Songs referring to European countries & some of their main or known cities
AUSTRIA
Bring Me Edelweiss-EDELWEISS (1989 / woman I need some Austrian loving)
Ganz Wien-FALCO (1982)
Into Vienna-THE PRETENDERS ( 1987 / b-side on "If There Was A Man")
One Night In Bangkok-MURRAY HEAD (1984 / Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it)
Rock Me Amadeus-FALCO (1986 / Wien)
Vienna-ULTRAVOX (1981)
Vienna Calling-FALCO (1986)
BELGIUM
All Together Now-THE FARM (1990 / Never mention the trenches of Belgium)
Down Under-MEN AT WORK (1982 / buying bread from a man in Brussels)
Paint A Vulgar Picture-THE SMITHS (1987 / Please the Press in Belgium)
Waterloo-ABBA (1974), DOCTOR & THE MEDICS (1986)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Miss Sarajevo-THE PASSENGERS (1995)
BULGARIA
Bulgaria-IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (1969)
CHECH REPUBLIC
Bohemian Like You-DANDY WARHOLS (2000 & 2002)
Bohemian Rhapsody-QUEEN (1975)
E=mc2-BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE (1986 / insanity Bohemian style)
Radio Prague-OMD (1983)
ENGLAND (except London)
A Day In The Life-THE BEATLES (1967 / 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire)
Anarchy In The U.K.-SEX PISTOLS (1976)
Back to Bradford-SMOKIE (1975)
Birmingham Six-THE POGUES (1988)
Bristol Stomp-LATE SHOW (1979)
Clover Over Dover-BLUR (1994)
Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)-IT'S IMMATERIAL
(1986 / Manchester, Liverpool)
Ferry Across The Mersey-GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (1964)
Going Down To Liverpool-KATRINA & THE WAVES, BANGLES (1986)
Helen Wheels-PAUL McCARTNEY & THE WINGS
(1973 / Glasgow, Kendal, Carlisle, Liverpool, Birmingham, London)
In Liverpool-SUSANNE VEGA (1992)
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool-LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND (1972)
Looking For Linda-HUE AND CRY (1989 / straight down to Leeds central)
Luton Airport-CATS U.K. (1979)
Many Rivers To Cross-JIMMY CLIFF (1969), JOE COCKER (1982), UB 40 (1983 /Dover)
Nothing Ever Happens-DEL AMITRI
(1990 / while Angry from Manchester writes to complain)
Panic-SMITHS (1986 / London, Birmingham, Leeds, Carlisle, Dublin, Dundee, Humberside)
Portsmouth-MIKE OLDFIELD (1976)
There Is Always Something There To Remind Me-HOUSEMARTINS (1988 / Leeds)
This Is England-THE CLASH (1985)
This Is A Low-BLUR (1994 / Blackpool)
Solsbury Hill-PETER GABRIEL (1977)
Southampton Dock-PINK FLOYD (1983 / about the Falkland war)
Stainsby Girls-CHRIS REA (1985)
Suffer Little Children-THE SMITHS (1984 / Manchester, so much to answer for: song reffers to The Moors Murderers)
White Cliffs Of Dover-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (1966)
Winchester Cathedral-NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND (1966)
ENGLAND (London songs)
Cabaret-LIZA MINNELLI (1972 / A four sordid rooms in Chelsea)
Chelsea Dagger- THE FRATTELIS (2007)
Chelsea Girl-SIMPLE MINDS (1979 / song refers to Nico)
Close To You-MAXI PRIEST (1990 / She was a Jezebel this Brixton Queen)
Down To London-JOE JACKSON (1989)
Dress You Up-MADONNA (1985 / London)
Guns Of Brixton-THE CLASH (1979)
(I Don’t Wanna Go To) Chelsea-ELVIS COSTELLO (1978)
Incommunicado-MARILLION (1987 / A dummy in Tussauds: the museum)
Jack Talking-DAVID STEWART & THE SPIRITUAL COWBOYS (1990 / London)
Jackie-SCOTT WALKER (1967 / Whisky that came from Twickenham)
Last Train To London-ELO (1979)
Lola-KINKS (1970 / I met her in a club down in old Soho)
London Calling-THE CLASH (1979)
London Girls-CHAS & DAVE (1983)
London Nights-LONDON BOYS (1989 / hello Piccadilli)
London Town-LIGHT OF THE WORLD (1980)
London Town-BUCKS FIZZ (1983)
Love Like A Rocket-BOB GELDOF (1987 / down at Waterloo underground)
Misty Morning Albert Bridge-POGUES (1989)
One Better Day-MADNESS (1984 / Arlington house)
Penny Lane-BEATLES (1967)
Piccadilly Palare-MORRISSEY (1990)
Pinball Wizard-WHO (1969 / Soho, Brighton)
Streets Of London-RALPH McTELL (1974)
Sultans Of Swing-DIRE STRAITS (1978 / Way on down south way on down south London town)
Supreme-ROBBIE WILLIAMS (2000 / London)
The Road To Hell-CHRIS REA (1989 / song refers to London's ring road M25)
Towers Of London-XTC (1980)
2CV-L.COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / underneath the cruelest London sun)
Waterloo Sunset-KINKS (1967 / Waterloo station)
West End Girls-PET SHOP BOYS (1985)
GROUPS WITH NAMES "MADE IN ENGLAND":
MICHAEL BOLTON
JOHNNY BRISTOL (Hit: Hang On In There Baby, 1974)
EAST 17
ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (Hit: I'd Really Love To See You Tonigt, 1976)
BAD ENGLISH
SCOTT ENGLISH (Hit: Brandy)
