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This is a list of songs about
Chicago .
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B
"Back Down On State Street" –
Ben Sidran
"Back One Day" - TheFatRat & NEFFEX
"Back Streets of Lombard" – Ground Zero
"Back to Chicago" –
Styx , from
Edge of the Century , 1990
"
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown " –
Jim Croce
"The Ballad Of Jesse James" - various versions - see
Jesse James (folk song)
"Bamako Chicago Express" -
Don Moye
"Baseball Dreams" –
Ralph's World
"Battle of Chicago" – Berkshire Seven
"Bear Down Chicago Bears" -
John Frigo
"The Belle of Chicago", 1892 – composer:
John Philip Sousa
"The Belle of Chicago Barn Dance" – composer: Theo. Bonheur
"The Belle of
Lincoln Park " – composer & lyricist: Geo. Maywood
"Best Wishes to your Black Lung" –
Less Than Jake
"
Big Bill the Builder " (mayor), 1928 – composers & lyricists: Milton Weil, Bernie Grossman & Larry Shay
"The Big Brass Band from Brazil" by
Art Mooney & His Orchestra
"The Big Unit" – The Mountain Goats
"Big Windy City" -
Troy Shondell
"The Billiken Man", 1909 – composer: Melville J. Gideon; lyricist: E. Ray Goetz; sung by Blanche Ring
"Black Sox Two Step (Noir Chaussette's Two Step)" – Sidney Brown
"Blank" - Disfigured
"Bloody Canvas", 2021 –
Polo G
"Blowin' in from Chicago", 2005 – composer: Hank Hirsh; Six Perfections Music; Around and Back
"Blue Line" –
Local H
"Blues for the South Side" –
Ronnie Earl
"Blues for the West Side" –
Eddie Shaw
"Boo’d Up" - Ella Mai
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" -
Andrews Sisters
"Boost Chicago" – composer: Armin P. Bauer
"
Born in Chicago " –
Paul Butterfield 1965, blues
"Born in Illinois (in a place they call Chicago)" - Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley
"Bow to the Masta", 1999 –
Kool Keith
"Boy Reporter Blues, Dedicated to Horace Wade – Boy Reporter of the Chicago Evening American", 1924 – composers: Dell Lampe & J. Bodewalt Lampe; lyricist: Haven Gillespie
"Break Down on Lake Shore Drive" –
The Black Dog
"Bryn Mawr Stomp" –
Local H
"Bucktown Stomp" –
Johnny Dodds ' Washboard Six
"
The Burning Iroquois " (theater), 1904 – composer: Edward Stanley; lyricist: Mathew Goodwin
"The Burning of the Iroquois", 1904 – composer: Thos. R. Confare; lyricist: Morris S. Silver
"Burn It All Down" - PRVIS
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"Calling Me Home, Chicago", 1985 – composer:
Paul David Wilson
"Carry On" - Anna Tsuchiya
"Casimir Pulaski Day" –
Sufjan Stevens
"Calling" - Metro Boomin x Nav x A Boogie with Swae
"Calling Me" - Ooyy
"Caliente" - Farruko, Darell, (Mr Canovas Techno Remix)
"Can’t Get Enough" - Big Time Rush
"Cha Cha Chicago" –
Kai Winding
"Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago" –
Nellie Lutcher
"Chi'-Ca'-Go'" - Johnny Ross
"Chi-City" –
Common , featuring
Kanye West , from
Be , 2005
"Chi-City Boogie" - Ricardo Miranda
"Chi-Town" - Jing Chi
"The Chi-Town Boogie" - Casey Jones
"Chi-Town Hustler" –
Eddie Floyd
"Chi-Town Theme" –
Cleveland Eaton
"Chi-Town" –
The Cribs
"Chi-Town" –
Da Brat
"Chi-Town" –
Jerry Butler
"Chi-Town Affair" - DJ Phats
"The Chi-Town Nightlife" –
Paul Johnson
"Chicago" –
ABC
"Chicago" –
Roy Ayers
"Chicago" –
Big D and the Kids Table
"Chicago" – Birdpaula
"Chicago" –
Bis
"Chicago" –
Capital STEEZ produced by
MF DOOM
"Chicago" -
Clueso
"Chicago" - Colour Club
"Chicago" -
David Morales presents the Red Zone Project
"Chicago" –
Kiki Dee
"Chicago" – Dynastie Crisis
"Chicago" –
The Doobie Brothers
"Chicago" –
Enuff Z'nuff
"Chicago" –
Flipturn
"Chicago" –
Frédéric François
"Chicago" - Gabry Fasano (Italian electronic music dance producer/dj)
"Chicago" – Gemini One
"Chicago" –
Groove Armada
"Chicago" –
Hieroglyphics
"Chicago" –
Ingram Hill
"
Chicago " –
Michael Jackson 2014
"Chicago" –
Alexz Johnson
"Chicago –
Ivan Kuchin
"Chicago" - music by
Lew Pollack ; lyrics by
Sidney Clare
"Chicago" –
Luther Allison
"Chicago" –
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Chicago" – The Masterbuilders
"Chicago" –
Mat Kearney
"Chicago" - Otis Pierce
"Chicago" –
Ted Mulry
"
Chicago (We Can Change the World) " –
Graham Nash 1971, (about the 1968 Convention)
"Chicago" –
Des O'Connor
"Chicago" –
Portugal. The Man
"Chicago" –
The Purple Hearts
"Chicago" –
Django Reinhardt
"Chicago" – Revolutionary Ensemble
"Chicago" –
Lucy Wainwright Roche
"Chicago" –
Rodgers & Hart
"Chicago" –
Alexander Rosenbaum
"Chicago..." –
