It is not intended to include songs where New York is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities, e.g. "New York, London, Paris, Munich" (lyrics to "Pop Muzik" from the One Hit Wonder New Wave band, M ).
- "A Light Shines on the Other Side of Brooklyn" by Pain Hertz
- "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack
- "All My Friends in New York" by NOFX
- "An Old Fashioned Christmas" by Frank Sinatra
- "An Open Letter to New York" by The Bamboo Kids
- "An Open Letter To NYC" by The Beastie Boys
- " Angel Of Harlem " by U2
- "Another Hundred People" by Stephen Sondheim
- "Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross
- "At The Zoo" by Simon And Garfunkel
- "Autumn In New York" by Frank Sinatra
- "Avenue A" by Daniel Cartier
- "Avenue B" by Iggy Pop
- "Back in N.Y.C." by Genesis
- "Back to the Bronx" by 2 Live Crew
- "Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March" by Mos Def
- "Big Apple" by Kajagoogoo
- "Big Apple Boogaloo" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Big Apple Dreamin'" by Alice Cooper
- "Black History Month" by Death From Above 1979 (inspired by a ride through the New York subway)
- "Bleecker Street" by Simon And Garfunkel
- "Boogie Down Bronx" by JVC Force
- " The Boxer " by Simon And Garfunkel
- "The Boy from New York City" by The Ad Libs
- "The Bridge Is Over" by Boogie Down Productions
- "Broadway (So Many People)" by Low
- "Broadway" by Goo Goo Dolls
- "Broadway Melody of 1974" by Genesis
- "Bronx" by Kurtis Blow
- "The Bronx Is Beautiful" by Robert Klein
- "Bronx Keeps Creating It" by Fat Joe
- "Bronx Tale" by Fat Joe
- "Bronx War Stories" by Wu-Tang Killa Bees & RZA
- "The Brooklyn Bridge" by Frank Sinatra
- "Brooklyn" by Jesse Malin
- "Brooklyn" by Mos Def
- "Brooklyn Blues" by Barry Manilow
- "Brooklyn Bound" by The Black Keys
- "Brooklyn is Burning" by Head Automatica
- "Brooklyn Roads" by Neil Diamond
- "Brooklyn Queens" by 3rd Bass
- "Brooklyn Sky" by Digable Planets
- "Brooklyn Stars" by Matt Pond PA
- "Brooklyn Steakhouse" by Bumblefoot
- "Brooklyn to T-Neck" by Das EFX
- "Brooklyn Zoo" by Ol' Dirty Bastard
- "Brooklyn's Finest" by Jay-Z ft The Notorious B.I.G.
- "Brooklyn's In The House" by Busy Bee
- "Cali To New York" by the Black Eyed Peas
- "Canal Street" by Love As Laughter
- "Central Park West" by John Coltrane
- "Central Park 'n' West" by Ian Hunter
- "Chelsea" by Counting Crows
- "Chelsea Avenue" by Patti Scialfa
- "Chelsea Girls" by The Velvet Underground
- "Chelsea Hotel No 2" by Leonard Cohen
- "Chelsea Morning" by Joni Mitchell
- "Chicago, New York" by The Aislers Set
- "Christmas in Hollis" by Run D.M.C.
- "Christmas on Riverside Drive" by Kid Creole
- "Church on White" Pavement
- " City Of Blinding Lights " by U2
- "Coney Island" by Death Cab For Cutie
- "Coney Island" by Mel Torme
- "Coney Island Baby" by Lou Reed
- "Coney Island Baby" by The Excellents
- "Coney Island Baby" by Tom Waits
- "Coney Island Girl" by Fun Lovin' Criminals
- "Crack City Rockers" by Leftover Crack
- "Cradle and All" by Ani Difranco
- "Crooklyn" by The Crooklyn Dodgers consisting of Masta Ace Special Ed & Buckshot Shorty from Black Moon
- "Cuckoo Cocoon" by Genesis
- "Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More" by Steely Dan
- " Desolation Row " by Bob Dylan
- "Date With Baby" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Dirty Boulevard" by Lou Reed
- "Don't Mess with around With Jim" by Jim Croce
- "Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor" by Cole Porter
- "Down and Out In New York City" by James Brown
- "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits
- "Easter Parade" by Judy Garland
- "Empire State" by Fleetwood Mac
- "Empire State Building" by Randy Newman
- "Empire State Express" by Son House
- " An Englishman In New York " by Sting , said to be inspired by Quentin Crisp
- "Face Down At Folk City" by The Roches
- " Fairytale Of New York " by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
- "53rd and 3rd" by The Ramones
- " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) " by Simon And Garfunkel
- "Fighting 69th" by Dropkick Murphys
- "First Snow in Brooklyn" by Jethro Tull
- "First we Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen
- "5 Boroughs" by KRS-One with Bounty Killer , Buckshot , Cam'Ron , Keith Murray , Killah Priest , Prodigy of Mobb Deep , Redman , Rev. Run , and Vigilante
- "Frank Mills" by James Rado/Jerome Ragni/Galt MacDermot, from the musical ''Hair''
- "Folk Song" by Bongwater
- "42nd Street" by Ruby Keeler
- "14th Street" by Rufus Wainwright
- "Fuego En El 23" by Fania All-Stars
- "Fuel" by Ani DiFranco
- "Get Ready Here Come the Knicks" by Paulette LaMelle
- "The Girl From New York City" by The Beach Boys
- "GG Train" by Charles Mingus
- "Give It Back to the Indians" by Rodgers And Hart , performed by Ella Fitzgerald , Ray Charles , et al.
