The Very Best Songs About Boston, Massachusetts
Discover the very best songs about Boston, Massachusetts. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow, call Cambridge home or are simply dreaming wistfully of Boston, Mass, we have your back. From The Kingston Trio to Vampire Weekend, from Dave Loggins to the Dropkick Murphys, from James Taylor to John Cena, we’ve gathered the very best songs about Boston, Massachusetts in one place.
Start with our top ten songs about Boston, and then explore by genre—including Celtic rock and rock, alternative, singer/songwriter, pop, country, standards, jazz, holiday songs, and even a Reggae tune. And of course, there’s a song about the bar where everyone knows your name.
You’ll find all the best songs about Boston, Massachusetts right here.
Top 10 Songs About Boston, Massachusetts
- More Than a Feeling – Boston (iTunes | Amazon) Writer and Boston frontman Tom Scholz said that their debut single is about “The thrill one gets while driving fast cars”
- Shipping Up to Boston – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon) Celtic punk rock band – and Boston music mainstay – Dropkick Murphys wrote the music to this 2005 song around lyrics penned by folk legend Woody Guthrie
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name – Gary Portnoy (iTunes | Amazon) Cheers! No introduction is really needed for the song that invited a nation into a fictionalized Boston bar every week
- Boston – The Byrds (iTunes | Amazon) “In Boston Massachusetts where she lives, Got to get there for the love she gives”
- Dirty Water – The Standells (iTunes | Amazon) 1966 pop rock ode to Boston laments some of the city’s downfalls but resigns itself with “but I love that dirty water”
- Sweet Baby James – James Taylor (iTunes | Amazon) The Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston was covered with snow on James’ journey to see his new nephew
- Boston – Kenny Chesney (iTunes | Amazon) A Boston girl with all the trappings has found her way to island life, but she’s from Boston
- Ladies of Cambridge – Vampire Weekend (iTunes | Amazon) Affectionate and catchy love note to a particular Boston beauty from the band with the Ivy League finish
- M.T.A. – The Kingston Trio (iTunes | Amazon) Originally written in 1949 for a mayoral political campaign for progressive Walter A. O’Brien, the Kingston Trio changed his name to “Charlie” when they recorded the track 10 years later
- Boston – Paradise Regained (iTunes) Peppy 2007 song takes in and celebrates Boston’s skyline, sports, and streets
Want more of the best songs about Boston, Massachusetts? Check our list below for more favorites, standbys, classics, and a few oddball selections. No matter your musical taste, you can find a sound you like among the best songs about Boston, Mass. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.
MORE SONGS ABOUT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ROCK SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Boston Asphalt – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Tessie – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Tessie (Old Timey Baseball Organ Version) – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- For Boston – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Skinhead on the MBTA – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- The State of Massachusetts – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Bastards on Parade – Dropkick Murphys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Rock and Roll Band – Boston (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston Rag – Steely Dan (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston – Augustana (iTunes | Amazon)
- Normal Town – Better Than Ezra (iTunes | Amazon)
- Old Mr. Boston – Beantown Boozehounds (iTunes | Amazon)
- Beantown Boozehounds – Beantown Boozehounds (iTunes | Amazon)
- Sunny Day in Southie – The Lagan (iTunes | Amazon)
- Savin Hill – The Street Dogs (iTunes | Amazon)
- 617 – The Welch Boys (iTunes | Amazon)
- Two Angry Kids – The Street Dogs (iTunes | Amazon)
- All Kindsa Girls – Real Kids (iTunes | Amazon)
ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Back to Boston – The Rosebuds (iTunes | Amazon)
- Wicked Little Critta – They Might Be Giants (iTunes | Amazon)
- They Came To Boston – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (iTunes | Amazon)
- I Want My City Back – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (iTunes | Amazon)
- Riot on Broad Street – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston’s Daily Temperature – Damon & Naomi (iTunes | Amazon)
- Bank of Boston Beauty Queen – The Dresden Dolls (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston – The Dresden Dolls (iTunes | Amazon)
- Massachusetts – Emma Burgess (iTunes | Amazon)
SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Boston and St. John’s – Great Big Sea (iTunes | Amazon)
- Twilight in Boston – Jonathan Richman (iTunes | Amazon)
- As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town – Jonathan Richman (iTunes | Amazon)
- Roadrunner – Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers (iTunes | Amazon)
- Fenway – Phil Coley (iTunes | Amazon)
- Who’s the Greatest Red Sox Fan? – Phil Coley (iTunes | Amazon)
- Fenway Sunday – Aztec Two Step (iTunes | Amazon)
- Cape Cod Girls – Dan Zane & Festival Five Folk (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston – Peter Ostroushko (iTunes | Amazon)
POP SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Freedom Song (They’ll Never Take Us Down) – Neil Diamond (iTunes | Amazon) Diamond wrote and recorded this inspirational pop track in response to the tragic Boston Marathon bombing in 2013
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston (My Hometown) – Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (iTunes)
- Massachusetts – Bee Gees (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston – Gene Clark (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston – Area40 (iTunes | Amazon)
- Beantown – Joshua Taylor (iTunes)
- Sound of Our Town – The Del Fuegos (iTunes | Amazon)
- She’s Got a Boyfriend Now – Boys Like Girls (iTunes | Amazon)
- Boston Girls are Wicked Awesome – The MA Love Song Warriors (iTunes | Amazon)
- Cambridge Girls are Wicked Smart – The MA Love Song Warriors (iTunes | Amazon)
COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Please Come to Boston – Kenny Chesney (iTunes | Amazon)
- Please Come to Boston – Dave Loggins (iTunes | Amazon)
- Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire (iTunes | Amazon)
- Massachusetts – Aaron Lewis (iTunes | Amazon)
STANDARD SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Boston Beans – Peggy Lee (iTunes | Amazon)
- Fight Fiercely Harvard – Harvard Crimson – The Harvard University Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- For Boston – Boston College Eagles – The Boston College Marching Band (iTunes | Amazon)
HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Beantown – John Cena & Tha Trademarc feat. Esoteric (iTunes | Amazon)
- I’m in Boston Trick – LMFAO (iTunes | Amazon)
REGGAE SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
JAZZ SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT BOSTON
- Bells Over Boston – Reilly (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Holidays in New England – Ray Dahrouge (iTunes | Amazon)
SUGGEST SONGS ABOUT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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