Screeching Weasel
"Chicago" –
Shawnna
"Chicago" – Simoncino
"
Chicago " –
Sufjan Stevens
”Chicago” -
Louis Tomlinson
"Chicago" –
The Tossers
"Chicago" –
The Uglysuit
"Chicago" –
Kate Voegele
"Chicago" –
Tom Waits
"Chicago" –
Sean Watkins
"Chicago" –
Andre Williams
"Chicago - 1926" -
Nanette Workman
"Chicago 60616" -
Kenny and the Kasuals
"Chicago A"/"Chicago B" –
Tirez Tirez
"Chicago After Dark" –
Chicago
"Chicago Afterwhile" by Country Soul Revue featuring
Dan Penn
"Chicago Allstars Boogie" –
Willie Dixon & The Chicago Allstars
"Chicago at Night" –
Spoon
"Chicago Blues", 1946 – composers:
Arthur Crudup ,
Ransom Knowling , Judge Riley
"Chicago Blues" –
Dion DiMucci
"Chicago Blues" –
Fletcher Henderson
"Chicago Blues" –
Bill Snyder
"Chicago Blues" -
Jim Peterik
"Chicago Blues" -
Oscar Peterson
"The Chicago Blues" – Sally Roberts
"Chicago Boogie" - Four Blazes
"Chicago Bop Stepping" –
The Clayton Brothers
"Chicago Bound Blues", 1923 – composer & lyricist:
Lovie Austin
"Chicago Bound Blues" –
Bessie Smith
"Chicago Bound" –
Canned Heat
"Chicago Bound" –
Jimmy Rogers
"Chicago Boxcar" -
Fabulous Poodles
"Chicago Breakdown" –
Gene Ammons
"Chicago Breakdown" –
Big Maceo Merriweather
"Chicago Breakdown" –
Doctor Ross
"Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)" –
Salsoul Orchestra
"Chicago Buzz" –
Junie Cobb
"Chicago By Night" -
Orlando Voorn
"Chicago Calling" –
Cyril Davies
"Chicago, Chicago" –
Lord Invader
"Chicago, Chicago" - Teddy Phillips and His Orchestra featuring
Colleen Lovett
"Chicago City" –
George "Harmonica" Smith
"Chicago City" - The Monarchs
"Chicago Concerto" -
Bill Snyder
"The Chicago Conspiracy" –
David Peel
"Chicago Cottage" –
The Mirage
"The Chicago Cyclist March", 1896 – composer: Hans Liné
"Chicago, Damn" –
Bobbi Humphrey
"Chicago Dancin' Girls" - Curtis Potter
"Chicago Disco" –
Major Lance
"Chicago Emerald City" –
Dave Angel
"The Chicago Express (March Two-Step)", 1905 – composer: Percy Wenrich
"Chicago Fanphair '93" –
Local H
"Chicago Flyer" –
Meade Lux Lewis
"Chicago Fog Lift" - Chunky, Novi & Ernie (featuring
Lauren Wood )
"Chicago Function" –
Sidney Bechet
"Chicago Girl" –
Roger Whittaker
"The Chicago Girls' March or Two-Step Dance", 1895 – composer: J. W. Tate
"Chicago, Glad To Be Back Home" -
Louisiana Red
"The Chicago Glide" – composer: Prof. Joseph Gearen
"Chicago Green" –
The Surfaris
"Chicago Heights" -
Roy Davis Jr.
"Chicago Here I Come" –
Willie Dixon &
Johnny Winter
"Chicago High Life" –
Earl Hines
"Chicago Hope" - Southampton Ltd (an alias of techno producer Thomas Schumacher)
"The Chicago Hussar's Quickstep", 1892 – composer: A. H. Rintelman
"The Chicago Hustle" -
Evelyn Thomas
"Chicago, Illinois" - Ben Verdery
"Chicago, Illinois" -
Bobby Short
"Chicago, Illinois" - from the film
Victor/Victoria , performed by
Lesley Ann Warren , written by
Leslie Bricusse and
Henry Mancini
"Chicago Institute" –
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Chicago Is Alive" – Dicken (of
Mr Big )
"Chicago Is Just That Way" –
Eddie Boyd
"Chicago Is Large" –
Nazgul
"Chicago Is Loaded With The Blues" - Chicago Blues Allstars/
Willie Dixon
"Chicago Is My Home" –
Pierre Lacocque ; sung by
Lurrie Bell , from album Hattiesburg Blues ;
Mississippi Heat
"Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" –
Fall Out Boy from album
Take This To Your Grave 2003
"Chicago in Mind" –
Albert Ammons
"Chicago Jackmaster" - K-Alexi
"Chicago Light Green" -
Jimmy Owens (musician)
"Chicago Line" -
John Mayall
"Chicago Man" –
Eddie Shaw
"The Chicago March", 1909 – composer: Henry S. Sawyer
"Chicago Melody" -
Axel Zwingenberger
"Chicago Meltdown" - Impakt
"Chicago Mess Around" -
Lovie Austin 's Blues Serenaders
"Chicago, Mon Amour" –
Made in Sweden
"Chicago Monkey-Man Blues" –
Rosa Henderson
"Chicago Morning" –
Chris Rea
"Chicago My Home Town" –
Barry Goldberg
"Chicago, My Home Town" – composer & lyricist: Paul S. Hargrow
"Chicago, New York" –
The Aislers Set
"Chicago North Western" –
Juicy Lucy
"Chicago, Now!" –
The Fall
"Chicago on My Mind" –
Albert Ammons
"Chicago on My Mind" –
Jimmy Dawkins
"Chicago Party Theme" - Jesus Wayne
"Chicago Post March", 1896 – composer: Ellis Brooks
"Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois" – composer & lyricist: Laura Aborn
"Chicago Rhythm" - Chicago Stompers
"Chicago River Blues" -
Hayden Thompson
"Chicago Rockets" - Bourbon Street Barons
"Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night" –
