before Dishonor

The Boston Beguine by Sheldon Harnick

Boston Bound by The Kings of Nuthin'

Boston Girl by Didn't Planet

Boston Jail by Porter Wagoner

A Boston Peace by Say Anything

Boston Rag by Steely Dan

Boston Rose by Liam Reilly

Boston Strong by Jeffrey Nottonson

Boston Subway by The Pubcrawlers

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Boston Tea Party by Alex Harvey (and, more recently, by Fish)

The Boston Tea Party by Jimmy Dorsey,(Decca, DLA-456-A)

Boston United by The Unseen

Boston, USA by The Ducky Boys

Bostons by Have Heart

Bridges, Squares by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Brighton Memories by The Allstonians

Bunker Hill by Michael Penn

Carl Yastrzemski by Jess Cain

The Chosen Few by the Dropkick Murphys

Christmas Time by the Dogmatics (takes place in Kenmore Square)

Crutch by Buffalo Tom

Devils in Boston by Samantha Crain

Dirty Water by The Standells

Down Around Here by Big D and the Kids Table

Drivin' in Boston is Drivin' Me to Drink by Howie Newman

The End of Radio by Shellac

Etoh by The Avalanches

Fairmount Hill by the Dropkick Murphys

The Fenway by Jonathan Richman (Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers)

Fly Into the Mystery by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

For Boston originally by T.J. Hurley (and, more recently, by the Dropkick Murphys)

For Boston by The Hold Steady

Girlfriend by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

Going Out in Style by the Dropkick Murphys

Government Center by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

Homecoming King by Guster

I Want My City Back by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Ice of Boston by The Dismemberment Plan

I'm Shipping up to Boston by Woody Guthrie and the Dropkick Murphys from The Warrior's Code 2005 (Celtic punk)

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I'm Yours Boston by Big D and the Kids Table

In Defense of Dorchester by the Street Dogs

Jackson Mann by The Allstonians

Just Like Larry by Dispatch (subject of the song is former Boston Celtic and Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird)

Knights of Bostonia by State Radio

Logan to Government Center by Brand New

M.T.A. by The Kingston Trio

Mass Ave by Willie Alexander

Mass Pike by The Get Up Kids

Massachusetts Avenue by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra

Midnight Rambler by The Rolling Stones

Modern World by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

My Sister by Juliana Hatfield

Never Alone by Dropkick Murphys

No Future (Death or Jail) by Mark Lind

Normal Town by Better Than Ezra

Pipe Bomb on Lansdowne Street by the Dropkick Murphys

Please Come to Boston by Dave Loggins

The Rascal King by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Ride on Down the Highway by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

Riot on Broad Street by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Riverside by The Allstonians

Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

Rock and Roll Band by Boston

Roslindale by Birdbrain

Savin Hill by Street Dogs

She's From Boston by Kenny Chesney

She's Got a Boyfriend Now by Boys Like Girls

Shining On by Big D and the Kids Table

Shot Heard 'Round the World by Ween (originally from Schoolhouse Rock)

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Skinhead on the MBTA by the Dropkick Murphys

Still In Massachusetts by Refuse Resist

Southeast of Boston by June of 44

South End Incident by The Beacon Street Union

Southie Is My Hometown by Freddie Hall

The State of Massachusetts by Dropkick Murphys

Subway by Mary Lou Lord

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

T DJ by Freezepop

Tessie by Dropkick Murphys

There's a Black Hole in the Shadow of The Pru by American Nightmare

They Came To Boston by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

This Is Boston, Not L.A. by The Freeze

The Warrior's Code by Dropkick Murphys (subject of the song is boxer Micky Ward)

Time To Go by Dropkick Murphys

Twilight in Boston by Jonathan Richman

UK Girl (Boston Calling) by Ellis Paul

Walkaways by Counting Crows

Walk Up the Street by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)

Walkin' Around Boston by Didn't Planet

Whoever's in New England by Reba McEntire

Wicked Little Critta by They Might Be Giants

Winter Afternoon by B.U. in Boston by Jonathan Richman

Young New England by Transit

Brownsville, TX

It's All Here in Brownsville by The Mountain Goats

Buffalo, NY

Going to Buffalo by The Mountain Goats

Shuffle Off to Buffalo by The Stolen Sweets

Cairo, GA

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Alpha Omega by The Mountain Goats

