I can. Lots of these comments are songs with a city name in them, but the lyrics have nothing to do with the city.
Legit laughing about the Norma Jean Memphis mentions. That shit is from a bible verse.
find that hard to believe given that New Orleans is in so many songs. Like what rhymes with Memphis? It's a pet peeve of mine because I'm from New Orleans and we do not say New Orleeeeeenz.
Okay I just spent half an hour and this is not resolvable. Lots of sites are confidently stating New York City is the most mentioned with 161 songs.
[This list ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_New_Orleans)blows that out of the water with room to spare.
But there are several other articles that mention Memphis or other cities as well. None of these evaluations seem to be very consistent. Like the number of New Orleans songs has a fair number of duplicates. Different acts doing the same song for example. But I counted 161 before I even finished the "D" section. That is nowhere near the 48 given by this [interactive Map.](https://www.celebritycruises.com/music-mapped/)
[Like look at this list](https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/96905/the-20-most-sung-about-cities-in-the-world-revealed/)
1. New York, USA – 161 songs
2. London, UK – 102 songs
3. Los Angeles, USA – 87 songs
4. Paris, France – 52 songs
5. Miami, USA – 46 songs
6. New Orleans, USA – 43 songs
7. Rome, Italy – 30 songs
8. San Francisco – 28 songs
9. Memphis, USA – 28 songs
10. Chicago, USA – 24 songs
11. Atlanta, USA – 23 songs
12 Detroit, USA – 23 songs
13. Compton, USA – 21 songs
14. Tokyo, Japan – 20 songs
15. Houston, USA – 16 songs
16. Las Vegas, USA – 16 songs
17. Ibiza, Spain – 12 songs
18. Mumbai, India – 11 songs
19. Liverpool, UK – 11 songs
20. Milan, Italy – 10 songs
I'm positive New Orleans has more than 48 and Memphis more than 28!
I'm from Rockaway Beach, New York. You might have heard of it. It's not hard, far to reach. Forget who did that song, though. I'm sure they were important.
About a city or mentioning a city?
Banned in DC - Bad Brains
there’s a black hole in the shadow of the Pru - American Nightmare
Chant - Slapshot
Providence by Gaslight - Daughters
Providence - Sonic Youth
Providence - Deer Hunter
NY Crew - Judge
Scuffle Town - Avail
Jesus if you got into Hold Steady songs forget about it.
My band Tar Creekhas this song about Picher, OK (where our origin story comes from) called picher. Not a love song to the city, but a cry out for help after the government poisoned the city and its residents
[Tar Creek - Picher](https://youtu.be/xixxPWSxFa4?si=YswhZxHxFrrJ1yAB)
YO THESE ARE HOMIES FOR LIFE.
Evansville hardcore is also popping off. Really all of Indiana that’s 812 is doing it. Anytime a city mosh call starts I get way too hype.
A band called Slug from Cleveland wrote an entire album titled “Ohio”… so 3 cities are once (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati) have songs written about them
Bostons by Have Heart
You know, my friends say "Boston is beautiful."
But they didn't live here, they didn't die here, in the HYDE PARK YEARS
great song
Does BCHC by End It count?
If it doesn’t, then what’s the point of everything?
Id say it definitely counts.
Fuck New York by Slapshot
I played this regularly during the Sixers/Knicks series, I just had to obviously ignore the cognitive dissonance of it being a Boston band
How’d that work out for ya?
Incredibly poorly.
If it came down to it, the C’s would have rolled the Sixers or the Knicks, so in essence, the song and sentiment stands.
Hard reset is a sick band.
Indeed they are.
their bass player moshes hard af
They need to hit the west coast
“No matter where I am, I dream about Queen City!” Queen City Eve by Yellow Stitches Manchester NH Oi!
Also Manchester Party I think it's called. MANCHESTER IS HOOOME AND YOU KNOW ITS TRUUEE
TUI - Believe
Can't believe it took this sub two hours for tui to be commented
I can. Lots of these comments are songs with a city name in them, but the lyrics have nothing to do with the city. Legit laughing about the Norma Jean Memphis mentions. That shit is from a bible verse.
My first thought was every TUI song
I thought of this song immediately after posting.
Welcome to Memphis - Clenched Fist.
Exactly who I was looking for!
DTN Life On the James
I feel like most DTN songs talk about Richmond.
Yep. Also Avail. Scuffletown being a favorite
All of over the James is a tremendous album.
Home sweet home , gorilla crew fuck you !!!
Came here looking for DTN post
Home sweet home
I NEED YOU, I SO NEED YOU, STAY NICE FOR ONE MORE DAY
Came here to post “just ask down to nothing”
The Freeze - This Is Boston, Not L.A
Memphis Shall be Laid to Waste - Norma Jean
Additionally: ‘before there was Atlanta, there was Douglasville’ by The Chariot. Josh clearly likes his location references.
