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Illinois: The 50 States and Cities of America in Song Titles and Lyrics

This page contains a list of songs about the state of Illinois or that reference Illinois in the song title or lyrics. Also listed are songs named for or that mention the cities and towns of Illinois. Albums and musicians named for Illinois are also included.

Songs - Musicians - Albums - Cities and Towns - References - Complete State List

• Illinois by
  • Dan Fogelberg
  • The Everly Brothers
  • John Linnell
• Casey, Illinois by Erica Wheel
• City Of New Orleans by Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie, The Seldom Scene
• Choctaw Bingo by James McMurtry
• Come On! Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
• Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
• Spitalfield by Gold Dust vs. State of Illinois
• Illinois Blues by Alvin Youngblood Hart
• Mountains Of Illinois by Chet Atkins
  

Songs - Musicians - Albums - Cities and Towns - References - Complete State List

Illinois: Musicians

• Illinois Payson
• Chicago Farmer

Songs - Musicians - Albums - Cities and Towns - References - Complete State List

Illinois: Albums

• The Eccentric Country R&B of Illinois Payson

Songs - Musicians - Albums - Cities and Towns - References - Complete State List

Illinois: Cities and Towns

• Casey
  • Casey, Illinois by Erica Wheel
• Chicago
  • All The Way by Eddie Vedder
    
  • Back to Chicago by Styx
    
  • Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
    
  • Bear Down, Chicago Bears by Jerry Downs, a pseudonym for Al Hoffman
    
  • Belle of Chicago - Its A Famous March
    
  • Best Wishes to your Black Lung by Less Than Jake
    
  • Born in Chicago by Paul Butterfield
    
  • C-Town by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
    
  • Chi-City by Common
  • Chi Town by Da Brat
    
  • Chicago by Bis, Da Brat, Hieroglyphics, Ingram Hill, The Purple Hearts, Sean Watkins, Shawnna, Sufjan Stevens, The Tossers, The Uglysuit, Kiki Dee, Frank Sinatra, Kate Voegele, ABC
    
  • Chicago.... by Screeching Weasel
    
  • Chicago At Night by Spoon
    
  • Chicago Bound Blues by Bessie Smith
    
  • Chicago Bound by Canned Heat, Jimmy Rogers
    
  • Chicago Breakdown by Louis Armstrong
    
  • Chicago Girl by Roger Whitaker
    
  • Chicago Fanphair '93 by Local H
    
  • Chicago Institute by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
    
  • Chicago Is Large by Nazgul
    
  • Chicago Is So Two Years Ago by Fall Out Boy
    
  • Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night by The Hold Steady
    
  • Chicago Song by David Sanborn
  • Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) by Fred Fisher, Frank Sinatra
  • Chicago (We Can Change The World) by Graham Nash
    
  • Chicago Wind by Merle Haggard
    
  • City of CHI by Juice
    
  • City of Chicago by Luka Bloom / Barry Moore
    
  • Closer To Our Graves by Lucky Boys Confusion
    
  • Crook County by Twista
    
  • Daley's Gone by Steve Goodman
  • Dancing In The Streets by Martha and The Vandellas
    
  • Dead End Street by Lou Rawls
    
  • Dear Chicago by Ryan Adams
    
  • Down Louisiana Way by George Strait
    
  • A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request by Steve Goodman
  • East Chicago Street by Grey Room
    
  • The Eggplant That Ate Chicago by Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
    
  • The EL by Rhett Miller
    
  • Far, Far Away by Wilco
  • Goin’ To Chicago Blues by Lou Rawls, The Count Basie Orchestra
    
  • Golden Ring by Tammy Wynette and George Jones
    
  • Growing Up by Fall Out Boy
    
  • A Guided Tour of Chicago by The Lawrence Arms
    
  • Hands Open by Snow Patrol
    
  • Happy Summertime by R.Kelly
    
  • Hitch Hike by The Rolling Stones
    
  • Home by Kanye West
    
  • Homecoming by Kanye West
    
  • Homesick At Spacecamp by Fall Out Boy
    
  • I’m A Ramblin’ Man by Waylon Jennings
    
  • I'm Dying Tomorrow by Alkaline Trio
    
  • In Tha Chi by Shawnna
    
  • In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Eric Cartman *That Right, I put him on here, can you really tell me that Elvis' version is really better?
    
