Songs with places in the title

[SiHart]

Recently me and Steve were challenging each other to come up with a list of songs with specific place names in the title. We can up with quite a few, but we thought we'd challenge all of you! All you have to do is name a song or songs with places named in their title. They must be real places, but they can be anything from a village up to a continent...

So how many can we on Planet Skaro come up with it?

I'll get the ball rolling with the old favourite Dionne Warwick's Do You Know The Way to San Jose.

Si xx

[Simon R]

Everyone should vow not to cheat and look up lists of the things on Wiki.

"I Love New York" by Madonna Louise Ritchie

"New York City Boy" by Pet Shop Boys.

[enzo1701]

Is This The Way To Amarillo? - Tony Christie
Manhattan Skyline - A-Ha
From Paris to Berlin

[Simon R]

"Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Wee Jimmy Osmond.

[Pip Madeley]

Genesis songs with place names in the title:

The Mystery Of The Flannan Isle Lighthouse
The Battle Of Epping Forest
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Back In N.Y.C
Vancouver
The Brazilian

[Si Hunt]

Here are a few by some of our favourites:

"Manchester" and "Rotterdam" by the Beautiful South
"All The Way To Reno" and "Leaving New York" by R.E.M
"The Lebanon" by the Human League
"Swindon" and "I Love London" by Lorraine Bowen
"In My Tennessee Mountain Home" by Dolly Parton
"L.A State of Mind" by Melanie B
"Sweet Dreams my L.A Ex" by The Stevens
"New York At Last" by Queen
"Man From Milwaukee" by Hanson
"England 2 Colombia 0", "New England" and "Manhattan Moon" by Kirsty MacColl
"Mississippi", "New Danville Girl" by Bob Dylan
"Transylvania" by McFly
"Ipswich, My Love" by Viv Corbett Band
"Scarborough Fair" by Claire Sweeney

Si.

[Simon R]

A few more...

Dame Kim Wilde had "Cambodia" as a single and album tracks including "In Hollywood" and "Suburbs of Moscow".

Michael Jackson had a hit with "Stranger in Moscow".

Mrs Ritchie had a hit with "Hollywood".

Girls Aloud have an unfinished song called "Singapore" on the rarities disc of their Greatest Shits album and an album track called "Mars Attacks" and new bside called "Hoxton Heroes".

Kate Bush has an "Egypt".

More fingers!

[Antony Cox]

Some jazz tunes which no-one will ever have heard of (well, maybe the first one…):

New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
Midnight in Moscow – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
April in Paris
Moonlight in Vermont
It Happened in Monterey
Paris in the Springtime
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
China Boy
New Orleans
Spain
The Girl From Ipanema
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans

Other tunes not necessarily jazz:

Last Train to San Fernando
Penny Lane
Strawberry Fields

[WhiteCrow]

Damn you all to hell for not selecting

Werewolves of London by Warren Zephron.

"Scarborough Fair" by Claire Sweeney

You are going to hell for crediting that song against that person. My wife really hates Claire Sweeney (who also happens to be her cousin), her favourite moment was when her grandmother went into a rage, ripping up a picture of Claire Sweeney dressed as Cher calling her a harlot.

I tried to take her to see Claire when she was in Chicago the Musical, but she wouldn't have it.

[Si Hunt]

Claire is a musical icon.

What about:

"London" by Catatonia
"Walking in Memphis" by Cher (and whoever)
"Spanish" by Craig David
"Snow Cherries From France" and "China" by Tori Amos (okay, it's not about THAT kind of China. But even so..."
"America-a-o" by Aaron
"Spirit of America" by Samantha Fox
"Tokyo Ghettopussy" by Tokyo Ghettopussy
"Oh England My Lionheart" by Kate Bush

Si.

[WhiteCrow]

I thought that the Catatonia song was called Londondinium?

My wife is my Long Haired Lover From Liverpool.

[Rob McCow]

"America-a-o" by Aaron

Good grief!
I wonder how that compares to:
America by Simon & Garfunkel
America by Razorlight
America from West Side Story.

[Dave Tudor]

'Africa' - Toto

'Australia' - Manic Street Preachers

'Back In The U.S.S.R' - The Beatles

'China Girl' - David Bowie

'Atlantic' - Keane

That's about half the world's surface covered there!

[Stephen Morgan]

All The Way From Memphis Mott the Hoople.
New York City Marc Bolan.
Weekend in New England Barry Manilow.
A Walk In The Black Forest Horst Jankowski.
Liverpool Lullaby Cilla Black
Amsterdam Jacques Brel
Little Amsterdam Tori Amos

Not to mention Tulips From Amsterdam Max Bygraves

[Rob McCow]

New York City Marc Bolan

Not forgetting:
'New York City' by Andrew W.K.
and 'New York' by Lou Reed!

[Si Hunt]

"Hollywood Potters" by Dolly P.

Si.

[Matthew T]

"Uncle John From Jamaica" by the Vengaboys.

[Si Hunt]

Not forgetting "We're Going To Ibiza".

And it's forerunner, "Barbados" by Rustie Lee.

Si.

[Paul Monk]

"Copenhagen" Scott Walker
"Waterloo Sunset" The Kinks
"Muswell Hill Billies" The Kinks
"Magic America" Blur

[SiHart]

24 Hours from Tulsa by Gene Pitney
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips
London Town by Paul McCartney and Wings
London Loves by Blur

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

"London's Burning" is a Kirsty rarity.

"Queen of New Orleans" by Jon Bon Jovi.

and that well known number "Talking Italian" by Bananarama.

Si.

[Rob McCow]

"Talking Italian" by Bananarama.

Rubbish! That's not a country, that's a language they're referring to there. Or an Italian gentleman gifted with the power to express himself through speech.

Here's two with a theme:

"Moving to New York" by the Wombats.
"Leaving New York" by R.E.M.

Perhaps R.E.M. decided to move out when the Wombats arrived. :sigh

[Larry]

An Englishman in New York - Sting

Rio - Duran Duran

Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers

walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn

Night boat to Cairo - madness

Walking on the Moon - The Police

Loco In Acapulco - The Four Tops

Belfast Child - Simple Minds

Hotel California - The Eales

London Nights - The London Boys (yes very sad I know)

Waterloo - ABBA (suprised no one has mentioned that yet)

Vienna - Ultravox

Tahiti - David Essex

London Calling - The Clash

Fairytale Of New York - Pogues & Kirsty MacColl

Barcalona - Freddie Mercury

[Stephen Morgan]

Not forgetting "We're Going To Ibiza".

And it's forerunner, "Barbados" by Rustie Lee.

Si.

originally by Typically Tropical in 1975. That Rustie Lee thing is a travesty I tell you, a travesty.

[Jon Masters]

Leningrad and Great Wall of China by Billy Joel
All the Way to Memphis - Brian May
Caribbean Blue - Enya
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Jerusalem - by any old drunkard