This list of songs about Detroit contains any songs about or involving the U.S. city of Detroit.
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- "A Long Time" - Mayer Hawthorne
- "Alive in 5D" - Gardens
- "All American Man" - KISS
- "All My Life" - Blade Icewood
- "All Over the World" - ELO
- "American Bad Ass" - Kid Rock
- "Amityville" - Eminem, from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- "Anaconda" - Nicki Minaj
- "Ancestors" - Oblisk
- "April in the D" - The Victorious Secrets
- "RGF Island" - Fetty Wap
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- "Da East" - Niko
- "The D in Detroit" - The Anniversary
- "Dancing in the Street" - Martha and the Vandellas (1964) (#2 Billboard Hot 100)
- "Detroit (Born + Raised)" - André DeJuan, from his upcoming third studio album, I'm Not Me
- "Detroit" - (from the Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire, introduced by John Davidson)
- "Detroit" - David Reo
- "Detroit" - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- "Detroit" - Esham (featuring TNT)
- "Detroit" - Fireworks
- "Detroit" - Laurent Garnier
- "Detroit" - Green Concorde
- "Detroit" - Ian Hunter
- "Detroit"- Injecting Strangers
- "Detroit (That's My Home Town)" - Kim Weston
- "Detroit" - Mogue Doyle
- "Detroit" - Morgan Geist
- "Detroit" - Pato Margetic
- "Detroit" - Primal Scream
- "Detroit" - Rancid
- "Detroit" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Detroit" - Royce Da 5'9"(featuring Travis Barker)
- "Detroit" - Tyler Childers
- "Detroit" - Va-Voom
- "Detroit" - Spring King
- "Detroit 4 Life" - A.W.O.L.
- "Detroit 101" - City Squad
- "Detroit 101" - Esham
- "Detroit 442" - Blondie
- "Detroit '67" - Sam Roberts Band
- "Detroit Blues" - Diana Krall; Vince Benedetti
- "Detroit Blues" - Tampa Red
- "Detroit Breakdown" - The Bellrays
- "Detroit Breakdown" - The J. Geils Band
- "Detroit Breakdown" - The Gories
- "Detroit City" - Alice Cooper
- "Detroit City" - LetricKramer
- "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" - Bobby Bare (composed by Danny Dill)
- "Detroit City" - Sonny B
- "Detroit City" - Texas
- "Detroit City Blues" - Fats Domino
- "Detroit, Detroit" - Bugz
- "Detroit, Detroit" - Erik Koskinen
- "Detroit Diesel" - Alvin Lee
- "Detroit Drive" - Eliza Neals
- "Detroit Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
- "Detroit Girls" - Starz
- "Detroit Has a Skyline" - HiFi Handgrenades
- "Detroit Has a Skyline" - Superchunk
- "Detroit Iron" - The Darts
- "Detroit Jump" - Big Maceo Merriweather
- "Detroit Lady" - Motor City Josh
- "Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)" - Sufjan Stevens from Michigan (album) 2003
- "Detroit Michigan" - Ronnie Love
- "Detroit, Michigan"- Kid Rock from Rebel Soul 2012
- "Detroit, Michigan" - The Peps
- "Detroit Moan"- Victoria Spivey
- "Detroit Murderous" - Big Hoodoo (from the album 'Crystal Skull')
- "Detroit Niggaz" - Street Lord'z
- "The Detroit River Dirty Blues" - Michael Katon
- "Detroit Rock City" - KISS 1976
- "Detroit Rock City Homage" - Forced Anger
- "Detroit Special" - Big Bill Broonzy
- "Detroit Sound" - Soul Designer
- "Detroit Stand Up" - Ray O'Shea (featuring Big Herk, BO$$, Phohessuain, Esham, Malik (Eddie Kain), Al Nuke & Proof)
- "Detroit State of Mind - Elzhi
- "Detroit Style" - A1 People
- "Detroit Summer" - Obie Trice
- "Detroit Sunrise"- Dwele neo-soul, 2010
- "Detroit Swing 66" - Gomez
- "Detroit Swing City" - Alien Fashion Show
- "Detroit Thang" - Kid Rock
- "Detroit Tickets" - Apoptygma Berzerk
- "Detroit Tin" - The Kursaal Flyers
- "Detroit Vs. Everybody" - Eminem and others from Shady XV 2014
- "Detroit was Built on Secrets"- Search the City
- "Detroit Waves" - Matt Nathanson
- "Detroit Women" - Stacia Petrie
- "Detroit Winter - Platinum Pied Pipers (featuring MC Invincible)
- "Detroit Zoo" - Disco D
- "Detroiter, Part 2" - Bantam Rooster
- "Devil's Night" - D12 2001, horrorcore
- "Devil's Night" - Sonny B
- "Devil Without A Cause" - Kid Rock
- "Diet Coke" - Pusha T
- "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey ("born and raised in south Detroit")
- "Don't Shut Em Down" - Flogging Molly
- "Dog Eat Dog" - Ted Nugent
- "Dope Job Homeless" - Obie Trice
- "Detroit Slums" -Back In Spades
- "Detroit Rock & Roll" - Frijid Pink
- "Doctor Detroit" - Devo
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- "Eastern Market" - Yusef Lateef
- "Elizabeth Parker" - Dave Caruso
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- "forty hour week" - Alabama
- "Fire Editorial" - The Mountain Goats
- "For The D" - Guilty Simpson
- "Foul Mouff" - Paradime (featuring Kid Rock)
- "Fuck Off" -Kid Rock (featuring Eminem)
- "From The D" -Eminem, Trick Trick, and Kid Rock
- "Feel Older Now" - Flo & Eddie
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- "Geography" - Lali Puna
- "Ghetto Zone" - Inner City Posse
- "Gangster Funk" Prince Vince and the Hip Hop Force
- "God Bless the USA" – Lee Greenwood
- "Going Back to Motown" - John Palumbo
- "Got No Place to Go" - Migrant Kids
- "Guap" - Big Sean From Hall of Fame 2012
- "Gone Long Gone" - Frijid Pink
- "Great Time in Detroit" - Harmonie Park
- "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin" - Adrenalin
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- "U Can Get Fucked Up" - Trick Trick (featuring Goon Sqwad)
- "Up on Twelfth Street" Sir Mack Rice
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- "Yellow Brick Road" - Eminem
- "You Can Make It" - Achromatik feat. Royce da 5'9"
- "You Never Met A Mother Fucker Quite Like Me" - Kid Rock 2002
- "You Don't Want None of This" - A.W.O.L
References
- ^ "Hello Detroit auto workers, [...]
You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line", mentioning of this city, was done in their music video song.
- ^ "Why it was [...] Detroit's city limits
It's different and it's a certain significance. A certificate of authenticity." mentioning of Detroit city, in 8 Mile song, by Eminem.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1943-08-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
- ^ "Beatdrum | official site of Christian pop rock recording artist Beatdrum | Songs : Back to Detroit (Motor City Remix)". Beatdrum-music.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ "Amboy Rambler". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ "Alma Smith: The Countess 1922-2012". Detroit Sound Conservancy. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Green Day - Peacemaker Lyrics". MetroLyrics. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
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- ^ "Amboy Rambler". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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