RICHARD DARBYSHIRE (singer of "Living In A Box")
THE ESSEX (Hit: Easier Said Than Done, 1963)
LEIGHTON BUZZARDS
LIVERPOOL EXPRESS (Hit: You Are My Love, 1976)
JULIE LONDON (Hit: Cry Me A River, 1957)
LONDON BOYS (Hits: Requiem / London Nights, 1989)
LONDONBEAT (Hit: I've Been Thinking About You, 1990)
MELISSA MANCHESTER
NOTTING HILLBILLIES
PORTISHEAD
SOHO (Hit: Hippy Chick, 1990)
SUTHERLAND BROTHERS (Hit: Arms Of Mary, 1976)
GROUPS & SONGS IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION F.C.-The Boys In The Old Brighton Blue (1983)
LEEDS UNITED FC-Leeds United (1972)
LIVERPOOL FC-Anfield Rap (1988)
LIVERPOOL FC-Liverpool (We're Never Gonna...) (1983)
LIVERPOOL FC-Sitting On The Top Of The World (1986)
LIVERPOOL FC-We Can Do It (1977)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST F.C. & PAPER LACE-We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands (1978)
STAMFORD BRIDGE-Chelsea (1970)
FRANCE
Alone In Paris-ALPHONSE MOUZON, LES OMBRES (1989)
Annie I’m Not Your Daddy-KID CREOLE (1982 / St. Tropez)
Condition Of The Heart-PRINCE (1985 / Paris)
Foreign Affair-TINA TURNER (1989 / in the south of France it was springtime)
Giverny-CRIS REA (1986)
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick-IAN DURY (1978 / Vineyards of Bordeaux)
Hunchback of Notre Dame-FRANTIC ELEVATORS (1981)
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat-CHRIS REA (1983 / from the mills way down in Pittsburgh to the clubs of gay Paris)
I Love Paris-KAY STARR, DIONNE WARWICK
I Am The Walrus-BEATLES (1967 / Eiffel Tower)
I'm Not Scared-EIGHTH WONDER (1988 / song refers to the Paris '68 riots)
I Can See For Miles-WHO (1967 / Eiffel Tower)
I Left My Heart In San Francisco-TONY BENNETT (1962 / Paris)
I’ll Meet You At Midnight-SMOKIE (1976 / Champs Elyssee)
I Met Her In Paris-JIMMY JIMMY (1986)
I've Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1977 & 1982)
Jazz Is Paris-MALCOLM McLAREN (1994)
Justify My Love-MADONNA (1990 / I wanna kiss you in Paris... Rome)
Killer Queen-QUEEN (1974 / perfume came naturally from Paris)
La Luna-BELINDA CARLISLE (1989 / Streets Of Marseilles)
La Plage De Saint Tropez-ARMY OF LOVERS (1993)
Lonely Sky-CHRIS DE BURGH (1975)
Lost In France-BONNIE TYLER (1976)
L' Esqualita-SOFT CELL (1984 / Corsican junkie - The song refers to a NY club)
Modern Dance-LOU REED (2000 / southern France)
My Army Of Lovers-ARMY OF LOVERS (1990 / St. Tropez - Tokyo)
Nantes-BEIRUT (2007)
Nice In Nice-THE STRANGLERS (1986)
Number One Friend-THE SILENCERS (1995)
Our Last Summer-ABBA (1980 / Paris, Elysee, Seine, Eiffel tower, Notre Dame)
Paris Latino-BANDOLERO (1983)
Parisienne Walkways-GARY MOORE (1979)
Passion For Paris-FRANKIE VALLI (1979)
Patrick, Mon Cheri-KIKI & PEARLY (1975 / Cannes)
Rhythm Is Love-KESIAH JONES (1993 / Paris, France)
Samba De Mon Cœur Qui Bat-CORALIE CLÉMENT (2001 / et Paris est si froid)
Sebastian-COCKNEY REBEL (1973 / you, oh so gay, with Parisian demands)
Secret Agent Man-BRUCE WILLIS (1987 / swinging on the Riviera one day)
Secret Land-SANDRA (1988 / St. Germain)
Sign 'O' The Times-PRINCE
(1987 / In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name)
To France-MIKE OLDFIELD (1984)
Took The Last Train-DAVID GATES (1978 / Took the last train to St. Tropez)
Tour De France-KRAFTWERK (1983)
Under The Bridges Of Paris-EARTHA KITT (1955)
Where Do You Go To My Lovely-PETER SARSTEDT (1969)
THE "FRENCH" GROUPS:
LATIN QUARTER (Hit: Radio Africa, 1986)
SAINT ETIENNE
ST GERMAIN
GERMANY
Build-HOUSEMARTINS (1987 / from Meccano to Legoland)
Deutscher Girls-ADAM & THE ANTS (1982)
First We Take Manhattan-LEONARD COHEN (1988),
JENNIFER WARNES (1987 / then we take Berlin)
Kokain-EXTRABREIT (1983 / Hamburg, Muenchen, Frankfurt, Berlin, Duisburg, Koeln)
Lola-KINKS (1970 / I met her in a club down in old Soho)
London Calling-THE CLASH (1979)
London Girls-CHAS & DAVE (1983)
London Nights-LONDON BOYS (1989 / hello Piccadilli)
London Town-LIGHT OF THE WORLD (1980)
London Town-BUCKS FIZZ (1983)
Love Like A Rocket-BOB GELDOF (1987 / down at Waterloo underground)
Misty Morning Albert Bridge-POGUES (1989)
One Better Day-MADNESS (1984 / Arlington house)
Penny Lane-BEATLES (1967)
Piccadilly Palare-MORRISSEY (1990)
Pinball Wizard-WHO (1969 / Soho, Brighton)
Streets Of London-RALPH McTELL (1974)
Sultans Of Swing-DIRE STRAITS (1978 / Way on down south way on down south London town)
Supreme-ROBBIE WILLIAMS (2000 / London)
The Road To Hell-CHRIS REA (1989 / song refers to London's ring road M25)
Towers Of London-XTC (1980)
2CV-L.COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / underneath the cruelest London sun)
Waterloo Sunset-KINKS (1967 / Waterloo station)
