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The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.
This article lists songs about Houston, Texas set there, or named after a location or feature of the city.. It is not intended to include songs where Houston is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities (e.g., "London speed it up, Houston rock it", from Beyoncé's song Countdown).
Some of the Moody Blues compilation and live albums list the song as "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" to reflect both titles. "Tuesday Afternoon" was released as a single in 1968 and was the second single from Days of Future Passed (the first being "Nights in White Satin"). It was backed with another Days track, "Another Morning".
“It’s a real live boogie and a real live hoedown.” Home & Garden. Lighter Side
The song reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100. While there is a real place named China Grove in Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
The University of Texas released a report on "The Eyes of Texas", addressing several of the controversial concerns by students regarding its history.
In the wake of TikTok chatter that Beyoncé’s new song “Texas Hold ‘Em” sounds eerily similar to an iconic children’s series theme song, the show’s composer has weighed in on the matter.
The song features a traditional blues bar form, with his voice accompanied only by his guitar. It was named after the yodeling Rodgers featured during the breaks between stanzas. The song became Rodgers's best selling disk, a fixture in his live performances, and the first of his series of Blue Yodels. It garnered him national fame, and with ...