The Hold Steady
"Chicago, Send Her Home" - Willie Hightower
"Chicago Serenade" –
Eddie Harris
"Chicago Sidewalk" –
Arthur Adams
"Chicago Slam" - K-Alexi
"Chicago Slide" –
Victoria Spivey
"Chicago Song" –
David Sanborn
"Chicago Southside" - CZR (house record)
"Chicago Stomp" -
Pinetop Perkins
"Chicago Stomp Down" –
Duke Ellington
"Chicago Stomps" –
Jimmy Blythe
"The Chicago Story" - Jimmy Snyder
"Chicago Style" -
Dave Specter
"Chicago Style" - (from
Road to Bali )
"Chicago Surf" - Surf Teens
"
Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) ", 1922 – composer & lyricist:
Fred Fisher ; popularized by
Frank Sinatra
"Chicago, the City of Today" – composer: Bill Snyder; lyricist: Ann Marsters
"Chicago, the Gem on the Shore", 1923 – composer & lyricist: J. A. Johnson
"Chicago, the Most Beautiful City" – composer & lyricist: Frank Padula
"The Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" –
Hubert Laws
"Chicago Tickle" -
Harry Tierney
"Chicago Trane Blues" - Toby Ben
"The Chicago Tribune Centennial March", 1947 – composer: Robert Trendler; lyricist: Jack La Frandre
"Chicago Tribune March", 1893 – composer:
W. Paris Chambers
"Chicago Trip" - The Mackenzie
"Chicago Twist" –
Werner Baumgart
"The Chicago Two-Step" – composer: J. P. Brooks
"Chicago Wind" –
Merle Haggard
"Chicago Woman" - The Oxfords
"Chicago Woman" - Sonny Turner & Sound Limited
"Chicago Women" -
Willie James Lyons
"Chicago x 12" –
Rogue Wave
"Chicago's Finest" –
Emmure
"Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero'" (
U. S. Grant ) 1891 – composer & lyricist: W. C. Robey
"Chicago's Queen" –
Baron Longfellow
"Chicagoland," 2014 –
Magic Man
"Chicagoland Twirl Polka" –
Frankie Yankovic
"Christmas in Chicago" –
Marilyn Scott
"Chronically Cautious" - Braden Bales
"
City in a Garden " –
Fall Out Boy
"City Lights" –
Lucky Boys Confusion
"City of CHI" –
Juice
"The City of Chicago" –
Luka Bloom ,
Christy Moore
"City of Promise. 1934
Century of Progress Song" – composer: Jos. Snabl-Antes; lyricist (Czech text): Vasek Niederle; lyricist (English translation): Libushka Bartusek
"Clark Street" –
Elmer Bernstein
"Clean Up Chicago" -
Josef Myrow and
Mack Gordon
"Closer to Our Graves" –
Lucky Boys Confusion
"Cold" - Nightcore (Maroon 5 ft. Future)
"Cold and Windy Night" –
The Fantastic Four
"Cold Chicago" – Humming House
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"Cold Chicago Wind" - Jack Bonus
"Cold Chicago Winds" - Country Boys (featuring the
Willis Brothers )
"Cold Windy City of Chicago" –
Boxcar Willie
"Columbia Fair (Grand March)" – composer: Theodore Moelling
"Columbian Guards March – The Musical Hit of the World's Fair", 1892 – composer & lyricist: T. P. Brooke
"Columbus Fair (Grand March)" – composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
"Come On! Feel the Illinoise! –
Sufjan Stevens
"Come to Chicago" – composer: Dorothy Giffey; lyricist: James Andrichen
"Coming from Chicago' – Angelo D'Onorio
"Conover March" (dedicated to the officials of the World's Columbian Exposition) 1893 – composer: Ion Arnold
"Con–" –
Frode Gjerstad Trio With
Steve Swell
"Control" - Unknown Brain x Rival
"Cook County Jail" – Tom Edwards Country Four
"The Corner" –
Common , featuring
Kanye West , from
Be , 2005
"The Count On Rush Street" -
Shelly Manne Septet, 1951 - composer:
Bill Russo
"Crook County" –
Twista , from
Mobstability , 1998
"Cubs in Five" –
The Mountain Goats
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"Fair Women of Chicago Waltzes", 1893 – composer: Theo. H. Northrup
"Far, Far Away" –
Wilco
"Ferris Wheel March", 1893 – composer: Geo. Maywood
"Ferris Wheel Waltz", 1893 – composer: G. Valisi; lyricist: Harry C. Clyde
"First Steps", 1993 – composer: Tommy Stinson, from Bash & Pop
"Fly Away" - TheFatRat
"Food from Chicago" – Lord Christo
"The Forest of Love and Romance, Theme song of the Black Forest Village, A Century of Progress Chicago", 1933 – composer: Ernie Kratzinger; lyricist: Charles Kallen
"Forty-Seventh and State" –
Bud Freeman
"From Chicago to the Sky" – Seventh Avenue
"From Chicago with Love" –
Harlan Howard
"From London to Chicago" - Wild Bob Burgos (from
Matchbox (band) ) & The Dreadnoughts
"Full Moon" –
Common
"Funeral March in Memoriam,
Carter H. Harrison , Mayor of Chicago", 1893, composer: W. Herbert Layon
"Funk, Chicago Style" -
Dick Hyman
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"Get Busy" –
Mr. Lee
"The Girl from Chicago" –
Benny Bell
"Git On Up" –
