Hi! I was wondering, how many songs can you think of, which include the name of a town, city, state, country or continent in the title? Good luck!

Here are some I can think of...

"Rainy Night In Georgia" - Gladys Knight (?)
"Massachusetts" - The Beegees
"New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra
"Africa" - Toto (?)
"Viva Espana" - ???
"Rose Of Texas" - Buddy The Musical Soundtrack
"China In Your Hand" - T'Pau
"Australia" - Manic Street Preachers
"It's a long way to Tipperary" - ???

How about "Sweet Home Alabama" ?
that's a good one....

peace
-lil

i got ya another one too....

"Song for America"- Kansas. (Ooo, a double)
hope that helps

peace
-lil

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Originally posted by LilDezertRose:
"Song for America"- Kansas
peace
-lil

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One of my all time favs

Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart
Paris Is Burning - Dokken

India - The Psychedelic Furs
Sister Europe - The Psychedelic Furs again
Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front) - The Stranglers
Tour De France - Kraftwerk
New York City Cops - The Strokes
Suburban Berlin - Japan
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Rio - Mike Nesmith
London Loves - Blur
Edinburgh Man - The Fall
L.A. - The Fall
Lets Tango In Paris - The Stranglers
Belfast - Boney M
Waterloo - ABBA
Croydon - Captain Sensible
You're Not From Brighton - Fat Boy Slim

Good grief, there's an astronomical number of place name songs!

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)- They Might Be Giants
Manchester, England - From the Musical Hair
The Devil Cam Down To Georgie - Charlie Daniels Band (?)
By The Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
The Skye Boat Song - Trad
Oh Flower of Scotland - Trad
Loch Lomond - Trad (The Celtic band play on Fridays at me pub!!)
Santa Monica - Everclear
Melbourne - The Whitlams
One Night In Bangkok - From Chess

...may get back to you with more. That's all I got off the top of me head at the moment!!

Yellow Rose Of Texas: Mitch Miller
Wichita Lineman: Glen Campbell
By The Time I Get To Phoenix: Glen Campbell
California Here I Come: Al Jolson
Foggy Day In London Town: Patti Page
Autum In New York: Patti Page
Saginaw Michigan: Lefty Frizzel

24 Hours From Tulsa - Dusty Springfield
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Dionne Warwick
Last Train To Clarkesville - The Monkees
Georgia - Ray Charles
Back In The USSR - The Beatles
London Calling - The Clash
I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - Elvis Costello

New York City Cops - The Strokes
America The Beautiful - Ray Charles
Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
California Girls - The Beach Boys
Road Movie To Berlin - They Might Be Giants
New York Telephone Conversation - Lou Reed

Hi guys, regarding the songs, how about?
Streets of London- Ralph Mctell
I left my heart in San Francisco-Tony Benett
Chicago (my kind of town)-Frank Sinatra
God bless the USA-Lee Greenwood
Penny Lane-The Beatles
Norwegian Wood-The Beatles
Copenhagen-Max Bygraves?
Is this the way to Amarillo? -Tony Christie

Oh boy, is this fun...

Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers
Jukebox in Siberia - Skyhooks

Chatanooga Choo Choo-???????
Everybody's got a cousin in Miami-Jimmy Buffett
Say Goodbye to Hollywood-Billy Joel
The girl from Ipaneema-?
Billerickey Dickey-Ian Dury
Brooklin Roads-Neil Diamond
West of London Town-Bolshoi
Eton rifles-The Jam
Down to Margate-Chas & Dave
Philadelphia freedom-Elton John
I go to Rio-Peter Allen
Max's Kansas City 1976-Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys
See ya--- ikabud

On A Slow Boat To China: Kay Kyser
Mississippi Mud: Muddy Waters
North To Alaska: Johnny Horton
Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia: Arthur Godfrey

"Mississippi"-Afroman
"Africa's Inside Me"-Arrested Development
"To Live & Die In LA"-Makaveli (2Pac)
"Only In California"-Mack 10 f/ Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg
"In California"-Daz Dillinger
"Orange Mound"-M-Child
"M.E.M.P.H.I.S."-Three 6 Mafia
"New York, New York"-Tha Dogg Pound
"Tennessee"-Arrested Development
"Oakland"-Too $hort
"California Love"-2Pac f/ Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
"Funkin' For Jamaica"-Tom Browne
"Midnight Train To Georgia"-Gladys Knight & The Pips
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn"-Beastie Boys
"Straight Outta Compton"-N.W.A
"Compton's N Tha House"-N.W.A

...there's more but I can't think right now

There is the not highly acclaimed song "South Street" by the Orlons. Also, "Gary Indiana" from the movie The Music Man. And Randy Newman's "I Love LA".

Patti Page had a million-selling hit back in 1956 with "Old Cape Cod", though the "quaint little cottages here and there" she sang about are all probably replaced by motels and other tourist traps! tjoeb};>

If I let loose there would be literally hundreds so to be a bit different heres some from the land down under;
Have you ever been to Kings Cross? (Bob Hudson -don't know whoo sung it originally)
The Newcastle Song (Bob Hudson)
Toorak Cowboy (Skyhooks)
Balwyn Callin' (Skyhooks)
Australiana (Austen Tayshus) -actually made No 1 here in 1983.
Tenterfield Saddler (Peter Allen)
Mallee Boy (John Williamson)
From St Kilda to Kings Cross (Paul Kelly)
This is Australia (Gangagang)- originally entitled "Sounds of then" but was re-recorded and renamed to become a tourist promotion song for Australia.
Australian Girls (Mike Judd)
Santa Claus never made it to Darwin (Bill and Boyd)

There's a few. Shows the Aussies poor music tastes.

Devil went down to Georga, Charlie Danials Band
El Paso, Marty Robbins
Midnight in Montgomery, Alan Jackson
Postmarked Birmingham, Blackhawk
Battle of New Orleans, ??????
My Home's in Alabama, Alabama
If your gonna play in Texas (you gotta have a fiddle), Alabama

The City of New Orleans, Willie Nelson
Lonesome Dove, Garth Brooks

I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo

Glen Miller

Oklahoma! and Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City

from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'Oklahoma'