Charleston, SC

Holy City by Edwin McCain

You Can Have Charleston by Darius Rucker

Carolina by Corey Smith

the Charleston (dance) and song

Chattanooga

The Chattanooga Shoot Shoot by Darren Hanlon

Chattanooga Sugar Babe by Johnny Cash

Chicago

See the list

Chino

Chino Love Song 1979 by The Mountain Goats

Going to Chino by The Mountain Goats

Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph of by The Mountain Goats

Cleveland

Anything But Mine by Kenny Chesney

Burn On by Randy Newman

Christmas in Cleveland by The Raveonettes

Cleveland by Jewel

Cleveland is the City by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Cleveland by All-Time Quarterback

Cleveland is the Reason by Kid Cudi

Cleveland Ohio Blues by Bull Moose Jackson

Cleveland Rocks by Ian Hunter

Cuyahoga by REM

Going to Cleveland by The Mountain Goats

The Heart of Rock & Roll by Huey Lewis and the News

In the Heartland by the Michael Stanley Band

Let's Move to Cleveland by Frank Zappa

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Look Out, Cleveland by The Band

Mean Night in Cleveland by Cactus

Missing Cleveland by Scott Weiland

Ohio (Come Back to Texas) by Bowling for Soup

Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt, covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

Precious by The Pretenders

Skinny Little Boy from Cleveland by Alex Bevan

Stairway To Cleveland by Jefferson Starship

Till I Die by Machine Gun Kelly

Coeur d'Alene, ID

Coeur d'Alene by The Head and the Heart

All I Left Behind - Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris

Commerce City, CO

Commerce City Sister by DeVotchKa

Danville

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band

Dallas

Blues in Dallas by The Mountain Goats

Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights by Chris LeDoux

Dallas by Alan Jackson

Big D from The Most Happy Fella

Goin Through The Big D by Mark Chesnutt

He's in Dallas- Reba McEntire

Dallas by Holly McNarland

I Drove Her To Dallas by Ty England

Dallas by Johnny Winter

Trudy by the Charlie Daniels Band

Dallas After Midnight by Ray Wylie Hubbard (with Jack Ingram)

Dallas by The Flatlanders

People In Dallas Got Hair by Waylon Jennings

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Pecos Promenade by Tanya Tucker

Dallas by Silver Jews

Run by George Strait

Hot Night in Dallas by Moon Martin

Denton

The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton by The Mountain Goats

Denver

From Denver to L.A. by Elton John

Get Out of Denver by Bob Seger

O.D.'d in Denver by Hank Williams Jr.

Satori in Denver by The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice

40 Miles from Denver by Yonder Mountain String Band

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead by Warren Zevon

Denver by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

Detroit

See the list

Doraville

Doraville by Atlanta Rhythm Section

El Paso

All The Way Down To El Paso by Elton John

El Paso by Marty Robbins (Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl...)

Texas Women by Hank Williams Jr.

El Paso by Old 97's

El Paso by Taking Back Sunday

Flagstaff

Convoy by C.W. McCall

Fort Worth

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind by George Strait

Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights by Chris LeDoux

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Galesburg, Illinois

Weekend in Western Illinois by The Mountain Goats

Galveston

Darling I Need You by John Cale

Galveston by Jimmy Webb

Pecos Promenade by Tanya Tucker

Garden Grove

Home Again Garden Grove by The Mountain Goats

Gary

Gary, Indiana from The Music Man

2300 Jackson Street by The Jacksons

Goldsboro, NC

Moon Over Goldsboro by The Mountain Goats

Hackensack, NJ

Hackensack by Fountains of Wayne

Honolulu

Honolulu City Lights by Keola Beamer and Kapono Beamer

Houston

Bloody Mary Morning by Willie Nelson

Houston by R.E.M.

Houston by Lee Hazlewood

Telephone Road by Steve Earle

Telephone Road by Rodney Crowell

Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

Uneasy Rider '88 by the Charlie Daniels Band

Dixie On My Mind by Hank Williams Jr.

Houston by Soul Coughing

Dracula From Houston by Butthole Surfers

Welcome to H-Town by Lecrae ft. Dre Murray

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Won't Let You Down Texas by Chamillionaire

Midnight Special by Lead Belly

Houston by Dean Martin

Indianapolis

Indianapolis by Menudo

Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty

Little Green Apples sung by O.C. Smith

Jackson, MS

Jackson Mississippi by Kid Rock

Jackson by Johnny Cash & June Carter

Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band

Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town by Norma Jean

Juneau

Juneau by Port Blue

Kalamazoo, MI

I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo by the Glenn Miller Orchestra

Gotta Get Away by The Black Keys

Kansas City

18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) by Cat Stevens

Kansas City, from the musical Oklahoma! (Everything's up to date in Kansas City...)

