This is a list of songs that are about different cities (mostly European cities). The songs included are direct homages to a city or a neighbourhood, bear the name of a city, or at least mention a city in the lyrics. The songs are from different times and represent different types of music. I have chosen them on the basis of my preference and not tried to include all the songs that I know are about cities. The list is not representative, because in case of some cities I have deliberately looked for more songs that are about them, whereas in case of others I have just written down what I know. These songs somewhat capture the character of that city for me, or just make me yearn for it when I am not there. The titles in bold are the ones that I like the most.
Amsterdam
Jacques Brel, Amsterdam
Athens
Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Αθήνα
Σοφία Βέμπο, Λόντρα, Παρίσι, Αθήνα
Μπελιντα, Το ταγκό της Αθήνας
Chico Buarque, Mulheres de Atenas
Apurimac feat. Έλλη Πασπαλά, Mi ultimo tango en Atenas
Belgrade
Zdravko Čolić, April u Beogradu
Berlin
Marlene Dietrich, Ich hab’ noch einen Koffer in Berlin
David Bowie, Heroes
Nina Hagen, Auf ‘m Bahnhof Zoo
Ton Steine Scherben, Rauch-Haus-Song
Peter Fox, Schwarz zu Blau
Von wegen Lisbeth, Hellersdorf
Bodrum
MFÖ, Bodrum Bodrum
Brussels
Dalida, Il pleut sur Bruxelles
Budapest
Dublin
Luke Kelly, On Raglan Road
Istanbul
Kâtibim (Üsküdar’a Gider İken)
Cem Karaca, İstanbul’u Dinliyorum
MFÖ, Bu Sabah Yağmur Var İstanbul’da
Müslüm Gürses, İstanbul’a Elveda
Marc Aryan, Istanbul
Levent Yüksel, İstanbul
Mirkelam, İstanbul’da
Safet Isović, U Stambolu na Bosforu
Izmir
Τσακιτζής / Çakıcı (İzmir’in Kavakları)
Jerusalem
שולי נתן ,ירושלים של זהב
Lisbon
Amália Rodrigues, Lisboa não sejas francesa
Amália Rodrigues, Ai Mouraria
Amália Rodrigues, L’automne de notre amour
Mariza, Transparente
London
Caetano Veloso, London London
Mardin
Seyfi Yerlikaya, Turnam Gidersen Mardin’e
Moscow
Муслим Магомаев, Лучший город земли
Татьяна и Сергей Никитины, Александра
Vennaskond, Õhtud Moskva lähistel
Munich
Nantes
Barbara, Nantes
Naples
Pino Daniele, Napule è
Paris
Josephine Baker, J’ai deux amours
Charles Trenet, Ménilmontant
Juliette Gréco, Il n’y a plus d’après
Léo Ferré, Le pont Mirabeau
Léo Ferré, Mon Sébasto
Léo Ferré, À Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Marianne Faithfull, Paris Bells
Jacques Dutronc, Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille
Rome
Antonello Venditti, Roma capoccia
Antonello Venditti, Roma Roma Roma
Antonello Venditti, Grazie Roma
Saint Petersburg
Billy Joel, Leningrad
Syracuse
Henri Salvador, Syracuse
Tallinn
Voldemar Kuslap, Rocca al Mare
Tbilisi
Thessaloniki
Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης, Θεσσαλονίκη μου
David Saltiel, El incendio de Salónica
Trieste
Teddy Reno, Trieste mia
Venice
Nilla Pizzi, Voga e va
Fred Buscaglione, Mia cara Venezia
Jacqueline Dulac, Venise sous la neige
Charles Aznavour, Que c’est triste Venise
Vienna
Draußen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder
Mein Herz, das ist ein Bilderbuch vom alten Wien
Georg Kreisler, Wien ohne Wiener
Georg Kreisler, Der Tod muss ein Wiener sein
Barbara, Vienne
Ultrafox, Vienna
Leonard Cohen, Take This Waltz
Warsaw
David Bowie, Warszawa
WOW!
Eine unglaubliche grosse Reise, unheimliche grosse Sammlung, eine sündhafte Album. Ich bin komplet neidisch! 🙂
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