This list of songs about Detroit contains any songs about or involving the U.S. city of Detroit.
0-9 "40 Hour Week (For a Livin’)" - Alabama"Hello Detroit auto workers, [...] You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line", mentioning of this city, was done in their music video song. "8 Mile" - Eminem"Why it was [...] Detroit's city limits It's different and it's a certain significance. A certificate of authenticity." mentioning of Detroit city, in 8 Mile song, by Eminem. "8 Mile Boogie" - Pat Flowers "8 Miles" - Obie Trice "8 Miles And Runnin' " – Jay-Z and Freeway "25th Floor" - Patti Smith "313" - Alley Life "313" - Eminem and Eye-Kyu
A "Adrenaline Rush" - Obie Trice "A Long Time" - Mayer Hawthorne "Alive in 5D" - Gardens "All American Man" - Kiss "All My Life" - Blade Icewood "All Over the World" - ELO "American Bad Ass" - Kid Rock "Amityville" - Eminem, and Bizarre from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) "Anaconda" - Nicki Minaj "Ancestors" - Oblisk "April in the D" - The Victorious Secrets "RGF Island" - Fetty Wap
B "Baby Come Home" - Kid Rock "Back to Detroit" - Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays "Back to Detroit" - Wayne Kramer "Back to Detroit (Motor City Remix)" - Beatdrum "Backyard War" - Achromatik "Beautiful" - Eminem 2009 (rap rock) "Belle Isle Players" - Starski & Clutch "Be My Lover" - Alice Cooper (often mistaken as "Detroit City") "The Big Three Killed My Baby" - The White Stripes from The White Stripes (album) 1999 "Bitch Please II" - Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, & Nate Dogg "Black Day in July" - Gordon Lightfoot (from Canada) "Bless You Boys" - Curtis Gladson and Loren Woods "Blessed St. Anthony" - Ty Stone "Blowing Up Detroit" - John Palumbo "Born in Detroit," The Rockets "Broke in Detroit (Again)" - The Dirtbombs "Broken Man" - The Von Bondies "Buried in Detroit" - Mike Posner "BMF" - SZA
C "Cadillac Assembly Line" - Albert King "Can't Tame The Lion" - Journey "Christmas Eve on Woodward Avenue" - Karen Newman "C-I-T-Y" - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band "City of Boom" - Detroit Most Wanted "Country Grammar" – Nelly "Crank Dat Icewood" - Johnny King
D "Da East" - Niko "The D in Detroit" - The Anniversary "Dancing in the Street" - Martha and the Vandellas (1964) (#2 Billboard Hot 100) "Detroit (Born + Raised)" - André DeJuan, from his upcoming third studio album, I'm Not Me "Detroit" - (from the Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire, introduced by John Davidson) "Detroit" - David Reo "Detroit" - Eddie "Guitar" Burns "Detroit" - Esham (featuring TNT) "Detroit" - Fireworks "Detroit" - Laurent Garnier "Detroit" - Gorillaz "Detroit" - Green Concorde "Detroit" - Ian Hunter "Detroit"- Injecting Strangers "Detroit (That's My Home Town)" - Kim Weston "Detroit" - Mogue Doyle "Detroit" - Morgan Geist "Detroit" - Nigeri Earth "Detroit" - Pato Margetic "Detroit" - Primal Scream "Detroit" - Rancid "Detroit" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Detroit" - Royce Da 5'9"(featuring Travis Barker) "Detroit" - Tyler Childers "Detroit" - Va-Voom "Detroit" - Spring King "Detroit 4 Life" - A.W.O.L. "Detroit 101" - City Squad "Detroit 101" - Esham "Detroit 442" - Blondie "Detroit '67" - Sam Roberts Band "Detroit Blues" - Diana Krall; Vince Benedetti "Detroit Blues" - Tampa Red "Detroit Breakdown" - The Bellrays "Detroit Breakdown" - The J. Geils Band "Detroit Breakdown" - The Gories "Detroit City" - Alice Cooper "Detroit City" - LetricKramer "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" - Bobby Bare (composed by Danny Dill) "Detroit City" - Sonny B "Detroit City" - Texas "Detroit City Blues" - Fats Domino "Detroit, Detroit" - Bugz "Detroit, Detroit" - Erik Koskinen "Detroit Diesel" - Alvin Lee "Detroit