A Time Out magazine chart lists the 100 best songs about New York City.
Can you match the songs in the top ten with the singer?
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C.R.E.A.M. Chelsea Hotel No. 2 Empire State of Mind New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down No Sleep Till Brooklyn & Hello Brooklyn Rhapsody in Blue The Message Theme from New York, New York Walk on the Wild Side |
Billie Holiday Frank Sinatra Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Jay-Z with Alicia Keys LCD Soundsystem Leonard Bernstein with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra Leonard Cohen Lou Reed Wu-Tang Clan |
Songs without lyric videos are linked directly to youtube
1. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys (2009)
2. Theme from New York, New York – Frank Sinatra (1980)
3. LCD Soundsystem – New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down (2007)
4. No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1986) / Hello Brooklyn (1989) – Beastie Boys
5. Autumn in New York – Billie Holiday (1952)
6. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed (1972)
7. Rhapsody in Blue – Leonard Bernstein with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1959)
8. The Message – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)
9. Chelsea Hotel No. 2 – Leonard Cohen (1974)
10. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
11. Take the A Train – Duke Ellington Orchestra (1941)
12. I’m Waiting for the Man – The Velvet Underground (1967)
13. On Broadway – George Benson (1978)
14. N.Y. State of Mind – Nas (1994)
15. Chelsea Morning – Joni Mitchell (1969)
16. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’ – Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
17. M79 – Vampire Weekend (2008)
18. New York State of Mind – Billy Joel (1976)
19. Rockaway Beach – The Ramones (1977)
20. Subway Train – New York Dolls (1973)
21. An Open Letter to NYC – Beastie Boys (2004)
22. Halloween Parade – Lou Reed (1989)
23. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder (1973)
24. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters – Elton John (1972)
25. Brooklyn Go Hard – Jay-Z (feat. Santigold) (2009)
26. The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
27. Tom’s Diner – Suzanne Vega (1987)
28. Jenny from the Block – Jennifer Lopez (2002)
29. Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack (1972)
30. Give My Regards to Broadway – James Cagney (1942)
31. Manhattan – Ella Fitzgerald (1956)
32. Down and Out in New York City – James Brown (1973)
33. Talkin’ New York – Bob Dylan (1962)
34. Downtown Train – Tom Waits (1985)
35. Stayin’ Alive’ by The Bee Gees (1977)
36. New York City Cops – The Strokes (2001)
37. The Rising – Bruce Springsteen (2002)
38. I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers (2009)
39. Shattered – The Rolling Stones (1978)
40. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) – Alice Cooper (1973)
41. Harlem Blues – Nat King Cole (1958)
42. NYC – Interpol (2002)
43. Doin’ It – LL Cool J (1996)
44. New York, New York – Original studio cast (On the Town) (1960)
45. Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl (1963)
46. New York Groove – Ace Frehley (1978)
47. Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.) – Tom Browne (1980)
48. Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror – Jeffrey and Jack Lewis (2005)
49. Brooklyn’s Finest – Jay-Z with the Notorious B.I.G. (1996)
50. Native New Yorker – Odyssey (1977)
51. Harlem – Bill Withers (1971)
52. I Love NYC – Andrew W.K. (2001)
53. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – The Magnetic Fields (1999)
54. The Bridge – MC Shan and Marley Marl (1986)
55. South Bronx – Boogie Down Productions (1986)
56. New York/N.Y. – Nina Hagen (1983)
57. Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King (1960)
58. New York Tendaberry – Laura Nyro (1969)
59. New York City Serenade – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (1973)
60. Streets of New York – Kool G Rap and DJ Polo (1990)
61. Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More – Steely Dan (1975)
62. Christmas in Hollis – Run-D.M.C. (1987)
63. New York Is Killing Me – Gil Scott-Heron (2010)
64. Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby) – Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz (1998)
65. Fire Island – Village People (1975)
66. New York – St. Vincent (2017)
67. New York City Rhythm – Barry Manilow (1975)
68. Englishman in New York – Sting (1987)
69. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – Billy Joel (1976)
70. Daughters of the Soho Riots – The National (2005)
71. Angel of Harlem – U2 (1988)
72. Frank Mills – Shelley Plimpton and the Original Broadway Cast (Hair) (1968)
73. King of the New York Streets – Dion (1988)
74. The Night the Lights Went Out – The Trammps (1977)
75. Avenue A – The Dictators (2001)
76. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl (1987)
77. I Happen to Like New York – Bobby Short (1973)
78. Brooklyn-Queens – 3rd Bass (1989)
79. American Tune – Paul Simon (1973)
80. Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (1968)
81. Coney Island – Death Cab for Cutie (2001)
82. Dario (Can You Get Me Into Studio 54) – Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1979)
83. The Home of Hip-Hop – Grandmixer D.ST. (1985)
84. New York City (You’re a Woman) – Al Kooper (1971)
85. Bleecker & MacDougal – Fred Neil (1965)
86. La Vie Boheme – Original Broadway Cast (Rent) (1994)
87. Uptown – The Crystals (1962)
88. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis (1974)
89. D Train – Unsane (2005)
90. Union Square – Tom Waits (1985)
91. New York Crew – Judge (1988)
92. The Mermaid Parade – Phosphorescent (2010)
93. Lullaby of Broadway – Jerry Orbach and the Original Broadway Cast (42nd Street) (1980)
94. NYC’s Like a Graveyard – The Moldy Peaches (2001)
95. Outside of a Small Circle of Friends – Phil Ochs (1967)
96. The Eyes of a New York Woman – The Insect Trust (1970)
97. My My Metrocard – Le Tigre (1999)
98. Brooklyn Girls – Charles Hamilton (2008)
99. Statue of Liberty – XTC (1978)
100. Welcome to New York – Taylor Swift (2014)