Kansas City, performed by Wilbert Harrison

Blues from Kansas City by Jay McShann

Kansas City by Sneaky Sound System

Kansas City Kitty by Walter Donaldson

Kansas City Lights by Steve Wariner

Kansas Rock City by Kiss

Train from Kansas City by Neko Case

The Kansas City Song by Buck Owens

Kansas City Star by Roger Miller

Kansas City Shuffle by J. Ralph

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Kansas City Shuffle (Intro) by Tech N9ne

Kansas City by Okkervil River

Kansas City by The New Basement Tapes

Liberty Street by The New Basement Tapes

Six Months in Kansas City (Liberty Street) by The New Basement Tapes

K.C. Blues by Charlie Parker

Kent, OH

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

Knoxville, TN

Knoxville Girl by Nick Cave

La Grange, TX

La Grange by ZZ Top

Laredo

Streets of Laredo (old cowboy song)

Laredo by Band of Horses

Me & Paul by Willie Nelson

New Year's Day by Charlie Robison

Las Vegas

Alone in Vegas by Pusha T

Checkout Time In Vegas by Drive-By Truckers

Gone Country by Alan Jackson

Las Vegas Nights by Verona Grove

Leaving Las Vegas by Sheryl Crow

Let's Go To Vegas by Faith Hill

Vegas by Sara Bareilles

Pretty Vegas by INXS

Pyramids by Frank Ocean

Vegas by Calvin Harris

Vegas Lights by Panic! At The Disco

Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley

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Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas by Brandon Flowers

Laurel, MS

Goin' Down to Laurel by Steve Forbert

Little Rock

I Hear Little Rock Calling by Ferlin Husky

Little Rock by Collin Raye

Little Rock by Reba McEntire

Los Angeles

See the list

Louisville

Home Away from Home by Pokey LaFarge

Lubbock, TX

Going to Lubbock by The Extra Lens

Lubbock Or Leave It Dixie Chicks

Luckenbach, TX

Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) by Waylon Jennings

Malibu, CA

Going to Malibu by The Mountain Goats

Malibu by Hole

Mayberry, NC

Mayberry March by Andy Griffith

Mayberry by Rascal Flatts

Marina del Rey

Marina del Rey by George Strait

Memphis

Memphis holds the distinction of being the most mentioned city in the world when it comes to commercially recorded songs. As of July 2013, this list has made it up to 1074 songs and counting. The list is maintained at the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum website. The ones listed below are some of the more well known songs:

Graceland by Paul Simon

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Guitar Man by Jerry Reed

Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tillis

Memphis by Johnny Rivers

Memphis by PJ Harvey

Memphis Belle by Hank Williams Jr.

Memphis Blues by W. C. Handy

Memphis Skyline by Rufus Wainwright

Memphis, Tennessee by Chuck Berry

Messed Up In Memphis by Darryl Worley

Nothing 'Bout Memphis by Trisha Yearwood

Queen of Memphis by Confederate Railroad

Streets of West Memphis by Crime & the City Solution

Truck Drivin' Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn

West Memphis by Lucinda Williams

Wrong Side of Memphis by Trisha Yearwood

Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2

That's How I Got to Memphis by Bobby Bare

Considering A Move To Memphis by The Colorblind James Experience

Black Velvet by Alannah Myles

What's Your Mama's Name by Tanya Tucker

Letter to Memphis by Pixies

Miami

"Miami, My Amy" by Keith Whitley

"The New South" by Hank Williams Jr.

"If the South Woulda Won" by Hank Williams Jr.

"Moon Over Miami" by Eddie Duchin 1935

Miami by Counting Crows 2002

Miami by British band Foals

Miami by Will Smith 1998 (Bienvenido a Miami)

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Miami by Bob Seger on the album Like a Rock

Miami Beach by Brazilian group Bonde do Rolê on the album Marina Gasolina EP

I'm in Miami Bitch by LMFAO on the album Party Rock 2008

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) by Billy Joel 1976

Swimming In Miami by Owl City

Miami by U2 on the album Pop

Miami is the Place for Me by Big Money Jon

Welcome to Miami by Pitbull

Miami by Yo Gotti

Only in Miami by Bette Midler

Summer Wit' Miami by Jim Jones

Miami by K'Jon

Miami Nights by Wale

Defend Dade by DJ Khaled ft. Pitbull, from We Global 2008

Miami 2 Ibiza by Swedish House Mafia & Tinie Tempah 2010

Miami by Against Me! from Searching for a Former Clarity 2005

Miami by Taking Back Sunday

Miami by John Mellencamp (on John Cougar album)