- "Give My Regards to Broadway" by George M. Cohan
- "Go Brooklyn" by Stetsasonic
- "Go New York Go New York Go" (Knicks theme song) by Jesse Jaymes
- "Good Fortune" by PJ Harvey
- "Goodnight, New York" by Julie Gold
- "Gotham City" by R. Kelly
- "Grand Central Station" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
- "Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman" by Lee Hazlewood
- "Ground Zero Brooklyn" by Carnivore
- "Hard Times in New York Town" by Bob Dylan
- " Harlem Shuffle " by Bobby Relf and Earl Nelson (covered by The Rolling Stones )
- "Harlem Nocturne" by Mel Torme
- "A Heart in New York" by Gallagher And Lyle (covered by Simon And Garfunkel )
- " Hello, Dolly! " by Jerry Herman (about 14th Street)
- "Holland Tunnel" by I Am The World Trade Center
- "Holland Tunnel" by John Phillips
- "Hover" by Rhett Miller
- "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond
- "I Can't See New York" by Tori Amos
- "I Feel Safe in New York City" by AC/DC
- "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" by Harry Nilsson
- "I Happen to Like New York" by Cole Porter
- "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do" by The Ramones
- "I'll Take New York" by Tom Waits
- "I'll Sink Manhattan" by They Might Be Giants
- "I Love NYC" by Andrew W. K.
- "I Love New York" by Madonna
- "I Run New York" by 50 Cent featuring Tony Yayo
- "I'm a Knicks Fan" by Jesse Jaymes
- "I'm Waiting For The Man" The Velvet Underground
- "In the Cage" by Genesis
- "Incident on 57th Street" by Bruce Springsteen
- "I've Got New York" by The 6ths
- "Jesus Went to N.Y.C." by Five Fifteen
- "The Joint is Really Jumping Down at Carnegie Hall" by Judy Garland
- "Just Over the Brooklyn Bridge" by Art Garfunkel
- "JFK to LAX" by Gang Starr
- "King of New York" by Schooly D.
- "King of N.Y." by Fat Joe
- "La Maleta" by Rubén Blades & Willie Colón
- "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
- --- ''Note: The Album of the same name is a Concept Album that takes place in New York City. The only individual songs listed on this list refer to specific geographic locations in New York City, i.e. references to Broadway and Times Square in the title song.''
- "Leaving New York" by R.E.M.
