Some songs take you on an emotional journey, others put you on a plane, a train, or a backroad with the windows down. These 110 tracks prove that music can transport you anywhere—from a neon-lit boulevard to a quiet mountain town—without ever leaving your seat. This list is your passport to some of the most iconic places ever sung about.
“Africa” – Toto
“Alabama Pines” – Jason Isbell
“Albuquerque” – Neil Young
“Allentown” – Billy Joel
“America” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Amsterdam” – Gregory Alan Isakov
“Amsterdam” – Guster
“Angel From Montgomery” – John Prine
“Atlantic City” – Bruce Springsteen
“Avalon” – Roxy Music
“Babylon” – David Gray
“Back In Ohio” – Lucero
“Back In The USSR” – The Beatles
“Beverly Hills” – Weezer
“Bloodbuzz Ohio” – The National
“Budapest” – George Ezra
“California” – Joni Mitchell
“California” – Whippoorwill
“California Love” – 2Pac (feat. Dr. Dre)
“California Stars” – Billy Bragg & Wilco
“Chicago” – Sufjan Stevens
“Colorado” – Danny Holien
“Colorado” – Flying Burrito Brothers
“Cuyahoga” – R.E.M.
“Detroit Rock City” – KISS
“Dock Of The Bay (Sittin’ On The)” – Otis Redding
“Down Under” – Men At Work
“Fairytale Of New York” – The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
“Funky Kingston” – Toots & The Maytals
“Georgia On My Mind” – Ray Charles
“Get Out Of Denver” – Bob Seger
“Ghost Town” – The Specials
“Going Back To Cali” – LL Cool J
“Graceland” – Paul Simon
“Guns Of Brixton” – The Clash
“Hackensack” – Fountains Of Wayne
“Home” – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
“Hoover Dam” – Bob Mould
“I Left My Wallet In El Segundo” – A Tribe Called Quest
“I’m Shipping Up To Boston” – Dropkick Murphys
“Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” – They Might Be Giants
“I’ve Been Everywhere” – Johnny Cash
“Jackson” – Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
“Jungleland” – Bruce Springsteen
“Kansas City” – The New Basement Tapes
“Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin
“Kyoto” – Phoebe Bridgers
“Life On Mars” – David Bowie
“London Calling” – The Clash
“Luckenbach, TX (Back To The Basics Of Love)” – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
“Memphis” – Chuck Berry
“Midnight In Harlem” – Tedeschi Trucks Band
“Midnight Train To Georgia” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
“My City Was Gone” – The Pretenders
“Mykonos” – Fleet Foxes
“New York, New York” – Frank Sinatra
“No Sleep Till Brooklyn” – Beastie Boys
“Ohio” – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“Olympia, WA” – Rancid
“One Night In Bangkok” – Murray Head
“Panic In Detroit” – David Bowie
“Paradise” – John Prine
“Penny Lane” – The Beatles
“Planet Claire” – The B-52s
“Pompeii” – Bastille
“Private Idaho” – The B-52s
“Road To Nowhere” – Talking Heads
“Rockaway Beach” – The Ramones
“Rocky Mountain High” – John Denver
“Rocky Mountain Way” – Joe Walsh
“Run Away To Mars” – TALK
“San Francisco” – The Mowgli’s
“San Luis” – Gregory Alan Isakov
“Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)” – Everclear
“Sedona” – Houndmouth
“Solsbury Hill” – Peter Gabriel
“Streets Of Philadelphia” – Bruce Springsteen
“Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again” – Bob Dylan
“Suffragette City” – David Bowie
“Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” – John Denver
“Tennessee” – Arrested Development
“Texas Sun” – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
“The Only Living Boy In New York” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead” – Warren Zevon
“This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)” – Talking Heads
“Tom’s Diner” – Suzanne Vega
“Under The Bridge” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Viva Las Vegas” – Elvis Presley
“Walking In LA” – Missing Persons
“Walking In London” – Concrete Blonde
“Walking In Memphis” – Marc Cohn
“Waterloo” – ABBA
“Waterloo Sunset” – The Kinks
“Where The Streets Have No Name” – U2
“Wichita Lineman” – Glen Campbell
“Willin’” – Little Feat
“Woodstock” – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“Zip City” – Drive-By Truckers
“4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” – Bruce Springsteen
“29 Palms” – Robert Plant
“40 Miles From Denver” – Yonder Mountain String Band
“40 Miles To Vegas” – Southern Culture On The Skids
“6th Avenue Heartache” – The Wallflowers