The Very Best Songs About Paris, France

Discover the very best songs about Paris, France. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow or simply dreaming wistfully of the Eiffel Tower, we have your back.

From Dean Martin to Jay Z and Kanye West, from Edith Piaf to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, from Maurice Chevalier to Jimmy Buffett, we’ve gathered the very best songs about Paris, France in one place.

Start with our top ten songs about Paris, and then explore by genre—including American and French standards, pop, rock, alternative, musicals and soundtracks, jazz and easy listening, country, dance, electronic, hip hop, singer/songwriter, classical, and even holiday tunes.

You’ll find all the best songs about Paris, France right here.

Top 10 Songs About Paris, France

1. La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf (iTunes | Amazon) The signature song from France’s Piaf, this 1947 song about “Life in Rosy Hues” has also become a classic evoking life in Paris
2. Les Champs-Elysees – Joe Dassin (iTunes | Amazon) American-French singer celebrates Paris’ grandest and most famous boulevard
3. Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell (iTunes | Amazon) One of Mitchell’s most popular tracks, she wrote the 1974 song about close friend and music producer David Geffen following a Parisian trip she took with him
4. Lonely Night In Paris – Julie London (iTunes | Amazon) Sassy and swinging, London sings, “It’s a lonely night in Paris… and I’m alone”
5. April in Paris – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon) The Queen of Jazz and Satchmo came together to record this  smooth classic about a Parisian spring in 1956
6. Paris 1919 – John Cale (iTunes | Amazon) Hailed for its complexity, this title song from Cale’s 1973 album highlighted the post WWI Versailles Conference of 1919, which redrew Europe’s border
7. Paris (Ooh La La) – Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (iTunes | Amazon) Potter rocks out and tells you what she’d do if she was from Paris in this 2010 hit
8. Under the Bridges in Paris – Eartha Kitt (iTunes) Kitt hit the charts in the U.K. with her 1995 cover of this 1931 song about life in Paris
9. Bastille Day – Rush (iTunes | Amazon) Rush’s rocking 1975 hit focused on the storming of the Bastille, an event that triggered the French Revolution on July 14, 1789
10. He Went to Paris – Jimmy Buffett (iTunes | Amazon) This 1973 single written and sung by the prolific Buffett was inspired by a man he met, a one-armed Spanish Civil War veteran named Eddie Balchowsky

Want more of the best songs about Paris, France? 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 Paris. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.

MORE OF THE BEST SONGS ABOUT PARIS

STANDARD SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• April in Paris – Ella Fitzgerald (iTunes | Amazon)
• Under the Bridges of Paris – Dean Martin (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Is At Her Best in May – Sammy Davis, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Loves Lovers – Fred Astaire (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Smiles – Mel Torme (iTunes)
• The River Seine (You Will Find Your Love In Paris) – Dean Martin (iTunes | Amazon)
• C’est si bon – Dean Martin (iTunes | Amazon)
• Under Paris Skies – Andy Williams (iTunes | Amazon)
• Mademoiselle de Paree – Andy Williams (iTunes | Amazon)
• Au Revoir Paris – Andy Williams (iTunes | Amazon)
• Les Filles De Paris – Paul Anka (iTunes | Amazon)
• April in Paris – Doris Day (iTunes | Amazon)
• You Will Find Your Love in Paris – Patti Page (iTunes | Amazon)
• I Love Paris – Cole Porter (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Blues – Duke Ellington (iTunes | Amazon)
• Anatole of Paris – Danny Kaye (iTunes | Amazon)
• El Mambo de Paris – Perez Prado (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Perez Prado (iTunes | Amazon)

FRENCH STANDARDS & SONGS ABOUT PARIS   

• Paris Sera Toujours Paris – Maurice Chevalier (iTunes | Amazon)
• La Romance de Paris – Charles Trénet (iTunes | Amazon)
• A Paris – Yves Montand (iTunes | Amazon)
• Grands Boulevards – Yves Montand (iTunes | Amazon)
• La Gamin de Paris – Yves Montand (iTunes | Amazon)
• J’ai Deux Amours – Josephine Baker (iTunes | Amazon)
• La Goualante de Pauvre Jean (Poor People of Paris) – Edith Piaf (iTunes | Amazon)
• Il est cinq Heures, Paris s’éveille – Jacques Dutronc (iTunes | Amazon)

POP SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Let’s Tango in Paris – The Stranglers (iTunes | Amazon)
• Free Man in Paris – Neil Diamond (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – The Nighttime Adventure Society (iTunes | Amazon | Artist)
• From Baltimore To Paris – Go West (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Kate Nash (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Nights/New York Mornings – Corinne Bailey Rae (iTunes | Amazon)
• Sexy Eiffel Towers – Bow Wow Wow (iTunes | Amazon)
• Dreaming of Paris – Van Dyke Parks (iTunes | Amazon)
• When Paris Was A Woman (According to Alice – 1928) – Melissa Manchester (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Yael Naim (iTunes | Amazon)
• Down In The Seine – The Style Council (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Paris Match – The Style Council & Tracy Thorn (iTunes | Amazon)
• Tango in Paris – Mila Romanidi (iTunes | Amazon)

