List of songs about Chicago

• "1215 W. Belmont" - Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell • "19th Street Blues" - Johnny Dodds & Tiny Parham • "2120 South Michigan Avenue" – Rolling Stones • "29th and Dearborn" – Richard M Jones • "31st And State" - Johnny Griffin And Wilbur Ware With Junior Mance • "39th And Indiana" - Charley Musselwhite • "42 in Chicago" - Merle Kilgore • "43rd Street Jump" - David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Big Walter Horton, Kansas City Red, Floyd Jones • "47th Street Stomp" – Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards • "5-3-10-4", 2000 – ''Maybe I'll Catch Fire'' - Alkaline Trio • "55th Street" - Lidell Townsell • "65th and Ingleside" - Chance the Rapper • "70th & King Drive" – Hot Hanas Hula ==A==

• "A Cicada Of Chicago" by Pepe Ahlqvist • "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance. Fantasie for Piano.", 1893 – composer: Gustav Luders • "Another Rainy Day in New York City" - Chicago • "All We Know" - Chainsmokers • "Angels" – Chance the Rapper from Coloring Book, 2016 (music video shows him rapping on top of the "L" train) • "Apex Blues" – Jimmie Noone & His Apex Club Orchestra • "Apostrophe to Chicago" – composer & lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden • "Area 312" – Resurrection Band • "At McKie's" – Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins (McKie's was a famous Chicago jazz venue) • "Ation" – Frode Gjerstad Trio With Steve Swell • "Auch Chikago War Einmal Jung" – Katja Ebstein • "Awake! Awake!" – composer & lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden ==B==

• "Back Down On State Street" – Ben Sidran • "Back Streets of Lombard" – Ground Zero • "Back to Chicago" – Styx, from Edge of the Century, 1990 • "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" – Jim Croce • "The Ballad Of Jesse James" - various versions - see Jesse James (folk song) • "Bamako Chicago Express" - Don Moye • "Baseball Dreams" – Ralph's World • "Battle of Chicago" – Berkshire Seven • "Bear Down Chicago Bears" - John Frigo • "The Belle of Chicago", 1892 – composer: John Philip 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 Big Brass Band from Brazil" by Art Mooney & His Orchestra • "The Big Unit" – The Mountain Goats • "Big Windy City" - Troy Shondell • "The Billiken Man", 1909 – composer: Melville J. Gideon; lyricist: E. Ray Goetz; sung by Blanche Ring • "Black Sox Two Step (Noir Chaussette's Two Step)" – Sidney Brown • "Blank" - Disfigured • "Bloody Canvas", 2021 – Polo G • "Blowin' in from Chicago", 2005 – composer: Hank Hirsh; Six Perfections Music; Around and Back • "Blue Line" – Local H • "Blues for the South Side" – Ronnie Earl • "Blues for the West Side" – Eddie Shaw • "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - Andrews Sisters • "Boost Chicago" – composer: Armin P. Bauer • "Born in Chicago" – Paul Butterfield 1965, blues • "Born in Illinois (in a place they call Chicago)" - Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley • "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 • "Break Down on Lake Shore Drive" – The Black Dog • "Bryn Mawr Stomp" – Local H • "Bucktown Stomp" – Johnny Dodds' Washboard Six • "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==

