The Queen City has inspired troves of artists over the years.
Carrie Underwood to Tom Waits, popular musical acts across multiple genres have mentioned Cincinnati in their song lyrics. For those with an endless amount of Cincinnati pride (we are including ourselves on this list), we’ve compiled a list of famous and semi-famous songs with lyrics that mention Cincinnati.
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Song: Jesus take the wheel
Artist: Carrie Underwood
Cincy Lyric: “She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati on a snow white Christmas Eve Going home to see her mama and her daddy with the baby in the backseat.”
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Song: Ghost of Cincinnati
Artist: Big Red Machine featuring Taylor Swift
Lyric: “Ghost of Cincinnati” by Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift There the bell tolls noon on 12th and Vine And I still need this overtime ‘Cause I’m over myself I’m over the hill I’m Over-the-Rhine For the millionth time”
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Song: Out of your Mind
Artist: Kanye West featuring John Legend
Lyrics: A-R-G-U-I-N-G and please I’m not actin’ like this ’cause I’m getting spins on W-K-R-P in Cincinnati You think I’d get my voice so deep like W-K-R-P in Cincinnati
Song: I’m a Ramblin’ Man
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Cincy Lyric: Got a girl in Cincinnati waitin’ where the Ohio River flows
Song: Fins
Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Lyric: “She came down from Cincinnati It took her three days on a train”
Song: The Cincinnati Kid
Artist: Ray Charles
Lyric: He came with the name Cincinnati; a kid with no ace in the hole
Song: Susie Cincinnati
Artist: The Beach Boys
Lyric: But Susie Cincinnati, city’s number one sinner Susie Cincinnati, we thought you were a winner
Song: Sugar Daddy
Artist: The Jackson 5
Lyric: “Well, L.A to Cincinnati That’s how far I’d crawl for you”
Song: Elevate
Artist: Drake
Lyric: “Couldn’t picture wifin’ Braden when I was pumpin’ gas on road trips to go from Cincinnati on to Dayton”
Song: Faded
Artist: Tyga
Lyric: “Young savvy, bang her like Cincinnati Above average, f-fly like I’m Aladdin.”
Song: The Birthday Party
Artist: The 1975
Lyric: “In a boring conversation with a girl called Mel ‘Bout her friend in Cincinnati called Matty as well You pulled away when I went in for the kiss”
Song: Disgusting
Artist: Logic
Lyric: “Catch me in a tinted caddy with a bitch from Cincinnati With the thickest fatty while I hit the gas, you lick it gladly”
Song: Clap Hands
Artist: Tom Waits
Lyric: “A Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain”
Song: Die Midwestern
Artist: Arlo McKinley
Lyrics: The streets are crowded and the lights are so bright Another Cincinnati Saturday night
Song: The Baby
Artist: Blake Shelton
Lyric: “Turned 21 in Cincinnati I called home to mom and daddy”
Song: Don’t Don’t Do It!
Artist: N.E.R.D feat. Kendrick Lamar
Lyric: Montgomery, Baton Rouge, Cincinnati car Dayton, Ohio
Song: Mobius by
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
Lyric: “Long as they say my name right in the media If you don’t, that’s a sin like Cincinnati”
Song: Down and Out
Artist: Cam’ron
Lyrics: You know what else I do: Dayton, Youngstown, Cleveland, Cincinnati
Song: “I’m Good”
Artist: Lil Wayne
Lyrics: “Cincinnati Reds cap Skinny jeans, black Chucks”
Song: Big Shit Poppin’ (Do It)
Artist: T.I.
Lyric: “Whether in Miami, Cincinnati, or the Riverdale Arizona, California, make it rain anywhere”