Miami by Randy Newman (on Trouble in Paradise album)

Going Back to Miami, written by Wayne Cochran, made famous by The Blues Brothers

Everybody loves Miami by Germany's The Underdog Project

Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami by Jimmy Buffett from Fruitcakes 1994

This is Miami by Dutch DJ Sander Kleinenberg 2006

Miami by Australian band The Church from Further/Deeper 2014

Midland, TX

Midland by The Mountain Goats

Milwaukee

What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) by Jerry Lee Lewis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis by that dog

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Minneapolis by Lucinda Williams

Minneapolis by Bill Janovitz

Shhh by Atmosphere

Little Green Apples sung by O.C. Smith

Ninth and Hennepin by Tom Waits

Lake Street is for Lovers by Lifter Puller

Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits

Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan

Mall of America by Desaparecidos

Skyway by The Replacements

Rock 'n' Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis) by Prince

Seeing Double at the Triple Rock by NOFX

MPLS Song by Pinhead Gunpowder

Southtown Girls by The Hold Steady

Your Little Hoodrat Friend by The Hold Steady

Stuck Between Stations by The Hold Steady

Sunshine by Atmosphere

Always Coming Back Home to You by Atmosphere

Mobile

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again by Bob Dylan

Montgomery

Alabama Nova by The Mountain Goats

Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson

Montgomery in the Rain by Hank Williams Jr.

The Ride by David Allan Coe

Tokyo Storm Warning by Elvis Costello

200 More Miles by Cowboy Junkies

Muncie, IN

I Wanna Talk About Me by Toby Keith

Muskogee, OK

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Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard

Myrtle Beach, SC

Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard by Alabama

Ocean Boulevard by Band of Oz

Nashville

Crazy Town (song) by Jason Aldean, from Wide Open 2010, country rock

Congregation (song) by Foo Fighters ft. Zac Brown from Sonic Highways 2014

Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess Of Darkness) by Eric Church

Dream Dream Dream by Marty Stuart

East Nashville Skyline by Todd Snider

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Home by Ben Rector

It Can't Be Nashville Every Night by The Tragically Hip

I Want by Good Lovelies

Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down by Jello Biafra

Lullaby by Shawn Mullins

Nashville by David Mead

Nashville by David Houston (written by Don Choate and Billy Sherrill)

Nashville by the Indigo Girls

Nashville #1 by Audrey Auld Mezera

Nashville Blues by The Delmore Brothers

Nashville Blues by Earl Scruggs

Nashville Bum by Waylon Jennings, from Nashville Rebel 1966

Nashville Cats by The Lovin' Spoonful 1966

Nashville Grey Skies by The Shires (country duo) from England

Nashville Parthenon by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

The Nashville Scene by Hank Williams Jr. from Five-O (album) 1985

Nashville Rash by Dale Watson

Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan 1969, country rock from Nashville Skyline

Nashville West by The Byrds

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Nashville Winter by Nick 13

Nashville Without You by Tim McGraw

Never Goin' Back To Nashville by John Stewart, The Lovin' Spoonful

No No Song by Hoyt Axton also sung by Ringo Starr

Magic Town by Marty Stuart

Murder On Music Row by Larry Cordle

Sally G by Wings

South Nashville Blues by Steve Earle

Strings of Nashville by Pavement

Sundown in Nashville by Marty Stuart

West Coast Kid by Toby Mac

West Nashville Boogie by Steve Earle

West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown by Jimmy Buffett

Wrong Side of Memphis by Trisha Yearwood

New Britain, CT

New Britain by The Mountain Goats

New Orleans

See the list

New York City

See the list

Norwalk, CA

Going to Norwalk by The Mountain Goats

Olema, CA

Hippie From Olema by The Youngbloods

Olympia

Rock Star by Hole

Olympia WA. by Rancid

Omaha

Convoy by C.W. McCall

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Omaha by Counting Crows

Turn the Page by Bob Seger

Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band

Omaha Nebraska by Bowling for Soup

Ontario, CA

Ontario by The Mountain Goats

Palestine, TX

Wheels by Kanude

Panama City, FL

Guitar Man by Jerry Reed

Passaic, NJ

Passaic, 1975 by The Mountain Goats

Philadelphia

Goodbye Philadelphia by Peter Cincotti

I-76 by G. Love & Special Sauce

Is This America by Skyhooks

Freedom of '76 by Ween

Miss Philadelphia by Musiq Soulchild

Philadelphia by Neil Young

Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John

Punk Rock Girl by The Dead Milkmen

Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler

Sit Down, John from the musical 1776

Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen

Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB

Yo Home to Bel-Air by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Tenth Street by Valencia

