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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.
Pages in category "Songs about towns" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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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 about contemporary American small town life. The narrator claims "things ain't like they used to be round here", and brings to attention that children are becoming lazy instead of working and also the dangers of today, claiming "momma locked the door last night for the first time in all of her years" and "the streets ain't safe for a bike to ride down."
The original idea for the song was that after each verse Russell Mael would sing a movie dialogue cliché, one of which was "This town ain't big enough for both of us", used in the 1932 film The Western Code. They dropped the idea of having different phrases and instead used only the one in the title.
"Song for Ruth Ellis" by Adam and the Ants ("Violence in Hampstead") "Song for South Kensington" by Analogy "Songs And Cries of London Town" by Bob Chilcott "Sonny's Lettah" by Linton Kwesi Johnson "Sorted for E's and Wizz" by Pulp "Sound Bwoy Burial" by Gant (an alias of 187 Lockdown) "Sound of Swinging London" by Glen Matlock and The Philistines
"Tucker's Town" is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released on June 25, 1996, as the second single from their second album, Fairweather Johnson (1996). In the United States, it peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 (their last Hot 100 entry as of 2025), number 24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and ...