New York City (Theme)

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This article is about songs which make reference to New York City. For the TMBG song, see New York City.

Songs which single out specific boroughs:

Bronx

Brooklyn

Manhattan

Dashiki Lover - Set in Andy Warhol's Factory
I'll Sink Manhattan
New York City "Times Square, Rockefeller Center...." and about half of the other locations mentioned are in Manhattan.
On The Drag "From 1st Avenue to A", "The allure of St. Mark's Place"

Queens

Staten Island

And of course, songs that just mention the city generally, without mentioning an exact place:

Ana Ng - 1964 World's Fair, held in NYC
Austin - "we're They Might Be Giants of Brooklyn, New York"; every single band member is introduced as "from New York City"
Cyclops Rock - "I'm stuck in a van outside of New York."
David Dinkins - Mayor of New York
DeWitt Clinton - Mayor of New York
Distant Antenna - "A remote broadcast tower outside New York City..."
Extra Krispy - "It's like once you get down in New York City..."
Fernando Wood - Mayor of New York
Fiorello LaGuardia - Mayor of New York
House Of Mayors - Mayor of New York
Idlewild - According to Flans, "it's kind of a dream of a perfect day in New York City, sometime in the past"
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - "Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam...."
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Brownsville Remix) - "You ain't in New York City, baby"
John Purroy Mitchel - Mayor of New York
New York City
On The Drag
P.S.O.K. (Paul Stanley Of KISS) - "In New York City. For New York."
Where Do They Make Balloons? - "New York has tall buildings." (although the animation on the CD outlines the whole state)
Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May - Written by a mayor of New York