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This is a list of songs about New York City, set there, or named after a location or feature of the city.
It is not intended to include songs where New York is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities, e.g. "New York, London, Paris, Munich" (lyrics to "Pop Muzik" from the one hit wonder New Wave band, M).
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"All My Friends in New York" by NOFX
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B
"Back of a Truck" by Regina Spektor
"Bad New York Band" by Jim Testa
"Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March" by Mos Def
"Born in New York City" by Michael Packer
"The Boy From New York City" by The Ad Libs
"Broadway (So Many People)" by Low
"Broadway Melody of 1974" by Genesis
"Bronx Keeps Creating It" by Fat Joe
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C
"Camera Eye, The" by Rush
"Church on White" Pavement
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"Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More" by Steely Dan
"Date With Baby" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"Do It Right" by The Slaughterhouse Four
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Everybody's Talkin by Breakaway
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F
"F Train" by Babe The Blue Ox
"Frank Mills" by James Rado/Jerome Ragni/Galt MacDermot, from the musical Hair
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"Get Ready Here Come the Knicks" by Paulette LaMelle
"Go New York Go New York Go" (Knicks theme song) by Jesse Jaymes
"(I Don't Want To) Go to Chelsea" by Elvis Costello--false, this is Chelsea in London not NY
"Good Fortune" by PJ Harvey
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"Harlem Women" by Hank Kilroy
"Hats Off To Hawaii" by Kung Fu Monkeys
"Holland Tunnel" by John Phillips
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"I'm a Knicks Fan" by Jesse Jaymes
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"The Joint Is Really Jumping Down At Carnegie Hall" by Judy Garland
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"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
Note: The album of the same name is a concept album that takes place in New York City. The only individual songs listed on this list refer to specific geographic locations in New York City, i.e. references to Broadway and Times Square in the title song.
"Let's Go Mets" by the New York Mets
"The Light Dies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
"A Light Shines on the Other Side of Brooklyn" by Pain Hertz
"Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)" by The Clash
"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
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"Manhattan Skyline" by The Cocker Spaniels
"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon
"Meet the Mets" by Ruth Roberts
"Meet the Mets" (organ version) by Jane Jarvis
"Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" by Billy Joel
"Mizz Bed-Stuy" by The Brooklyn Funk Essentials
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"New York" by Stephen Fretwell
"New York City" by Stisism
"New York, New York" by The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg
"New York State of Mind" by Nas
"New York State of Mind Pt. 2" by Nas
"New York Telephone Conversation" by Lou Reed
"New York (Ya Out there?)" by Rakim
"New York's Alright (If You Like Saxophones)" by Fear (covered by Enon)
"NYC Song" (Sample 'What it's Worth' of Buffalo Springfield) by Charles & Eddie
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"On My Way to Harlem" by Coolio
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"Park Slope" by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips
"Planet Williamsburg" by Jim Testa
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"Queens Boulevard" by Kid Casanova
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"Real Rock & Roll Don't Come From New York" by The Gizmos
"Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War" by Paul Simon
"Rhode Island Is Famous for You (aka Coney Island)" by The Lascivious Biddies
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"Safe In New York City" by AC/DC
"A Salute to Harlem" by Boots Douglas (covered by Girls from Mars)
"Snowin' in Brooklyn" by Ferron
"The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)" by Mobb Deep
"Statue of Liberty" by XTC
"Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
"The Sun Will Rise in Queens" by The Exit
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T
"Take Me Back To Manhattan" by Cole Porter (from the musicals "The New Yorkers" and "Anything Goes)
"Taylor" by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heinsler
"Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me the F Train" by Mike Doughty
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"Way Out West (On West End Avenue)" by Rodgers & Hart (Performed by Ray Charles, Bobby Short, & Others)
"We Are New York and We Love Basketball" by Paulette LaMelle
"What New York Couples Fight About" by Morcheeba featuring Kurt Wagner
"When I First Kissed You" by Extreme
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Y
"You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce
"You Get High in N.Y.C." by Revanche
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See also
The musical revue "Tuscaloosa's Calling Me, But I'm Not Going"
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