Fast Eddie and Sundance
"Go Cubs Go" –
Steve Goodman
"Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine." – composer & lyricist: Clitus M. Wickens
"Go Go Gadget Flow" –
Lupe Fiasco , from
Lupe Fiasco's The Cool , 2007
"GO" – Ofycial & Wade White Owl, featuring Papi
"Goin' Back to Chicago" – Chet Oliver
"Goin' Back to Chicago" – Smokey Hogg
"Goin' to Chicago Blues", 1939 – composer:
Count Basie Orchestra ,
Lou Rawls
"Goin' to Chicago" – traditional; recorded by
Mike Westbrook
"Golden Ring" –
Tammy Wynette &
George Jones
"Gone To Chicago" -
The Pied Pipers
"Goodbye to Guyville" –
Urge Overkill
"Goodnight Chicago" –
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
"Got To Leave Chi-Town" - Chicago Blues A Living History
"Grand Exposition March" – composer: Louis Falk
"Grand Terrace Ballroom" -
Albert Nicholas ,
Herb Flemming ,
Nelson Williams ,
Benny Waters ,
Joe Turner (jazz pianist)
"Grand Terrace Rhythm" –
Bob Crosby
"Great Big Friendly Town Chicago" – Dora Hall
"Greater Chicago March" – composer: Jacob Valentine Havener; lyricist: Agner Clark Winkler
"Green Mill Garden Blues", 1920 – composer: unknown (88 key piano roll)
"Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833–Chicago–1933" – composer & lyricist: George D. Gaw; transcriber & arranger: Frank Barden
"Growing Up" –
Fall Out Boy , from
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend , 2003
"Guren no Yumiya" - NateWantsToBattle
"A Guided Tour of Chicago" –
The Lawrence Arms , 1999
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"Hail Chicago (March)", 1933 – composer: Stanley Kay; lyricist: A. Seaborg
"Hail to Thee, Chicago" – composer: John E. King; lyricist: Estella A. Johnson-Hunt
"Hail, Chicago, Hail", 1949 – composer and lyricist: Lesley Kirk
"Hail, Chicago! Official Song of the Pageant of Progress", 1921 – composer: Bob Allen; lyricist: Ted Turnquist
"Hands Open"–
Snow Patrol
"Happy Summertime" –
R. Kelly , featuring
Snoop Dogg , from
TP.3 Reloaded , 2005
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
"Harlem Avenue" by
Red Callender
"Hastings Street" –
Blind Blake
"The Hat He Never Ate" – composer: Ben Harney; lyricist: Howard S. Taylor
"Hello Chicago Fox-Trot", 1933 – composer: Anthony Misuraca; lyricist: Joseph Argento
"Hello Chicago" – Topher Jones & Amada, featuring Ido vs. The World
"Help Me Out" - Maroon 5 and Julia Micheals
"Highway 55" –
The O'Kanes
"Hitch Hike" –
The Rolling Stones , from
Out Of Our Heads , 1965; originally by
Marvin Gaye
"Hold Me Closer" - Elton John and
Britney Spears
"Home" –
Kanye West
"Home In Chicago" - Dave Riley And
Bob Corritore
"
Homecoming " –
Kanye West , featuring
Chris Martin from
Graduation , 2008 (charted at #9 on UK Singles, music video features the bean sculpture in Millennium Park)
"Homesick at Spacecamp" –
Fall Out Boy from
Take This To Your Grave , 2003
"Hometown Chicago" -
John Parricelli And
Stan Sulzmann
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"I-94" - Jules Blattner
"(I've Got the) Old Chicago Blues" – Bob Gentile
"I Am Proud of Chicago" – composer & lyricist: Ben Schwartzberg
"I Came Home" –
Rhymefest
"I Dream of Chicago" –
Parlours
"I Got a Mind to Go to Chicago" – Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band
"I Got the Chicago Blues" –
Jim Peterik
“I Hate Chicago” -
Laura Jane Grace
"I Left My Mind In Chicago" -
Abu Talib (musician)
"I Love Chicago" -
Little Mike and the Tornadoes
"I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)" –
Taffy
"I Might Need Security" –
Chance The Rapper
"I Murdered Them In Chicago' - from
Glad To See You
"Ignition" - Brian Tuey
"I Smell Chicago" by
Catfish Hodge
"
I Used to Work in Chicago . I Did But I Don't Anymore", 1944 – composers & lyricists: Larry Vincent &
Sunny Skylar
"(I Want To Go To) Chicago" - R.T. & The Rockmen Unlimited
"I Was Having A Hard Time In Chicago" - Mike Martin
"I–94" – Jules Blattner
"I'll Meet You in Chicago (at the Fair)", 1928 – composers & lyricists: Charlie Harrison & Fred Rose
"
I'm a Ramblin' Man " –
Waylon Jennings
"I'm Dying Tomorrow" –
Alkaline Trio
"I'm from Chicago", 1917 – composer:
Leo Edwards ; lyricist:
Blanche Merrill
"I'm Going Right Back to Chicago" (Coon Song) 1906 – composer: Egbert Van Alstyne; lyricist: Harry Williams
"I'm Strong for Chicago" (University of Chicago Songbook) composer unknown,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfb8Q-569q8
"Immortals" - Fall Out Boy
