On Friday, Rock Daily was so inspired by a visit from Tokio Hotel that we wondered what were the finest songs that incorporated the name of a city into the title. What we discovered was that the definitive winner was British, there are way too many songs about New York and a handful of readers think California is a city and that “Paradise City” is real (only in Axl’s mind, children). Check out the twenty biggest winners below, lead by the Clash’s signature anthem “London Calling.”
1. The Clash – “London Calling”
2. Kiss – “Detroit Rock City”
3. Billy Joel – “Allentown”
4. Randy Newman – “I Love L.A.”
5. Neil Young – “Philadelphia”
6. Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo”
7. Ryan Adams – “New York New York”
8. Bob Dylan – “Stuck Inside Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again”
9. LCD Soundsystem – “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”
10. Wilco – “Via Chicago”
11. U2 – “New York”
12. Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”
13. Bruce Springsteen – “Streets of Philadelphia”
14. David Bowie – “Panic in Detroit”
15. The Kinks – “Waterloo Sunset”
16. Johnny Cash – “Jackson”
17. Lou Reed – “Berlin”
18. Beastie Boys – “An Open Letter to NYC”
19. Stone Temple Pilots – “Atlanta”
20. R.E.M. – “Leaving New York”
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