West End Girls-PET SHOP BOYS (1985)
GROUPS WITH NAMES "MADE IN ENGLAND":
MICHAEL BOLTON
JOHNNY BRISTOL (Hit: Hang On In There Baby, 1974)
EAST 17
ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (Hit: I'd Really Love To See You Tonigt, 1976)
BAD ENGLISH
SCOTT ENGLISH (Hit: Brandy)
RICHARD DARBYSHIRE (singer of "Living In A Box")
THE ESSEX (Hit: Easier Said Than Done, 1963)
LEIGHTON BUZZARDS
LIVERPOOL EXPRESS (Hit: You Are My Love, 1976)
JULIE LONDON (Hit: Cry Me A River, 1957)
LONDON BOYS (Hits: Requiem / London Nights, 1989)
LONDONBEAT (Hit: I've Been Thinking About You, 1990)
MELISSA MANCHESTER
NOTTING HILLBILLIES
PORTISHEAD
SOHO (Hit: Hippy Chick, 1990)
SUTHERLAND BROTHERS (Hit: Arms Of Mary, 1976)
GROUPS & SONGS IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION F.C.-The Boys In The Old Brighton Blue (1983)
LEEDS UNITED FC-Leeds United (1972)
LIVERPOOL FC-Anfield Rap (1988)
LIVERPOOL FC-Liverpool (We're Never Gonna...) (1983)
LIVERPOOL FC-Sitting On The Top Of The World (1986)
LIVERPOOL FC-We Can Do It (1977)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST F.C. & PAPER LACE-We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands (1978)
STAMFORD BRIDGE-Chelsea (1970)
FRANCE
Alone In Paris-ALPHONSE MOUZON, LES OMBRES (1989)
Annie I’m Not Your Daddy-KID CREOLE (1982 / St. Tropez)
Condition Of The Heart-PRINCE (1985 / Paris)
Foreign Affair-TINA TURNER (1989 / in the south of France it was springtime)
Giverny-CRIS REA (1986)
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick-IAN DURY (1978 / Vineyards of Bordeaux)
Hunchback of Notre Dame-FRANTIC ELEVATORS (1981)
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat-CHRIS REA (1983 / from the mills way down in Pittsburgh to the clubs of gay Paris)
I Love Paris-KAY STARR, DIONNE WARWICK
I Am The Walrus-BEATLES (1967 / Eiffel Tower)
I'm Not Scared-EIGHTH WONDER (1988 / song refers to the Paris '68 riots)
I Can See For Miles-WHO (1967 / Eiffel Tower)
I Left My Heart In San Francisco-TONY BENNETT (1962 / Paris)
I’ll Meet You At Midnight-SMOKIE (1976 / Champs Elyssee)
I Met Her In Paris-JIMMY JIMMY (1986)
I've Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1977 & 1982)
Jazz Is Paris-MALCOLM McLAREN (1994)
Justify My Love-MADONNA (1990 / I wanna kiss you in Paris... Rome)
Killer Queen-QUEEN (1974 / perfume came naturally from Paris)
La Luna-BELINDA CARLISLE (1989 / Streets Of Marseilles)
La Plage De Saint Tropez-ARMY OF LOVERS (1993)
Lonely Sky-CHRIS DE BURGH (1975)
Lost In France-BONNIE TYLER (1976)
L' Esqualita-SOFT CELL (1984 / Corsican junkie - The song refers to a NY club)
Modern Dance-LOU REED (2000 / southern France)
My Army Of Lovers-ARMY OF LOVERS (1990 / St. Tropez - Tokyo)
Nantes-BEIRUT (2007)
Nice In Nice-THE STRANGLERS (1986)
Number One Friend-THE SILENCERS (1995)
Our Last Summer-ABBA (1980 / Paris, Elysee, Seine, Eiffel tower, Notre Dame)
Paris Latino-BANDOLERO (1983)
Parisienne Walkways-GARY MOORE (1979)
Passion For Paris-FRANKIE VALLI (1979)
Patrick, Mon Cheri-KIKI & PEARLY (1975 / Cannes)
Rhythm Is Love-KESIAH JONES (1993 / Paris, France)
Samba De Mon Cœur Qui Bat-CORALIE CLÉMENT (2001 / et Paris est si froid)
Sebastian-COCKNEY REBEL (1973 / you, oh so gay, with Parisian demands)
Secret Agent Man-BRUCE WILLIS (1987 / swinging on the Riviera one day)
Secret Land-SANDRA (1988 / St. Germain)
Sign 'O' The Times-PRINCE
(1987 / In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name)
To France-MIKE OLDFIELD (1984)
Took The Last Train-DAVID GATES (1978 / Took the last train to St. Tropez)
Tour De France-KRAFTWERK (1983)
Under The Bridges Of Paris-EARTHA KITT (1955)
Where Do You Go To My Lovely-PETER SARSTEDT (1969)
THE "FRENCH" GROUPS:
LATIN QUARTER (Hit: Radio Africa, 1986)
SAINT ETIENNE
ST GERMAIN
GERMANY
Build-HOUSEMARTINS (1987 / from Meccano to Legoland)
Deutscher Girls-ADAM & THE ANTS (1982)
First We Take Manhattan-LEONARD COHEN (1988),
JENNIFER WARNES (1987 / then we take Berlin)
Kokain-EXTRABREIT (1983 / Hamburg, Muenchen, Frankfurt, Berlin, Duisburg, Koeln)
Kreuzberg-BLOC PARTY (2007 /see: Berlin)
There’s Always... To Remind Me-HOUSEMARTINS (1988 / from Berlin to Damascus)
Homburg-PROCOL HARUM (1967)
Munich-THE EDITORS (2005)
Okay!-O.K. (1987)
Pop Muzik-M (1979 / Munich)
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler rap)-MEL BROOKS (1984 / Munich town)
Universal Soldier-DONOVAN (1965 / Dachau)
West Berlin-CAMEL (1974)
Also see:
Μια βραδιά στο Leverkusen-Γ. ΝΤΑΛΑΡΑΣ / Mia Vradia Sto Leverkusen-YORGOS DALARAS
ARTISTS WITH NAMES "MADE IN GERMANY":
BERLIN (Hit: Take My Breath Away, 1986)
DAF (DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT)
NINA HAGEN (Hit: New York, N.Y.)
