The Very Best Songs About Portland, Oregon

Discover the very best songs about Portland, Oregon. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow or simply dreaming wistfully of Portlandia, we have your back. From Joan Baez to Sheryl Crow, from Elliot Smith to The Decemberists, from Cool Nutz to Loretta Lynn, we’ve gathered the very best songs about Portland, Oregon in one place.

Start with our top ten songs about Portland, and then explore by genre – including alternative, pop, singer/songwriter, hip hop, and even a Christmas song. You’ll find all the best songs about Portland, Oregon right here.

Top 10 Songs about Portland, Oregon

1. Portland – The Replacements (iTunes | Amazon) “It’s too late to turn back. Here we go, Portland. Oh, no”
2. On the Bus Mall – The Decemberists (iTunes | Amazon) Lead singer Colin Molloy waxes eloquent about the life of a hustler at the Portland Transit Center
3. Portland, Oregon – Loretta Lynn feat. Jack White (iTunes | Amazon) Loretta keeps her country cool and Jack White Rocks out in this hip 2004 track
4. Rose Parade – Elliott Smith (iTunes | Amazon) Gentle but angsty soft alternative tune, ending in curses, about Smith’s distain for the Rose City’s annual parade
5. Portland Woman – New Riders of the Purple Sage (iTunes | Amazon) This peppy 1971 country rock tune includes Jerry Garcia on the pedal steel guitar
6. Sisters of the Road – Casey Neill (iTunes | Amazon) Portland local croons about people meeting at Portland shelter which offers meals homeless for a dollar
7. Portland – Middle Brother (iTunes) Great cover of the Replacements classic by Deer Tick’s John J. McCauley III, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, and Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez
8. Portland Life – Cool Nutz feat. G-ism (iTunes | Amazon) Portland-based hip-hop artist lays some tracks about another side of Portland (profanity)
9. Feel It All Around – Washed Out (iTunes | Amazon) Electronic track served as the theme to the IFC show Portland
10. Portland Town – Joan Baez (iTunes | Amazon) Joan sings a slow folksy tale about a woman who was born and married in Portland town. Yes she does

Want more songs about Portland, Oregon? heck 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 Portland. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.

More Songs About Portland

ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Portland Rain – Everclear (iTunes | Amazon) Rain or not, Life goes on or gets derailed in this 2006 track from Portland rock band Everclear
• Portland – Secret Cities (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland, OR – Split (iTunes | Amazon)
• Everyone Knows Everyone – The Helio Sequence (iTunes | Amazon)
• Dream of the 90s – Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen (iTunes) The catchy first bit on hipster-spoofing Portlandia posits that Portland is “where young people go to retire”
• Dream of the 1890s – Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen (iTunes) Season 2 of Portlandia spoofed its own spoof, winding the clock back 100 years
• Portland, You’re My Home – Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen (iTunes) Genuine and self-aware tribute to the city by Portlandia star Carrie Brownstone
• Light Rail Coyote – Sleater-Kinney (iTunes | Amazon)
• Tripped and Fell in Portland – Breathe Carolina (iTunes | Amazon)
• Night of the Living Rednecks – Dead Kennedys (iTunes | Amazon)

ROCK SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Portland – Street Dogs (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland – The Sharks (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portlandia – Tony Furtado (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland – Mark Wagner (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland – The Nerve Agents (iTunes| Amazon)

POP SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Crash and Burn – Sheryl Crow (iTunes | Amazon)
• Portland – Far Beyond Frail (iTunes| Amazon)
• PDX – Magnapop (iTunes | Amazon) Georgia pop band belts out a raucous tune that may or may not be about Portland’s airport – which actually is a really great airport

SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Portland – Josh Damigo (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portlandia – Seth Samuels feat. Sloan Martin (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland – Mike Droho & The Compass Rose (iTunes| Amazon)
• Portland Girl – John Callahan (iTunes | Amazon) Clever, sad and bittersweet song by Portland’s late cartoonist whose own history gave him an appreciation for the macabre

HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Portland Type S*** – Cool Nutz feat. Ray Ray of G-ism (iTunes | Amazon) Cool Nutz raps and turns a profane ryhme about what’s goin’ down in the 503
• Portland Life II – Cool Nutz (iTunes | Amazon)
• Str8 Outta Portland – Infinitrakz (iTunes| Amazon)
• I’m in Portland Trick – LMFAO (iTunes | Amazon)

CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT PORTLAND

• Going, Going Gone to Oregon – Dan Schafer (iTunes | Amazon)

Suggest Songs About Portland, Oregon

Is there a great, good, or not half-bad song about Portland or that takes place in Portland that we missed? Drop us a line or contact us on Facebook and let us know. If it’s a fit, we’ll be sure to add it to our list of the best songs about Portland, Oregon.