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** "Just Blew in From the Windy City" from ''Film/CalamityJane'' lists various attractions while stating that in the singer's opinion they don't compare to South Dakota.

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** "Just Blew in From the "The Windy City" from ''Film/CalamityJane'' lists various attractions while stating and states that in the singer's Jane's opinion they don't compare to South Dakota.

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** "Just Blew in From the Windy City" from ''Film/CalamityJane'' lists various attractions while stating that in the singer's opinion they don't compare to South Dakota.



* '''South Dakota''' - The 1973 ProtestSong "We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee" by Redbone was inspired by the 1890 massacre of Native Americans in Wounded Knee by American soldiers and the American Indian Movement who, in 1973, occupied Wounded Knee for a couple of days, and brought international attention to this historic event.

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The 1973 ProtestSong "We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee" by Redbone was inspired by the 1890 massacre of Native Americans in Wounded Knee by American soldiers and the American Indian Movement who, in 1973, occupied Wounded Knee for a couple of days, and brought international attention to this historic event.event.
** "The Black Hills of Dakota" from ''Film/CalamityJane''.
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* "Wonderful Copenhagen" from the Creator/DannyKaye film ''Hans Christian Andersen'' refers to the titular city as the "salty old queen of the sea".

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* "Wonderful Copenhagen" from the Creator/DannyKaye film ''Hans Christian Andersen'' ''Film/HansChristianAndersen'' refers to the titular city as the "salty old queen of the sea".

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* '''Carolinas'''

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* '''Cleveland''' - The song "Cleveland Rocks" by Ian Hunter, later covered by Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica is considered an anthem in the city and is often heard on opening days for every major sport in Cleveland. The Presidents version was also known as the theme song for ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' which was set in Cleveland.

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The song "Cleveland Rocks" by Ian Hunter, later covered by Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica is considered an anthem in the city and is often heard on opening days for every major sport in Cleveland. The Presidents version was also known as the theme song for ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' which was set in Cleveland.



* '''Georgia''':

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* '''Georgia''':'''Georgia'''



* "Managua, Nicaragua" by Guy Lombardo, which is about the supposed exotic and laid-back nature of the town in question.

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* "Managua, Nicaragua" by Guy Lombardo, which Lombardo is about the supposed exotic and laid-back nature of the town in question.


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* "Wonderful Copenhagen" from the Creator/DannyKaye film ''Hans Christian Andersen'' refers to the titular city as the "salty old queen of the sea".
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* '''Zaire''' - A 1974 song, ''In Zaïre'' by Johnny Wakelin, from the time the country was still called Zaïre and the boxing match between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli and George Foreman was organized there. It was written specifically for and about the event.

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* '''Zaire''' - A 1974 song, ''In Zaïre'' by Johnny Wakelin, from the time the country was still called Zaïre and the boxing match between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli and George Foreman Foreman, later immortalized in the documentary ''Film/WhenWeWereKings'', was organized there. It was written specifically for and about the event.
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** "Whoever's in New England" by Music/RebaMcEntire.

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** "Whoever's in New England" by Music/RebaMcEntire.Music/RebaMcEntire, an AnswerSong to Music/BarryManilow.
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** 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 infmaous, however, is "All My Exes Live in Texas," which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]].

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

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** 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"), and, on a lighter note, dust"). Probably his most infmaous, however, is "All My Exes Live in Texas," which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like.]]like]].
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** "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" by George Strait. On a lighter note, he also has "All My Exes Live in Texas," which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like.]]

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** Music/GeorgeStrait as several, including "Amarillo by Morning, "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" by George Strait. On Mind," "Run" (encouraging his love to "leave Dallas in the dust"), and, on a lighter note, he also has "All My Exes Live in Texas," which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like.]]

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** ''Carrie & Lowell'', a ConceptAlbum by Music/SufjanStevens, is set in Oregon and features locations like Spencer Butte, Roseburg, Eugene, Tillamook State Park, Sea Lion Caves, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and The Dalles. The outtakes from the album further namedrop Wallowa Lake and the Rogue River.