"I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers" –
Fall Out Boy , from
Infinity on High , 2007
"I've Got To Leave Chi-Town" -
Carey Bell &
Lurrie Bell
"In 1933 (Where Will You Be)" – composer & lyricist: Art Kassel; arranger: Charles Adams
"In Cairo Street: A Characteristic Fantasie for Piano", 1893 – composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
"In Chicago" – composer & lyricist: Olive Jeane
"
In Old Chicago ", 1937 – composers & lyricists: Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
"In Tha Chi" –
Shawnna , featuring
Syleena Johnson , from
Block Music , 2006
"
In the Ghetto "–
Elvis Presley (International number one pop song in 1969)
"In the Kitchen –
Umphrey's McGee from
Anchor Drops , 2004, progressive rock
"Inner Circles of Chicago" – Rodger Wilhoit
"Into the Chicago Abyss" – Southall Riot
"Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" –
Soul Coughing
"Is There Someone Else?" - The Weekend
"It's a Cold Winter" –
Frankie Knuckles , Chicago house
"It's a Way They Have in Chicago" (from Sinbad) 1896 – composer: Gustav Lüders; lyricist: M.E. Rourke
"It's a Way They Have in Chicago" (from the Royal Chef) 1904 – composer: Ben M. Jerome; lyricists: Geo. E. Stoddard & Chas. S. Taylor
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"Jackson Park El Train" by
Harold Mabern Trio
"Jackson Park Express" –
"Weird Al" Yankovic
"January Rain” - PRVIS
"Jazz Music" –
Gang Starr (a different song to the group's more famous "Jazz Thing")
"Jazz Thing" –
Gang Starr
"Jesus Just Left Chicago" –
ZZ Top
"Joe Chicago" –
Big Walter Horton
"Joe Murphy's Farewell To Chicago" – Old Rope String Band
"Jolly Bears, To Those on the Board of Trade of Chicago. Polka Humoristic", 1880 – composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
"Jumpin' in the Pump Room" -
John Kirby (musician) and his Orchestra
"Just Blew in from the Windy City" –
Doris Day , 1953
"Just for Money" –
Paul Hardcastle
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"Last Night" - Morgan Wallen
"
Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox " –
Walter Jagiello
"Left & Right" -
Charlie Puth and Jong Kook
"L.A., Goodbye" –
The Ides of March
"Lady From Chicago" - Neal Sharpe
"Lake Effect Kid" (demo song) –
Fall Out Boy , from
Welcome to the New Administration , 2008
"Lake Michigan" –
Rogue Wave , 2007
"
Lake Shore Drive " –
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah , 1971
"Lake Shore Drive" –
Art Porter Jr.
"Lake Shore Drive" – E-Smoove (
Eric Miller )
"Lake Shore Drive" –
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
"Lake Shore Drive" –
The Innocence Mission
"Lake Shore Drive" –
Theo Parrish
"Lake Shore Drive Boogie" –
Lefty Dizz
"Lake Shore Drive (Chicago Concerto)" -
101 Strings
"Lake Shore Drive (Slight Return)" –
Harris Newman
"Lake Shore Driving" –
Duran Duran 1988
"Lakefront Blues" -
Dan Burley And His Skiffle Boys
"Lakeshore Cowboy" –
Ramsey Lewis
"The Last Day of the Fair", 1893 – composer: Frank Swain
"Lawndale Blues" -
Eddie Taylor Blues Band
"LAX to O'Hare" –
The Academy Is...
"Leader of the Band" –
Dan Fogelberg (from Peoria)
"Leavin' Chicago, A.M.F." –
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
"Leaving Chicago" –
Knockout
"Lido Shuffle" –
Boz Scaggs
"Lifelong" - Anno Domini Beats
"Lift Every Voice (Take Me Away)" - Mass Order
"Lift Me Up - Rihanna
"Light it Up - Robin Hustin x TobiMorrow
"Lincoln Park Pirates" –
Steve Goodman
"Lily" - Alan Walker, K-391 & Emelie Hollow
"Little Joe from Chicago", 1930 – composers:
Mary Lou Williams , Henry Wells
"Living in Chicago" –
The Bee Gees
"Lobster And Scrimp" -
Timbaland featuring
Jay-Z
"Logan Square" - –
Jimmy McPartland And
Art Hodes
"London House" –
Billy Walker
"Long Line To Chicago" - Larry Hosford
"Love to Die" - Slashstreet Boys
"Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats", 1926 – composer:
Jimmy Blythe
"Lost" - Maroon 5
"Lost Again" - Kings Elliot
"La Vida Es Una - Karol G
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"Mama Chicago" –
Bonnie Koloc
"Mama Chicago" –
Mike Westbrook
"The Man from the South with a Big Cigar in his Mouth", 1930 – composers & lyricists:
Rube Bloom &
Harry M. Woods
"The March Maroon,
University of Chicago March and Two-Step", 1906 – composer: Harry Turner
"Marching on to Chicago", 1933 – composers & lyricists: Richard Daly, Thomas Parmiter & Clitus Wickens
"Maxwell Street" –
Chris Rea
"Maxwell Street Boogie" -
Rob Hoeke
"Maxwell Street Shuffle" –