MUENCHENER FREIHEIT (also known as: Feiheit or MF / Hit: Every Time)
MUNICH MACHINE
SPANDAU BALLET (>Spandau is a Berlin suburb)
OFF (>Offenbach am Main / Hit: Electrica Salsa)
X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND
HELLAS
Acropolis Now-JOE JACKSON (1989)
Alexander The Great-IRON MAIDEN
(1986 / Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Aegean see etc)
Black Diamond Bay-BOB DYLAN (1975 / the Greek)
Cornfield Ablaze-PREFAB SPROUT
(2002 / you left mount Olympus to find your soul mate)
Common People-PULP (1995 / She came from Greece)
E=mc2-BAD (1985 / Greek God)
Girls & Boys-BLUR (1994 / down to Greece on holiday)
The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks-EAGLES (1979)
I’ve Never Been To Me-CHARLENE
(1977 & 1982 / I’ve been to Nice & the isles of Greece)
Is It Like Today?-WORLD PARTY (1993 / Then there came a dayIt moved out across the Mediterranean Came to western isles and the Greek young men And with their silver beards they laughed At the unknown of the universe They could sit and guess God's name)
It's A Hit-RILO KILEY (Any idiot can play Greek for a day and join a sorority or write a tragedy)
Lucky In Love-MICK JAGGER (1985 / mathematics is Greek to me)
Mykonos-FLEET FOXES (2008)
Never On Sunday (Ta Paidia Tou Peiraia)-PINK MARTINI (1999)
Olympia-SERGIO MENDES feat. JOE PIZZULO (1984)
The Return Of Pan-THE WATERBOYS (1993 / Arcadia)
Zorba The Greek-HERB ALPERT (1966)
Also eternally Greek in our hearts The City / I Poli:
Constantinople-AL STEWART (LP 24 Carats, 1980)
Constantinople Line-SIMPLE MINDS (LP Empires & dance, 1980)
HOLLAND (THE NETHERLANDS)
Holiday Rap-MC MIKER G & DeeJay SVEN (1986 / Amsterdam)
In The Dutch Mountains-THE NITS (1987)
Let’s Do It-EARTHA KITT (1957 / Amsterdam - see various)
Lost Weekend-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS
(1985 / It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam)
Modern Dance-LOU REED (2000 / Amsterdam, Van Gogh museum, Rotterdam / also see: Tangiers, southern France, Yucatan / Mexico, Tanganyika / Africa, Spain, Afghanistan, Pakistan)
Port of Amsterdam-NITS (1986)
Rotterdam Or Anywhere-BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1996)
Temptation-WET WET WET (1987 / I’ll give all the tea in China maybe all the tulips in Amsterdam)
Tulips From Amsterdam-MAX BYGRAVES (1958)
Vincent-DON McLEAN (1972 / song refers to the famous dutch painter)
A Windmill In Old Amsterdam-RONNIE HILTON (1965)
HUNGARY
Budapest By Blimp-THOMAS DOLBY (1988)
ICELAND
Iceland-THE FALL (1982)
One Night In Bangkok-MURRAY HEAD (1984 / It's Iceland or the Philippines or Hastings or... or this place!)
IRELAND
The Curragh Of Kildare-THE ADVENTURES (1988 / traditional Irish folk song)
Dublin-PREFAB SPROUT (1989)
I Can Only Disappoint You-MANSUN (2000 /I travelled from Dublin)
The Irish Rover-THE POGUES & THE DUBLINERS (1987)
THE "IRISH" GROUPS:
DUBLINERS
IRISH ROVER
ALISON LIMERICK
ITALY
All Roads Lead To Rome-THE STRANGLERS (1983)
Arizona Sky-CHINA CRISIS (1986 / Venice is sinking fast-also see: Chicago, Manhattan)
Around The World-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1999 / Sicily)
Be My Twin-BROTHER BEYOND (1989 / cross the Bridge of Sighs - see: Venice)
Capri C'est Fini-HERVÉ VILARD (1965)
Capri, The Night & You-LESLEY HAMILTON (1978)
Dance The World Away-RICK SPRINGFIELD (1985 / while Rome burns)
There’s Always... To Remind Me-HOUSEMARTINS (1988 / from Berlin to Damascus)
Homburg-PROCOL HARUM (1967)
Munich-THE EDITORS (2005)
Okay!-O.K. (1987)
Pop Muzik-M (1979 / Munich)
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler rap)-MEL BROOKS (1984 / Munich town)
Universal Soldier-DONOVAN (1965 / Dachau)
West Berlin-CAMEL (1974)
Also see:
Μια βραδιά στο Leverkusen-Γ. ΝΤΑΛΑΡΑΣ / Mia Vradia Sto Leverkusen-YORGOS DALARAS
ARTISTS WITH NAMES "MADE IN GERMANY":
BERLIN (Hit: Take My Breath Away, 1986)
DAF (DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT)
NINA HAGEN (Hit: New York, N.Y.)
