List of songs about Boston

This article lists songs about Boston, Massachusetts, including those set there, named after a location or feature of the city, or about a notable figure associated with the city. It is not intended to include songs where Boston is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities.


 * "All Kindsa Girls" by Real Kids
 * "An Open Letter to Boston" by Mark Lind & The Unloved
 * "As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town" by Jonathan Richman
 * "Back Bay Shuffle" by Artie Shaw
 * "Back to Boston" by The Rosebuds
 * "Bank of Boston Beauty Queen" by The Dresden Dolls
 * "Beantown" by John Cena
 * "Bigger Things in Mind" by Westbound Train
 * "Bill Lee" (Boston Red Sox pitcher, 1969–1978) by Warren Zevon
 * "Blue Thunder" by Galaxie 500
 * "Billy Ruane" by Varsity Drag (Ben Deily)
 * "Boston" by Augustana
 * "Boston" by Ed OG
 * "Boston" by The Byrds
 * "Boston" by The Dresden Dolls
 * "Boston" by emmet swimming
 * "Boston" by Kenny Chesney
 * "Boston" by Paulson
 * "Boston" by Patty Griffin
 * "Boston (Ladies of Cambridge)" by Vampire Weekend
 * "Boston and St. John's" by Great Big Sea
 * "Boston Asphalt" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Boston Babies" by G.B.H.
 * "Boston Babies" by Slaughter & The Dogs
 * "Boston Band" by Jim's Big Ego
 * "Boston Belongs To Me" by Death Before Dishonor
 * "The Boston Beguine" by Sheldon Harnick
 * "Boston Jail" by Porter Wagoner
 * "A Boston Peace" by Say Anything
 * "Boston Rag" by Steely Dan
 * "Boston Rose" by Liam Reilly
 * "Boston Tea Party" by Alex Harvey (and, more recently, by Fish)
 * "The Boston Tea Party" by Jimmy Dorsey,(Decca, DLA-456-A)
 * "Boston United" by The Unseen
 * "Boston, USA" by The Ducky Boys
 * "Bostons" by Have Heart
 * "Bridges, Squares" by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
 * "Bunker Hill" by Michael Penn
 * "Carl Yastrzemski" by Jess Cain
 * "The Chosen Few" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Christmas Time" by the Dogmatics (takes place in Kenmore Square)
 * "Crutch" by Buffalo Tom
 * "Devils in Boston" by Samantha Crain
 * "Dirty Water" by The Standells
 * "The End of Radio" by Shellac
 * "Etoh" by The Avalanches
 * "Fairmount Hill" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Feelin' Massachusetts" by The Juliana Hatfield Three
 * "The Fenway" by Jonathan Richman (Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers)
 * "Fly Into the Mystery" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "For Boston" originally by T.J. Hurley (and, more recently, by the Dropkick Murphys)
 * "For Boston" by The Hold Steady
 * "Girlfriend" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "Going to Boston" (also "Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston"), traditional folksong
 * "Going Out in Style" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Government Center" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "Homecoming King" by Guster
 * "I Hate Boston" by Reneé Rapp
 * "I Want My City Back" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 * "The Ice of Boston" by The Dismemberment Plan
 * "I'm Shipping up to Boston" by Woody Guthrie and the Dropkick Murphys from The Warrior's Code 2005, music video filmed in East Boston, (Celtic punk)
 * "I'm Yours Boston" by Big D and the Kids Table
 * "In Defense of Dorchester" by the Street Dogs
 * "Just Like Larry" by Dispatch (subject of the song is former Boston Celtic and Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird)
 * "Knights of Bostonia" by State Radio
 * "Land of the Glass Pinecones" by Human Sexual Response
 * "Logan to Government Center" by Brand New
 * "Lost in Boston" by The Walkmen
 * "M.T.A." by The Kingston Trio
 * "Mass Ave" by Tanya Donelly
 * "Mass Ave" by Willie Alexander
 * "Mass Pike" by The Get Up Kids
 * "Massachusetts Avenue" by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
 * "Mess" by Noah Kahan
 * "Midnight Rambler" by The Rolling Stones
 * "Modern World" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "A More Perfect Union" by Titus Andronicus
 * "My Boston" by Big Shug
 * "My Sister" by Juliana Hatfield
 * "Never Alone" by Dropkick Murphys
 * "No Future (Death or Jail)" by Mark Lind
 * "Normal Town" by Better Than Ezra
 * "Pipe Bomb on Lansdowne Street" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Please Come to Boston" by Dave Loggins
 * "The Rascal King" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 * "Ride on Down the Highway" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "Riot on Broad Street" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 * "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston
 * "Roslindale" by Birdbrain
 * "Savin Hill" by Street Dogs
 * "She's From Boston" by Kenny Chesney
 * "She's Got a Boyfriend Now" by Boys Like Girls
 * "Shining On" by Big D and the Kids Table
 * "Shot Heard 'Round the World" by Ween (originally from Schoolhouse Rock)
 * "Skinhead on the MBTA" by the Dropkick Murphys
 * "Southeast of Boston" by June of 44
 * "South End Incident" by The Beacon Street Union
 * "The State of Massachusetts" by Dropkick Murphys
 * "Steady Riot" by Big D and the Kids Table
 * "Street by Street" by Laufey (singer)
 * "Subway" by Mary Lou Lord
 * "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor
 * "T DJ" by Freezepop
 * "Tessie" by Dropkick Murphys
 * "There's A Black Hole in the Shadow of The Pru" by American Nightmare
 * "They Came To Boston" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 * "This Is Boston, Not L.A." by The Freeze
 * "The Warrior's Code" by Dropkick Murphys (subject of the song is boxer Micky Ward)
 * "Time To Go" by Dropkick Murphys
 * "Twilight in Boston" by Jonathan Richman
 * "Two Soldiers" by Bob Dylan
 * "Walkaways" by Counting Crows
 * "Walk Up the Street" by Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 * "Whoever's in New England" by Reba McEntire
 * "Why Do I" by Will Dailey
 * "Wicked Little Critta" by They Might Be Giants
 * "Winter Afternoon by B.U. in Boston" by Jonathan Richman
 * "Young New England" by Transit