The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation. In many cases, songs celebrate individual cities, presenting them as exciting and liberating. Not all genres share the tendency to be positive about cities; in Country music cities are often portrayed as unfriendly and dehumanizing, or seductive but full of sin.
Lyricist and author Sheila Davis writes that including a city in a song's title helps focus the song on the concrete and specific, which is both more appealing and more likely to lead to universal truth than abstract generalizations.
Davis also says that songs with titles concerning cities and other specific places often have enduring popularity. Memphis holds the distinction of being the most mentioned city in the world when it comes to commercially recorded songs. The list is maintained at the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum website.
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