MUENCHENER FREIHEIT (also known as: Feiheit or MF / Hit: Every Time)
MUNICH MACHINE
SPANDAU BALLET (>Spandau is a Berlin suburb)
OFF (>Offenbach am Main / Hit: Electrica Salsa)
X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND
HELLAS
Acropolis Now-JOE JACKSON (1989)
Alexander The Great-IRON MAIDEN
(1986 / Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Aegean see etc)
Black Diamond Bay-BOB DYLAN (1975 / the Greek)
Cornfield Ablaze-PREFAB SPROUT
(2002 / you left mount Olympus to find your soul mate)
Common People-PULP (1995 / She came from Greece)
E=mc2-BAD (1985 / Greek God)
Girls & Boys-BLUR (1994 / down to Greece on holiday)
The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks-EAGLES (1979)
I’ve Never Been To Me-CHARLENE
(1977 & 1982 / I’ve been to Nice & the isles of Greece)
Is It Like Today?-WORLD PARTY (1993 / Then there came a dayIt moved out across the Mediterranean Came to western isles and the Greek young men And with their silver beards they laughed At the unknown of the universe They could sit and guess God's name)
It's A Hit-RILO KILEY (Any idiot can play Greek for a day and join a sorority or write a tragedy)
Lucky In Love-MICK JAGGER (1985 / mathematics is Greek to me)
Mykonos-FLEET FOXES (2008)
Never On Sunday (Ta Paidia Tou Peiraia)-PINK MARTINI (1999)
Olympia-SERGIO MENDES feat. JOE PIZZULO (1984)
The Return Of Pan-THE WATERBOYS (1993 / Arcadia)
Zorba The Greek-HERB ALPERT (1966)
Also eternally Greek in our hearts The City / I Poli:
Constantinople-AL STEWART (LP 24 Carats, 1980)
Constantinople Line-SIMPLE MINDS (LP Empires & dance, 1980)
HOLLAND (THE NETHERLANDS)
Holiday Rap-MC MIKER G & DeeJay SVEN (1986 / Amsterdam)
In The Dutch Mountains-THE NITS (1987)
Let’s Do It-EARTHA KITT (1957 / Amsterdam - see various)
Lost Weekend-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS
(1985 / It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam)
Modern Dance-LOU REED (2000 / Amsterdam, Van Gogh museum, Rotterdam / also see: Tangiers, southern France, Yucatan / Mexico, Tanganyika / Africa, Spain, Afghanistan, Pakistan)
Port of Amsterdam-NITS (1986)
Rotterdam Or Anywhere-BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1996)
Temptation-WET WET WET (1987 / I’ll give all the tea in China maybe all the tulips in Amsterdam)
Tulips From Amsterdam-MAX BYGRAVES (1958)
Vincent-DON McLEAN (1972 / song refers to the famous dutch painter)
A Windmill In Old Amsterdam-RONNIE HILTON (1965)
HUNGARY
Budapest By Blimp-THOMAS DOLBY (1988)
ICELAND
Iceland-THE FALL (1982)
One Night In Bangkok-MURRAY HEAD (1984 / It's Iceland or the Philippines or Hastings or... or this place!)
IRELAND
The Curragh Of Kildare-THE ADVENTURES (1988 / traditional Irish folk song)
Dublin-PREFAB SPROUT (1989)
I Can Only Disappoint You-MANSUN (2000 /I travelled from Dublin)
The Irish Rover-THE POGUES & THE DUBLINERS (1987)
THE "IRISH" GROUPS:
DUBLINERS
IRISH ROVER
ALISON LIMERICK
ITALY
All Roads Lead To Rome-THE STRANGLERS (1983)
Arizona Sky-CHINA CRISIS (1986 / Venice is sinking fast-also see: Chicago, Manhattan)
Around The World-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1999 / Sicily)
Be My Twin-BROTHER BEYOND (1989 / cross the Bridge of Sighs - see: Venice)
Capri C'est Fini-HERVÉ VILARD (1965)
Capri, The Night & You-LESLEY HAMILTON (1978)
Dance The World Away-RICK SPRINGFIELD (1985 / while Rome burns)
Half The World-BELINDA CARLISLE (1991 / the sun comes up in China, the lights go on in Rome)
I'm Too Sexy-RIGHT SAID FRED (1991 / Milan)
I Left My Heart In San Francisco-TONY BENNET (1962 / Rome)
Justify My love-MADONNA (1990 / Rome & Paris)
L'ombre Et La Lumière-CORALIE CLÉMENT (2001 / San Remo, Venise - also: Monaco)
Little Girl-SANDRA (1986 / Venice)
London Nights-LONDON BOYS (1989 / from Rome to LA)
Love Train-HOLLY JOHNSON (1989 / You’re the Trevi fountain)
Mambo Italiano-ROSEMARY CLOONEY (1954), FLABBY feat. CARLA BONI
(1998 / Napoli)
Meet Me In Verona-SALLY OLDFIELD (1983)
No More Heroes-THE STRANGLERS (1977 / to watch their Rome burn)
Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day-MORCHEBA (2000)
Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day-SAM COOKE (1964)
The Rhythm Divine-YELLO featuring SHIRLEY BASSEY
(1987 / from Warsaw to Rome)
Sailor-PETULA CLARK (1961 / Capri, Amsterdam, Honolulu, Siam)
Save Your Love-RENEE & RENATO (1982 / save your love for Roma & for me)
Sorrento Moon (I Remember)-TINA ARENA (1994)
That’s Amore-DEAN MARTIN (1954 / back in old Napoli that’s amore)
Watching The Wildlife-F.G.T.H. (1987 / on my way home the state of Rome)
