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- From Carrie Underwood to Tom Waits, popular musical acts across multiple genres have mentioned Cincinnati in their song lyrics. For those with an endless amount of Cincinnati pride (we are including ourselves on this list), we've compiled a list of famous and semi-famous 30 songs with lyrics that mention Cincinnati.
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- “WKRP in Cincinnati” Theme Song by Steve Carlisle
- “Jesus Take The Wheel” by Carrie Underwood
- “Laura” by Scissor Sisters
- “Susie Cincinnati” by The Beach Boys
- “The Cincinnati Kid” by Ray Charles
- “I’m A Ramblin’ Man” by Waylon Jennings
- “Cincinnati Star” by Ed Williams
- “Cincinnati Square” by Chuck Robinson
- “South of Cincinnati” by Dwight Yoakum
- “Lights of Cincinnati” by Scott Walker
Unfortunately, Steve Carlisle didn’t make the biggest splash in the music industry. Neither did his signature performance of “WKRP in Cincinnati.” The song only made it to #65 on 1981’s Billboardcharts. However, the sitcom that used the song became popular. WKRP in Cincinnatiwas an iconic sitcom about the lives of DJs and other personnel at the epo...
Thanks to “Jesus Take the Wheel,” Carrie Underwoodsprang from an American Idol win to superstardom in a remarkably short time. The song spins the tale of a beleaguered mom driving home to see her parents for Christmas. She hits a patch of ice and spins out. In an instant, she cries out to Jesus, who saves her and her sleeping baby from becoming tra...
This is just one of those songs open to interpretation, and people’s takes on its meaning vary widely. Some opine that Scissor Sister‘s “Laura” is about a closeted gay man. Others believe it’s about a real-life prom-queen-turned-prostitute murder victim. The connection here is when lead singer Jake Shears, in the first verse, sings, “Won’t you tell...
A song with “Cincinnati” in the title, you’ll almost figure out there’s a fun story behind this Beach Boyssong. The band wasn’t exactly known for their suggestive lyrics. But “Susie Cincinnati,” about the city’s biggest sinner, skirts the line. Vocalist Al Jardine penned the song, talking about Susie with her “groovy little motor car.” The song was...
Up next is a song that mentions “Cincinnati” with no relation to the city itself. One can better understand this song by Ray Charlesby watching the 1965 Steve McQueen classic film of the same name. The song has a 12/8 lilt to it that, over the minor chords, produces a sense of longing and loss, the film’s overarching theme. While the titular kid ha...
Outlaw country wasn’t really a thing, and then it was. The turning point? Waylon Jennings. His 1974 album The Ramblin’ Mangave the world “I’m a Ramblin’ Man.” The song became his second #1 hit, solidifying him as a star. The song serves as a warning against ramblin’ men like him—men who travel, live life hard and fast and have a girl in every city....
From the appropriately named 1979 album Who Is Ed Williams, “Cincinnati Star” wasn’t a hit. It was under the label Counterpart Recordsthat released songs for the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana region. But it still stands as a lovely slice of Cincinnati in the 1970s. Williams’ sing-speak style is notable and manages to make the song somewhat endearing. He si...
First off, there’s no place in Cincinnati called Cincinnati Square. But listening to this 1970s groovy funk fest “Cincinnati Square” by Chuck Robinson makes you want to look for it just in case. Odd lyrics only add to the intrigue. According to Robinson, Cincinnati Square is somehow like a necklace. He offers this simile between driving piano riffs...
American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakum’s crooning, sometimes-cracking voice can make a sad song ten times sadder. Add the weeping steel guitar, and man, it’s heartbreaking. That’s the case with “South of Cincinnati,” a song of lost love. Yoakum sings about a woman who seems unable to live in the South, where the guy feels most at home. Apparently...
Could there be any song more heartbreaking than about separation? You might get emotional once you listened to Scott Walker‘s “Lights of Cincinnati.” The first verse of the lyrics has the singer remembering when he left Cincinnati. The image of his loved one, presumably a lover, is ingrained in his mind as the plane took off. He plans to build a li...
Apr 29, 2022 · From Carrie Underwood to Tom Waits, popular musical acts across multiple genres have mentioned Cincinnati in their song lyrics. For those with an endless amount of Cincinnati pride (we are...
Dec 11, 2020 · There are memorable Cincinnati songs in such genres as jazz (pianist Ran Blake’s “Cincinnati Express,” from his 2015 Ghost Tones tribute album to Cincinnati-born composer George Russell); country-rock (Julie Neumark’s powerful “Cincinnati”); and funk-rock (Roogalator’s “Cincinnati Fatback,” a tribute to soulful Cincinnati ...
Jan 28, 2024 · The Seedy Seeds are an indie pop/folk band from Cincinnati. Unsurprisingly, their song “Oh, Cincinnati” is a lovely tribute to their hometown. It describes the city’s hills and calls out city locations such as “the market on Findlay Street.” Still, despite its upbeat tune, there is an underlying realism to the lyrics.
Dec 15, 2020 · T he Cincinnati native who’s a self-described “pop music archeologist” and the brain behind the Zero to 180 music blog says there are more than 200 recorded songs with Cincinnati in their titles. Here are his 10 favorites.
