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The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.
Many songs are set in New York City or named after a location or feature of the city, beyond simply "name-checking" New York along with other cities. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
"Home in Oklahoma" – written by Jack Elliott for Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers in their 1946 movie also called Home in Oklahoma. [103] "Home Sweet Oklahoma" – written by Tom Glazer, recorded by Roy Rogers, 1951. [104] "Home Sweet Oklahoma" – written and recorded by Leon Russell, 1970. [105]
From country to R&B, we've rounded up 50 of our favorite songs about home by Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Dua Lipa, and more that celebrate where you're from.
Pages in category "Songs about cities in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The song is an autobiographical lament about the singer returning to her childhood home in Ohio and discovering that rampant development and pollution had destroyed the "pretty countryside" of her youth; the lyrics make specific references to places in and around Akron, Ohio, the hometown of lead singer and writer Chrissie Hynde. "My Ohio Home"
The song was inspired by the Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people and critically injured U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords in January 2011. [3] Bentley told The Desert Sun that right after the shooting incident occurred, he was sitting with the song's two other writers, Dan Wilson and Brett Beavers and they were trying to make sense of the tragedy.
"Home" is the debut single and coronation song from American Idol season 11 winner Phillip Phillips. The song was co-written by Drew Pearson and Greg Holden, and produced by Drew Pearson. [4] [5] Phillips first performed the song on the season's final performance night on May 22, 2012, and then again on the finale after he was declared the winner.