What Am I Gonna Do-ROD STEWART (1983 / The Sistine Chapel and the Eiffel Tower a national anthem an April shower tomorrow's fashion and now I've found you I'm complete)
Where Is My Man-EARTHA KITT (1983 / Capri)
You’re History-SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER (1989 / like ancient Rome)
You Can Get It If You Really Want It-DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES (1970 / Rome wasn’t built in a day)
ARTISTS WITH NAMES "MADE IN ITALY":
THE CAPRIS (Hit: There's A Moon Out Tonight, 1961)
PERRY COMO
FRA LIPPO LIPPI (Hit: Shouldn't Have To Be Like That, 1986)
ROMAN HOLIDAY
JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO (CONCRETE BLONDE)
RONDO VENEZIANO
WHEN IN ROME (Hit: The Promise, 1988)
LUXEMBURG
Ask-THE SMITHS (1986 / Luxembourg)
MONACO
I’ve Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1977 & 1982 / Monte Carlo)
Lucky In Love-MICK JAGGER (1985 / Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Atlantic City & London)
Money Money Money-ABBA (1976 / Monaco & Las Vegas)
Monte Carlo-ΞΑΞΑΚΕΣ (2000 / Greek band spelled Xaxakes)
28 a'l Ombre (Monaco)-JEAN FRANCOIS MAURICE (1978)
see: MONACO (Hit: What Do You Want From Me, 1997)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast-BONEY M (1977)
Belfast-ENERGY ORCHARD (1990)
Belfast Child-SIMPLE MINDS (1989 / traditional Irish song)
Sean-EBTG (1985 / Belfast boy, Belfast girl)
NORWAY
Norwegian Wood-BEATLES (1965)
POLAND
The Rhythm Divine-YELLO (1987 / from Warsaw to Rome)
Warsaw Ghetto-NITZER EBB (1985 / 2nd single)
Warszawa-DAVID BOWIE (1977)
GROUPS: WARSAW
PORTUGAL
King Of Portugal-AL STEWART (1988)
Lisbon Antigua-NELSON RIDDLE (1955)
Petticoats Of Portugal-DICK JACOBS (1956)
Portuguese Washerwoman-JOE "FINGERS" CARR (1956)
RUSSIA
Back In The U.S.S.R.-THE BEATLES (1968)
From Russia With Love-MATT MONRO (1963)
Leningrad-BILLY JOEL (1989)
Love In Siberia-LABAN (1986)
Midnight In Moscow-KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN (1961)
Moonlight & Vodka-CHRIS DE BURGH (1984 / Moscow, Russian girls)
Moscow Nights-ANYA (1985)
My Army Of Lovers-ARMY OF LOVERS (1990 / Leningrad)
Radio Africa-LATIN QUARTER (1986 / it looks like Moscow got it wrong again)
Rasputin-BONEY M (1978 / Russia, Moscow)
Red Army Blues-THE WATERBOYS (1984 / the song refers Voronezh & Kiev, Ukraine. At the time the song was written Kiev was Soviet teritory)
I'm Too Sexy-RIGHT SAID FRED (1991 / Milan)
I Left My Heart In San Francisco-TONY BENNET (1962 / Rome)
Justify My love-MADONNA (1990 / Rome & Paris)
L'ombre Et La Lumière-CORALIE CLÉMENT (2001 / San Remo, Venise - also: Monaco)
Little Girl-SANDRA (1986 / Venice)
London Nights-LONDON BOYS (1989 / from Rome to LA)
Love Train-HOLLY JOHNSON (1989 / You’re the Trevi fountain)
Mambo Italiano-ROSEMARY CLOONEY (1954), FLABBY feat. CARLA BONI
(1998 / Napoli)
Meet Me In Verona-SALLY OLDFIELD (1983)
No More Heroes-THE STRANGLERS (1977 / to watch their Rome burn)
Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day-MORCHEBA (2000)
Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day-SAM COOKE (1964)
The Rhythm Divine-YELLO featuring SHIRLEY BASSEY
(1987 / from Warsaw to Rome)
Sailor-PETULA CLARK (1961 / Capri, Amsterdam, Honolulu, Siam)
Save Your Love-RENEE & RENATO (1982 / save your love for Roma & for me)
Sorrento Moon (I Remember)-TINA ARENA (1994)
That’s Amore-DEAN MARTIN (1954 / back in old Napoli that’s amore)
Watching The Wildlife-F.G.T.H. (1987 / on my way home the state of Rome)
What Am I Gonna Do-ROD STEWART (1983 / The Sistine Chapel and the Eiffel Tower a national anthem an April shower tomorrow's fashion and now I've found you I'm complete)
Where Is My Man-EARTHA KITT (1983 / Capri)
You’re History-SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER (1989 / like ancient Rome)
You Can Get It If You Really Want It-DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES (1970 / Rome wasn’t built in a day)
ARTISTS WITH NAMES "MADE IN ITALY":
THE CAPRIS (Hit: There's A Moon Out Tonight, 1961)
PERRY COMO
FRA LIPPO LIPPI (Hit: Shouldn't Have To Be Like That, 1986)
ROMAN HOLIDAY
JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO (CONCRETE BLONDE)
RONDO VENEZIANO
WHEN IN ROME (Hit: The Promise, 1988)
LUXEMBURG
Ask-THE SMITHS (1986 / Luxembourg)
MONACO
I’ve Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1977 & 1982 / Monte Carlo)
Lucky In Love-MICK JAGGER (1985 / Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Atlantic City & London)
Money Money Money-ABBA (1976 / Monaco & Las Vegas)
