This is a list of songs about New York City, set there, or named after a location or feature of the city.

It is not intended to include songs where New York is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities, e.g. "New York, London, Paris, Munich" (lyrics of "Pop Music" by M).

• "An Englishman in New York" by Sting, said to be inspired by Quentin Crisp
• "Cali To New York" by the Black Eyed Peas
• "A Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl (Irish folk style ballad)
• "A Heart in New York" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "Arthur's Theme " by Christopher Cross
• "I Love NYC" by Andrew W. K.*
• "Leaving New York" by R.E.M. (alternative rock)
• "New Killer Star" by David Bowie
• "New New York" by The Cranberries
• "New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss (hip-hop)
• "New York" by U2
• "New York" by The Templars
• "New York" by Continental Drifters
• "New York As A Muse" by Yoko Ono
• "New York Blackout" by The Mighty Sparrow
• "New York Belongs to Me" by Roger Miret and the Disasters
• "New York City" by Cub, covered by They Might Be Giants
• "New York City Boy" by Pet Shop Boys
• "Yeah! New York" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• "Ne Me Quitte Pas" by Regina Spektor
• "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John
• "My My Metrocard" by Le Tigre
• "The Only Living Boy In New York" by Simon & Garfunkel
• "New York City" by Peter Malick and Norah Jones
• "New York City Blues" by The Yardbirds
• "New York City Cops" by The Strokes
• "New York City Pakistan" by Terre Roche
• "New York City Serenade" by Bruce Springsteen
• "New York City Streets" by Triumph
• "New York Girls" by The Mooney Suzuki
• "New York Groove" by Ace Frehley
• "New York Minute" by Don Henley (rock)
• "New York Minute" by Zoetrope
• "New York Mining Disaster 1941" by The Bee Gees
• "New York, New York" by Bernstein-Comden-Green from the 1946 musical On the Town
• "New York, New York" written by Kander and Ebb famously sung by Frank Sinatra
• "New York, New York" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• "New York, New York" by Ryan Adams (alt-country)
• "New York, New York (So good they named it twice)" by Gerard Kenny - 1978 (disco)
• "New York, New York" by Nina Hagen
• "New York, New York Stealing My Way" by Back Street Crawler
• "New York Police State" by Agnostic Front (hardcore punk)
• "The New York Shuffle" by Graham Parker
• "New York State Of Mind" by Billy Joel
• "New York State of Mind" by Nas
• "New York State of Mind" by Alicia Keys Nas and Rakim
• "New York Taxi" by Harry Belafonte
• "New York's A Lonely Town" by The Trade Winds
• "New York's In Love" by David Bowie
• "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys (rap/hip-hop)
• "An Open Letter to NYC" by The Beastie Boys (rap/hip-hop)
• "NYC" by Interpol
• "One Day You´ll Dance For Me New York City" by Thomas Dybdahl
• "Sidewalks of New York" by James W. Blake and Charles E. Lawlor (1890, used as a presidential campaign tune in the 1920's [1])
• "Take the A Train" performed by the Duke Ellington Band (jazz, an instrumental inspired by the New York subway train)
• "Talking New York" by Bob Dylan
• "Walk on the Wild Side " by Lou Reed (alternative rock)
• "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen
• "Chelsea Hotel No 2" by Leonard Cohen
• "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits
• "Sixth Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers
• "Chelsea Girls" by The Velvet Underground
• "Rainy Night in Soho" by The Pogues (may also be about Soho, London)
• "Chelsea Morning" by Joni Mitchell
• "I Happen to Like New York" by Judy Garland
• "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
• "The Only Living Boy in New York" by Paul Simon
• "Song for Myla Goldberg" by The Decemberists
• "Poses" by Rufus Wainwright
• "N.Y." by Doves
• "Chelsea" by Counting Crows
• "New York" by Norah Jones
• "Angel of Harlem" by U2
• "New York" by Sex Pistols
• "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
• "Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin & the Hacker
• "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "Christmas in Hollis" by Run D.M.C.
• "NYC's Like a Graveyard" by The Moldy Peaches
• "Black History Month" by Death From Above 1979(inspired by a ride through the new york subway: from Drum Media )
• "5 Boroughs" by KRS-One with Bounty Killer, Buckshot, Cam'Ron, Keith Murray , Killa Priest , Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Redman, Rev. Run , and Vigilante (hip-hop)

See also

• The band New York Dolls
• List of songs whose title includes geographical names