New App Shows Every Song Written About a City
Today’s Fun Size Podcast has us guessing the most popular city plus, thanks to Casey, we create our own list and walk away with a new, so bad it’s good, Dad Joke:
Celebrity Cruise created a cool map that features every song written about a city just by clicking on the hot spot:
From all the data, they curated a list of the most sung about cities around the world. They are:
- New York – 161 songs
- London – 102 songs
- Los Angeles – 87 songs
- California – 68 songs
- Hollywood – 66 songs
- Paris, France – 52 songs
- Miami – 46 songs
- New Orleans – 43 songs
- Brooklyn – 38 songs
- Rome, Italy – 30 songs
Unfortunately Philly didn’t top the list, but we tracked down this list of songs with flair for Brotherly Love: [via Wiki]
- “I-76” by Love & Special Sauce
- “Bury me in Philly” by Dave Hause
- “Freedom of ’76” by Ween
- “Fall in Philadelphia” by Hall & Oates
- “Goodbye Philadelphia” by Peter Cincotti
- “Is This America” by Skyhooks
- “Lancaster Avenue Blues” by Mischief Brew
- “Miss Philadelphia” by Musiq Soulchild
- “Motown Philly” by Boyz II Men
- “Philadelphia” by Neil Young
- “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John
- “Punk Rock Girl” by The Dead Milkmen
- “Sailing to Philadelphia” by Mark Knopfler
- “Sit Down, John” from the musical 1776
- “Streets of Philadelphia” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- “Tenth Street” by Valencia
- “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” by MFSB
- “South Street” by The Orlons
- “Yo Home to Bel-Air” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- “You Got Me” by The Roots
If you are curious which artists choose to sing about the places more than anyone else, here’s a breakdown on that too:
- Drake – 29 places mentioned across 19 songs
- Jay Z – 27 places mentioned across 14 songs
- Elvis Presley – 23 places mentioned across 8 songs
- Tinie Tempah – 22 places mentioned across 7 songs
- The Beach Boys – 22 places mentioned across 7 songs
- Public Enemy – 20 places mentioned across 3 songs
- Chuck Berry – 18 places mentioned across 5 songs
- The Rolling Stones – 16 places mentioned across 8 songs
- Rod Stewart – 14 places mentioned across 6 songs
- T.I. – 14 places mentioned across 4 songs
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Marisa Magnatta, Producer at The Preston & Steve Show, has clocked-in two decades at 93.3 WMMR, Philly. She’s your source for everything Philly, concert, sports fan, restaurant or Preston & Steve Show related.
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