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** ''Carrie & Lowell'', ''Music/CarrieAndLowell'', a ConceptAlbum by Music/SufjanStevens, is set in Oregon and features locations like Spencer Butte, Roseburg, Eugene, Tillamook State Park, Sea Lion Caves, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and The Dalles. The outtakes from the album further namedrop Wallowa Lake and the Rogue River.

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** Music/SufjanStevens made a 2005 ConceptAlbum about this state; his 2006 outtakes mixtape ''The Avalanche'' is also centered on Illinois locations like Springfield and Pittsfield.

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** Music/SufjanStevens made a 2005 ConceptAlbum [[Music/{{Illinois}} about this state; state]]; his 2006 outtakes mixtape ''The Avalanche'' is also centered on Illinois locations like Springfield and Pittsfield.
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** "Goodnight Vienna" is about the charm and romance of the city.
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"Moonlight Feels Right" is kind of obviously set in Maryland, if not Baltimore.

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* '''Maryland'''
** The 1976 debut single and by far biggest hit from the Atlanta band Starbuck, "Moonlight Feels Right", is obviously set in that state, with the singer telling his (presumed) date, "I'll take you on a trip beside the ocean/And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay", and noting that she "came to Baltimore from Ole Miss".
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Nanatsu no umi o koete iko! (Let's go beyond the seven seas!)\\

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Nanatsu no Nanatsuno umi o koete koeto iko! (Let's go beyond the seven seas!)\\
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Itutsu no tairiku mite mawaro! (Let's go around the five continents!)

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Itutsu no tairiku mite mawaro! (Let's go around the five continents!)continents!)''
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': [[https://youtu.be/yU26yt2fU0c One World]] is the only song on the [[ImageSong Nippon Judan 47 album]] to not have a connection to just Japan. Instead, it's Luffy singing about going on an adventure around the world.
--> ''[[GratuitousEnglish Around the world]]!\\
Nanatsu no umi o koete iko! (Let's go beyond the seven seas!)\\
Around the world!\\
Itutsu no tairiku mite mawaro! (Let's go around the five continents!)
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Nippon Judan 47 album of [[Image Song]]s is themed around the 47 prefectures of Japan (except One World, which we'll get to later), but how much the songs mention the prefectures they are associated with vary.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Nippon Judan 47 album of [[Image Song]]s {{Image Song}}s is themed around the 47 prefectures of Japan (except One World, which we'll get to later), but how much the songs mention the prefectures they are associated with vary.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Nippon Judan 47 album of [[Image Song]]s is themed around the 47 prefectures of Japan (except One World, which we'll get to later), but how much the songs mention the prefectures they are associated with vary.
** Meanwhile, [[https://youtu.be/UhDBwzBQOo4 Todoufuken Gen Ima Cruise]], sung by Luffy, Ace and Sabo's younger selves, is a ListSong about all the prefectures, with nods to the other songs on the album.
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* Music/SharonVanEtten's "Malibu" is about a less glamorous but more equal relationship, signified by the visual of two lovers driving through Malibu, California.


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* '''Tarifa''': Music/SharonVanEtten's "Tarifa", named for a beachside town in Spain, where the singer and her new lover have jettisoned off to. The singer is enthralled by this new relationship but is ignoring the external problems that will make it hard for them to be together in the real world. Thus she romanticizes Tarifa as emblematic as the perfect honeymoon phase of their relationship.
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* '''Goodnight Saigon''', from Music/BillyJoel's 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'', doesn't mention the city or even the country in its lyrics, but ''is'' clearly about the experiences of American soldiers in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.

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* '''Goodnight Saigon''', "Goodnight Saigon", from Music/BillyJoel's 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'', doesn't mention the city or even the country in its lyrics, but ''is'' clearly about the experiences of American soldiers in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
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"Goodnight Saigon" counts. While it doesn't mention Saigon or even Vietnam, it is about the Vietnam War.

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* '''Goodnight Saigon''', from Music/BillyJoel's 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'', doesn't mention the city or even the country in its lyrics, but ''is'' clearly about the experiences of American soldiers in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
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*** Harlow's second album, ''Come Home the Kids Miss You'', includes "Churchill Downs" (with Music/{{Drake}} as a featured artist), about the iconic UsefulNotes/{{horse|Racing}} track.
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** Music/TheClash have done both ''London's Burning'' and ''Music/LondonCalling''. "London's Burning" is about riots in the city, while "London Calling" is about a flood post-nuclear war there. "Guns Of Brixton", also from "London Calling", takes place in Brixton, in the outskirts of London, where a revolution is about to take place.