Monte Carlo-ΞΑΞΑΚΕΣ (2000 / Greek band spelled Xaxakes)
28 a'l Ombre (Monaco)-JEAN FRANCOIS MAURICE (1978)
see: MONACO (Hit: What Do You Want From Me, 1997)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast-BONEY M (1977)
Belfast-ENERGY ORCHARD (1990)
Belfast Child-SIMPLE MINDS (1989 / traditional Irish song)
Sean-EBTG (1985 / Belfast boy, Belfast girl)
NORWAY
Norwegian Wood-BEATLES (1965)
POLAND
The Rhythm Divine-YELLO (1987 / from Warsaw to Rome)
Warsaw Ghetto-NITZER EBB (1985 / 2nd single)
Warszawa-DAVID BOWIE (1977)
GROUPS: WARSAW
PORTUGAL
King Of Portugal-AL STEWART (1988)
Lisbon Antigua-NELSON RIDDLE (1955)
Petticoats Of Portugal-DICK JACOBS (1956)
Portuguese Washerwoman-JOE "FINGERS" CARR (1956)
RUSSIA
Back In The U.S.S.R.-THE BEATLES (1968)
From Russia With Love-MATT MONRO (1963)
Leningrad-BILLY JOEL (1989)
Love In Siberia-LABAN (1986)
Midnight In Moscow-KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN (1961)
Moonlight & Vodka-CHRIS DE BURGH (1984 / Moscow, Russian girls)
Moscow Nights-ANYA (1985)
My Army Of Lovers-ARMY OF LOVERS (1990 / Leningrad)
Radio Africa-LATIN QUARTER (1986 / it looks like Moscow got it wrong again)
Rasputin-BONEY M (1978 / Russia, Moscow)
Red Army Blues-THE WATERBOYS (1984 / the song refers Voronezh & Kiev, Ukraine. At the time the song was written Kiev was Soviet teritory)
Return To Tunguska-ALAN PARSONS feat. SHPONGLE (2004)
Russians-STING (1985)
Sois Bienvenu-NENA (1984 / im Kreml spielt ’ne Hard rock band)
Russians-STING (1985)
Sois Bienvenu-NENA (1984 / im Kreml spielt ’ne Hard rock band)
Stranger In Moscow-MICHAEL JACKSON (1995)
Sympathy For The Devil-THE ROLLING STONES (1968 / St. Petersburg)
Tschernobyl (Das Letzte Signal)-WOLF MAAHN & UNTERSTÜTZUNG (1986 / Tschernobyl is in Ukraine but was at the time the song was written Russian teritory)
U.S.S.R.-EDDY HUNTINGTON (1986)
Walk Like An Egyptian-BANGLES (1986 / Kremlin)
Wind Of Change-SCORPIONS (1991 / Moskva, Gorki Park)
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen-DANNY WILSON (1988)
Face The Face-PETE TOWNSHEND (1985 / New York! Chicago! London & Glasgow)
Killermont Street-AZTEC CAMERA
(1987 / the song refers to Glasgow's Buchanan bus station)
Mull Of Kintyre-WINGS (1977)
Scottish Pop-SPEARMINT (2001)
Super Trouper-ABBA (1980 / Glasgow)
SPAIN
Barcelona-FREDDIE MERCURY & MONTESERRAT CABALLE (1987)
The Bilbao Song-ANDY WILLIAMS (Kurt Weill & Bertold Brecht)
Castles In Spain-THE ARMOURY SHOW (1984)
Club Tropicana-WHAM (1983 / video clip refers to Ibiza)
Don Quixote-NIK KERSHAW (1985 / we're all men of La Mancha)
El Lute-BONEY M. (1979 / Spain)
Fill My Little World-THE FEELING (2005 / Spain or somewhere)
Hooverville-CHRISTIANS (1987 / castles in Spain)
Majorka-PETULA CLARK (1955)
Mi Casa Su Casa-PERRY COMO (1957 / castle in Spain)
Never Been To Spain-THREE DOG NIGHT (1972)
Nothing Has Been Proved-DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1989 / Spain)
On The Border-AL STEWART (1977 / Spanish border)
People From Ibiza-SANDY MARTON (1984)
Santiago-LOREENA McKENNIT (1994 / Santiago de Compostella in the Galician area of Spain)
Sketches Of Spain-NITS (1983 / Barcelona, Zaragoza)
Spanish Caravan-DOORS (1968 / Andalusia)
Spanish Eddie-GLORIA BRANIGAN (1985)
Spanish Stroll-MINK DE VILLE (1977)
Spanish Train-CHRIS DeBURGH (1975 / Guadalquivir: river)
We’re Going To Ibiza-VENGA BOYS (1999)
You Know I'm No Good-AMY WINEHOUSE (2007 / Jamaica & Spain)
SWEDEN
Californication-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1999)
Stockholm Blues-TONY JOE WHITE (1970)
GROUPS: BLUE SWEDE
SWITZERLAND
From Spanish Harlem To Geneva-NEGA feat. LUMIDEE & JAE'SON (2004)
Man From Reno-GORAN BREGOVIC featuring SCOTT WALKER (1993 /Zurich)
Smoke On The Water-DEEP PURPLE (1977 / We came out to Montreaux on the Lake Geneva shoreline)
West End Girls-PET SHOP BOYS (1985 / from Lake Geneva to Finland station)
Where Do You Go To My Lovely-PETER SARSTEDT (1969 / Saint Moritz)
UKRAINE
Modern Times-LATIN QUARTER (1985 / but when the Big Bear bit deep after Yalta)
VARIOUS
Sympathy For The Devil-THE ROLLING STONES (1968 / St. Petersburg)
Tschernobyl (Das Letzte Signal)-WOLF MAAHN & UNTERSTÜTZUNG (1986 / Tschernobyl is in Ukraine but was at the time the song was written Russian teritory)
U.S.S.R.-EDDY HUNTINGTON (1986)
Walk Like An Egyptian-BANGLES (1986 / Kremlin)
Wind Of Change-SCORPIONS (1991 / Moskva, Gorki Park)
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen-DANNY WILSON (1988)
Face The Face-PETE TOWNSHEND (1985 / New York! Chicago! London & Glasgow)
Killermont Street-AZTEC CAMERA