• "Calling Me Home, Chicago", 1985 – composer: Paul David Wilson • "Casimir Pulaski Day" – Sufjan Stevens • "Cha Cha Chicago" – Kai Winding • "Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago" – Nellie Lutcher • "Chi'-Ca'-Go'" - Johnny Ross • "Chi-City" – Common, featuring Kanye West, from Be, 2005 • "Chi-City Boogie" - Ricardo Miranda • "Chi-Town" - Jing Chi • "The Chi-Town Boogie" - Casey Jones • "Chi-Town Hustler" – Eddie Floyd • "Chi-Town Theme" – Cleveland Eaton • "Chi-Town" – The Cribs • "Chi-Town" – Da Brat • "Chi-Town" – Jerry Butler • "Chi-Town Affair" - DJ Phats • "The Chi-Town Nightlife" – Paul Johnson • "Chicago" – ABC • "Chicago" – Roy Ayers • "Chicago" – Big D and the Kids Table • "Chicago" – Birdpaula • "Chicago" – Bis • "Chicago" – Capital STEEZ produced by MF Doom • "Chicago" - Clueso • "Chicago" - Colour Club • "Chicago" - David Morales presents the Red Zone Project • "Chicago" – Kiki Dee • "Chicago" – Dynastie Crisis • "Chicago" – The Doobie Brothers • "Chicago" – Enuff Z'nuff • "Chicago" – Flipturn • "Chicago" – Frédéric François • "Chicago" - Gabry Fasano (Italian electronic music dance producer/dj) • "Chicago" – Gemini One • "Chicago" – Groove Armada • "Chicago" – Hieroglyphics • "Chicago" – Ingram Hill • "Chicago" (original title: "She Was Lovin' Me") – Michael Jackson • "Chicago" – Alexz Johnson • "Chicago – Ivan Kuchin • "Chicago" - music by Lew Pollack; lyrics by Sidney Clare • "Chicago" – Luther Allison • "Chicago" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band • "Chicago" – The Masterbuilders • "Chicago" – Mat Kearney • "Chicago" - O.A.R. • "Chicago" - Otis Pierce • "Chicago" – Ted Mulry • "Chicago (We Can Change the World)" – Graham Nash 1971, (about the 1968 Convention) • "Chicago" – Des O'Connor • "Chicago" – Portugal. The Man • "Chicago" – The Purple Hearts • "Chicago" – Django Reinhardt • "Chicago" – Revolutionary Ensemble • "Chicago" – Lucy Wainwright Roche • "Chicago" – Rodgers & Hart • "Chicago" – Alexander Rosenbaum • "Chicago..." – Screeching Weasel • "Chicago" – Shawnna • "Chicago" – Simoncino • "Chicago" – Sufjan Stevens • ”Chicago” - Louis Tomlinson • "Chicago" – The Tossers • "Chicago" – The Uglysuit • "Chicago" – Kate Voegele • "Chicago" – Tom Waits • "Chicago" – Sean Watkins • "Chicago" – Andre Williams • "Chicago - 1926" – Nanette Workman • "Chicago 1945" – Michael Jackson • "Chicago 60616" – Kenny and the Kasuals • "Chicago A"/"Chicago B" – Tirez Tirez • "Chicago After Dark" – Chicago • "Chicago Afterwhile" by Country Soul Revue featuring Dan Penn • "Chicago Allstars Boogie" – Willie Dixon & The Chicago Allstars • "Chicago at Night" – Spoon • "Chicago Blues", 1946 – composers: Arthur Crudup, Ransom Knowling, Judge Riley • "Chicago Blues" – Dion DiMucci • "Chicago Blues" – Fletcher Henderson • "Chicago Blues" – Bill Snyder • "Chicago Blues" - Jim Peterik • "Chicago Blues" - Oscar Peterson • "The Chicago Blues" – Sally Roberts • "Chicago Boogie" - Four Blazes • "Chicago Bop Stepping" – The Clayton Brothers • "Chicago Bound Blues", 1923 – composer & lyricist: Lovie Austin • "Chicago Bound Blues" – Bessie Smith • "Chicago Bound" – Canned Heat • "Chicago Bound" – Jimmy Rogers • "Chicago Boxcar" - Fabulous Poodles • "Chicago Breakdown" – Gene Ammons • "Chicago Breakdown" – Big Maceo Merriweather • "Chicago Breakdown" – Doctor Ross • "Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)" – Salsoul Orchestra • "Chicago Buzz" – Junie Cobb • "Chicago By Night" - Orlando Voorn • "Chicago Calling" – Cyril Davies • "Chicago, Chicago" – Lord Invader • "Chicago, Chicago" - Teddy Phillips and His Orchestra featuring Colleen Lovett • "Chicago City" – George "Harmonica" Smith • "Chicago City" - The Monarchs • "Chicago Concerto" - Bill Snyder • "The Chicago Conspiracy" – David Peel • "Chicago Cottage" – The Mirage • "The Chicago Cyclist March", 1896 – composer: Hans Liné • "Chicago, Damn" – Bobbi Humphrey • "Chicago Dancin' Girls" - Curtis Potter • "Chicago Disco" – Major Lance • "Chicago Emerald City" – Dave Angel • "The Chicago Express (March Two-Step)", 1905 – composer: Percy Wenrich • "Chicago Fanphair '93" – Local H • "Chicago Flyer" – Meade Lux Lewis • "Chicago Fog Lift" - Chunky, Novi & Ernie (featuring Lauren Wood) • "Chicago Function" – Sidney Bechet • "Chicago Girl" – Roger Whittaker • "The Chicago Girls' March or Two-Step Dance", 1895 – composer: J. W. Tate • "Chicago, Glad To Be Back Home" - Louisiana Red • "The Chicago Glide" – composer: Prof. Joseph Gearen • "Chicago Green" – The Surfaris • "Chicago Heights" - Roy Davis Jr. • "Chicago Here I Come" – Willie Dixon & Johnny Winter • "Chicago High Life" – Earl Hines • "Chicago Hope" - Southampton Ltd (an alias of techno producer Thomas Schumacher) • "The Chicago Hussar's Quickstep", 1892 – composer: A. H. Rintelman • "The Chicago Hustle" - Evelyn Thomas • "Chicago, Illinois" - Ben Verdery • "Chicago, Illinois" - Bobby