ROCK SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Parisienne Walkways – Gary Moore (iTunes | Amazon)
• Party in Paris – UK Subs (iTunes | Amazon)
• Boulevard De La Madelaine – The Moody Blues (iTunes | Amazon)
• Give Paris One More Chance – Jonathan Richman (iTunes)
• In Paris – Téléphone (iTunes | Amazon)
• Moulin Rouge – Greg Kihn Band (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris is Burning – Dokken (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – James McMurty (iTunes)
• The Ballad of Lucy Jordan – Marianne Faithfull (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Girl Thinks She’s in Paris – SEXCOP (iTunes | Amazon)

ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• 1901 – Phoenix (iTunes | Amazon)
• Free Man in Paris – Sufjan Stevens (iTunes | Amazon)
• I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris – Morissey (iTunes)
• Leaving for Paris No.2 – Rufus Wainwright (iTunes | Amazon)
• One Night In Paris – Nous Non Plus (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris is Burning – St Vincent (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Geographer (iTunes | Amazon)
• Les Champs-Elysées – NOFX (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower – Deathray Davies (iTunes | Amazon)
• French People Suck – The Meatmen (iTunes | Amazon)

MUSICAL & SOUNDTRACK SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• The Parisians – Betty Wand & MGM Studio Cast for Gigi (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Is Paris Again – Alfred Drake, Ross Reimueller & Bill Rosenfield and the Original Broadway Cast of Gigi (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Song From Moulin Rouge – Percy Faith and his Orchestra (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris Original – Original Broadway Cast of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Bells of Notre Dame – David Ogden Stiers, Paul Kandel, David Jay, and Chorus from Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (iTunes | Amazon)
• Be Our Guest – Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach and the Original Cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Aristocats – Maurice Chevalier from Disney’s The Aristocats (iTunes | Amazon)

JAZZ & EASY LISTENING SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• There’s a Small Hotel – Chet Baker (iTunes | Amazon)
• Slow Bombing the World – Marc Jordan (iTunes | Amazon)
• Promenade Aux Champ Elysees – Sidney Bechet (iTunes | Amazon)
• Left Bank Two – The Noveltones (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Eiffel Tower Made Easy – Headless Household (iTunes | Amazon)
• I Love Paris – Russ Lorenson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Gay Paree – Russ Lorenson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Left Bank – Winifred Atwell (iTunes | Amazon)

AMERICAN COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• The Song From Moulin Rouge – Willie Nelson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Free Man in Paris – Adrienne Young (iTunes | Amazon)
• Last Mango in Paris – Jimmy Buffett (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Faith Hill (iTunes | Amazon)
• Eiffel Tower – Lizzy Long & Little Roy Lewis (iTunes | Amazon)
• Postcards From Paris – The Band Perry (iTunes | Amazon)
• A Country Girl in Paris – John Denver (iTunes | Amazon)

DANCE SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Paris – Groove Armada (iTunes | Amazon)
• From Paris to Berlin – Infernal (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – David Guetta (iTunes | Amazon)

ELECTRONIC SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Last Tango in Paris – Gotan Project (iTunes | Amazon)
• Last Tango in Paris (Fauna Remix) – Gotan Project (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris – Friendly Fires (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris is Burning – Ladyhawke (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris is Burning (Cut Copy Remix) – Ladyhawke (iTunes)
• Paris Four Hundred – Mylo (iTunes)
• Summer in Paris – DJ Cam feat. Anggun (iTunes | Amazon)

HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Ni**as In Paris – Jay-Z & Kanye West (iTunes)
• Dererk in Paris – Serengeti (iTunes | Amazon)
• Paris, Tokyo – Lupe Fiasco (iTunes | Amazon)

SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Paris With You – Rolf Harris (iTunes | Amazon)
• Left Bank – Air (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Streets of Paris – Andy Roberts (iTunes | Amazon)
• My Girl in Paris – Dirk Darmstaedter (iTunes | Amazon)

CLASSICAL SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• An American In Paris – George Gershwin (iTunes | Amazon)

CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT PARIS

• Paris in the Snow – Cynthia Crane & Mike Renzi (iTunes | Amazon)
• Neige sur la ville – Yves Montand (iTunes | Amazon)
• Noël de France – Jean Lumière (iTunes | Amazon)
• Christmas in Paris – Jackie Gleason (iTunes | Amazon)
• Christmas in Paris – Hans Äkerhjelm (iTunes | Amazon)

SUGGEST SONGS ABOUT PARIS, FRANCE

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