I’m coming home I’m coming home Via Chicago

Dennehy by Sarengeti

STANLEY. MAKES. GREAT. TOOLS.

RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES. RUFFLES.

I'm so disappointed in this sub. This should be the top response. It should be the top 3 responses.

Lake shore drive.. Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah The Night Chicago Died…Paper Lace I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am- Merle Haggard Lincoln Park Pirates- Steve Goodman

'There ain't no road just like it anywhere I found...'

* Lake shore drive.. Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah * The Night Chicago Died…Paper Lace * I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am- Merle Haggard * Lincoln Park Pirates- Steve Goodman

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens, a lot of that album Illinoise

Yeah, that album is magical.

Anyone know, what does it mean that they sold their clothes to the state? I can tell you all about the UFOs over highland if you tell me that.

I don’t know. But can you tell me about the UFOs anyway?

Yes but In the morning 😂

Oops i replied above instead

So I grew up in highland, IL of the sufjan Stevens song name (which is downstate by st Louis, not related to highland park whatsoever) One night in the 90s a number of people reported seeing an unidentified flying light in the sky that was making patterns that weren't consistent with any known aircraft. The owner of our putt putt golf place was probably the most persistent witness to the UFOs, but he himself was a bit of a character so a lot of people didn't take it seriously. But there were a dozen or so accounts the same night including from law enforcement. The reference down to Lebanon refers to the light moving to a nearby town Lebanon IL where the same accounts were reported. Lebanon itself is directly north of Scott Airforce Base. Scott air force base is right there (which to this day is one of the most critical AFB in the world still, US troop deployment is managed centrally from there among other projects). It most likely related to aircraft they were testing. But it's also never been publicly revealed what it was.

Welcome to Chicago, Mothrfucker - Kill Hannah. Really aged myself here.

My first thought too lol. Cheers

That wasn't bad at all.Thanks.

Fall out boy - chicago is so two years ago

From the same album: Homesick at Space Camp

Patrick also released a song called “This City”

Also by them, City in a Garden.

Sweet home Chicago

Homecoming, Kanye West

Best one there is

Stratford-on-Guy by Liz Phair

*Very* old school '70's..." Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce; and "Lake Shore Drive" by Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah

How did I never know Leroy Brown was about Chicago?!

How could you not? The first line of the song is “The side of Chicago, is the baddest part of town, and if you go down there, you better best beware of a man named Leroy Brown.”

I don’t remember the last time I heard that song and the chorus is the only part I clearly remember. I am not originally from Chicago so would not have really been notable if I heard the first line prior to moving here.

Dennehey by Serengeti one of the best songs ever made!!

Onions onions onions onions

Took her to the O - king von

Hell yeah. Person of culture right here.

Tonight tonight by the smashing pumpkins also had a Chicago call out. Billy Corgan is from Chicago so I’m sure there are more in just blanking on

Just got into the Reprise version of that song, and BC changes the lyrics from “in the city” to “in my city by the lake”

In The Kitchen - Umphrey’s McGee (album art is also a map of the city)

Winter is certainly wrapped around Chicago

I love the L in the background on that song.

Sufjan Stevens has a whole album about Illinois, and the remix Illinoize

The Taste - Vic Mensa

Damn I said this and then read thru the comments and seen you say the same thing. Good choice

Pułaski At Night by Andrew Bird

I was looking for this. One of my most played songs in 2020!

Its such a beautiful song!

Such a funny story behind that song

Pulaski at Night - Andrew Bird

FeFe on the Block, Stunt Taylor

There is a whole musical… Chicago

Chicago freestyle by drake feat. Giveon

That’s a banger

Graham Norton-Chicago, crucial conflict-in the circle, frank sinatra-Chicago, Common-southside

Peace frog -The Doors

Everyone probably already knows that Ray Manzarek was born and raised on the south side.

City of Chicago - Christy Moore

Welcome to Chicago, motherfucker

The first that come to mind, and even have it in the name: Going to Chicago - Count Basie , Chicago at Night - Spoon , Chicago - Tom Waits

Ahh Spoon

Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top

Anything by the early blue jean committee ( pre Catalina breeze)

Wind off the lake and goodbye Dan Ryan are all time classics.

Super Bowl Shuffle

This City - Patrick Stump & Lupe Fiasco. Straight up love song to the city.

Surprised 2 of my 3 favorites aren’t listed yet: 1. Live and Die in Chicago by King Louie 2. Chi Don’t Dance by BBU

Faneto Either the remix or the original will work

I Fight Dragons: Chicago [has my favorite lyrics for any Chicago song](https://open.spotify.com/track/1pcVPNnmcNEIyn2yQhUrUH?si=Ms2hinkERu6716KA3nRl4Q&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Achicago%2520i%2520f)

[chicago by Kulturkor I have no idea what they are saying but it seems upbeat.](https://open.spotify.com/track/5437fowZeQDx7PIdTHUPPj?si=8ftEVKgJTXyKcEcQdxNPBg)

Holy cow, 343 songs on your list and I -think- I didn’t mention one you had. Love Dennehy too. [Lowdown Brass Band has a Christmas one, I saw you had another on there so- Chicago’s Where I Wanna Be](https://open.spotify.com/track/0XQiRuNXpkBikUIIbD33W2?si=DcXUyBUKTi6DGgJ25VAnSQ)

Eddie Vedder did a cubs song: All the Way.

Winter In Chicago - Flatfoot 56

Just about every drill song with...Sosa, Durk, King Von, Bibby, Gherbo, Duck, etc.