Short • "Chicago, Illinois" - from the film Victor/Victoria, performed by Lesley Ann Warren, written by Leslie Bricusse and Henry Mancini • "Chicago Institute" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band • "Chicago Is Alive" – Dicken (of Mr Big) • "Chicago Is Just That Way" – Eddie Boyd • "Chicago Is Large" – Nazgul • "Chicago Is Loaded With The Blues" - Chicago Blues Allstars/Willie Dixon • "Chicago Is My Home" – Pierre Lacocque; sung by Lurrie Bell, from album Hattiesburg Blues; Mississippi Heat • "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" – Fall Out Boy from album Take This To Your Grave 2003 • "Chicago in Mind" – Albert Ammons • "Chicago Jackmaster" - K-Alexi • "Chicago Light Green" - Jimmy Owens (musician) • "Chicago Line" - John Mayall • "Chicago Man" – Eddie Shaw • "The Chicago March", 1909 – composer: Henry S. Sawyer • "Chicago Melody" - Axel Zwingenberger • "Chicago Meltdown" - Impakt • "Chicago Mess Around" - Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders • "Chicago, Mon Amour" – Made in Sweden • "Chicago Monkey-Man Blues" – Rosa Henderson • "Chicago Morning" – Chris Rea • "Chicago My Home Town" – Barry Goldberg • "Chicago, My Home Town" – composer & lyricist: Paul S. Hargrow • "Chicago, New York" – The Aislers Set • "Chicago North Western" – Juicy Lucy • "Chicago, Now!" – The Fall • "Chicago on My Mind" – Albert Ammons • "Chicago on My Mind" – Jimmy Dawkins • "Chicago Party Theme" - Jesus Wayne • "Chicago Post March", 1896 – composer: Ellis Brooks • "Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois" – composer & lyricist: Lora Aborn • "Chicago Rhythm" - Chicago Stompers • "Chicago River Blues" - Hayden Thompson • "Chicago Rockets" - Bourbon Street Barons • "Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night" – The Hold Steady • "Chicago, Send Her Home" - Willie Hightower • "Chicago Serenade" – Eddie Harris • "Chicago Sidewalk" – Arthur Adams • "Chicago Slam" - K-Alexi • "Chicago Slide" – Victoria Spivey • "Chicago Song" – David Sanborn • "Chicago Southside" - CZR (house record) • "Chicago Stomp" - Pinetop Perkins • "Chicago Stomp Down" – Duke Ellington • "Chicago Stomps" – Jimmy Blythe • "The Chicago Story" - Jimmy Snyder • "Chicago Style" - Dave Specter • "Chicago Style" - (from Road to Bali) • "Chicago Surf" - Surf Teens • "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)", 1922 – composer & lyricist: Fred Fisher; popularized by Frank Sinatra • "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 • "The Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" – Hubert Laws • "Chicago Tickle" - Harry Tierney • "Chicago Trane Blues" - Toby Ben • "The Chicago Tribune Centennial March", 1947 – composer: Robert Trendler; lyricist: Jack La Frandre • "Chicago Tribune March", 1893 – composer: W. Paris Chambers • "Chicago Trip" - The Mackenzie • "Chicago Twist" – Werner Baumgart • "The Chicago Two-Step" – composer: J. P. Brooks • "Chicago Wind" – Merle Haggard • "Chicago Woman" - The Oxfords • "Chicago Woman" - Sonny Turner & Sound Limited • "Chicago Women" - Willie James Lyons • "Chicago x 12" – Rogue Wave • "Chicago's Finest" – Emmure • "Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero'" (U. S. Grant) 1891 – composer & lyricist: W. C. Robey • "Chicago's Queen" – Baron Longfellow • "Chicagoland," 2014 – Magic Man • "Chicagoland Twirl Polka" – Frankie Yankovic • "Christmas in Chicago" – Marilyn Scott • "Chronically Cautious" - Braden Bales • "Circuit Parade" - EDM • "City in a Garden" – Fall Out Boy • "City Lights" – Lucky Boys Confusion • "City of CHI" – Juice • "The City of Chicago" – Luka Bloom, Christy Moore • "City of Promise. 1934 Century of Progress Song" – composer: Jos. Snabl-Antes; lyricist (Czech text): Vasek Niederle; lyricist (English translation): Libushka Bartusek • "Clark Street" – Elmer Bernstein • "Clean Up Chicago" - Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon • "Closer to Our Graves" – Lucky Boys Confusion • "Cold and Windy Night" – The Fantastic Four • "Cold Chicago" – Humming House • "Cold Chicago Wind" - Jack Bonus • "Cold Chicago Winds" - Country Boys (featuring the Willis Brothers) • "Cold Windy City of Chicago" – Boxcar Willie • "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 On! Feel the Illinoise! – Sufjan Stevens • "Come to Chicago" – composer: Dorothy Giffey; lyricist: James Andrichen • "Coming from Chicago' – Angelo D'Onorio • "Conover March" (dedicated to the officials of the World's Columbian Exposition) 1893 – composer: Ion Arnold • "Con–" – Frode Gjerstad Trio With Steve Swell • "Control" - Unknown Brain x Rival • "Cook County Jail" – Tom Edwards Country Four • "The Corner" – Common, featuring Kanye West, from Be, 2005 • "The Count On Rush Street" - Shelly Manne Septet, 1951 - composer: Bill Russo • "Crook County" – Twista, from Mobstability, 1998 • "Cubs in Five" – The Mountain Goats ==D==

