History Main / LocationSong

* "All Is Found" from ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' is a lullaby that Iduna sings to her daughters- a song that was sang by the Northuldra characters. It is about a special river called Ahtohallan; the song's words begin by describing the magical glacier [[spoiler:, later discovered to be the source of Elsa's ice powers,]] and its location: ''"Where the north wind meets the sea, there's a river, full of memory."''
* "Atlantis" - Music/{{Donovan}} wrote a song about it. The song first describes the origins of the island and then praises it.
* "Big Rock Candy Mountain" - Harry [=McClintock=]'s song describes a wonderfully perfect dream land.

* "Capital City" - Fictional city in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', first appeared in the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E5DancinHomer "Dancin' Homer"]], where Music/TonyBennett sang an appropriate theme song about it, in itself a parody of the PepTalkSong "New York, New York".

* "(Can you tell me how to get to) Sesame Street?" - The theme song of ''Series/SesameStreet'', which essentially has children asking people how they can find this street.

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** "Anchorage", the SignatureSong of Michelle Shocked, relates a letter sent by a friend who has moved from New York to Anchorage and is trying to downplay her SmallTownBoredom.

* Music/TheBeatles' song "Back in the USSR" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' is about the titular character arriving back in Russia after a long plane flight and being happy to be there. It's a joke on both Music/ChuckBerry's "Back in the U.S." and Music/RayCharles' "Georgia on My Mind" (given the Soviet Union also featured a Georgia...). Since the fall of the Soviet Union the song has become quite surreal. Still, Music/PaulMcCartney still performs it, and the song inspired various headlines once he toured in Russia.

** The band's first single release and first major hit, "Sultans of Swing", is set in South London ("way on down south / way on down south, London town"). According to frontman/guitarist/songwriter Mark Knopfler, he wrote the song after stopping in a nearly empty dive bar in the South London neighbourhood of Deptford where a Dixieland jazz band was playing. At the end of the performance, the band's lead singer announced its name--Sultans of Swing.
** "Wild West End", which appears two tracks later, is a SliceOfLife song in which Knopfler spotlights the things that he sees as he wanders through Soho, Shaftesbury Avenue and Chinatown.

** '''Denver''' – Music/JackHarlow's third studio album, ''Jackman.'',[[note]] yes, the title actually includes the period[[/note]] includes a track titled "Denver". The lyrics only name-drop the city, saying that "I wrote that first verse in Denver", but its video depicts Harlow cruising past many well-known Denver locations.

* '''Oklahoma''' - The musical ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' has a TitleTrack about this state and the joys of living there.

** "San Franciscan Nights" by Music/TheAnimals is a bitter sweet song about the city, written as a protest song against US society at the time, addressing the fact that Native Americans have been neglected by the American Dream and PoliceBrutality is rampant.

* '''San José''' - The song "Do You Know The Way To San José?" by Music/BurtBacharach, made famous by Music/DionneWarwick, is about a native of San José who didn't make it in L.A. and thus returns to her hometown.

* '''St. Louis''' - Made famous by "St. Louis Blues", a jazz instrumental standard recorded by many among which Music/LouisArmstrong's rendition is the most famous.
* '''Sunset Boulevard''' - The musical ''Theatre/SunsetBoulevard'' has a TitleTrack about this location.

** Music/GeorgeStrait as several, including "Amarillo by Morning, "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind," and "Run" (encouraging his love to "leave Dallas in the dust"). Probably his most infamous, however, is "All My Exes Live in Texas," which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]].

* '''Vermont''' - The traditional "Moonlight in Vermont" and the Music/CaptainBeefheart song "Moonlight '''on''' Vermont" from ''Music/TroutMaskReplica''. The first song is a lovely ballad about the tranquility of the moon shining over the state, while the latter is a surreal AvantgardeMusic track.
* '''Virginia''' - The Music/FooFighters' "Arlandria", named after Music/DaveGrohl's childhood home.

** Music/DireStraits' "Wild West End" is a SliceOfLife song in which Mark Knopfler spotlights the things that he sees as he wanders through Soho, Shaftesbury Avenue and Chinatown.

** Music/OrigamiAngel: "Thank You, New Jersey" is dedicated to New Jersey. The singer admires the sunny weather and the carefree way the people there live.

* '''Manila''' - Hotdog, a 1970s OPM band, wrote a love letter to the eponymous city.

* Music/EthelCain's "A House In Nebraska," in which Ethel wistfully recalls spending time with her ex-lover Willoughby in the now abandoned house.

* Music/{{Grimes}}'s song "Artangels" is about Montreal, which she says is her favorite city in the world. Her album ''Halfaxa'' was also inspired by Halifax, Nova Scotia, with the title being a more feminine version of the city's name.

** '''Denver''' – Music/JackHarlow's third studio album, ''Jackman.'',[[note]] yes, the title actually includes the period[[/note]] includes a track titled "Denver". The lyrics only name-drops the city, saying that "I wrote that first verse in Denver", its video depicts Harlow cruising past many well-known Denver locations.

** Music/KatyPerry's "Waking Up in Vegas," about waking up to all of the weird stuff she did after getting drunk the night before, including possibly getting married to a friend.

** "Meet Me in Montana", a #1 country hit in 1985 for Dan Seals and Marie Osmond, about two lovers who pursue entertainment dreams but fail, deciding that their future is with one another in Montana.

* '''Edinburgh''': "The Auld Toon Shuffle" by Rod Paterson is a song about class divides in the city, giving brief sketches of typical Edinburgh characters, and dividing them into "the Auld Toon shuffle and the New Town stride".

For national anthems, which aren't always about locations, but sometimes more about the nation's founder or the people, see NationalAnthem.

** The traditionals "London Is Burning", "London Bridge Is Falling Down" and "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner". The first song is a canon song about the 1666 fire there.
** "The Streets of London" gives a few short descriptions of people not particularly needed, not really well-off in life. The chorus implies that seeing certain things in the streets of London could give anyone who complains about loneliness and gloom second thoughts.

* '''Glasgow''': "I Belong to Glasgow" by Will Fyffe is a music hall song about a man who is drunkenly proud of the city. "But when I get a couple o' drinks on a Saturday, Glasgow belongs to me!"

* '''Glasgow''': "I Belong to Glasgow" by Will Fyffe is a music hall song about a man who is drunkenly proud of the city. "But when I get a couple o' drinks on a Saturday,
Glasgow belongs to me!"

* "Our House" by Music/{{Madness}} from their album ''Music/TheRiseAndFall'' is a melancholic NostalgiaFilter song about childhood and living at their parents' house when they were young.

* '''New Delhi''': The song "New Delhi" by Music/{{Madness}} from ''Music/TheRiseAndFall'' features a man visiting the city and getting lost there in the wilderness when his car breaks down. Then it turns out to have been AllJustADream.

** Music/{{Train}}'s "Save Me San Francisco" about pining for the city after being away.

** '''Miami'''

** The Sir Douglas Quintet's "Mendocino" is about the narrator pleading for his girlfriend to stay with him in Mendocino instead of running off with a "fast-talkin' guy".

* The Boswell Sisters' "An Evening in Caroline" focuses on the scenery of South Carolina and the possibility of meeting "the sweetest sweetie".

* '''Florida''':

** In Vaughan Monroe's "Moon Over Miami" he asks the moon to provide some light for a romantic coastside walk with his girlfriend.

* '''Miami'''