The Very Best Songs About New Orleans, Louisiana
Discover the very best songs about New Orleans, Louisiana. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow or you live in the middle of the Quarter, we have your back. From Satchmo to John Boutte, from Dr. John to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, from Marva White to Mary Chapin Carpenter, from the Andrew Sisters to Aaron Neville, we’ve gathered the very best songs about New Orleans, Louisiana in one place. Start with our top ten songs about NOLA, and then explore by genre – including Jazz tracks, blues and soul, country, rock, alternative, pop, singer/songwriter, standards, hip hop, holiday songs, and even a country tune. There are even a song about voodoo. You’ll find all the best songs about New Orleans, Louisiana right here.
Top 10 Songs About New Orleans, Louisiana
- When The Saints Go Marching In – Dirty Dozen Brass Band (iTunes) The quintessential New Orleans tune from one of New Orleans’ quintessential brass bands
- Whose Gonna Help Brother Get Further – Allen Toussaint & Elvis Costello (iTunes | Amazon) Toussaint and Costello’s collaboration after Katrina, The River in Reverse, was one of the most classic post Katrina albums released
- Louisiana 1927 – Marcia Ball (iTunes | Amazon) History has a way of repeating itself, as you hear in Ball’s 1997 cover of this classic Randy Newman tune
- Treme Song – John Boutte (iTunes | Amazon) Long a NOLA classic, Boutte’s song found new life as the theme song to the acclaimed HBO series Treme, paired against visuals of flooded homes and recovering Katrina victims
- Moon Over Bourbon Street – Sting (iTunes | Amazon) Sting’s 1985 track is an ode to life on the French Quarters most reviled and celebrated strip
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Professor Longhair (iTunes | Amazon) When you’re down in New Orleans, you gotta go to the Mardi Gras
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – Harry Connick, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon) Connick pledges his love and his keyboard once again to the city he loves with this cover of an old NOLA standby
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans – Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday (iTunes | Amazon) Satchmo and Holidayc croon this classic jazz standard and love letter to New Orleans
- Do Watcha Wanna – Rebirth Brass Band (iTunes | Amazon) This explicit big band track from one of the city’s most celebrated big brass bands celebrates one of the Big Easy’s most beloved mottos
- Tipitina – Dr. John (iTunes | Amazon) Dr. John covers one of Professor Longhair’s most loved songs – one whose name was chosen to grace a new jazz club in 1977 dedicated to offering the professor a place to play in his later years and which today still hosts amazing music almost every night of the year
Want more of the best songs about New Orleans, Louisiana? 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 New Orleans. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.
More Songs About New Orleans, Louisiana
JAZZ SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans – Harry Connick, Jr.(iTunes |Amazon) Connick delivers a beautiful, yearning rendition of this classic. You almost think “Miss New Orleans” might be the winner of a pageant
- Basin Street Blues – Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon)
- Louisiana Fairytale – Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Yim Yanes (iTunes | Amazon)
- Bourbon Street Parade – Paul Barbarin (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in New Orleans – Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon)
- City Beneath the Sea – Harry Connick, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon)
- Down In New Orleans – Dr. John (iTunes | Amazon) Dr. John croons the place setting song which introduced Disney’s 2009 classic The Princess and the Frog
- Down In New Orleans (Finale) – Anika Noni Rose (iTunes | Amazon) The voice of the titular princess herself covers Dr. John’s song in this upbeat finale in New Orleans
- Jazz Fest – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- Drop Me Off In New Orleans – Kermit Ruffins (iTunes | Amazon)
- Meet Me In The Second Line – Kermit Ruffins (iTunes)
- Farewell to Storyville – Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon)
- Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans – Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon)
- I Hope You’re Comin’ Back to New Orleans – New Orleans Jazz Vipers (iTunes | Amazon)
- I’m Walking To New Orleans – Fats Domino (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans Music – Rebirth Brass Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans Blues – Tom McDermott & Lucia Micarelli (iTunes | Amazon)
- Oh My Nola – Harry Connick, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon)
BLUES, SOUL & R&B SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Such a Night – Dr. John (iTunes | Amazon)
- Let the Good Times Roll – Dr. John (iTunes | Amazon)
- Iko Iko – Dr. John (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – PJ Morton (iTunes | Amazon)
- Mardi Gras Mambo – The Meters (iTunes | Amazon)
- Talkin’ Bout New Orleans – The Meters (iTunes | Amazon)
- No City Like New Orleans – Earl King (iTunes)
- Below the Water Line – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- My Hometown New Orleans – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- Born in New Orleans – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- Down In The Quarter – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- Rich Bitch From The Garden District – Paul Soniat (iTunes | Amazon)
- Born in Louisiana – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (iTunes | Amazon)
- Country Boy Down in New Orleans – Snooks English (iTunes | Amazon)
- Katrina Blues – Marva Wright (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Levee Is Breaking Down – Marva Wright (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Steve Aliamo (iTunes)