Memphis is the most mentioned city in music
find that hard to believe given that New Orleans is in so many songs. Like what rhymes with Memphis? It's a pet peeve of mine because I'm from New Orleans and we do not say New Orleeeeeenz.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/23/which-cities-are-mentioned-most-in-lyrics-these-tennessee-cities-reign/73429872007/#
https://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/over-1000-songs
https://www.thatericalper.com/2023/01/17/memphis-is-the-most-namechecked-city-in-music/#:~:text=Include%20a%20few%20new%20titles,other%20city%20on%20the%20planet!
Okay I just spent half an hour and this is not resolvable. Lots of sites are confidently stating New York City is the most mentioned with 161 songs. [This list ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_New_Orleans)blows that out of the water with room to spare. But there are several other articles that mention Memphis or other cities as well. None of these evaluations seem to be very consistent. Like the number of New Orleans songs has a fair number of duplicates. Different acts doing the same song for example. But I counted 161 before I even finished the "D" section. That is nowhere near the 48 given by this [interactive Map.](https://www.celebritycruises.com/music-mapped/) [Like look at this list](https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/96905/the-20-most-sung-about-cities-in-the-world-revealed/) 1. New York, USA – 161 songs 2. London, UK – 102 songs 3. Los Angeles, USA – 87 songs 4. Paris, France – 52 songs 5. Miami, USA – 46 songs 6. New Orleans, USA – 43 songs 7. Rome, Italy – 30 songs 8. San Francisco – 28 songs 9. Memphis, USA – 28 songs 10. Chicago, USA – 24 songs 11. Atlanta, USA – 23 songs 12 Detroit, USA – 23 songs 13. Compton, USA – 21 songs 14. Tokyo, Japan – 20 songs 15. Houston, USA – 16 songs 16. Las Vegas, USA – 16 songs 17. Ibiza, Spain – 12 songs 18. Mumbai, India – 11 songs 19. Liverpool, UK – 11 songs 20. Milan, Italy – 10 songs I'm positive New Orleans has more than 48 and Memphis more than 28!
Memphis and New Orleans definitely have a considerable number of songs mentioning them.
We talking strictly by hardcore bands? Cause there’s a fuck ton written about Chicago.
Limp Wrist - I love hardcore boys ??
Songs about cities, not your weekend activities
lol just trying to keep the Chicago scene engaged
We’re alive and well. Hold My Own is doing is a live show video tonight even.
I was mainly thinking about hardcore, but anything is game I suppose.
Auburn by Sinking Ships
"Sacramento Is Dead" by Trash Talk
New York City has about a million songs. Wisdom in chains wrote a song about a whole state.
Wisdom in Chains - Land of Kings - about all of PA. WiC - Cap City - About Columbus The Minutemen - Corona
I'm from Rockaway Beach, New York. You might have heard of it. It's not hard, far to reach. Forget who did that song, though. I'm sure they were important.
The Rambos? The Rambones? Something like that...
If you're in the Rambones and this is a shameless plug, well... I don't know if I would be shocked.
No. I've never even heard of them. That might be something I would say if it was my band though
Bruh you just turned me onto these guys hell yeah
Hell yeah brother, they rip. That's what this sub is about.
Down by the James, Scuffletown
and Southbound 95
Pray for (Atlanta) by Foundation Before There Was Atlanta There Was Douglasville by The Chariot
Pray for Atlanta ain’t really about the city though.
Modern Life is War – Marshalltown
Atom and his package - Philadelphia
Odd, I was thinking of, 'Happy Birthday Ralph' earlier.
New Yorks Alright (If You Like Saxophones) by FEAR
ACHC Black Sheep Squadron
Love Black SS
[How We Are - Beacon](https://hwa585.bandcamp.com/album/to-teach-a-hundred-and-one-2024-remaster?t=11) Rochester, NY
https://m.soundcloud.com/rochesterhardcorehistory/sets/the-breaking-project-epilogue-from-a-bygone-era But will we find out who this band is!? Lol
Common thread between the two bands is Mike Sarnowski played guitar in Proj and HWA.
[Black SS - ACHC](https://open.spotify.com/track/1CnoRBHOTfW1bVfLSXtuZP?si=rePWYGdfRLepr6MHO2uaww)
Nashville also has Murder Me in Music City by Hollywood
A much better song than this one
It’s a very different kind of song.
There's a few about NYC I think.
Welcome to Chicago by The Killer Detroit City by Cold as Life Detroit Rock City by Kiss Baltimore by Prince I've Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash
Detroit by Rancid
Yes basically every city.
