List of songs about Chicago

This is a list of songs about Chicago .

0–9

• "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 ^[1]
• "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" – Michael Jackson 2014
• "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 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 ^[2]
• "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
• "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

R

• "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 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
• "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

• "The University Quickstep", 1865 – inscribed to the President and Friends of the Chicago University; composer: E. M. Shaw
• "Underneath the Streetlights of Chicago", 2019; Riley Smith

V

• "Vacation in Chicago" – Cold War Kids
• "Vernon Park" - Lil' Mark
• "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

• "Wacker Drive" – Wazmo Nariz
• "Wailin' at the Trianon" – Lionel Hampton
• "We Ride", 1998 – R. by R. Kelly, featuring Jay-Z
• "We're All Crazy in Chicago", 1986 – Jonathon Brandmeier
• "We're Gonna Go to Chicago" – from the musical Marie Christine
• "Welcome 2 Chicago", 2001 – Abstract Mindstate featuring Kanye West
• "Welcome to Chicago" - Gene Farris (British chart hit in 2003)
• "Welcome to Chicago" – Kill Hannah from Wake Up the Sleepers , 2009
• "Wes Cide Bluze" – Jimmy Dawkins
• "Wes Cide Rock" – Jimmy Dawkins
• "West Side Baby" - Fenton Robinson
• "West Side Bossman" - Otis Grand, Anson Funderburgh, Debbie Davies
• "West Side Shuffle" – Ronnie Earl & Duke Robillard
• "West Side Woman" - Lurrie Bell
• "Weston's March to Chicago", 1867 – composer: Edward Mack; publisher: S. Brainard & Sons, Cleveland ^[3]
• "Wheels a-Rolling", 1948 – official song of the Chicago Railroad Fair; composer: Helen Purcell Maxwell; lyricist: Philip Maxwell
• "When the Levee Breaks", 1929 – composers & lyricists: Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie; re-worked by Led Zeppelin in 1971
• "When the Wind Blows in Chicago" – writers: Scott Turner, Audie Murphy; performed by both Roy Clark and Bobby Bare in 1964, and Eddy Arnold in 1970
• "When You Meet a Man in Chicago" – from Sugar
• “Wilder Days” - Morgan Wade
• "White Sox Stomp" – Jimmy Yancey
• "Why" - Willow
• "Windy City Blues" - Ernie Hawks And The Soul Investigators
• "Windy City Blues" – Mike Westbrook
• "Windy City Boogie Woogie", c. 1941–1943 – Nat King Cole ^[4]
• "Windy City Boogie", c. 1950–1954 – J. T. Brown
• "Windy City Hop" – Slim Gaillard
• "Windy City Soul" by Jerry Butler
• "Windy City" – Jack-Tronic
• "Windy City" – Jackie McLean
• "Windy City" – Phish
• "Windy City" - Richard Evans
• "Windy City" – Rodney Franklin
• "Windy City" – The Sweet
• "Windy City" – from Windy City
• "Windy City Blues" - Ernie Hawks & The Soul Investigators
• "Windy City Stomp" - Rob Hoeke
• "Wine-O From Chicago" - Howard Crockett
• "Winter in Chicago", 2012 – Toil by Flatfoot 56
• "The Woman Downstairs", 1998 – Through the Trees by The Handsome Family
• "Woman in Chicago" – Jim Post
• "World's Columbian Exposition Waltz", 1893 – composer: Adelaide Marcelia Gluck
• "The World's Fair or A Voyage to Chicago", 1893 – composer & lyricist: Leonard Gautier

Y

• "Yes Chicago Is... (Suite)" - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
• "You Haven't Seen The U.S.A. Until You've Seen Chicago!" - Dick Marx Orchestra
• "You Wake Up in the Morning in Chicago", 1915 – composer: Harry Carroll; lyricists: Ballard MacDonald and Coleman Goetz ^[5]
• "You'll Find 'Em in Chicago" (from The Yankee Regent), 1905 – composer: Ben M. Jerome; lyricists: Chas S. Adelman and I. L. Blumenstock
• "You're Dead", 2001 – From Here to Infirmary by Alkaline Trio
• "Your the Inspiration", 1984 - Chicago 17

Z

• "Zelda", 2007 – Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!? by Farewell

Songs about Chicago sport teams

• "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 & lyricist: Bernard "Whitey" Berquist ^[6]
• "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
• "We're The Cubbies", 2012 – composer, lyricist, and audio engineer: Michael Droste CubsSong.com
• "White Sox Fitted", 2010 – composer & lyricist: Young General
• "The White Sox March", 1907 – composer: T. F. Durand

References

1. "List of Works by Gustav Luders (1865–1913)". Geoff Grainger. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
2. "Home". www.humminghouse.com. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
3. "Weston's march to Chicago". IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana. Indiana University. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
4. "Windy City Boogie Woogie". King Cole Trio: Transcriptions and Early Recordings, Vol. 6 (1941–1943). Hong Kong: Naxos Digital Services Ltd. 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
5. "Harry Carroll (1892–1962)". Sheet Music Galore. Geoff Grainger. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
6. 100 Things Cubs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Jimmy Greenfield, 2012.