List of songs about Toronto

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This is a list of songs about Toronto, Ontario, Canada, set there, named after a location, feature of the city, or mentions of the city.

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

## 0-9

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* "416/905 (T.O. Party Anthem)" by Maestro Fresh Wes
* "10 Bands" by Drake
* "6 Man" by Drake
* "6 God" by Drake
* "5am in Toronto" by Drake
* 502 Come Up by Bryson Tiller

## A

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* "Alberta Bound" by Gordon Lightfoot
* "All Me" by Drake ft 2 Chainz and Big Sean
* "Ambulance Blues" by Neil Young
* "AquaCityBoy" by k-os
* "Aquamarine Blue" by The Sympathy
* "At the Roncies" (Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue) by Jully Black
* "Augusta" by Kurt Swinghammer

## B

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* "Back to Back" by Drake
* "Backyard" by The Good Lovelies
* "BaKardi Slang" by Kardinal Offishall
* "Ballade à Toronto" by Jean Leloup
* "Bartlett Street" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "Bathurst Flat" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "Better Days" by The Jayhawks
* "betterman" by Virginia To Vegas
* "Beverley Street" by Blue Rodeo
* "Black Ice" by Ohbijou
* "Bleed a Little While Tonight" by The Lowest of the Low
* "Bless This City" by Sunparlour Players
* "Blue Jay Season" by Tory Lanez
* "Bobcaygeon" by the Tragically Hip
* "Body" by Loud Luxury
* "Break From Toronto" by PartyNextDoor
* "Browns Line" by The Johnny Max Band
* "Bud the Spud" by Stompin' Tom Connors
* "Buried Alive Interlude" by Drake ft. Kendrick Lamar

## C

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* "Call My Name" by Prince
* "Cherry Beach" by Career Suicide
* "Cherry Beach Express" by Pukka Orchestra
* "Church Bells Ringing (Christmas in the City) by Skydiggers
* "Christmastime in Toronto" by Gord Downie
* "Civic Kiss" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "Closing Time" by Leonard Cohen
* "Cold,Cold Toronto" by Trooper
* "Coldest Night of the Year" by Bruce Cockburn
* "Cold Steel Hammer" by Big Rude Jake
* "CN Tower" by Michaele Jordana and the Poles[1]
* "Concrete Heart" by Great Lake Swimmers
* "Crabbuckit" by k-os
* "Can't Believe it" by T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne
* "City Is Mine" by Drake
* "Christmastime In Toronto" by Gordon Downie

## D

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* "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" by the Rheostatics
* "Down by the Henry Moore" by Murray McLauchlan
* "Do The Slither" by Pukka Orchestra
* "Don’t Run" by PARTYNEXTDOOR
* "DVP" by PUP

## F

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* "Fancy" by Drake, from Thank Me Later 2010
* "Flypaper" by k-os
* "Fam Jam" by Shad
* "Forests and Sand" by Camera Obscura

## G

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* "Get Dark" by The Zolas
* "Get Ready" by Shawn Desman
* "Greatlakescape" by The Ghost Is Dancing

## H

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* "Haig Earl" by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
* "Hang on to Your Resistance" by Tom Cochrane
* "Hard Deep Junction Blues" by Big Rude Jake
* "Henry Rollins Is No Fun" by Chixdiggit
* "Home" by MONOWHALES
* "Home" by Rusty
* "Home Sweet Home" by Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins
* "Honky Tonk (Toronto)" by Rae Spoon
* "Horseshoe Bay" by Skydiggers
* "Hello Brooklyn" by All Time Low

## I

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* "I Don't Want to Go to Toronto" by Radio Free Vestibule
* "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow
* "Illustrating Man" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "I Will Never See the Sun" by Great Lake Swimmers
* "If I Can’t Have You" by Shawn Mendes
* "In The Tdot" by Aspektz
* "Intentions" by Justin Bieber
* "IVIVI" by Lilly Singh (AKA IISuperwomanII) and Humble The Poet

## J

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* "Jack Layton And Grace Appleton" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "Just About "The Only" Blues" by The Lowest of the Low
* "Jane" by Barenaked Ladies
* "Jane Station" by The Ghost Is Dancing
* "Jimmy Fall Down" by Blue Rodeo

## K

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* "King Edward Hotel" by Matt Paxton
* "Know Yourself" by Drake
* "King of the Fall" by The Weeknd