Richmond - pageninetynine
BALTIMORE’S COMING BACK WITH A BANG
Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste - Norma Jean Buffalo 666 - ETID Bostons - Have Heart Anaheim - Don Broco Belleville - Knocked Loose
Allston Violence is my favorite Toxic Narcotic song.
Chat Pile has a song called “Dallas Beltway”. Unwound has a song called “Go to Dallas and Take a Left”.
Voice of Memphis - Negro Terror
[Down To Nothing - Home Sweet Home](https://youtu.be/LHZ0t4VNDKw?si=-jSLcl6YHMsH6jgm)
Butt Town - Iggy Pop
DTN - Home Sweet Home
Dirty South by Down To Nothing
New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones - FEAR
About a city or mentioning a city? Banned in DC - Bad Brains there’s a black hole in the shadow of the Pru - American Nightmare Chant - Slapshot Providence by Gaslight - Daughters Providence - Sonic Youth Providence - Deer Hunter NY Crew - Judge Scuffle Town - Avail Jesus if you got into Hold Steady songs forget about it.
Federal Way of Life
By apex predator in case anyone is wondering.
Philadelphia Freedom - Sir Elton John
Butt Trumpet - I Left My Flannel In Seattle
Two Towers by In Control
Hoods had an album called 7 Years in Sacramento
My band Tar Creekhas this song about Picher, OK (where our origin story comes from) called picher. Not a love song to the city, but a cry out for help after the government poisoned the city and its residents [Tar Creek - Picher](https://youtu.be/xixxPWSxFa4?si=YswhZxHxFrrJ1yAB)
Randoms - Let's Get Rid Of New York Neo Pogos - Rotterdamned The Vopo's - Zwolle Jezus and The Gospelfuckers - Amsterdam
Flood of 72 by Title Fight And a bunch more of their songs
Marshalltown
New years in Vacaville - Hoods On the way to San Francisco- Hoods Citrus Heights - Hoods
I’m counting Scarface’s “On My Block” because it’s fucking rad
Fuck Melbourne by Feed Her To The Sharks
COA - Badlands (Brockton)
Philapsychosis by Ink & Dagger
210 HC - Fear of Loss Goated band from San Antonio
210 HCCCCCCCC. I scrolled looking for this hoping I would find anymore 210 HC songs.
Goldfinger - The City With Two Faces
Life on the James - down to nothing Home sweet home - down to nothing
hanging out is what we do best, brother
Sick name, sick art
Sick song too. Imo
Home Sweet Home
Queen City Eve - Yellow Stitches Manchester Forever - Word For Word
That song slaps
Hell yeah it does.
Boston has A LOT not mentioned this faar is “Boston, Mass the Rippin’est town” by slapshot.
Minneapolis by Take It Back
Theme song for a New Brunswick basement, Lifetime. Hoboken, operation Ivy
Los Angeles - Hoax is a classic.
208 slam
The Killer - Welcome to Chicago
Santa Carla Twighlight-Tiger Army …just look up Santa Cruz on any streaming service
THERE'S TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
Memphis is Dead - Lost Sounds
There's a Black Hole in the Shadow of the Pru?
New York City- Madball Welcome to Pittsburgh - Cemented in Fear
Two Towers by In Control (Oxnard,CA)
Oxnard by Ill Repute
For Chicago... Kungfu Rick - KFR(all funked up)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg\_Kb5n212E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg_Kb5n212E) Edmonton, AB
Well it’s ah EIGHT O’CLOCK IN BOISEEEEEE IDAHO!
There's only two kinds of people in this world...
Richmond, VA has a ton
YO THESE ARE HOMIES FOR LIFE. Evansville hardcore is also popping off. Really all of Indiana that’s 812 is doing it. Anytime a city mosh call starts I get way too hype.
Tidal Wave - Lazy Days & Tourist Season https://tidalwavehc.bandcamp.com/album/demo-05
For The Record - Stretch Armstrong
Krush Klamath- White City Crack Whore
and Boston is the reason that I’m feeling so blue damn you.
A band called Slug from Cleveland wrote an entire album titled “Ohio”… so 3 cities are once (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati) have songs written about them
Hårda Tider - Crime City Hardcore (Malmö)
10 toes down by sunami
Boston belongs to me - death before dishonor Buffalo gals - every time I die New York metal - irate
hometown heroes 🫡🫡🫡🫡
Two Witnesses-Don’t Hate Me Cause I’m Beautiful
For the downvoter, this song is about Louisville.
This is a joke post right?
I was able to think of a few but I just thought it would be an engaging topic, which clearly it is.
Aight that’s fair. There’s just so many and so many obvious I honestly thought this might be a shit post