• "Daley's Gone" – Steve Goodman • "Dancing in the Street", 1964 – Martha and the Vandellas • "Dead End Street" – Lou Rawls • "Dear Chicago" – Ryan Adams • "Dearborn Street Breakdown" – Charles Avery • "Dearie" - Gordon MacRae & Jo Stafford • "Dennehy" – Serengeti • "Destination - Chicago" - Commander Tom • "Don't Call On Me" - The Monkees • “Don’t Let Me Cave In” - The Wonder Years • “Don’t Tell Em” - Jeremih • "Down on Maxwell Street" - Micky Moody and Paul Williams (British singer) • "Down On Wabash Avenue" - Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon • "Downtown Chicago" - Tangerine Dream • "Dr. Chicago" – Udo Lindenberg • "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" – Steve Goodman ==E==

• "East Chicago Blues" – Sparks Brothers • "East Wacker Drive" – Phil Barry • “End Of Beginning” - Djo • "End Of Chicago" - Shock Stars • "An Esthete On Clark Street" – William Russo • "Everything" – Dawn Xiana Moon • "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago", 1967 – Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band • "The EL" – Rhett Miller • "El-A-Noy" by Billy Corgan 2004 • "The Elements: Fire", recorded 1966, released 2011 – Brian Wilson • "Epitaph Of A Small Winner" by Archie Shepp & Chicago Beau • "Epidemic", 2020 - Polo G from Hall of Fame, drill • "Everything is Big in Chicago" by Gustave Kerker and Frederic Ranken ==F==

• "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 • "First Steps", 1993 – composer: Tommy Stinson, from Bash & Pop • "Food from Chicago" – Lord Christo • "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 • "Forty-Seventh and State" – Bud Freeman • "From Chicago to the Sky" – Seventh Avenue • "From Chicago with Love" – Harlan Howard • "From London to Chicago" - Wild Bob Burgos (from Matchbox (band)) & The Dreadnoughts • "Full Moon" – Armand Van Helden ft. Common • "Funeral March in Memoriam, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago", 1893, composer: W. Herbert Layon • "Funk, Chicago Style" - Dick Hyman ==G==