## L

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* "La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence) VII. Danforth and Pape" by Rush
* "Let's Ride" by Choclair
* "Lightfoot" by The Guess Who
* "Lilly Of The 401" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "Live from the Gutter" by Drake and Future

## M

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* "Magpie" by Big Rude Jake
* "Margo's Cargo" by Stompin' Tom Connors
* "Might Not" by Belly and The Weeknd
* "Mr. Metro" by Devon
* "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" by Moxy Früvous
* "Municipal Prick" by Fucked Up

## N

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* "Name the Capital" by Stompin' Tom Connors
* "Neck Deep in the Blues" by Big Rude Jake
* "Neon City" by Rita MacNeil
* "Northern Touch" by Rascalz ft. Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, Checkmate, Choclair

## O

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* ”On High Seas” by Gordon Lightfoot
* "Olympic Island" by The Diableros
* "On Yonge Street" by Gordon Lightfoot
* "Out Of Thin Air" by Kurt Swinghammer

## P

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* "Paris Be Mine" by The Bicycles
* "Parkdale" by Elizabeth Sheppard
* "Parkdale" by Metric
* "Peace and Quiet" by Ron Hawkins
* "People City" by Gary Gray and Tommy Ambrose
* "Pink Floyd Dude" by Kurt Swinghammer

## Q

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* "Quarantine" by Career Suicide
* "Queen Jane" by Barzin

## S

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* "Salesmen, Cheats and Liars" by The Lowest of the Low
* "Scarborough Girl" by Kobo Town ft. Calypso Rose
* "Skyline" by Broken Social Scene
* "Sleeping In Toronto" by Jim Bryson
* "SnowTime" by James Taylor
* "Something to Believe In" by The Lowest of the Low
* "Spadina Bus" by The Shuffle Demons
* "Spadina Expressway" by Dan Bryk
* "Started from the Bottom" by Drake
* "Streets of Toronto" by Stompin' Tom Connors
* "Summer Sixteen" by Drake
* "Sweeterman" by Zach Farache

## T

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* "Tell Your Friends" by The Weeknd
* "That Song About Trees & Kites" by The Lowest of the Low
* "The Anthem" by Kardinal Offishall
* "The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead" by Final Fantasy
* "The Embassy (223 Augusta)" by Henri Fabergé and the Adorables
* "The King of Spain" by Moxy Früvous
* "The Light That Guides You Home" by Jim Cuddy
* "The Old Apartment" by Barenaked Ladies
* "The Signature Of Marilyn Churley" by Kurt Swinghammer
* "The Toronto Song" ("Toronto Sucks") by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
* "The Troubadour's Song" by Stephen Stanley
* "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide" by The Kings
* "This Lamb Sells Condos" by Final Fantasy
* "To It and At It" by Stompin' Tom Connors
* "Tony Montana" by Future Feat. Drake
* "Toronto" by Lenny Breau
* "Toronto (Unabridged)" by Silverstein
* "Toronto Sucks" by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
* "Totally Untitled" by Kupek
* "Trinity Bellwoods" by Treble Charger
* "Toronto" by Tusks
* "Toronto #4" by The Tragically Hip
* “Toronto the Good” by The Brothers-in-Law
* "T.O. Gold" by Honey Cocaine
* "T.T.C. Skidaddler" by Stompin' Tom Connors

## U

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* "Uber Everywhere" by MadeinTYO
* "Under the Carlaw Bridge" by The Lowest of the Low
* "Under the Mynah Bird" by Stephen Stanley

## W

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* "Wayward and Parliament" by Amy Millan
* "Weston Road Flows" by Drake
* "Western Skies" by Blue Rodeo
* "What Have You Got To Do (To Get Off Tonight)" by Red Rider
* "Where U Goin" by Arkells
* "Where Ya At" by Drake and Future

## Y

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* "You & the 6" by Drake
* "YYZ" by Rush

## Songs with videos of Toronto

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See also: List of films shot in Toronto § Music videos

These songs, while not having Toronto in their names, lyrics, or in content, have, as their (promotional) videos, scenes of Toronto.

