Top 30 Songs With a Location In Their Title

Neil’s Top 30 Songs With A Location In Their Title

This time, we feature songs that have a location in their title – it must be in the title and not just in the lyrics of the song. That said, it does raise the question – what is counted as a location? Here are some ground rules for ineligibility:

  • The reference cannot be an adjective (e.g. American, Australian, etc)
  • The location cannot be a made up name (e.g. Xanadu, Blueberry Hill, etc)
  • The location must be in the title (e.g. Reckless mentions Manly and Circular Quay, etc)
  • The location cannot simply be a building (e.g. YMCA, etc)
  • The location must be used in the context of a location (e.g. Tequila is a place but Tequila Sunrise relates to a drink)

So here they are – Neil’s selects his favourite location songs. How many of these would you include in your list?

  1. Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
  2. Wichita Lineman – Glenn Campbell
  3. Hotel California – Eagles
  4. San Francisco – Scott McKenzie
  5. April Sun In Cuba – Dragon
  6. California Dreaming – The Mamas and The Papas
  7. Arkansas Grass – Axiom
  8. New York Minute – Don Henley
  9. Hollywood Seven – Jon English
  10. Galveston – Glenn Campbell
  11. Kentucky Rain – Elvis Presley
  12. Walking In Memphis – Marc Cohn
  13. Waterloo – ABBA
  14. Werewolves Of London – Warren Zevon
  15. Winter In America – Doug Ashdown
  16. Ventura Highway – America
  17. Africa – Toto
  18. Jamaica Rum – Ted Mulry Gang
  19. Mull Of Kintyre – Wings
  20. Massachusetts – Bee Gees
  21. Born In The USA – Bruce Springsteen
  22. Penny Lane – The Beatles
  23. California Girls – Beach Boys
  24. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
  25. Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
  26. Kids In America – Kim Wilde
  27. Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner
  28. The Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
  29. The Newcastle Song – Bob Hudson
  30. I Go To Rio – Peter Allen

The next 10 cabs off the rank if we had taken it to number 40 – in chronological order:

  • On Broadway – The Drifters – 1963
  • Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley – 1964
  • New York Mining Disaster 1941 – Bee Gees – 1967
  • By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Glenn Campbell – 1967
  • Abervagenny – Marty Wilde – 1968
  • Wheeling West Virginia – Neil Sedaka – 1970
  • Give Ireland Back To The Irish – Wings – 1972
  • Mississippi – Pussycat – 1976
  • Don’t Cry For me Argentina – Julie Covington – 1977
  • Fall Of Rome – James Reyne – 1987