• "The Girl from Chicago" – Benny Bell • "Ghost of Chicago" – Noah Floersch • "Git On Up" – Fast Eddie and Sundance • "Go Cubs Go" – Steve Goodman • "Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine." – composer & lyricist: Clitus M. Wickens • "Go Go Gadget Flow" – Lupe Fiasco, from ''Lupe Fiasco's The Cool'', 2007 • "Goin' Back to Chicago" – Chet Oliver • "Goin' Back to Chicago" – Smokey Hogg • "Goin' to Chicago Blues", 1939 – composer: Count Basie Orchestra, Lou Rawls • "Goin' to Chicago" – traditional; recorded by Mike Westbrook • "Golden Ring" – Tammy Wynette & George Jones • "Gone To Chicago" - The Pied Pipers • "Goodbye to Guyville" – Urge Overkill • "Goodnight Chicago" – Rainbow Kitten Surprise • "Got To Leave Chi-Town" - Chicago Blues A Living History • "Grand Exposition March" – composer: Louis Falk • "Grand Terrace Ballroom" - Albert Nicholas, Herb Flemming, Nelson Williams, Benny Waters, Joe Turner (jazz pianist) • "Grand Terrace Rhythm" – Bob Crosby • "Great Big Friendly Town Chicago" – Dora Hall • "Greater Chicago March" – composer: Jacob Valentine Havener; lyricist: Agner Clark Winkler • "Green Mill Garden Blues", 1920 – composer: unknown (88 key piano roll) • "Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833–Chicago–1933" – composer & lyricist: George D. Gaw; transcriber & arranger: Frank Barden • "Growing Up" – Fall Out Boy, from ''Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend'', 2003 • "A Guided Tour of Chicago" – The Lawrence Arms, 1999 ==H==

• "Hail Chicago (March)", 1933 – composer: Stanley Kay; lyricist: A. Seaborg • "Hail to Thee, Chicago" – composer: John E. King; lyricist: Estella A. Johnson-Hunt • "Hail, Chicago, Hail", 1949 – composer and lyricist: Lesley Kirk • "Hail, Chicago! Official Song of the Pageant of Progress", 1921 – composer: Bob Allen; lyricist: Ted Turnquist • "Hands Open"– Snow Patrol • "Happy Summertime" – R. Kelly, featuring Snoop Dogg, from TP.3 Reloaded, 2005 • "Harlem Avenue" by Red Callender • "Hastings Street" – Blind Blake • "The Hat He Never Ate" – composer: Ben Harney; lyricist: Howard S. Taylor • "Hello Chicago Fox-Trot", 1933 – composer: Anthony Misuraca; lyricist: Joseph Argento • "Hello Chicago" – Topher Jones & Amada, featuring Ido vs. The World • "Hello Chicago" by Sun Kil Moon • "Highway 55" – The O'Kanes • "Hitch Hike" – The Rolling Stones, from Out Of Our Heads, 1965; originally by Marvin Gaye • "Home" – Kanye West • "Home In Chicago" - Dave Riley And Bob Corritore • "Homecoming" – Kanye West, featuring Chris Martin from Graduation, 2008 (charted at #9 on UK Singles, music video features the bean sculpture in Millennium Park) • "Homesick at Spacecamp" – Fall Out Boy from Take This To Your Grave, 2003 • "Hometown Chicago" - John Parricelli And Stan Sulzmann ==I==

• "I-94" - Jules Blattner • "(I've Got the) Old Chicago Blues" – Bob Gentile • "I Am Proud of Chicago" – composer & lyricist: Ben Schwartzberg • "I Came Home" – Rhymefest • "I Dream of Chicago" – Parlours • "I Got a Mind to Go to Chicago" – Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band • "I Got the Chicago Blues" – Jim Peterik • “I Hate Chicago” - Laura Jane Grace • "I Left My Mind In Chicago" - Abu Talib (musician) • "I Love Chicago" - Little Mike and the Tornadoes • "I Might Need Security" – Chance The Rapper • "I Murdered Them In Chicago' - from Glad To See You • "I Smell Chicago" by Catfish Hodge • "I Used to Work in Chicago. I Did But I Don't Anymore", 1944 – composers & lyricists: Larry Vincent & Sunny Skylar • "(I Want To Go To) Chicago" - R.T. & The Rockmen Unlimited • "I Was Having A Hard Time In Chicago" - Mike Martin • "I–94" – Jules Blattner • "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 • "I'm Strong for Chicago" (University of Chicago Songbook) composer unknown, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfb8Q-569q8 • "I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers" – Fall Out Boy, from Infinity on High, 2007 • "I've Got To Leave Chi-Town" - Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell • "In 1933 (Where Will You Be)" – composer & lyricist: Art Kassel; arranger: Charles Adams • "In Cairo Street: A Characteristic Fantasie for Piano", 1893 – composer: Geo. Schleiffarth • "In Chicago" – composer & lyricist: Olive Jeane • "In Old Chicago", 1937 – composers & lyricists: Mack Gordon & Harry Revel • "In Tha Chi" – Shawnna, featuring Syleena Johnson, from Block Music, 2006 • "In the Ghetto"– Elvis Presley (International number one pop song in 1969) • "In the Kitchen – Umphrey's McGee from Anchor Drops, 2004, progressive rock • "Inner Circles of Chicago" – Rodger Wilhoit • "Into the Chicago Abyss" – Southall Riot • "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" – Soul Coughing • "It's a Cold Winter" – Frankie Knuckles, Chicago house • "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==