- Lady Marmalade – Labelle (iTunes | Amazon) Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- New Orleans – Emmylou Harris (iTunes | Amazon)
- Crescent City – Emmylou Harris (iTunes | Amazon)
- Heart of the Night – Poco (iTunes | Amazon)
- Hello New Orleans – Robert Earl Keen (iTunes | Amazon)
- Houston – Mary Chapin Carpenter (iTunes | Amazon) Written for Katrina refugees who fled New Orleans and found themselves Houston bound in 2005
- Marie Laveau – Bobby Bare (iTunes | Amazon)
- Mr. Bojangles – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Keith Urban & Dierks Bentley (iTunes | Amazon)
- Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon)
- Something Like That – Tim McGraw (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Toby Keith (iTunes | Amazon)
- Bad Things (The Theme to True Blood) – Jace Everett (iTunes | Amazon)
- Year Down In New Orleans – Nanci Griffith (Amazon)
- This City – Steve Earle (iTunes | Amazon)
- God-Forsaken Town – Reckless Kelly (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Hank Williams, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon)
- Banks of the Old Panchartrain – Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor (iTunes)
ROCK SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Kid Rock (iTunes)
- New Orleans – The New Orleans Bingo! Show (iTunes | Amazon)
- Mid-City Baby – The New Orleans Bingo! Show (iTunes | Amazon)
- Night Train To New Orleans – Wayne Toups (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Avenue – Cowboy Mouth (iTunes | Amazon)
- Go To The Mardi Gras – Cowboy Mouth (iTunes | Amazon)
- Carnival Time – Cowboy Mouth (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans is Sinking – The Tragically Hip (iTunes | Amazon)
- Queen of New Orleans – Jon Bon Jovi (iTunes | Amazon)
- Bourbon Street – Little River Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Congo Square – Sonny Landreth (iTunes | Amazon)
- Dirty Martini – Joe Jackson (iTunes | Amazon)
- French Quarter – Delta Spirit (iTunes | Amazon)
- Longest Bridge in the World – Dash Rip Rock (iTunes | Amazon)
- Magnolia Soul – Ozomatli (iTunes | Amazon)
- Summertime in New Orleans – Anders Osborne (iTunes | Amazon)
- Oh Katrina – Anders Osborne (iTunes | Amazon)
- King Of New Orleans – Better Than Ezra (iTunes | Amazon)
- Witch Queen Of New Orleans – Redbone (iTunes | Amazon)
- Pearl Of The Quarter – Steely Dan (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Dan Potthast (iTunes | Amazon)
- As The Streetcars Roll Down St. Charles – Ryan Harkrider (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans is a Dying Whore – Down (iTunes | Amazon)
HIP HOP & BOUNCE SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- N.O. Block Party – DJ Jubilee & Partners-N-Crime (iTunes | Amazon)
- Jubilee All (Stop Pause) – DJ Jubilee (iTunes)
- Y’all Holla – Ricky B. (iTunes | Amazon)
- Shake Fa Ya Hood – Ricky B. (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nolia Clap – Juvenile, Wacko & Skip (iTunes | Amazon)
- Iberville (4th Ward) – Messy Mya (iTunes | Amazon)
- So 504 – 504 Boyz feat. Choppa City Boyz (iTunes | Amazon)
- Second Line Jump – 2 Blakk (iTunes | Amazon)
- Local New Orleans – Katey Red (iTunes | Amazon)
- I’m in New Orleans Trick – LMFAO (iTunes | Amazon)
SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton (iTunes | Amazon)
- Take Me to the Mardi Gras – Paul Simon (iTunes | Amazon)
- Road to New Orleans – Douglas Greer (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans Rag – Jake Speed & The Freddies (iTunes | Amazon)
- Jackson Square – Mason Jennings (iTunes | Amazon)
- I Wish I Was In New Orleans (in the Ninth Ward) – Tom Waits (iTunes | Amazon)
- Jesus Is New Orleans – Over the Rhine (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans Dreams – Ed Hale (iTunes | Amazon)
POP SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans – Elvis Presley (iTunes | Amazon)
- King Creole – Elvis Presley (iTunes | Amazon)
- Dixie Flyer – Randy Newman (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans Wins the War – Randy Newman (iTunes | Amazon)
- Kingfish – Randy Newman (iTunes | Amazon)
- Iko Iko – The Dixie Cups (iTunes | Amazon)
ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Chop and Change – The Black Keys (iTunes | Amazon)
- If New Orleans Is Beat – The Tragically Hip (iTunes | Amazon)
- Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns – Mother Love Bone (iTunes | Amazon)
- New Orleans (House of Blues) – They Might Be Giants (iTunes)
- French Quarter F****t – Quintron & Miss Pussycat (iTunes | Amazon)
STANDARD SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Basin Street Blues – Ray Charles (iTunes | Amazon)
- Border of the Quarter – Leon Redbone (iTunes | Amazon)
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – The Andrew Sisters feat. Al Jolson (iTunes | Amazon)
LATINO / TEJANO SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Love In New Orleans – Rabanes (iTunes | Amazon) Surprisingly peppy Tejano take on finding romance in the Crescent City
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS
- Christmas in New Orleans – Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon)
- Louisiana Christmas Day – Aaron Neville (iTunes | Amazon)
- Santa’s Second Line – New Birth Brass Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in New Orleans – Joan Osborne (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in New Orleans – James Andrews (iTunes | Amazon)
- When the Saints Go Marching In / Amen – Janice Harrington & Linda Fields (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmastime in New Orleans – Janice Harrington & Linda Fields (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in the Big Easy – Ray Dahrouge (iTunes | Amazon)
- Louisiana Gumbo – Jo-el Sonnier (iTunes | Amazon)
Suggest Songs About New Orleans, Louisiana
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