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New App Shows Every Song Written About a City

Placeholder Shilloutte User Image Marisa Magnatta January 14th, 2019

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:

  1. New York – 161 songs
  2. London – 102 songs
  3. Los Angeles  – 87 songs
  4. California  – 68 songs
  5. Hollywood  – 66 songs
  6. Paris, France – 52 songs
  7. Miami  – 46 songs
  8. New Orleans  – 43 songs
  9. Brooklyn  – 38 songs
  10. 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:

  1. Drake – 29 places mentioned across 19 songs
  2. Jay Z – 27 places mentioned across 14 songs
  3. Elvis Presley – 23 places mentioned across 8 songs
  4. Tinie Tempah – 22 places mentioned across 7 songs
  5. The Beach Boys – 22 places mentioned across 7 songs
  6. Public Enemy – 20 places mentioned across 3 songs
  7. Chuck Berry – 18 places mentioned across 5 songs
  8. The Rolling Stones – 16 places mentioned across 8 songs
  9. Rod Stewart – 14 places mentioned across 6 songs
  10. T.I. – 14 places mentioned across 4 songs

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