Sample the best – and most obscure – songs about Houston

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Take a look at – and a listen to – Destination Soundtrack’s Top 10 Songs about Houston with both classic and little known songs about the Bayou City.

Top 10 Songs about Houston

Rock Songs about Houston

Country Songs about Houston

Pop Songs about Houston

Hip Hop Songs about Houston

Alternative Songs about Houston

Blues Songs about Houston

R&B Songs about Houston

Singer/Songwriter Songs about Houston 

Electronic Music about Houston 

Christian Songs about Houston 

Christmas Songs about Houston[

Destination Soundtrack is an online resource for songs about cities and songs about places. Although they feature a Top 10 list for each city the feature, you can also drill down to find and check out more than 120 songs about Houston (and their other cities) by music style and genre, including rock, alternative, hip hop, country and more.

We’re happy to share Destination Soundtrack’s Top 10 Songs about Houston below. The list includes a couple of unique and debatable choices, although clearly all with direct Houston ties.

Top 10 Songs about Houston

  1. Houston, The Action Town – Weldon “Juke Boy” Jonner  (YouTubeiTunes | Amazon)
  2. Run The World (Girls) – Beyoncé (YouTubeiTunes | Amazon)
  3. Telephone Road – Steve Earle (YouTube | iTunes Amazon)
  4. Houston, TX – Deer Tick (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  5. La Grange – ZZ Top (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  6. Houston – Dean Martin (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  7. Rothko Chapel – David Dondero (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  8. Houston is Hot Tonight – Iggy Pop (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  9. Tighten Up – Archie Bell and the Drells (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)
  10. Bloody Mary Morning – Willie Nelson (YouTube | iTunes | Amazon)

Check out their full list of Houston songs, with more than 120 entries – including a few real oddball tunes about or involving the Bayou City.

What do you say, Houston? How many of these songs make your Houston top 10 list?

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