• "Jackson Park El Train" by Harold Mabern Trio • "Jackson Park Express" – "Weird Al" Yankovic • "Jazz Music" – Gang Starr (a different song to the group's more famous "Jazz Thing") • "Jazz Thing" – Gang Starr • "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – ZZ Top • "Joe Chicago" – Big Walter Horton • "Joe Murphy's Farewell To Chicago" – Old Rope String Band • "Jolly Bears, To Those on the Board of Trade of Chicago. Polka Humoristic", 1880 – composer: Geo. Schleiffarth • "Jumpin' in the Pump Room" - John Kirby (musician) and his Orchestra • "Just Blew in from the Windy City" – Doris Day, 1953 • "Just for Money" – Paul Hardcastle ==K==

• "Keys to the City" – Ministry & Co Conspirators, 2008 ==L==

• "Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox" – Walter Jagiello • "L.A., Goodbye" – The Ides of March • "Lady From Chicago" - Neal Sharpe • "Lake Effect Kid" (demo song) – Fall Out Boy, from Welcome to the New Administration, 2008 • "Lake Michigan" – Rogue Wave, 2007 • "Lake Shore Drive" – Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah, 1971 • "Lake Shore Drive" – Art Porter Jr. • "Lake Shore Drive" – E-Smoove (Eric Miller) • "Lake Shore Drive" – Gerald Wilson Orchestra • "Lake Shore Drive" – The Innocence Mission • "Lake Shore Drive" – Theo Parrish • "Lake Shore Drive Boogie" – Lefty Dizz • "Lake Shore Drive (Chicago Concerto)" - 101 Strings • "Lake Shore Drive (Slight Return)" – Harris Newman • "Lake Shore Driving" – Duran Duran 1988 • "Lakefront Blues" - Dan Burley And His Skiffle Boys • "Lakeshore Cowboy" – Ramsey Lewis • "The Last Day of the Fair", 1893 – composer: Frank Swain • "Lawndale Blues" - Eddie Taylor Blues Band • "LAX to O'Hare" – The Academy Is... • "Leader of the Band" – Dan Fogelberg (from Peoria) • "Leavin' Chicago, A.M.F." – Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah • "Leaving Chicago" – Knockout • "Lido Shuffle" – Boz Scaggs • "Lincoln Park Pirates" – Steve Goodman • "Little Joe from Chicago", 1930 – composers: Mary Lou Williams, Henry Wells • "Living in Chicago" – The Bee Gees • "Lobster And Scrimp" - Timbaland featuring Jay-Z • "Logan Square" - – Jimmy McPartland And Art Hodes • "London House" – Billy Walker • "Long Line To Chicago" - Larry Hosford • "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats", 1926 – composer: Jimmy Blythe • "LSD" - Jamila Woods ft. Chance the Rapper • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar and SZA ==M==

• "Mama Chicago" – Bonnie Koloc • "Mama Chicago" – Mike Westbrook • "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 • "Maxwell Street" – Chris Rea • "Maxwell Street Boogie" - Rob Hoeke • "Maxwell Street Shuffle" – Barry Goldberg • "Mean Old Chicago" - Bob Margolin • "Mecca Flat Blues", 1924 – composer: Jimmy Blythe; lyricists: Jimmy Blythe & Priscilla Stewart • "Meet Me in Chicago" – Jimmy McPartland And Art Hodes • "Meet Me in Chicago" – Mat Kearney, Buddy Guy from Rhythm & Blues • "Memphis-Chicago Blues" – Julio Finn Band (featuring Memphis Slim) • "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 • "Muddy Waters (Little Walter/Lakeshore Theme/Willie D./Otis/Whisper From Theresa's/Walkin' Up Halsted)" – Glen Hall & Gil Evans • "Must Have Been The Wind" - Alec Benjamin • "My Kind of Town" – Frank Sinatra, 1964 (nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song) ==N==