Barry Goldberg
"Mayday" - TheFatRat
"Me and My Broken Heart - Rixton
"Mean Old Chicago" -
Bob Margolin
"Mecca Flat Blues", 1924 – composer:
Jimmy Blythe ; lyricists: Jimmy Blythe & Priscilla Stewart
"Meet Me in Chicago" –
Jimmy McPartland And
Art Hodes
"Meet Me in Chicago" – Mat Kearney,
Buddy Guy from
Rhythm & Blues
"Melancholium" - Aksil Beats
"Memphis-Chicago Blues" – Julio Finn Band (featuring
Memphis Slim )
"Mercy Me" –
Alkaline Trio
"Miracle" - Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding
"Miss Chicago (The Great 'Pageant' Song)", 1921 – composer:
Edmund Braham ; lyricist: W.S. Greelish
"Moon River" - Jacob Collier
"Monody" - TheFatRat
"
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow " –
Brian Wilson
"The Motto" - Tiësto & Ava Max
"Muddy Waters (Little Walter/Lakeshore Theme/Willie D./Otis/Whisper From Theresa's/Walkin' Up Halsted)" – Glen Hall &
Gil Evans
"Must Have Been The Wind" -
Alec Benjamin
"
My Kind of Town " – Frank Sinatra, 1964 (nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song)
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"New West Side Stroll" -
Dave Specter
"New York/Chicago" - Mark Imperial
"New York and Chicago" - music by
Albert Von Tilzer ; lyrics by Junie McCree
"New York - London - Paris - Chicago" - Soup
"New York To Chicago" -
Chubby Jackson
"New York City" - Chainsmokers
"
The Night Chicago Died " –
Paper Lace (Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in 1974)
"Night In Chicago" - Reeds
"North to Chicago" –
Hank Snow
"Northside Cadillac" -
James Cotton
"Northwest 222" –
Harry Chapin
"Nothing Beats Chicago/Ocean is Different" – from the musical
Marie Christine
"Nothing is Lost" - The Weekend
"Nowhere Fast" - Laurie Sargent
"Never Forget You" - Zara Larsson
O
"Ode for the opening of the World's Fair. Held at Chicago, 1892" – composer: C. W. Chadwick; lyricist: Harriet Monroe
"Oh City of a Century" – composer: Eleanor Everest Freer
"Oh, Yes! Oh, Yes! Oh, Yes! Oh, Yes! The Dancing Girls will give a Show before they Start for Chicago!" from
Little Christopher Columbus
"Oh You Chicago, Oh You New York", 1910 – composer:
Albert Von Tilzer ; lyricists: Junie McCree &
Sydney Rosenfeld
"The Oldest Living Groupie in Chicago" –
Doug Ashdown
"On a Freezing Chicago Street" –
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
"On the Midway, or the Jolly Bum, Bum", 1893 – composer & lyricist: Louis Ortenstein
"On and On" by Cartoon (feat. Daniel Levi)
"On the South Side of Chicago" –
Vic Damone ,
Freddy Cole
"One Way Ride (To Chicago)" –
Lois Johnson
"Only in Chicago" –
Barry Manilow
"The Original Chicago Blues", 1915 – composer: James White
"The Osmosis Suite - Chicago Indian" -
System 7 (band)
"Our Chicago" (U of C), 1926 – composer & lyricist: Norman Reid
"Out Running Karma" - Alec Benjamin
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"San Francisco" –
Alkaline Trio
"Saturn" - SZA
"Saying Goodbye" –
Every Avenue
"The Seer's Tower" –
Sufjan Stevens
"She Shook Him in Chicago" – (Madame Sherry 1909) – composer: Karl L. Hoschna; lyricist:
Otto Hauerbach
"She Was Hot" –
Rolling Stones
"She Was in Chicago" –
John Lee Hooker
"She'd Never Leave Chicago" –
McKendree Spring
"The Sheik of Chicago (Mustafa)", 1960 – adaptor & lyricist: Bob Merrill; recorded by the Four Lads and Archie Bleyer
"The (Shipped) Gold Standard" –
Fall Out Boy from
Folie a Deux , 2008
"Shooting Stars" - Bag Raiders
"Showtime in Chicago" –
Joe Jackson
"Shy-Town" –
Gorillaz
"Si Volvieras a Mi" - Josh Groban
"Sidewalks of Chicago" –
Merle Haggard
"Side by Side" - Sofia Wylie
"Silent Night/7 O' Clock News" –
Simon & Garfunkel
"Silver City" –
Hey Champ
"Simple Man" by
Wale
"Slow Down Chicago" –
Canasta
"Snakeheads" –
The Mountain Goats
"Snooze" - SZA
"Snow but Faster" - Rock Guitare
"So Long Toots" – Cherry Poppin' Daddies from
Soul Caddy
"So Long Sentiment" - Celldweller
"
Something from Nothing " –
Foo Fighters , 2014
"Somewhere in Chicago" –
Arnold McCuller
"Somewhere on Fullerton" –
Allister
"Sounds at the Archway" –
Eddie Harris
"Sounds of West Side Chicago" –
Jimmy Dawkins &
Hip Linkchain
"South Shore Drive" -
Bernard Allison
"South Shore Drive" -
Noble "Thin Man" Watts
"
South Side " –
Moby , featuring
Gwen Stefani , 2001 (#14 on Billboard Hot 100)
"South Side Irish" –
Arranmore
"South Side of Chicago" – Eddie Burns
"South Side Shake" -
Dan Burley And His Skiffle Boys
"South Union" –
Lucky Boys Confusion
"Southbound Ryan" –