- "A Letter to the New York Post" by Public Enemy
- "Let's Go Mets" by the New York Mets
- "The Light Dies Down on Broadway" by Genesis
- "Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)" by The Clash
- "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
- "Lower East Side" by U.K. Subs
- "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" by Magnetic Fields
- "Lullaby of Broadway" From The Musical "42nd Street"
- "Lullaby on New York" by Aztec Two-Step
- "MacDougal Blues" Kevin Kinney
- "Macy's Day Parade" by Green Day
- "Marching Bands of Manhattan" by Death Cab For Cutie
- "Manhattan" by Louise Attaque
- "Manhattan" by Ella Fitzgerald
- "Manhattan" by Eric Johnson
- "Manhattan" by Rodgers And Hart
- "Manhattan Avenue" by Nellie McKay
- "Manhattan-Kaboul" by Renaud with Axelle Red
- "Manhattan Madness" by Irving Berlin
- "Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire
- "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon
- "Meet the Mets" by Ruth Roberts
- "Meet the Mets" (organ version) by Jane Jarvis
- "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" by Billy Joel
- " Miss You " by The Rolling Stones
- "Mizz Bed-Stuy" by The Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John
- "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, pt.2" by Elton John
- "More Shine" by Si---Se
- "Morning Glory" by Loey Nelson
- "My My Metrocard" by Le Tigre
- "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey
- "Ne Me Quitte Pas" by Regina Spektor
- "New Killer Star" by David Bowie
- "New New York" by The Cranberries
- "The New New York" by Tru-Life
- "New York" by Continental Drifters
- "New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss
- "New York" by Norah Jones
- "New York" by Richard Ashcroft
- "New York" by Sex Pistols
- "New York" by Stephen Fretwell
- "New York" by The Templars
- "New York" by U2
- "New York's Alright if you like Saxophones" by Fear
- "New York avec toi" by Téléphone
- "New York As A Muse" by Yoko Ono
- "New York Baby" by Leona Naess
- "New York Blackout" by The Mighty Sparrow
- "New York Belongs to Me" by Roger Miret And The Disasters
- "New York Central" by Son House
- "A New York Christmas" by Rob Thomas
- "New York City" by Cub , covered by They Might Be Giants
- "New York City" by Gil Scott-Heron
- "New York City" by Madball
- "New York City" by Mason Jennings
- "New York City" by Moe.
- "New York City" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- "New York City" by They Might Be Giants
- "New York City Boy" by Pet Shop Boys
- "New York City Rhythm" by Barry Manilow
- "New York City" by Peter Malick and Norah Jones
- "New York City Blues" by The Yardbirds
- "New York City Cops" by The Strokes
- "New York City Pakistan" by Terre Roche
- " New York City Serenade " by Bruce Springsteen
- "New York City Streets" by Triumph
- "New York Girls" by The Mooney Suzuki
- "New York Groove" by Ace Frehley
- "New York, Hold Her Tight" by Restless Heart
- "New York Minute" by Don Henley
- "New York Minute" by Zoetrope
- "New York Mining Disaster 1941" by The Bee Gees
- " New York, New York " by Bernstein-Comden-Green from the 1946 musical '' On The Town ''
- " New York, New York " written by Kander And Ebb ; originally recorded by Liza Minnelli ; famously sung by Frank Sinatra
- "New York, New York" by Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five
- " New York, New York " by Ryan Adams
- "New York, New York (So good they named it twice)" by Gerard Kenny
- "New York, New York" by Johnny Winter
- "New York, New York" by Nina Hagen
- "New York, New York" by The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg
- "New York, New York Stealing My Way" by Back Street Crawler
- "New York, NY 10009" by Black 47
- "New York Police State" by Agnostic Front
- "The New York Shuffle" by Graham Parker
- "New York Skyline" by Garland Jeffries
- "New York State Of Mind" by Billy Joel
- "New York State of Mind" by Nas
- "New York State of Mind Pt. 2" by Nas
- "New York State of Mind" by Alicia Keys Nas and Rakim
- "New York Strait Talk" by Gang Starr
- "New York Taxi" by Harry Belafonte
- "New York Telephone Conversation" by Lou Reed
- "New York Was Great" by The Raveonettes
- "New York (Ya Out there?)" by Rakim
- "New York's A Lonely Town" by The Trade Winds
- "New York's In Love" by David Bowie
- "New York's Not My Home" by Jim Croce
- "New York, USA" by Serge Gainsbourg
- "Next Exit" by Interpol
- "Nights in Harlem" by Luther Vandross
- "Nights on Broadway" by the Bee Gees
- "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys
- "Noche En Down Town" by Fito Páez
- "N.Y." by Doves
- "N.Y. Groove" by Ace Frehley
- "NY Nightmare" by Phoebe Legere
- "NYC" by Interpol
- "NYC Everything" by RZA
- "NYC Man" by Lou Reed
- "NYC's Like a Graveyard" by The Moldy Peaches
- "Oh Oh I Love Her So" by The Ramones
