20 Times Musicians Sent Philly Some Brotherly Love

By: Samantha Ferrara

If Philly sports fans have shown us anything, it’s that Philly is uncontested when it comes to a city having tremendous amounts of local pride.

With the amount of songs written about the city, it would seem that musicians (even those from across the pond) share a similar love for Philly. Considering that Victor Records - the company that gave birth to the music industry - began in Philadelphia and maintained offices there, this only makes sense.

Check out these songs, old & new, that mention The City of Brotherly Love.

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“Atlantic City” - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen's official music video for 'Atlantic City'. Click to listen to Bruce Springsteen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BSpringSpot?IQid=BSpringAC ...

“Bandstand Boogie” - Barry Manilow 

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Bandstand Boogie · Barry Manilow Greatest Hits Vol. 1 ℗ 1975 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainm...

“Beat Up Guitar” - The Hooters

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Beat Up Guitar · The Hooters / 漫罵者合唱團 Hooterization: A Retrospective ℗ 1989 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Rel...

“Dancing In The Street” - Van Halen

Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner Records Dancing in the Street (2015 Remaster) · Van Halen Diver Down ℗ 1982 Warner Records Inc. Drums: Alex Van Halen Lea...

“East Philly” - Matt Cappy

From the album "Church and State" © 2017 Ropeadope LLC

“Fall In Philadelphia” - Hall & Oates

“The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air” - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Music video by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince performing The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air (Audio). (C) 1990 Zomba Recording LLC

“Kids From Philly” - George Thorogood 

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Kids From Philly · George Thorogood I'm Wanted ℗ 1980 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. R...

“Motownphilly” - Boyz II Men

Official Website: http://www.boyziimen.com/ Stream: https://lnk.to/aHFtC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoyzIIMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoyzIIMen ...

“Philadelphia Freedom” - Elton John

“Philadelphia” - Neil Young

A great movie and the song by Neil Young had me in tears

“Philly Forget Me Not” - Hall & Oates w/Train

Philly Forget Me Not" Out Now: https://hallandoates.lnk.to/phillyID Spotify: https://hallandoates.lnk.to/phillyID/spotify iTunes: https://hallandoates.lnk.to...

“Railroads And Riverboats” - Jim Croce

From Jim Croce's album The Faces I've Been/Facets. Sang by Jim and his wife Ingrid.

“Rock’n Me” - Steve Miller Band

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Rock'n Me (Remastered 2017) · Steve Miller Band Ultimate Hits ℗ 2017 Sailor Records Released on: 2017-09-15 Prod...

“Sailing To Philadelphia” - James Taylor/Mark Knopfler

Provided to YouTube by Warner Records Sailing to Philadelphia · Mark Knopfler Sailing To Philadelphia ℗ 2000 Mercury Records Ltd. (London) Assistant Engineer...

“Streets Of Philadelphia” - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen's official music video for 'Streets Of Philadelphia'. Click to listen to Bruce Springsteen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BSpringSpot?IQid=...

“Summertime” - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's official music video for 'Summertime'. Click to listen to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/...

“Sweet Little Sixteen” - Chuck Berry

Provided to YouTube by IIP-DDS Sweet Little Sixteen · Chuck Berry Duck Walkin' - Rock N Roll Classics ℗ Westside Released on: 2016-07-20 Artist: Chuck Berry ...

“TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB

T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) · MFSB · The Three Degrees The Best Of MFSB: Love Is The Message ℗ 1973 Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 1995-10-31...

“Venus And Mars/Rock Show” - Paul McCartney & Wings

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Venus And Mars / Rock Show (Remastered 2016) · Wings Pure McCartney ℗ 2016 MPL Communications Inc/Ltd, under exc...

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