• "New West Side Stroll" - Dave Specter • "New York/Chicago" - Mark Imperial • "New York and Chicago" - music by Albert Von Tilzer; lyrics by Junie McCree • "New York - London - Paris - Chicago" - Soup • "New York To Chicago" - Chubby Jackson • "The Night Chicago Died" – Paper Lace (Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in 1974) • "Night In Chicago" - Reeds • "North to Chicago" – Hank Snow • "Northwest 222" – Harry Chapin • "Nothing Beats Chicago/Ocean is Different" – from the musical Marie Christine ==O==

• "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, Yes! Oh, Yes! Oh, Yes! Oh, Yes! The Dancing Girls will give a Show before they Start for Chicago!" from Little Christopher Columbus • "Oh You Chicago, Oh You New York", 1910 – composer: Albert Von Tilzer; lyricists: Junie McCree & Sydney Rosenfeld • "The Oldest Living Groupie in Chicago" – Doug Ashdown • "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" – Vic Damone, Freddy Cole • "One Way Ride (To Chicago)" – Lois Johnson • "Only in Chicago" – Barry Manilow • "The Original Chicago Blues", 1915 – composer: James White • "The Osmosis Suite - Chicago Indian" - System 7 (band) • "Our Chicago" (U of C), 1926 – composer & lyricist: Norman Reid ==P==

• "Palmah House Shuffle" (Palmer House Hotel), 1903 – composer: Libbie Erickson • "Pantin' in the Panther Room" – Fats Waller • "The Payback" - James Brown • "Peace Frog" – The Doors • "Picketlines and Pepperspray" – Silent Film • "Polka Lounges In Chicago" - Eddie Blazonczyk & The Versatones • "Prairie Song" – Billy Corgan • "Private Lawns" – Angus & Julia Stone • "Pulaski at Night" – Andrew Bird • "Pulaski Day" – Kidd Russell • "Pump Room" - The Friendly Indians • "Pump That Body" - Mr. Lee • "Pump Up Chicago" – Mr. Lee • "Put the Blame on Mame", 1946 – composers & lyricists: Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher ==Q==

• "Randolph Street Rag" - Chicago Rhythm Kings • "Real Good Girlfriend" – The Mountain Goats • "Red Hot Chicago" – Flying High, 1930; composers & lyricists: B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson • "Red Leaves of October" – Michael Peter Smith • "Relax With Chicago" - K-Alexi • “Reminding Me (of Sef) - Common (rapper) • "Richmond, Chicago, Mexico And Home" - Sonny Miller And The Happy Valley Boys • "Ride My Face to Chicago" – Frank Zappa • "Ride To Stony Island" - Stony Island Band (from Stony Island (film)) • "Rock-Skippin' at the Blue Note" – Duke Ellington • "Royal Garden Blues" (jazz standard) • "Route 90" - Clarence Garlow • "The Runaway Train" - Michael Holliday ==S==