* The Tea Party || "Free"
* The Pursuit of Happiness || "I'm an Adult Now"
* Jorane featuring Daniel Lanois || "Pour ton sourire"
* The Weeknd || "Pretty"
* Parachute Club || "Rise Up"
* Spoons || "Romantic Traffic"
* Wale || "Simple Man"
* The Tragically Hip || "Little Bones"
* Big Shaq || "Mans Not Hot"
* Lights || "Toes"
* 50 Cent || "God Gave Me Style"
* Addictiv || "Over It (Cry Baby)"
* Anvil || "Mad Dog"
* Austra || "Beat And The Pulse"
* Barenaked Ladies || "Enid"
* Barenaked Ladies || "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"
* Barenaked Ladies || "The Old Apartment"
* Big Wreck || "That Song"
* The Boomtang Boys and Kim Esty || "Pictures"
* Boys Brigade || "Melody"
* Boys Brigade || "The Passion Of Love"
* Paul Brandt || "That's The Truth"
* Cancer Bats || "French Immersion"
* Brendan Canning || "Love Is New"
* Alessia Cara || "Scars to Your Beautiful" || 2016
* Chalk Circle || "April Fool"
* Kelly Clarkson || "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
* Kelly Clarkson || "Already Gone"
* Clipse || "Ma, I Don't Love Her"
* Cowboy Junkies || "Sun Comes Up Its Tuesday Morning"
* The Cranberries || "Animal Instinct"
* Anna Cyzon || "Young Boy"
* Howie Day || "Collide"
* Deadmau5 || "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" |
* Default || "Wasting My Time"
* Delerium feat Leigh Nash || "Innocente (Falling In Love)"
* Celine Dion || "You And I"
* Melanie Doane || "Happy Homemaker"
* Damhnait Doyle || "Tattooed"
* Drake || "Headlines" from Take Care (album)
* Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff || "Our Lips Are Sealed"
* Hilary Duff || "Play With Fire"
* Hilary Duff || "Wake Up"
* Duran Duran || "The Reflex"
* Econoline Crush || "You Don't Know What It's Like"
* The Ennis Sisters || "It's Not About You"
* Esthero || "That Girl"
* Feist || "1234"
* Finger Eleven || "Drag You Down"
* Glass Tiger || "Someday"
* Corey Hart || "Never Surrender"
* Haywire || "Bad Boy"
* Haywire || "Dance Desire"
* Honeymoon Suite || "New Girl Now"
* The Johnstones || "Gone For A Long Time"
* Donnell Jones || "Where I Wanna Be"
* k-os || "Crabbuckit"
* Kardinal Offishall || "Bakardi Slang"
* Chantal Kreviazuk || "Dear Life"
* Lady Antebellum || "Need You Now"
* Len || "It's My Neighbourhood"
* LIGHTS || "Toes"
* Lisa Lougheed || "Run With Us"
* Love Inc. || "Broken Bones"
* Maestro Fresh Wes || "Let Your Backbone Slide"
* Marilyn Manson || "The Beautiful People"
* Martha And The Muffins || "Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)"
* Martha And The Muffins || "Echo Beach"
* Edward Maya and Mia Martina || "Stereo Love"
* Melanie C || "Understand"
* Kim Mitchell || "All We All"
* The Moffatts || "Misery"
* Mudvayne || "Forget to Remember"
* Anne Murray || "Now And Forever"
* Mýa || "Fallen"
* Organized Rhyme || "Check the O.R."[2]
* P Reign || "We Them Niggaz"
* Paint || "Boomerang"
* Parachute Club || "Rise Up"
* Peaches || "Set It Off"
* Platinum Blonde || "Not In Love"
* Play || "Us Against The World"
* Pukka Orchestra || "Listen To The Radio"
* The Pursuit Of Happiness || "I'm An Adult Now"
* Rush || "Subdivisions
* Sasha || "If You Believe"
* The Shuffle Demons || "Spadina Bus"
* Simple Plan || "Jet Lag"
* Roni Size || "Brown Paper Bag"
* Shawn Mendes || "Life Of The Party"
* Snow || "Everybody Wants To Be Like You"
* Snow || "Informer"
* Snow || "Plum Song"
* The Spoons || "Romantic Traffic"
* The Spoons || "You Light Up"
* Tate McRae || "You Broke Me First"
* Tears For Fears || "Head Over Heels"
* Thirty Seconds to Mars || "The Kill"
* Trans-X || "Message On The Radio"
* The Trews || "Hope & Ruin"
* The Used || "Take It Away"
* The Used || "The Bird And The Worm"
* The Weeknd || "Secrets" on Starboy (album)
* The Weeknd || "Wicked Games"

## References

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1. ^ "CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Jordana, Michaele". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2009-09-11.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ Organized Rhyme (1992) - Check The O.R. > at jane-finch.com

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