- "Old New York" by Luke Temple
- "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)" by Bright Eyes (about the Anti-war Protests Held In New York City On February 15th, 2003 )
- "Olympia, WA" by Rancid
- "On Broadway" by The Drifters
- "On My Way to Harlem" by Coolio
- "On The Streets Of The Bronx" by The Moonglows
- "One Day You´ll Dance For Me New York City" by Thomas Dybdahl
- "Out of Habit" by Ani Difranco
- "The Only Living Boy In New York" by Simon & Garfunkel
- "An Open Letter to NYC" by The Beastie Boys
- "Pacifics" by Digable Planets
- "Paper Boats" by Nada Surf
- "Paranoia Blues" by Paul Simon
- "Park Slope" by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips
- " Pedro Navaja " by Rubén Blades & Willie Colón
- "Penthouse Serenade" by Marianne Faithfull
- "Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle And Sebastian
- "Poses" by Rufus Wainwright
- "Positively 4th Street"- Bob Dylan
- " Puttin' On The Ritz " by Irving Berlin
- "Queensboro Bridge" by David Mead
- "Que Pasa, New York?" by Elephant's Memory featuring John Lennon
- " Rhapsody In Blue " by George Gershwin (inspired by the sounds and motions of a locomotive leaving Grand Central Station)
- "Respiration" by Black Star featuring Common
- "Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones
- "Rockin' the Bronx" by Black 47
- "Safe In New York City" by AC/DC
- "Sci-Fi Wasabi" by Cibo Matto
- "Self Evident" by Ani Difranco
- "Seventh Avenue" by Rosanne Cash
- "Shattered" by The Rolling Stones
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" by The Ramones
- "Shy" by Ani Difranco
- "Sidewalks of New York" by James W. Blake and Charles E. Lawlor (1890, used as a presidential campaign tune in the 1920's {Link without Title} )
- "Sixth Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers
- "Slum Goddess" by The Fugs
- "So Long, Astoria" by The Ataris
- "Song for Myla Goldberg" by The Decemberists
- "South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
- "Spanish Harlem" by Ben E. King
- "Spanish Harlem Incident" by Bob Dylan
- "Spring Street" by Dar Williams
- "Staten Island" by Johnny McEvoy
- "Staten Island Baby" by Black 47
- "Statue of Liberty" by XTC
- "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees
- "Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin & The Hacker
- "Streets of New York" by Alicia Keys
- "Streets of New York" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
- "Streets of New York" by The Wolfe Tones
- "Streets of NY" by Terror Squad
- "Subrosa Subway" by Klaatu
- "Subway Train" by the New York Dolls
- "Suicide (A Better Way)" by Choking Victim
- "Sullivan Street" by Counting Crows
- "Sunday In New York" by Bobby Darin
- "Take Me Back To Manhattan" by Cole Porter (from the musicals "The New Yorkers" and "Anything Goes)
- "Take that Look off Your Face" by Andrew Lloyd Webber (from the musical ''Song and Dance'')
- "Take the A Train", written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
- "Take the L Train (To 8 Ave.)" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Take the L Train (To Brooklyn)" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Taylor" by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heinsler
- "Talking New York" by Bob Dylan
- "Tell It To Your Heart" Lou Reed
- "The Brooklyn Bridge" by Sammy Kahn (Performed by Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, & Others)
- "There's a Boat Leaving Soon for New York" Miles Davis
- "Three Buroughs" by X-ecutioners
- "Times Square" by Marianne Faithfull
- "Times Square Go-Go Boy" by East River Pipe
- " Tom's Diner " by Suzanne Vega
- "Train Under Water" by Bright Eyes
- "Tribeca" by Kenny G
- "Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" by The Mamas And The Papas
- " Union Square " by Tom Waits
- "Venezuelan In New York" by King Changó
- "The Village in the Morning" by The Magnetic Fields
- "Violets For Your Furs" by Frank Sinatra
- "Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan
- " Walk On The Wild Side " by Lou Reed
- "Walkin' In N.Y." by Manhattan Transfer
- "Way Out West (On West End Avenue)" by Rodgers & Hart (Performed by Ray Charles, Bobby Short, & Others)
- "We Are New York and We Love Basketball" by Paulette LaMelle
- "We Live In Brooklyn Baby" by Roy Ayers
- "Welcome to New York City" by Cam'Ron
- "What More Do I Need?" by Stephen Sondheim
- "What New York Couples Fight About" by Morcheeba featuring Kurt Wagner
- "When I First Kissed You" by Extreme
- "Whizz Kid" by Mott The Hoople
- "The World I Know" by Collective Soul
- "Yeah! New York" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "You and Me and New York City" by Brad Hopkins
- "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce
- "You Said Something" by PJ Harvey
- "You Get High in N.Y.C." by Revanche
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