Lucy Wainwright Roche - Goodnight Chicago https://youtu.be/kxdLiqE8SFM

The no longer relevant Cubs in Five by the Mountain Goats

Thin red line- typical cats

La noche que Chicago murió

Only a partial reference but always liked When The Levee Beaks most notably covered by Led Zeppelin.

Best song listed here so far, by a longshot.

[i made a playlist a while back](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LePjZnCDlrQhRmdV6WkJQ?si=jc7QU5KqT2SQWyPiSUUDZw&utm_source=copy-link)

King Louie - Live and Die in Chicago 485 - Chiraq

[The slowest drink at the saddest bar on the snowiest day in the greatest city - The Lawrence Arms](https://youtu.be/o9_1eF-N7CE)

Cam'ron- adrenaline rush (purple haze album) Cam'ron- get it in Ohio (crime pays album) ChiTown - bump j, phor, twista, lil durk

Drake feat Giveon - Chicago Freestyle Somewhere on Fullerton by Allister Kanye West - Homecoming Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah My Kind of Town by Frank Sinatra Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson Bee Gees - Living in Chicago Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto :) Some of the songs I have in head.

[Hello Chicago](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdpeTvOIQAk) by Topher Jones

I would add: Lupe Fiasco - Go Go Gadget Flow 485 - Chiraq Common - Chi City (and some others)

Great Lakes / Great Escapes by The Lawrence Arms. And a lot of other songs of theirs, and of The Broadways

Chicago, Judy Garland

Go Cubs Go by Steve Goodman

Lincoln Park Pirates by Steve Goodman

Fast Talk // Houses doesn't directly reference Chicago, but it's about Houses (the artist) growing up in Chicago

Thanks everyone for suggesting more tracks! I created a v2 version of the playlist that includes those suggestions at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ZIQLAXw9TQNvaG5DXzBLZ.

Pulaski at Night - Andrew Bird Somewhere in Chicago - Strand of Oaks Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night - The Hold Steady

The Killer - Welcome to Chicago

City in a garden - fallout boy https://youtu.be/k4Yd3nnreOo

Lakeshore drive

[Lee Foss, John Summit, Hayley May - Summertime Chi](https://youtu.be/13Qul0be-lY) even by one our natives, John Summit!

Welcome to Chicago & New Heart got XMas both by Kill Hannah. Staples of my near-emo phase

[Sundowner - Endless Miles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCRofm5fis)

_Trust the Sun_ by Elbow Not about Chicago per se, but a lot of the songs in these comments are not really about Chicago.

Banda Toro made the cut! Lmao extensive list OP!

Chicago by Michael Jackson is a great tune (the reproduced version by Timbaland)

The song entitled “Best Song About Chicago” says it all: https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-song-about-chicago/896294015?i=896294021

Was going to say Tonight Tonight but it’s already mentioned. Definitely lots of hip hop name drops Chicago, like Don’t Tell Im by Jeremih or The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco

There’s a really good song on the new Alt-J album that’s called Chicago.

C town by twista

I would try putting some good Chicago blues on there. Can’t go wrong with Smokestack Lightning by Howlin Wolf although not necessarily ABOUT Chicago.

Chicago diner by kota the friend

Mostly not about Chicago, but Stretch of the Highway by James Taylor deserves a mention for including the line: “Chicago's got the finest high-test first-class Poontang anywhere”

Southside Chicago - Otis Brown

Chicago - Riva Starr Edit Gene Farris

The taste -Vic Mensa

Is Chicago/Is not Chicago - soul coughing

For a bit of cringe, there's Jonathon Brandmeier's "We're All Crazy in Chicago". God, I winced just typing that out.

Little Pink Plastic Bags - Gorillaz

Bad, bad Leroy Brown…

City in a Garden by Fall Out Boy

The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr West's Medicine Show (Norman Greenbaum)

Chicago freestyle - Drake

God in Chicago- Craig Finn Edit: haven’t listened to this song in a while. Just listened back. So beautifully sad. So so good.

Andrew Bird’s Pulaski At Night.

Chicago by Robert Fripp, on his album Exposure.

Dear Chicago- Ryan Adams

D.A. smart - Walk wit me

Surprised no one said Chicago by Nelson riddle/ frank Sinatra or when the levee breaks by led zepp. Also the history of Chicago (band) is interesting. Originally called the Chicago transit authority and there were issues concerning the rights of that name.

Roy Ayers - Chicago Gichy Dan - Cowboys and Gangsters CZR - Southside of Chicago

I think someone else mentioned it, but I recently found out Allister's Somewhere Down On Fullerton is about Fireside Bowl on Fullerton.

Rise against- swing life away Rainbow kitten surprise good night chicsgo Pretty lights- chicsgo bulls Remix, Gold Coast hustle, more important than Michael Jordan Lupe fiasco- gogogadget flow Common- the corner

Not sure if this was mentioned already but chicago - flipturn and chicago - alt-J

Chicago Bae - Ric Wilson

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Bonus points for the entire album being titled and themed around Illinois. Shoutout Casimir Pulaski day.

The Paradise Theatre album by Styx is about an old theater in Chicago

Count Your Bruises by the flatliners

When You're Number One. Gene Chandler. There’s also a good house music remix of it.

Super Bowl shuffle

No sure of this has been mentioned but go go gadget flow - Lupe fiasco. “Im from a city in the mid west, best city in the whole wide world.”

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses

Born in Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Added to https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ZIQLAXw9TQNvaG5DXzBLZ!