List of Songs About Chicago


A 

  • "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance. Fantasie for Piano.", 1893 - Composer: Gustav Luders[1]
  • "Apostrophe to Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden
  • "Awake! Awake!" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden

B

  • "Back to Chicago" - Styx
  • "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
  • "Baseball Dreams" - Ralph's World
  • "The Belle of Chicago" 1892 - Composer: John Phillip 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 Billiken Man" 1909 - Composer: Melville J. Gideon, Lyricist: E. Ray Goetz, Sung by Blanche Ring
  • "Born in Chicago" - Paul Butterfield
  • "Boost Chicago" - Composer: Armin P. Bauer
  • "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
  • "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

C [edit]

  • "Cairo Street Waltz" 1893 - Composer: Signor Guglielmo Ricci
  • "Calling Me Home, Chicago", 1985 - Composer: Paul David Wilson
  • "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens
  • "Chi-City" - Common
  • "Chi-Town" - The Cribs
  • "Chicago" - ABC
  • "Chicago" - Alexz Johnson
  • "Chicago" - Big D and the Kids Table
  • "Chicago" - Bis
  • "Chicago" - Clueso
  • "Chicago" - Da Brat
  • "Chicago" - The Doobie Brothers
  • "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" - Fred Fisher, popularized by Frank Sinatra
  • "Chicago" - Frédéric François
  • "Chicago" - Hieroglyphics
  • "Chicago" - Ingram Hill
  • "Chicago" - Kate Voegele
  • "Chicago" - Lucy Wainwright Roche
  • "Chicago" - Portugal. The Man
  • "Chicago" - The Purple Hearts
  • "Chicago" - Pal Joey (musical), Rodgers & Hart
  • "Chicago - A Shinning Jewel By The Lake", 2012 Composer, Lyricist, and Audio Engineer: Michael Droste Singer: Jimmy G ChicagoSong.org
  • "Chicago" - Sean Watkins
  • "Chicago" - Shawnna
  • "Chicago" - Sufjan Stevens
  • "Chicago" - The Tossers
  • "Chicago" - The Uglysuit
  • "Chicago...." - Screeching Weasel
  • "Chicago at Night" - Spoon
  • "Chicago Bound" - Canned Heat
  • "Chicago Bound" - Jimmy Rogers
  • "Chicago Bound Blues" - Bessie Smith
  • "Chicago, Damn" - Bobbi Humphrey
  • "Chicago Fanphair '93" - Local H
  • "Chicago's Finest" - Emmure
  • "Chicago Institute" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" - Fall Out Boy
  • "Chicago Is Large" - Nazgul
  • "Chicago Is Not Chicago" - Soul Coughing
  • "Chicago, New York" - The Aislers Set
  • "Chicago-Rillas" - Rhymefest
  • "Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night" - The Hold Steady
  • "Chicago Song" - David Sanborn
  • "Chicago (We Can Change The World)" - Graham Nash
  • "Chicago Wind" - Merle Haggard
  • "Chicago x 12" - Rogue Wave
  • "Chicago" 1909 - Composer: Aubrey Stauffer, Lyricist: Jimmie O'Brien
  • "Chicago" - Composer: Granville English, Lyricist: Charles G. Blanden
  • "C-h-i-c-a-g-o" - Composer & Lyricist: Gertrude E. Ketchum
  • "Chicago Ad March" 1915 - Composer: A. H. Nussbaum
  • "Chicago Beautiful" 1955 - Composer & Lyricist: Juanita Mabelle Rosness
  • "Chicago Blues" 1946 - Composers: Arthur Crudup, Ransom Knowling, Judge Riley (RCA Victor 20-3261)
  • "Chicago Boogie" 1947 - Composer: Ernie Harper (Aristocrat, 201A)
  • "Chicago Bound Blues" 1923 - Composer & Lyricist: Lovie Austin
  • "Chicago by the Inland Sea" - Composer & Lyricist: Russell Wood
  • "Chicago Centennial Jubilee March 1803-1903" 1903 - Composer: John W. Baume
  • "Chicago Chicago Chicago" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace & Herbie Herbert