• "San Francisco" – Alkaline Trio • "Saying Goodbye" – Every Avenue • "The Seer's Tower" – Sufjan Stevens • "She Called It" - Saba & No I.D. • "She Shook Him in Chicago" – (Madame Sherry 1909) – composer: Karl L. Hoschna; lyricist: Otto Hauerbach • "She Was Hot" – Rolling Stones • "She Was in Chicago" – John Lee Hooker • "She'd Never Leave Chicago" – McKendree Spring • "The Sheik of Chicago (Mustafa)", 1960 – adaptor & lyricist: Bob Merrill; recorded by the Four Lads and Archie Bleyer • "The (Shipped) Gold Standard" – Fall Out Boy from Folie a Deux, 2008 • "Showtime in Chicago" – Joe Jackson • "Shy-Town" – Gorillaz • "Sidewalks of Chicago" – Merle Haggard • "Silent Night/7 O' Clock News" – Simon & Garfunkel • "Silver City" – Hey Champ • "Slow Down Chicago" – Canasta • "Snakeheads" – The Mountain Goats • "So Long Toots" – Cherry Poppin' Daddies from Soul Caddy • "Something from Nothing" – Foo Fighters, 2014 • "Somewhere in Chicago" – Arnold McCuller • "Somewhere on Fullerton" – Allister • "Sounds at the Archway" – Eddie Harris • "Sounds of West Side Chicago" – Jimmy Dawkins & Hip Linkchain • "South Shore Drive" - Bernard Allison • "South Shore Drive" - Noble "Thin Man" Watts • "South Side" – Moby, featuring Gwen Stefani, 2001 (#14 on Billboard Hot 100) • "South Side Irish" – Arranmore • "South Side of Chicago" – Eddie Burns • "South Side Shake" - Dan Burley And His Skiffle Boys • "South Union" – Lucky Boys Confusion • "Southbound Ryan" – Dennis DeYoung • "Southside Boogie" - Dick Hyman • "Southside Boogie" - James Cotton • "Southside Chicago Waltz" – Black 47 • "Southside Chicago" – Otis Brown & The Delights • "Southside Hop" - Left Hand Frank • "Southside Mojo" – JaGoFF • "Southside Shuffle" – Art Hodes • "Southside Stomp" - Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters • "Southside Stuff" – Jimmy Yancey • "South Side To Riverside" - Lurrie Bell • "Southside" – Common, featuring Kanye West, from Finding Forever, 2007 • "Star Witness" – Neko Case • "Startin' for Chicago" – Tracy Nelson • "State Street Blues" – Synco Jazz Band (featuring Joseph Samuels) • "State Street Jive" – Cow Cow Davenport • "State Street" - Peter Gallway • "State Street" – Sonny Knight • "State Street" – Sun Ra • "State Street Samba" – Cook County • "State Street Special" - Johnny Parker (jazz pianist) • "State Street Sweet" - Gerald Wilson Orchestra • "State Street Tomorrow – Theme Song", 1930 – composers: Carelton Colby & Maurice Wetzel from the Radio Station KYW staff • "Stay Chi" – Juice • "Stell–" – Frode Gjerstad Trio With Steve Swell • "Stockyard Blues" - Floyd Jones • "Stockyard Strut" - Freddie Keppard • "Stony Island Band" - Stony Island Band (from Stony Island (film)) • "Stratford-on-Guy" – Liz Phair, 1993 • "Streamline Train" - The Vipers Skiffle Group • "Strings Of Chicago" - Lidell Townsell • "Stuck in Chicago" – Cate Brothers • "Sunshine in Chicago" – Sun Kil Moon • "Survivor's Guilt" - Saba featuring G Herbo • "Super Bowl Shuffle" – Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, the 1985 Chicago Bears champions • "Super Fade" - Fall Out Boy from "Lake Effect Kid EP", 2018 • "Sweet Chicago" – The Original Caste • "Sweet Home Chicago", 1937 – composer: Robert Johnson; lyricists: Robert Johnson & Roosevelt Sykes, Blues Brothers • "Sweet Spots" – The Fiery Furnaces • "Swing Life Away" – Rise Against from Siren Song of the Counter Culture, 2005 • "Switchboard" – Kid Sister ==T==

• "Take Me Back to Chicago", 1985 – title track on Take Me Back to Chicago by Chicago • "Take the Time", 1993 – Waiting for the Night by the Freddy Jones Band • "Talkin' Baseball (Baseball And The Cubs)" – Terry Cashman • "Taste of Chicago" – Albert Washington • "Thank You Chicago" - Ricardo Miranda • "That's That", 2006 – Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly (#3 on Hot Rap Songs chart) • "There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother They're Burning Big Louis Tonight" – Alex Harvey • "This City", 2011 – Patrick Stump featuring Lupe Fiasco from Soul Punk • "The Humbling River" - Puscifer • "Ticket to Chicago" – Terry Garthwaite (once of Joy of Cooking) • "To Chicago With Love" – Lois Johnson • "Together Forever (Krush Groove 4)" – Run-DMC • "Tonight, Tonight", 1996 – The Smashing Pumpkins (#4 on Mainstream Rock chart) • "Tonight Will Last Forever", 2005 – Photographs by Mest • "The Torture Doctor", 2013 – Alkaline Trio • "Train to Chicago" – Mike Doughty • "The Trianon March", 1934 – dedicated to the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters; composer: R. Alexander Campbell • "True Blue," 2023 – boygenius • "True Enough", 2009 – ''Everything's Easy'' by Girlyman • "Turn It Up Again" – Conway Brothers • "Twilight Serenade", 2005 – Another Ghost by Jason Myles Goss • "Two Words", 2004 – Kanye West featuring Mos Def, Freeway, and the Boys Choir of Harlem, from The College Dropout ==U==