  • In The Kitchen by Umphrey's McGee
  • Iowa City By Eleni Mandell
    
  • Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago by Soul Coughing
    
  • Jesus Just Left Chicago by Gov’t Mule, ZZ Top
    
  • L.A., Goodbye by The Ides of March
  • LAX To O'Hare by The Academy Is...
    
  • Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
    
  • Lake Shore Driving by Duran Duran
  • Leavin' Chicago by John Lee Hooker
    
  • Leaving Chicago by Knockout
    
  • The Lincoln Park Pirates by Steve Goodman
    
  • Little Joe from Chicago by Nat King Cole
    
  • Love/Hate (So Chicago) by Shock Stars
    
  • Lovin’ What Your Lovin’ Does To Me by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
    
  • Lyrics All Around The World by Boyz II Men
    
  • Mercy Me by Alkaline Trio
  • Mrs. O'Leary's Cow by Brian Wilson
    
  • My Kind of Town by Frank Sinatra
    
  • The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace
  • Not in Chicago by The Sibleys
    
  • Oh My Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams
    
  • On The South Side of Chicago by Freddy Cole
    
  • Peace Frog by The Doors
    
  • Picketlines And Pepperspray by Silent Film
    
  • San Francisco by Alkaline Trio
  • She Was in Chicago by John Lee Hooker
    
  • Sidewalks Of Chicago by Merle Haggard
    
  • Slow down Chicago by Canasta
    
  • Somewhere on Fullerton by Allister
    
  • Southside by Common ft. Kanye West
  • South Side of Chicago by Vic Damone
    
  • South Side Irish by Arranmore
    
  • Southside Mojo by JaGoFF
    
  • South Union by Lucky Boys Confusion
    
  • Star Witness by Neko Case
    
  • Stay Chi by Juice
    
  • Stratford-On-Guy by Liz Phair
    
  • Super Bowl Shuffle by Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, the 1985 Chicago Bears
    
  • Sweet Home Chicago by Lonnie Brooks, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Pinetop Perkins, Marcus Singletary
    