  • "Chicago, City of Destiny" 1921 - Composer: August Halter, Lyricist: Dr. Edward L. Fernald
  • "The Chicago Cyclist March" 1896 - Composer: Hans Liné
  • "Chicago Day Waltz" 1893 - Composer: G. Valisi
  • "The Chicago Express (March Two-Step)" 1905 - Composer: Percy Wenrich
  • "Chicago for Christ" 1910 - Composer & Lyricist: Robert Harkness
  • "Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero'" (U.S. Grant) 1891 - Composer & Lyricist: W.C. Robey
  • "The Chicago Girls' March or Two-Step Dance" 1895 - Composer: J.W. Tate
  • "The Chicago Glide" - Composer: Prof. Joseph Gearen
  • "Chicago (How I Love Chicago)" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace & Teddy Phillips.
  • "The Chicago Hussar's Quickstep" 1892 - Composer: A. H. Rintelman
  • "Chicago, Illinois (Looks Mighty Good to Me)" - Composer: Ernest H. Kelley, Lyricist: Jas. J. Kennedy, Arranger: Jean Walz
  • "C-h-i-c-a-g-o in Illinois" - Composer & Lyricist: Tom Lynn, Editor: Jack Tomlinson
  • "The Chicago March" 1909 - Composer: Henry S. Sawyer
  • "Chicago. Marine Band" - Composer: Wm. F. Peters
  • "Chicago, My Home Town" - Composer & Lyricist: Paul S. Hargrow
  • "Chicago of My Heart" (Dedicated to Chicago on 'Census day' June 11) 1930 - Composer: Ben Kanter, Lyricist: Eileen Quinlan
  • "Chicago Polka" 1935 - Composer: John Krachtus
  • "Chicago Post March" 1896 - Composer: Ellis Brooks
  • "Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois" - Composer & Lyricist: Laura Aborn
  • "Chicago Quickstep" 1882 - Composer: Mrs. D. C. Payne
  • "Chicago Rhythm" 1929 - Composer: Ben Kanter & Lyricist: Bernie Grossman
  • "C-h-i-c-a-g-o Spells Chicago" - Composer: Frank D. Brayn, Lyricist: Chas. H. Smith, Arranger: Al LaRue
  • "Chicago Style" 1952 - Composer: James Van Heusen, Lyricist: Johnny Burke
  • "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" 1922 (originally spelled Todd'ling) - Composer & Lyricist: Fred Fisher
  • "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
  • "Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme" - Composer: Adolf G. Hoffmann, Lyricist: Francis Coughlin
  • "Chicago Town Waltzes" 1893 - Composer: Rudolph Patek, T.R.A.M Vienna
  • "Chicago Tribune March" 1893 - Composer: W. Paris Chambers
  • "The Chicago Tribune Centennial March" 1947 - Composer: Robert Trendler, Lyricist: Jack La Frandre
  • "The Chicago Two-Step" - Composer: J. P. Brooks
  • "Chicago Waltz" 1945 - Composer: Joseph P. Elsnic
  • "Chicago World's Exposition" 1892 - Composer: Victor Vogel
  • "City of Promise. 1934 Century of Progress Song" - Composer: Jos. Snabl-Antes, Lyricist (Czech text): Vasek Niederle, Lyricist (English trans.): Libushka Bartusek
  • "City Lights" - Lucky Boys Confusion
  • "City of CHI" - Juice
  • "City of Chicago" - Luka Bloom / Christy Moore
  • "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 to Chicago" - Composer: Dorothy Giffey, Lyricist: James Andrichen
  • "Closer To Our Graves" - Lucky Boys Confusion
  • "Come On! Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens
  • "Convoy" - C.W. McCall
  • "The Corner" - Common
  • "Country Girls" - John Schneider
  • "Crook County" - Twista

D [edit]

E [edit]

F [edit]

  • "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
  • "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
  • "Full Moon" - Common
  • "Funeral March In Memoriam, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago" 1893, Composer : W. Herbert Layon

G [edit]

