it is not a NYC-“themed” song at all lmao but this is a recent one, i was at a protest in the city and afterward someone brought a boombox to a park and started an impromptu dance party and this was the song playing when i came across it. everyone was singing along and dancing together even with their signs, it was super cute :) i love this place
songs that remind me of the city when i was younger - juicy by the notorious big, kids by mgmt, go outside by cults, young folks by peter bjorn and john, the adults are talking by the strokes, crazy in love by beyonce, girl on fire and no one by alicia keys, paper planes by m.i.a., daylight by matt and kim, take me anywhere by tegan and sara, a-punk by vampire weekend, fluorescent adolescent by arctic monkeys, also a bunch of christmas songs lol :)
also there’s the generic classics - new york, new york by sinatra (NYE!), empire state of mind by alicia keys, silver bells by dean martin, new york i love you but you’re bringing me down by lcd soundsystem (i actually didn’t hear this one until last year!!) and no sleep til brooklyn by the beastie boys. brooklyn bridge to chorus by the strokes, brooklyn baby by lana del rey and also 212 by azealia banks lol (i don’t know if it’s as common knowledge? but 212 was the original area code for nyc - “i was in the 212, on the uptown A [train]”)
Jun 5, 2025
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honorable mentions
“I Believe In A Thing Called Love” - The Darkness
“Common People” - Pulp
“Mr Brightside” - The Killers
“Silver Springs” Fleetwood Mac
“Maps” - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (if you’re trying to show off and give a message)
“Take On Me” - a-ha (an obvious choice)
“Short Skirt/Long Jacket” - Cake
"Moonage Daydream" - Bowie
“Welcome to The Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance (a crowdpleaser among my karaoke crowd)
Apr 6, 2024
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- Party in the USA and The Climb — Miley Cyrus
- Every song on The Fame Monster — GAGA
- Every song on Lungs — Florence and the Machine
- Maneater — Nelly Furtado
- Your Ex-Lover is Dead — Stars
- Back to Black — Amy Winehouse
- Maps — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Smile — Lily Allen
- Lady Marmalade
- Heartbeats — The Knife
- I can’t even pick one song or album by The Strokes
- Gimme More, Toxic, Womanizer, and Circus — Britney Spears
- Naughty Girl — Beyonce
- I Will Follow You into the Dark — Death Cab for Cutie
- Such Great Heights — The Postal Service
- Work It — Missy Elliott
- Ooh La La — Goldfrapp
- Can’t Get You Out of my Head — Kylie Minogue
- Since U Been Gone — Kelly Clarkson
- Perfect Day — Hoku
- BOSSY, A Beautiful Life, Confessions of a Broken Heart — Lindsay Lohan
- Pocket Full of Sunshine — Natasha Bedingfield
- Don’t Know Why — Norah Jones
- A Thousand Miles — Vanessa Carlton
- Come Clean — Hilary Duff
- Potential Breakup Song — Aly & AJ
- Milkshake — Kelis
- MR. BRIGHTSIDE — The Killers
I’ll stop now I could go on and on
May 13, 2024
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specifically ones from around 2008-2012. like yesssss lets dance like tomorrow isnt promised. yessssssss
Feb 22, 2025
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and it’s actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic you’re passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKER’S DAY!!!! i love having a union, i love being a union steward and getting to support my unit. when my union won its contract, i got a pay bump, better benefits, and increased protection as a worker. 🥳
unions help address racial and gender pay gaps, issues workplaces impose on families and those having kids, addressing unsafe conditions, plus things like better health insurance, wages and overtime, weingarten rights to representation, and more!!!
if you don’t have a union but are thinking about forming one, check out AFL-CIO’s page (linked) or Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. there’s always more power in a union!! ✊🥖🌹
May 1, 2025
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they have FREE SHIPPING through Friday (7/8-7/11)
if you are thinking about buying a book online this week, please buy a book there instead of evil amazon dot com. bookshop benefits local indie bookstores! you also can pick which specific bookstore to support and they have many lgbt-, women-, and bipoc-owned shops listed :)
also they now have ebooks and many are on sale, such as Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower + Talents, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, or Talia Lavin’s Wild Faith for under $3 (!) each
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