List of Songs About New York City - R

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• "Radio Free Brooklyn" by Pete Miser
• "Raining in New York" by Oh Laura
• "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." by Motörhead
• "Rats" by Drink Me
• "Rats in the Cellar" by Aerosmith
• "Real Rock & Roll Don't Come From New York" by The Gizmos
• "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy
• "Red Dragon Tattoo" by Fountains of Wayne
• "Reggae On Broadway" by Bob Marley
• "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War" by Paul Simon
• "Rent" by Jonathan Larson, from the musical Rent
• "Rent" by Pet Shop Boys
• "Respiration" by Black Star featuring Common
• "Reverie" by The Morning Of
• "Rhapsody In Blue" by George Gershwin (inspired by the sounds and motions of a locomotive leaving Grand Central Station)
• "Rhode Island Is Famous for You (aka Coney Island)" by The Lascivious Biddies
• "The Right Profile" by The Clash
• "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell
• "Rikers Island" by Cocoa Tea
• "Rikers Island" by Family Dogg
• "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Riverside Drive" by Achim Reichel (in German, lyrics by poet Jörg Fauser)
• "Robinson Crusoe in New York" by The Silencers
• "Rock City" by Bernard Lavilliers
• "Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones
• "Rockin' Around in NYC" by Marshall Crenshaw
• "Rockin' the Bronx" by Black 47
• "Rock'n'Roll City" by Kim Larsen
• "Romeo Had Juliet" by Lou Reed
• "Rose of Washington Square" (old standard)
• "Roxanne '97" by Puff Daddy & Sting
• "The Royal Scam" by Steely Dan