  • Sweet Spots by The Fiery Furnaces
    
  • Swing Life Away by Rise Against
    
  • Take Me Back To Chicago by Chicago
    
  • Take the Time by Freddy Jones Band
    
  • That's That by Snoop Dog ft R. Kelly
    
  • Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
    
  • Tonight Will Last Forever by Mest
    
  • Two Words by Mos Def
    
  • Via Chicago by Wilco
    
  • Welcome To Chicago by Kill Hannah
    
  • We Ride by Jay-Z
    
  • When the Wind Blows in Chicago by Roy Clark
    
  • Windy City Blues by The Marshall Tucker Band
    
  • Winter in Chicago by 504 Plan
    
  • The Woman Downstairs by Handsome Family
    
  • You're Dead by Alkaline Trio
    
  • Older Compositons According to Wikipedia 1800 - 1950
    • "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance. Fantasie for Piano." 1893 - Composer Gustav Luders
    • "Apostrophe to Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden
    • "Awake! Awake!" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden
    • "The Belle of Chicago" - Composer: John Phillip Sousa
    • "The Belle of Chicago Barn Dance" - Composer: Theo. Bonheur
    • "The Belle of Lincoln Park" - Composer & Lyricist: Geo. Maywood
    • "Big Bill the Builder" (mayor) 1928 - Composers & Lyricists: Milton Weil, Bernie Grossman & Larry Shay
    • "The Billiken Man" - Composer: Melville J. Gideon, Lyricist: E. Ray Goetz, Sung by Blanche Ring
    • "Boost Chicago" - Composer: Armin P. Bauer
    • "The Burning of the Iroquois" (theater) 1904 - Composer: Thos. R. Confare, Lyricist: Morris S. Silver
    • "Cairo Street Waltz" 1893 - Composer: Signor Guglielmo Ricci
    • "Chicago" 1909 - Composer: Aubrey Stauffer, Lyricist: illegible
    • "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" - Composer & Lyricist: Juanita Mabelle Rosness
    • "Chicago by the Inland Sea" - Composer & Lyricist: Russell Wood
    • "Chicago Chicago Chicago" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace & Herbie Herbert
    • "Chicago, City of Destiny" 1921 - Composer: August Halter, Lyricist: Dr. Edward L. Fernald
    • "Chicago Day Waltz" 1893 - Composer: G. Valisi
    • "The Chicago Express (March Two-Step)" 1905 - Composer: Percy Wenrich
    • "Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero'" (U.S. Grant) 1891 - Composer & Lyricist: W.C. Robey
    • "The Chicago Glide" - Composer: Prof. Joseph Gearen
    • "Chicago (How I Love Chicago)" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace & Teddy Phillips.
    • "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
    • "Chicago March" 1909 - Composer: Henry S. Sawyer
    • "Chicago. Marine Band" - Composer: Wm. F. Peters
    • "Chicago, My Home Town" - Composer & Lyricist: Paul S. Hargrow
    • "Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois" - Composer & Lyricist: Laura Aborn
    • "Chicago Quickstep" 1882 - Composer: Mrs. D. C. Payne
    • "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 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" - 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" - 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
    • "Columbia Fair (Grand March)" - Composer: Theodore Moelling
    • "Columbian Guard" - Composer & Lyricist: T. P. Brooke
    • "Columbus Fair (Grand March)" - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
    • "Come to Chicago" - Composer: Dorothy Giffey, Lyricist: James Andrichen
    • "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
    • "Funeral March In Memoriam, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago" 1893, Composer : W. Herbert Layon
    • "Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine." - Composer & Lyricist : Clitus M. Wickens
    • "Grand Exposition March" - Composer: Louis Falk
    • "Greater Chicago March" - Composer: Jacob Valentine Havener, Lyricist: Agner Clark Winkler
    • "Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833-Chicago-1933" - Composer & Lyricist: George D. Gaw, Transcribed & Arranged by: Frank Barden.
    • "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
    • "The Hat He Never Ate" - Composer: Ben Harney, Lyricist: Howard S. Taylor
    • "Hello Chicago Fox-Trot" 1933 - Composer: Anthony Misuraca, Lyricist: Joseph Argento
    • "I Am Proud of Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Ben Schwartzberg
    • "I Used to Work in Chicago. I Did But I Don't Anymore" 1946 - Composers & Lyricists: Larry Vincent & Sunny Skylar
    • "I'll Meet You In Chicago (At The Fair)" 1928 - Composers & Lyricists: Charlie Harrison & Fred Rose
    • "I'm from Chicago" - 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" - Composers & Lyricists: Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
    • "It's a Way They Have in Chicago" - Composer: Gustav Luders, Lyricist: M. E. Rourke
    • "Jolly Bears, To Those on the Board of Trade of Chicago. Polka Humoristic" 1880 - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
    • "The Last Day of The Fair" 1893 - Composer: Frank Swain
    • "Let's Go Chicago! I Will" - Composer & Lyricist: Earl Cleland
    • "Lincoln Park. A Solo and Chorus" - Composer: T. Glass, Lyricist: Geo.W. Morse
    • "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
    • "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
    • "Our Chicago" (U of C) 1926 - Composer & Lyricist: Norman Reid
    • "State Street Tomorrow - Theme Song" 1930 music by Carelton Colby and Maurice Wetzel from the Radio Station KYW staff.
    • "She Shook Him In Chicago" - (Madame Sherry 1909) - Composer: Karl L. Hoschna, Lyricist: Otto Hauerbach
    • "The Song of the Ferris Wheel - World's Fair 1893" - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth, Lyricist: M. A. Sturgis
    • "The White City March and Twostep" 1905 - Composer: Hampton Durant
    • "You Wake Up in the Morning in Chicago" 1915 - Composer: Harry Carroll, Lyricists: Ballard Macdonald & Coleman Goetz
    • "The World's Fair or A Voyage to Chicago" 1893 - Composer & Lyricist: Leonard Gautier
    • Bands
      • Chicago
• Columbia
  • Come On! Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
• Highland
  • Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

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