Dennis DeYoung
"Southside Boogie" -
Dick Hyman
"Southside Boogie" -
James Cotton
"Southside Chicago Waltz" –
Black 47
"Southside Chicago" –
Otis Brown & The Delights
"Southside Hop" - Left Hand Frank
"Southside Mojo" –
JaGoFF
"Southside Shuffle" –
Art Hodes
"Southside Stomp" -
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
"Southside Stuff" –
Jimmy Yancey
"South Side To Riverside" -
Lurrie Bell
"Southside" –
Common , featuring
Kanye West , from
Finding Forever , 2007
"Sorrow" - Aksil Beats
"Star Eater" - Daniel Deluxe
"Star Witness" –
Neko Case
"Startin' for Chicago" –
Tracy Nelson
"State Street Blues" – Synco Jazz Band (featuring
Joseph Samuels )
"State Street Jive" –
Cow Cow Davenport
"State Street" - Peter Gallway
"State Street" –
Sonny Knight
"State Street" –
Sun Ra
"State Street Samba" – Cook County
"State Street Special" -
Johnny Parker (jazz pianist)
"State Street Sweet" -
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
"
State Street Tomorrow – Theme Song", 1930 – composers: Carelton Colby & Maurice Wetzel from the Radio Station KYW staff
"Stay Chi" –
Juice
"Stell–" –
Frode Gjerstad Trio With
Steve Swell
"Sting" - Fletcher
"Stockyard Blues" -
Floyd Jones
"Stockyard Strut" -
Freddie Keppard
"Stony Island Band" - Stony Island Band (from
Stony Island (film) )
"Stratford-on-Guy" –
Liz Phair , 1993
"Streamline Train" -
The Vipers Skiffle Group
"Strings Of Chicago" - Lidell Townsell
"Stuck in Chicago" –
Cate Brothers
"Sunshine in Chicago" –
Sun Kil Moon
"Sunflower" - Post Malone and Swae Lee
"
Super Bowl Shuffle " –
Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew , the
1985 Chicago Bears champions
"Super Fade" -
Fall Out Boy from "Lake Effect Kid EP", 2018
"Sweet Chicago" –
The Original Caste
"
Sweet Home Chicago ", 1937 – composer:
Robert Johnson ; lyricists: Robert Johnson &
Roosevelt Sykes ,
Blues Brothers
"Sweet Spots" –
The Fiery Furnaces
"
Swing Life Away " –
Rise Against from
Siren Song of the Counter Culture , 2005
"Switchboard" –
Kid Sister
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"Take Me Back to Chicago", 1985 – title track on
Take Me Back to Chicago by
Chicago
"Take the Time", 1993 – Waiting for the Night by the
Freddy Jones Band
"Talkin' Baseball (Baseball And The Cubs)" –
Terry Cashman
"Taste of Chicago" – Albert Washington
"Thank You Chicago" - Ricardo Miranda
"
That's That ", 2006 –
Snoop Dogg featuring
R. Kelly (#3 on Hot Rap Songs chart)
"The Hill I will Die On" - Alec Benjamin
"The Way You Felt" - Alec Benjamin
"There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother They're Burning Big Louis Tonight" –
Alex Harvey
"
This City ", 2011 –
Patrick Stump featuring
Lupe Fiasco from
Soul Punk
"The Humbling River" - Puscifer
"Thumbs" - Sabrina Carpenter
"Ticket to Chicago" – Terry Garthwaite (once of
Joy of Cooking )
"To Chicago With Love" –
Lois Johnson
"Together Forever (Krush Groove 4)" –
Run-DMC
"
Tonight, Tonight ", 1996 –
The Smashing Pumpkins (#4 on Mainstream Rock chart)
"Tonight Will Last Forever", 2005 –
Photographs by
Mest
"The Torture Doctor", 2013 –
Alkaline Trio
"Train to Chicago" – Mike Doughty
"The Trianon March", 1934 – dedicated to the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters; composer: R. Alexander Campbell
"True Blue," 2023 –
boygenius
"True Enough", 2009 – Everything's Easy by
Girlyman
"Turn It Up Again" – Conway Brothers
"Twilight Serenade", 2005 – Another Ghost by Jason Myles Goss
"
Two Words ", 2004 –
Kanye West featuring
Mos Def ,
Freeway , and the
Boys Choir of Harlem , from
The College Dropout
U
"The University Quickstep", 1865 – inscribed to the President and Friends of the Chicago University; composer: E. M. Shaw
"Underneath the Streetlights of Chicago", 2019; Riley Smith
"Unstoppable" - Sia
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"Vacation in Chicago" –
Cold War Kids
"Vernon Park" - Lil' Mark
"Via Chicago", 1999 –
Summerteeth by
Wilco
"The Viking March – Captain Andersen's Viking Ship from Norway to the World's Fair", 1893 – composer: H. C. Verner
W
"Wacker Drive" –
Wazmo Nariz
"Wailin' at the Trianon" –
Lionel Hampton
"Wait" - Maroon 5
"Warriors" - AJ Michalka
"We Ride", 1998 –
R. by
R. Kelly , featuring
Jay-Z
"We're All Crazy in Chicago", 1986 –
Jonathon Brandmeier
"We're Gonna Go to Chicago" – from the musical
Marie Christine
"Werewolf" - Motionless in White
"Welcome 2 Chicago", 2001 – Abstract Mindstate featuring
Kanye West
"Welcome to Chicago" - Gene Farris (British chart hit in 2003)
