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Where the name of the song namechecks a particular location on Earth.
Sometimes a city or state's ambience helps set the mood of a song. Sometimes a particular location reminds the storyteller of a certain someone.
Or sometimes you just want to get a raucous audience reaction when you sing about their home, in a really exclusive form of Niche Marketing.
Whatever the reason, putting the name of a city, county, state or province in a song title is a popular trope among musicians, especially country artists.
Not to be confused with Regional Riff, where a style of song typical of the area is used to help convey the specificness of the location.
NOTE: The actual name of the place must be used to qualify for this trope. Nicknames (such as "Jet City Woman") or demonymic adjectives ("American Idiot") don't count.
Examples:
(As the list grows, it should be sorted by location into folders, as a few of the locations - like New York, Los Angeles/Hollywood, Texas, Paris or London - are extremely popular for titles)
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