Motown Philly by Boyz II Men

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Phoenix

Anybody Going To San Antone by Charley Pride

Bobby in Phoenix by Gorillaz

By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Jimmy Webb

Pittsburgh

I'm in Pittsburgh by The Outcasts

Pittsburgh Sound (All In My Blood) by Wiz Khalifa

Ode to Pittsburgh by Loudon Wainwright III

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Guy Mitchell

Pittsburgh Makes Me Drunk by Ceann

31 (For Pittsburgh I Am Bound) by Ceann

Six Days on the Road by Dave Dudley

Pomona, CA

Going to Pomona by The Mountain Goats

Portland

Alameda - Elliott Smith (1997)

By the Banks of the Old Willamette (1909)

City of Roses - Esperanza Spalding; refers to her childhood days spent in her hometown and the nickname of Portland, Oregon (2012)

Everyone Knows Everyone - The Helio Sequence (2004)

I Will Buy You a New Life - Everclear (1997)

Light Rail Coyote - Sleater Kinney (2002)

Night of the Living Rednecks - Dead Kennedys (1979)

On the Portland Picket Line - Joe Glazer (1966)

On the Bus Mall - The Decemberists (2005)

Paul's Song - M Ward; lyric every town is all the same/when you've left your heart in the Portland rain (2005)

Portland - The Replacements (1997)

Portland Girl - John Callahan (2004)

Portland Life - Cool Nutz (1997)

Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn and Jack White of The White Stripes (2004)

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Portland, Oregon - Belle and Sebastian (2001)

Portland Oregon You're My Home - Carrie Brownstein (2010)

Portland Rain - Everclear (2006)

Portland Song - Jewel (2010)

Portland Town - Derroll Adams, later performed by Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, and others (1957)

Portland Water - Michael Hurley (1991)

Portland Woman - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1969)

Portlandia - Marc C Miller (1989)

Rambin' Blues - Woody Guthrie (1941)

Rose Parade - Elliott Smith (1997)

Sisters of the Road - Casey Neill (2001)

Solid - The Dandy Warhols; references Old Town (2000)

Reno

Reno Bound by Southern Pacific

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

Don't go Down to Reno by Tony Christie

Richmond, VA

Gibby by Pat McGee Band

James River by Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven

James River Blues by Old Crow Medicine Show

Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde by Travis Tritt

Richmond is a Hard Road (Union Civil War song based on Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel by Dan Emmett)

Scuffle Town by Avail

The Carolinian by Chatham County Line

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band

Virginia Is For Lovers by Mat Kearney

We Are Marching On To Richmond aka Our knapsacks sling (Union Civil War song) words and music by E.W. Locke

Sacramento, CA

Arco Arena by CAKE

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Sacramento by Middle of the Road

Saginaw, MI

Saginaw, Michigan by Lefty Frizzell

Saint Louis, MO

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

St. Louis Blues by W.C. Handy

St. Louie by Nelly

Born in St. Louis by Pokey Lafarge

Louis to Frisco by Chuck Berry

Heavy Metal Drummer by Wilco

Saint Louis Rag by Tom Turpin

San Angelo, TX

San Angelo by Aaron Watson

San Angelo by Marty Robbins

San Angelo by Third Day

San Antonio

New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills

San Antonio Stroll by Tanya Tucker

Anybody Going To San Antone by Charlie Pride

San Antonio Rose by Lee Ann Womack, and Willie Nelson & Ray Price

San Antonio Nights by Eddie Raven

San Antonio by Willie Nelson from Texas in My Soul 1968

It Came from San Antonio by Bruce Robison

Remember the Alamo by George Strait

Across the Alley from the Alamo by Bob Wills

San Antonio Romeo by Tish Hinojosa

Johnny Come Lately by Steve Earle

What am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? by The Monkees

San Bernardino

San Bernardino by The Mountain Goats

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San Diego

Going to San Diego by The Mountain Goats

San Jose

Born Ready by The Mountain Goats

Do You Know The Way To San Jose? by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Santa Fe