"Welcome to Chicago" –
Kill Hannah from
Wake Up the Sleepers , 2009
"Welcome to the DCC" - Nothing But Thieves
"Wes Cide Bluze" –
Jimmy Dawkins
"Wes Cide Rock" –
Jimmy Dawkins
"West Side Baby" -
Fenton Robinson
"West Side Bossman" -
Otis Grand ,
Anson Funderburgh ,
Debbie Davies
"West Side Shuffle" –
Ronnie Earl &
Duke Robillard
"West Side Woman" -
Lurrie Bell
"Wet the Bed" - Chris Brown
"
Weston's March to Chicago ", 1867 – composer:
Edward Mack ; publisher: S. Brainard & Sons, Cleveland
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"Wheels a-Rolling", 1948 – official song of the
Chicago Railroad Fair ; composer: Helen Purcell Maxwell; lyricist: Philip Maxwell
"
When the Levee Breaks ", 1929 – composers & lyricists:
Kansas Joe McCoy and
Memphis Minnie ; re-worked by
Led Zeppelin in 1971
"When the Wind Blows in Chicago" – writers: Scott Turner, Audie Murphy; performed by both
Roy Clark and
Bobby Bare in 1964, and
Eddy Arnold in 1970
"When You Meet a Man in Chicago" – from
Sugar
"When You Say You Love Me" - Josh Groban
"Where We Started" - Lost Sky
"Wild" - Raylee
"White Sox Stomp" –
Jimmy Yancey
"Why" - Willow
"Windy City Blues" - Ernie Hawks And The Soul Investigators
"Windy City Blues" –
Mike Westbrook
"Windy City Boogie Woogie", c. 1941–1943 –
Nat King Cole
[4]
"Windy City Boogie", c. 1950–1954 –
J. T. Brown
"Windy City Hop" –
Slim Gaillard
"Windy City Soul" by
Jerry Butler
"Windy City" – Jack-Tronic
"Windy City" –
Jackie McLean
"Windy City" –
Phish
"Windy City" - Richard Evans
"Windy City" –
Rodney Franklin
"Windy City" –
The Sweet
"Windy City" – from
Windy City
"Windy City Blues" - Ernie Hawks & The Soul Investigators
"Windy City Stomp" -
Rob Hoeke
"Wine-O From Chicago" - Howard Crockett
"Winter in Chicago", 2012 – Toil by
Flatfoot 56
"Wish You Well" - PVRIS
"The Woman Downstairs", 1998 –
Through the Trees by
The Handsome Family
"Woman in Chicago" –
Jim Post
"
World's Columbian Exposition Waltz ", 1893 – composer: Adelaide Marcelia Gluck
"The World's Fair or A Voyage to Chicago", 1893 – composer & lyricist: Leonard Gautier
Y
"Yes Chicago Is... (Suite)" -
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
"You Haven't Seen The U.S.A. Until You've Seen Chicago!" - Dick Marx Orchestra
"You Wake Up in the Morning in Chicago", 1915 – composer:
Harry Carroll ; lyricists:
Ballard MacDonald and Coleman Goetz
[5]
"You'll Find 'Em in Chicago" (from The Yankee Regent ), 1905 – composer: Ben M. Jerome; lyricists: Chas S. Adelman and I. L. Blumenstock
"You're Dead", 2001 –
From Here to Infirmary by
Alkaline Trio
"Your the Inspiration", 1984 - Chicago 17
Z
"Zelda", 2007 – Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!? by
Farewell
Songs about Chicago sport teams
"
All the Way ", 2008 – Eddie Vedder
"
Bear Down Chicago Bears ", 1941 – composer & lyricist: Jerry Downs
"
Chelsea Dagger ", with text modified by
Blackhawks ' fans, 2006 – composer and lyricist:
Jon Fratelli ; performers:
The Fratellis
"The Chicago Cubs Song – Hey Hey! Holy Mackerel!", 1969 – composer: John Frigo; lyricist: I. C. Haag
"Come On You Cubs Play Ball", 1937 – composer & lyricist: Bernard "Whitey" Berquist
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"Cubs on Parade (The Great March and Two-Step)", 1907 – composer: H. R. Hempel; arranger: Jos. Techen
"The Glory of the Cubs", 1908 – composer: Arthur Marshall; lyricist: F. R. Sweirngen
"
Go Cubs Go ", 1984 – composer & lyricist:
Steve Goodman
"
Here Come the Hawks ", 1968 – composer: J. Swayzee; producer: The Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir
"Hurrah for the Cubs", 1930 – composer: Burrell Van Buren; lyricist: Betty Douglas
"
Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox ", 1959 – composer & lyricists:
Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers
"
Super Bowl Shuffle ", 1985 – composers: B. Daniels, L. Barry; lyricists: R. Meyer, M. Owens; performers:
Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew , the
1985 Chicago Bears
"Watch the Cubs Play Ball", 1941 – composer & lyricist: Harry A. Magill
"
Wave the Flag (For Old Chicago) ", 1929 – fight song of the University of Chicago; lyricist: Gordon Erickson
"We're The Cubbies", 2012 – composer, lyricist, and audio engineer: Michael Droste CubsSong.com
"White Sox Fitted", 2010 – composer & lyricist: Young General
"The White Sox March", 1907 – composer: T. F. Durand
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