Drive" - Eliza Neals "Detroit Girl" - Raphael Saadiq "Detroit Girls" - Starz "Detroit Has a Skyline" - HiFi Handgrenades "Detroit Has a Skyline" - Superchunk "Detroit Iron" - The Darts "Detroit Jump" - Big Maceo Merriweather "Detroit Lady" - Motor City Josh "Detroit Michigan" - Ronnie Love "Detroit, Michigan"- Kid Rock from Rebel Soul 2012 "Detroit, Michigan" - The Peps "Detroit Moan"- Victoria Spivey "Detroit Murderous" - Big Hoodoo (from the album 'Crystal Skull') "Detroit Niggaz" - Street Lord'z "The Detroit River Dirty Blues" - Michael Katon "Detroit Rock City" - Kiss 1976 "Detroit Rock City Homage" - Forced Anger "Detroit Special" - Big Bill Broonzy "Detroit Sound" - Soul Designer "Detroit Stand Up" - Ray O'Shea (featuring Big Herk, BO$$, Phohessuain, Esham, Malik (Eddie Kain), Al Nuke & Proof) "Detroit State of Mind" - Elzhi "Detroit Style" - A1 People "Detroit Summer" - Obie Trice "Detroit Sunrise" - Dwele neo-soul, 2010 "Detroit Swing 66" - Gomez "Detroit Swing City" - Alien Fashion Show "Detroit Thang" - Kid Rock "Detroit Tickets" - Apoptygma Berzerk "Detroit Tin" - The Kursaal Flyers "Detroit Vs. Everybody" - Eminem, Royce da 5’9”, Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf, & Trick Trick from Shady XV 2014 "Detroit was Built on Secrets" - Search the City "Detroit Waves" - Matt Nathanson "Detroit Women" - Stacia Petrie "Detroit Winter" - Platinum Pied Pipers (featuring MC Invincible) "Detroit Zoo" - Disco D "Detroiter, Part 2" - Bantam Rooster "Devil's Night" - D12 2001, (horrorcore) "Devil's Night" - Sonny B "Devil Without A Cause" - Kid Rock "Diet Coke" - Pusha T "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey ("born and raised in south Detroit") "Don't Shut Em Down" - Flogging Molly "Dog Eat Dog" - Ted Nugent "Dope Job Homeless" - Obie Trice "Detroit Slums" - Back In Spades "Detroit Rock & Roll" - Frijid Pink "Doctor Detroit" - Devo
E "Eastern Market" - Yusef Lateef "Elizabeth Parker" - Dave Caruso
F "Feel Older Now" - Flo & Eddie "Fire Editorial" - The Mountain Goats "For The D" - Guilty Simpson "Foul Mouff" - Paradime (featuring Kid Rock) "From The D" - Eminem, Trick Trick, and Kid Rock "From The D to the A" - Tee Grizzley (featuring Lil Yachty) "From The D 2 the LBC" - Eminem (featuring Snoop Dogg) "Friday Night Cypher" - Big Sean "Fuck Battlin’" - D12 "Fuck Off" - Kid Rock (featuring Eminem)
G "Geography" - Lali Puna "Ghetto Music" - Bizarre, King Gordy, Swifty McVay, & Stic.man "Ghetto Zone" - Inner City Posse "Gangster Funk" - Prince Vince and the Hip Hop Force "God Bless the USA" – Lee Greenwood "Going Back to Motown" - John Palumbo "Got No Place to Go" - Migrant Kids "Guap" - Big Sean From Hall of Fame 2012 "Gone Long Gone" - Frijid Pink "Great Time in Detroit" - Harmonie Park "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin" - Adrenalin
H "Halloween On Military Street" - Insane Clown Posse "Hand Springs" - The White Stripes "Hands Up For Detroit" - Matthew Dear (co-produced by Ghettotech pioneer Disco D) "Happy Dagger" - Millions Of Brazilians "Hard Scratch Pride" - Whitey Morgan and the 78's "Heaven" - Uncle Kracker (featuring Kid Rock and Paradime) "Hello, Detroit" - Daniel Boaventura "Hello, Detroit" - Sammy Davis Jr. "Hello, Detroit" - Sonny Turner "Here At Home (In Detroit City)" - Stony Creek "Hillbilly Highway" - Steve Earle "Hockeytown" - Joe Lynn Turner "Hokus Pocus"- Insane Clown Posse "Horkenbach Blues (Why is Everyone Discriminatin' 'gainst Me?)" - The Dennis Horkenbach Trio "Horribly Horrifying" - Violent J "Hey Now (Motor City)" - The Vandalias "The Horizontal Bop" - Bob Seger from Against the Wind 1980 "Hotel Yorba" - The White Stripes 2001 "Home Town" - Big Sean "Hometown" - Mitch Ryder from Naked But Not Dead "Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)" - The Notorious B.I.G.