(1987 / the song refers to Glasgow's Buchanan bus station)
Mull Of Kintyre-WINGS (1977)
Scottish Pop-SPEARMINT (2001)
Super Trouper-ABBA (1980 / Glasgow)
SPAIN
Barcelona-FREDDIE MERCURY & MONTESERRAT CABALLE (1987)
The Bilbao Song-ANDY WILLIAMS (Kurt Weill & Bertold Brecht)
Castles In Spain-THE ARMOURY SHOW (1984)
Club Tropicana-WHAM (1983 / video clip refers to Ibiza)
Don Quixote-NIK KERSHAW (1985 / we're all men of La Mancha)
El Lute-BONEY M. (1979 / Spain)
Fill My Little World-THE FEELING (2005 / Spain or somewhere)
Hooverville-CHRISTIANS (1987 / castles in Spain)
Majorka-PETULA CLARK (1955)
Mi Casa Su Casa-PERRY COMO (1957 / castle in Spain)
Never Been To Spain-THREE DOG NIGHT (1972)
Nothing Has Been Proved-DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1989 / Spain)
On The Border-AL STEWART (1977 / Spanish border)
People From Ibiza-SANDY MARTON (1984)
Santiago-LOREENA McKENNIT (1994 / Santiago de Compostella in the Galician area of Spain)
Sketches Of Spain-NITS (1983 / Barcelona, Zaragoza)
Spanish Caravan-DOORS (1968 / Andalusia)
Spanish Eddie-GLORIA BRANIGAN (1985)
Spanish Stroll-MINK DE VILLE (1977)
Spanish Train-CHRIS DeBURGH (1975 / Guadalquivir: river)
We’re Going To Ibiza-VENGA BOYS (1999)
You Know I'm No Good-AMY WINEHOUSE (2007 / Jamaica & Spain)
SWEDEN
Californication-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1999)
Stockholm Blues-TONY JOE WHITE (1970)
GROUPS: BLUE SWEDE
SWITZERLAND
From Spanish Harlem To Geneva-NEGA feat. LUMIDEE & JAE'SON (2004)
Man From Reno-GORAN BREGOVIC featuring SCOTT WALKER (1993 /Zurich)
Smoke On The Water-DEEP PURPLE (1977 / We came out to Montreaux on the Lake Geneva shoreline)
West End Girls-PET SHOP BOYS (1985 / from Lake Geneva to Finland station)
Where Do You Go To My Lovely-PETER SARSTEDT (1969 / Saint Moritz)
UKRAINE
Modern Times-LATIN QUARTER (1985 / but when the Big Bear bit deep after Yalta)
VARIOUS
Arms Around The World-LOUISE (1997 / New York, Tokyo, Rome, Paris, Egypt or Spain)
Daddy’s Car-CARDIGANS (1995)
El. Venizelos-EQUALEYES (2007 / the name of the Athens airport)
Europa-SANTANA (1976)
Europa & The Pirate Twins-THOMAS DOLBY (1981)
Europe Is Our Playground-SUEDE (1997 / from Heathrow to Hounslow, from the Eastern Block to France... London is our town... from Spain to Camber Sands)
Faron Young-PREFAB SPROUT (as obsolete as warships in the Baltic)
L'ombre Et La Lumière-CORALIE CLEMENT (San Remo, Monaco, Venise où Honfleur)
Let’s Do It-EARTHA KITT (1957 / Lithuanian, Finns, Spain and others)
London Town-LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Munich, Paris, Amsterdam... also: US cities)
Northwinds-STRANGLERS (1984 / in a Europe that was shrouded in black)
Pop Muzik-M (1979 / New York, London, Paris, Munich)
Sailor-PETULA CLARK (Capri, Amsterdam, Honolulu, Siam)
The Ballad Of John & Yoko-BEATLES (1969 / Southampton, Holland, France, Paris, Gibraltar near Spain, Amsterdam Hilton, Vienna, London)
Trans Europe Express-KRAFTWERK (Paris, Vienna, Dusseldorf)
also see:
Ταξιδιάρα Ψυχή-ΤΡΥΠΕΣ / Taxidiara Psichi-TRYPES (1985 / Λονδίνο, Άμστερνταμ ή Βερολίνο)
GROUPS: EUROPE, EUROPEANS
Daddy’s Car-CARDIGANS (1995)
El. Venizelos-EQUALEYES (2007 / the name of the Athens airport)
Europa-SANTANA (1976)
Europa & The Pirate Twins-THOMAS DOLBY (1981)
Europe Is Our Playground-SUEDE (1997 / from Heathrow to Hounslow, from the Eastern Block to France... London is our town... from Spain to Camber Sands)
Faron Young-PREFAB SPROUT (as obsolete as warships in the Baltic)
L'ombre Et La Lumière-CORALIE CLEMENT (San Remo, Monaco, Venise où Honfleur)
Let’s Do It-EARTHA KITT (1957 / Lithuanian, Finns, Spain and others)
London Town-LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Munich, Paris, Amsterdam... also: US cities)
Northwinds-STRANGLERS (1984 / in a Europe that was shrouded in black)
Pop Muzik-M (1979 / New York, London, Paris, Munich)
Sailor-PETULA CLARK (Capri, Amsterdam, Honolulu, Siam)
The Ballad Of John & Yoko-BEATLES (1969 / Southampton, Holland, France, Paris, Gibraltar near Spain, Amsterdam Hilton, Vienna, London)
Trans Europe Express-KRAFTWERK (Paris, Vienna, Dusseldorf)
also see:
Ταξιδιάρα Ψυχή-ΤΡΥΠΕΣ / Taxidiara Psichi-TRYPES (1985 / Λονδίνο, Άμστερνταμ ή Βερολίνο)
GROUPS: EUROPE, EUROPEANS
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ωχ! τι κατακλυσμός ήταν αυτός! μήπως έπρεπε να μείνεις απλά στους τίτλους? οι επιλογές είναι άπειρες!χαρά στο κουράγιο σου!
[πάντως στις πολιτείες μήπως ξέχασες το φίλο μου το sufjan?]
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