Drive By by Train

Santa Fe by Bon Jovi

Santa Fe by The Bellamy Brothers

Santa Fe by The Bluescasters

Santa Fe by Beirut

Santa Fe by Newsies

Santa Fe by Rent (musical)

San Francisco

See the list

Sausalito, CA

Sausalito Summer Night by Diesel

Savannah, GA

Savannah by Relient K

West Savannah by Outkast

Gump by Weird Al Yankovic

Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)

Seattle

See the list

Simi Valley

Simi California by Fisher

Sioux City, IA

Terminal Grain by The Extra Lens

St. Paul

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Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg

Me and You and a Dog Named Boo by Lobo, mentions the wheat fields of St. Paul

Mister D.J. by the Charlie Daniels Band

Tacoma, WA

Rock'n Me by Steve Miller Band

Thrice All-American by Neko Case

Tallahassee

Alpha Sun Hat by The Mountain Goats

Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats

Tallahassee Lassie by Freddy Cannon

Tampa

The Alphonse Mambo by The Mountain Goats

Jam Eater Blues by The Mountain Goats

Tampa by The Mountain Goats

Telluride, CO

Telluride by Tim McGraw

Thibodaux, LA

Amos Moses by Jerry Reed

Tucson

Get Back by The Beatles

Send Me Down To Tucson by Mel Tillis

Tucson, Arizona (Gazette) by Dan Fogelberg

Willin' by Little Feat

Tucumcari

Coyote by Better Than Ezra

Dead End Diner by Lost Dogs

Goodbye Tennessee by Jim Post

Hungry Man by Louis Jordan

I Don't Care by Justin Townes Earle

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Il Treno a Tucumcari by Bloodhorse

Last Hobo by John Denver

Route 40 by Leslie Fish

Route 66 by Perry Como

Tucumcari by Cex

Tucumcari by Freedy Johnston

Tucumcari by Hugues Aufray

Tucumcari by Jimmie Rodgers

Tucumcari by Randy Kaplan

Tucumcari, Here I Come by Dale Watson

Tucumcari Woman by Dan Roberts

Two-Gun Harry from Tucumcari by Dorothy Shay

Willin' by Little Feat

Tulsa

200 More Miles by Cowboy Junkies

Almost to Tulsa – Buddy Charleton

Convoy - C.W. McCall

Don't Let the Sun Set on You in Tulsa - Waylon Jennings

Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa - Wade Hayes

Easton and Main by the Turnpike Troubadours

Halfway to Tulsa – Larry Sparks

Home Sweet Oklahoma by Leon Russell

Last Trip to Tulsa – Neil Young

Prisoner of the Highway by Ronnie Milsap

Take Me Back to Oklahoma – Chubby Checker

Take Me Back to Oklahoma – Henson Cargill

Take Me Back to Tulsa - Bob Wills

Tampa to Tulsa – The Jayhawks

Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa -Merle Haggard

The Day That She Left Tulsa by Wade Hayes

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The Heart of Rock & Roll by Huey Lewis and the News

The Tulsa Shuffle – The Tractors

Tulsa – Rufus Wainwright

Tulsa – Wayne The Train Hancock

Tulsa - Waylon Jennings

Tulsa Baby – Dave Stogner

Tulsa County –The Byrds

Tulsa Girl - Dwight Twilley

Tulsa Imperative – The Mountain Goats

Tulsa Queen – Emmylou Harris

Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble to Me – Shawn Camp

Tulsa Straight Ahead – Jimmy Hall

Tulsa Telephone Book – Tom T. Hall

Tulsa Time by Don Williams

Tulsa Turnaround by Kenny Rogers

24 Hours From Tulsa — Gene Pitney

You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma by David Frizzell & Shelly West

Waco, TX

Waco by The Mountain Goats

Washington, D.C.

Banned in DC by Bad Brains

The Bourgeois Blues by Lead Belly

Chocolate City by Parliament

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by The Postal Service

Washington, D.C. by The Magnetic Fields

The Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa

Fifteenth and T by Swingin' Utters

And the Washington Monument Blinks Goodnight by Q And Not U

Wichita

Wichita Skyline by Shawn Colvin

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True Dreams of Wichita by Soul Coughing

Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

Seven Nation Army by White Stripes

Wichita by Gillian Welch

Winslow, AZ

Take It Easy by The Eagles

Youngstown, OH

Youngstown by Bruce Springsteen