Chicago - City of Broad Shoulders


This course is about Chicago, We will cover the history of the city and region, the politics, corruption, arts, plans, neighborhoods, humor, achievements and the future of the City.

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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