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** Music/TheClash have done both ''London's Burning'' "London's Burning" and ''Music/LondonCalling''."Music/LondonCalling". "London's Burning" is about riots in the city, while "London Calling" is about a flood post-nuclear war there. "Guns Of of Brixton", also from "London Calling", the album ''London Calling'', takes place in Brixton, in the outskirts of London, where a revolution is about to take place.



** “I live in Trafalgar Square” is a MusicHall comic standard sung in the persona of a homeless man who brags about how toffs envy his prestigious address (though he admits that “the beds ain’t as soft as they might be”).

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** “I live Live in Trafalgar Square” is a MusicHall comic standard sung in the persona of a homeless man who brags about how toffs envy his prestigious address (though he admits that “the beds ain’t as soft as they might be”).
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* The first half of "Tokyo" by Music/{{Thundercat}} starts off as an enthusiastic song about visiting the city, but takes a turn for the depressing in the second half to the point of even alluding to Aokigahara Forest.
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* '''Istanbul''' - The comedic song "Istanbul Not Constantinople" by The Four Lads, later covered by Music/TheyMightBeGiants on ''Music/{{Flood}}''. It describes how the city changed its name in the course of centuries.

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* '''Istanbul''' - The comedic song "Istanbul Not Constantinople" by The Four Lads, later covered by Music/TheyMightBeGiants on ''Music/{{Flood}}''.''Music/{{Flood|TheyMightBeGiants}}''. It describes how the city changed its name in the course of centuries.
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** John Hartford, who was a licensed river pilot in addition to being a prolific bluegrass, folk, and country singer-songwriter, wrote "Long Hot Summer Day" from the perspective of a barge worker on the Illinois River. The song specifically references two towns on that river, Pekin and Beardstown, plus Alton, an Illinois town on the Mississippi.
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** Music/BigRedMachine's "The Ghosts of Cincinnati" reminisces about Over-the-Rhine, a neighborhood in the city.

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Another LA example.


** Music/FaithHill's "Let's Go to Vegas," about running away to the city to impulsively get married. The song is full of puns about what Vegas is known for, including telling her lover they'll "take a gamble and say 'I do,'" that he's her "ace in the hole" while she's his "lady luck," and they should "bet on love and let it ride."

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** Music/FaithHill's "Let's Go to Vegas," Vegas", about running away to the city to impulsively get married. The song is full of puns about what Vegas is known for, including telling her lover they'll "take a gamble and say 'I do,'" do'", that he's her "ace in the hole" while she's his "lady luck," luck", and they should "bet on love and let it ride."



** "L.A., You Belong to Me" by Robert Jason, the theme song to the short-lived 1985 NBC detective series ''Half Nelson'', is basically an ode to the city.



** Music/VanHalen's "Chinatown" is about the eponymous L.A. neighbourhood.

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** Music/VanHalen's "Chinatown" is about the eponymous L.A. neighbourhood.neighborhood.



** Music/PamTillis has "Maybe it Was Memphis," a LoveNostalgiaSong for a fling she had there.

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** Music/PamTillis has "Maybe it Was Memphis," Memphis", a LoveNostalgiaSong for a fling she had there.
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** '''Louisville'''
*** "Baxter Avenue", from Jack Harlow's debut album ''Thats What They All Say'', takes its title from a Louisville street known for its nightlife. While it has a NonAppearingTitle, it basically tells the story of Harlow's Louisville upbringing. %% The title of the album has NO APOSTROPHE.
*** "Eight More Miles to Louisville", written and originally recorded by Grandpa Jones, is sung from the viewpoint of a man looking forward to meeting his girlfriend in Louisville.
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** Music/TheMonkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday" takes its name from Pleasant Valley Way, the West Orange, NJ street where the song's writers Gerry Goffin and Music/CaroleKing lived at the time.

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** Music/TheMonkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday" takes its name from Pleasant Valley Way, the a major road in West Orange, NJ street NJ, where the song's writers Gerry Goffin and Music/CaroleKing lived at the time.

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