  • "Go Cubs Go" Steve Goodman
  • "Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine." - Composer & Lyricist : Clitus M. Wickens
  • "Go Go Gadget Flow" - Lupe Fiasco
  • "Goin' to Chicago Blues" 1939 - Composer: Count Basie Orchestra
  • "Golden Ring" - Tammy Wynette & George Jones
  • "Goodbye to Guyville" - Urge Overkill
  • "Grand Exposition March" - Composer: Louis Falk
  • "Greater Chicago March" - Composer: Jacob Valentine Havener, Lyricist: Agner Clark Winkler
  • "Green Mill Garden Blues" 1920 - Composer: Unknown (88 key Piano Roll)
  • "Growing Up" - Fall Out Boy
  • "Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833-Chicago-1933" - Composer & Lyricist: George D. Gaw, Transcribed & Arranged by: Frank Barden.
  • "A Guided Tour of Chicago" - The Lawrence Arms

H [edit]

  • "Hail Chicago (March)" 1933 - Composer: Stanley Kay, Lyricist: A. Seaborg
  • "Hail, Chicago! Official Song of the Pageant of Progress" 1921 - Composer: Bob Allen, Lyricist: Ted Turnquist
  • "Hail to Thee, Chicago" - Composer: John E. King, Lyricist: Estella A. Johnson-Hunt
  • "Hands Open"- Snow Patrol
  • "Happy Summertime" - R. Kelly
  • "The Hat He Never Ate" - Composer: Ben Harney, Lyricist: Howard S. Taylor
  • "Hello Chicago" - Topher Jones & Amada Ft. Ido vs. The World
  • "Hello Chicago Fox-Trot" 1933 - Composer: Anthony Misuraca, Lyricist: Joseph Argento
  • "Here Come the Hawks"
  • "Hitch Hike" - The Rolling Stones
  • "Home" - Kanye West
  • "Homecoming" - Kanye West, Ft. Chris Martin
  • "Homesick At Spacecamp" - Fall Out Boy

I [edit]

  • "I Am Proud of Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Ben Schwartzberg
  • "I Came Home" - Rhymefest
  • "I Dream of Chicago" - Parlours
  • "I Used to Work in Chicago. I Did But I Don't Anymore" 1944 - Composers & Lyricists: Larry Vincent & Sunny Skylar
  • "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
  • "In Cairo Street: A Characteristic Fantasie for Piano" 1893 - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
  • "In Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Olive Jeane
  • "In 1933. (Where Will You Be)" - Composer & Lyricist: Art Kassel, Arranger: Charles Adams
  • "In Old Chicago" 1937- Composers & Lyricists: Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
  • "In Tha Chi" - Shawnna
  • "In The Kitchen - Umphrey's McGee
  • "In The Ghetto"- Elvis Presley
  • "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" - Soul Coughing
  • "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

J [edit]

K [edit]

L [edit]

M [edit]

  • "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
  • "Mecca Flat Blues" 1924 - Composer: Jimmy Blythe, Lyricists: Jimmy Blythe & Priscilla Stewart
  • "Meet Me in Chicago" - Mat Kearney
  • "Mercy Me" - Alkaline Trio
  • "Miss Chicago (The Great 'Pageant' Song)" 1921 - Composer: Edmund Braham, Lyricist: W.S. Greelish
  • "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" - Brian Wilson
  • "My Kind of Town" - Frank Sinatra

N [edit]

O [edit]

  • "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 You Chicago, Oh You New York" 1910 - Composer: Albert Von Tilzer, Lyricists: Junie McCree & Sydney Rosenfeld
  • "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 The South Side of Chicago" - Freddy Cole
  • "The Original Chicago Blues" 1915 - Composer: James White
  • "Our Chicago" (U of C) 1926 - Composer & Lyricist: Norman Reid
  • "GO" - Ofycial & Wade White Owl feat Papi

P [edit]

Q [edit]

R [edit]

S [edit]

T [edit]

U [edit]

  • "The University Quickstep", 1865 - Inscribed to the President and Friends of the Chicago University, Composer: E. M. Shaw

V [edit]

  • "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 [edit]

Y [edit]

Z [edit]

  • "Zelda", 2007 - Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!? by Farewell

Songs about Chicago sport teams [edit]

  • "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 & Lyricists: anon, Tiffany Music Company
  • "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
  • "White Sox Fitted", 2010 - Composer & Lyricist: Young General
  • "The White Sox March", 1907 - Composer: T.F. Durand
  • "We're The Cubbies", 2012 Composer & Lyricist & Audio Engineer: Michael Droste CubsSong.com

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