I "I Am" - Kid Rock "I Am Detroit" - Electric Six "I Care About Detroit" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "I Love Detroit" - Amboy Rambler "I Wanna Go Back" - Kid Rock "In Detroit" - Delta Twins ( https://deltatwins.bandcamp.com/track/in-detroit-2 ) "In Detroit" ( Featuring TNT ) - Esham "In The City" - Marquise Porter "In Thee" - Blue Öyster Cult "Inmates" - The Good Life "Inner City Blues" - Rodriquez, aka Sixto Diaz Rodriguez "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" - Marvin Gaye from What's Going On 1971 "Intro" - Kid Rock "It's Been A Long Time" - Mayer Hawthorne "It's Still East Detroit to Me" - Kid Rock "It's So Cold in the D" - T-Baby
K "Kill Ya Self" - Trick Trick ( DJ Drama: Welcome To Detroit Gangsta Grillz Edition ) "Krack Rocks" ( Featuring Uncle Kracker ) - Kid Rock 1996
L "LafaLetItRock. Bob Segerette Blues" - The White Stripes ( Features names of Detroit streets ) "Landing In Detroit" - The Detroit Grand Pubahs "The Last Time I Saw Richard" - Joni Mitchell "Lay it on Me" - Kid Rock "Leaving Detroit" - Roses Are Red "Leaving Detroit" - Eliza Neals "Let It Fly" - Trick Trick ft. Ice Cube "Let's Roll" - Trick Trick ft. Denaun Porter "Lighters Up" - Lil' Kim "Lightning Over Detroit" - Richard Madow "Life In The D" - Brendan Benson "Line #7" - Dierks Bentley "Lipstick" - Kip Moore "Live" ( Featuring Esham ) - Kid Rock "The Load-Out" - Jackson Browne "Lock It Up" - Eminem feat. Anderson.Paak "Lose Yourself" - Eminem from 8 Mile, 2002, video shows the Ambassador Bridge "Love For My City" - Blade Icewood ft. Juan & Jesse James "Lovin On Me" - Jack Harlow
M "Made in Hockeytown" - Red Wings - Paul Shonk http://www.paulshonk.com/ "Man From Detroit" - Hard Place "Moths And Lizards In Detroit" - Andy Roberts "Michigan & Trumbull" - The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love "Motor City" - The Satintones "Motor City" - Randy Weeks "Motor City Baby" - The Dirtbombs "Motor City Boogie" - York Brothers "Motor City Girl" - The Badways "Motor City Is Burning" - MC5; John Lee Hooker "Motor City Madhouse" - Ted Nugent 1975 "Motor City Serenade" - Stewart Francke "Motortown" - Kane Gang "M.O.T.O.W.N. ( Murderous Outcold Town Of Wild Niggaz )" - Big Herk "Motown Country" - CURTICE/MARKLEY & Motown Station "Motown Music" - Rod Stewart 1991 (#10 on Billboard Hot 100) "Motown Junk" - Manic Street Preachers (Welsh band) "Motown Never Sounded So Good" - Less Than Jake "Movin’ Along (A Song For Detroit)" - Alma Smith "Move To Detroit" - Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes "Murder City Nights" - Radio Birdman
N "Need Somebody" - Subdudes "New Detroit" - Neon Blonde "Nobody in Detroit" - Howling Diablos "New Nathans Detroit" - Braid (band) "Northern Soul"- Above and Beyond (band)
O "Ode To Detroit" - Wally Pleasant "Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head!" - Sufjan Stevens "The Old Stuff" - Garth Brooks "One Piece At A Time" - Johnny Cash "One Woman Army" - Porcelain Black "One Way Out" - thenewno2 "Out" - Insane Clown Posse
P "Paid" - Kid Rock "Panic In Detroit" - David Bowie "Papa Hobo" - Paul Simon "Party on 4th Street" - Black Nasty (available on the "Funky Funky Detroit" compilation) "Passport to Detroit" - Joe Strummer "Peacemaker" - Green Day (The song is part of a rock opera album which takes place in Detroit. The lyric "I am a killjoy, from Detroit"). 21st Century Breakdown "Places To Go" - 50 Cent "Planet of Visions" - Kraftwerk "Please II" - Eminem "Posse On Verner" - Insane Clown Posse "the Power's Out" - Flogging Molly "Pride of the Wolverines" - John Philip Sousa "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" - Fedde Le Grand (#1 UK Singles Chart)
Q "Queen of Detroit" - +/- (band)
R "Rainin in Detroit" - Eliza Neals "Renaissance State of Mind" - Ro Spit & Monica Blaire "Represent" - Stretch Money "Reputation" - Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson "Richard" - Obie Trice ft. Eminem "Ride" - Royce Da 5'9" ft. Big Herk & Juan "Rise Again" - Hush "Rock City" - Royce da 5'9" featuring Eminem "Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)" - Detroit (band) "Rock N Roll Jesus" - Kid Rock "Roll On (Kid Rock song)" - Kid Rock 2008 "Rollin' On The Island" ( Featuring Wes Chill And Prince Vince ) - Kid Rock "Rose Darling" - Steely Dan
S "So Detroit"- Mark Kassa and Slight Return feat. The A.I. Fam wsg Tony "T Money" Green "Say Nice Things About Detroit" - They Might Be Giants "Son Of Detroit" - Kid Rock "South Telegraph Rd" - Amboy Rambler "Second Home" - Big A "Seized Up" - The Suicide Machines "Shake That" - Eminem feat. Nate Dogg "Shake Your Detroit Right" - Mark Kassa and Slight Return feat. George Clinton