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51 Songs That Mention Long Island. Love it or hate it, this big fish-shaped sandbar we call home inspired a surprising amount of music artists over the years, judging by the number of songs that reference Long Island. Both those from the region and out-of-state musicians that visited our beaches while passing through on tour have sung LI’s praises.

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From rock to hip hop and even disco, there’s a wide variety of tunes that feature mention of the Island. Take a listen! Never miss a story. 51. “Montauk” by Rufus Wainwright “The End,” as the East End fishing and resort community in this song title is known, may well have inspired the most songs of any other place on LI. On this airy track release in 2012, the American-Canadian singer who melds opera and pop, repeats the lyric “one day you will come to Montauk” as the singer describes various scenes the listener should expect to see. 50. “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” by Cole Porter Late composer Cole Porter penned this oft-covered piano song, which appeared in his Broadway musical Paris in 1928 and was the theme song of the ‘33 movie Grand Slam. “Romantic sponges, they say, do it, oysters down in Oyster Bay do it. Let’s do it, let’s fall in love.” The best cover, of course, is Ella Fitzgerald’s. 49. “Cross That Bridge” by The Stray Cats Although rockabilly rebels Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats are from Long Island, they more often refer to Memphis and southern states in their songs. In their ‘81 cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie,” they switch one line to “Well I live in Bellmore U.S.A., well I rock all night and I sleep all day.” But in their ‘93 B-side, “Cross That Bridge,” they gave LI a nod on an original track. “Well I’m cruisin’ down Grand Central, or maybe Southern State, don’t worry baby you know I won’t be late.” 48. “Biz Dance Part 1” Biz Marke On of his ’88 debut album Goin Off that preceded his best known hit “Just A Friend,” The Biz had no shame in plugging his hometown in this awesomely old school hip hop track. “I’m known for beatboxin’ and rap, and now it’s time, to put Long Island on the map,” he raps in the opening line. At the closing he gives shout outs to Bay Shore, “C.I.,” Amityville, Wyandanch, Brentwood, Coram and Hempstead. 47. “Long Island Blues” by Julian Casablancas The lead singer of rock band The Strokes released this percussion-free piano and accordion song on the deluxe edition of his ’09 debut solo album, Phrazes for the Young . Although only the only LI reference is in the track title, not any of the lyrics, it’s a safe bet that this is a local reference since the singer is from New York City. 46. “Before the Kiss, a Redcap” by Blue Öyster Cult Between making their bones singing about the occult and Godzilla, hometown hard rockers BÖC dropped a local reference on their ‘72 self-titled debut album. “Back home at Conry’s bar” is a refrain in the chorus on “Before the Kiss, a Redcap.” Conry’s Bar was a venue on Hempstead Turnpike where the band frequently played when they were starting out. 45. “After School” by LL Cool J And the award for the only music artist to rhyme anything with Massapequa goes to none other than Bay Shore and Queens native rapper LL Cool J. The mention comes in this track featuring Puff Daddy on 10 , his ninth album, which dropped in ‘02. “Little Shaniqua, from Massapequa, went and bought a beeper so I could reach her.” 44. “Farmingdale (The Downtown)” by They Might Be Giants These quirky alt-rockers-turned-children’s-musicians from Brooklyn released an ‘04 live album with this minute-long ode to The Downtown, a shuttered music venue in Farmingdale that is now Croxley’s Ale House. “I’m living on the bar food here, at The Downtown, they’ve got nuts, they’ve got crackers, they’ve got crazy.” 43. “Amityville” by Eminem Rap groups from Onyx to Jedi Mind Tricks and even Wu Tang Clan have referenced The Amityville Horror. But Eminem used the notoriety of that mass murder as a dysphemism for his gritty hometown of Detroit in this ‘00 song off The Marshall Mathers LP . The chorus goes: “Mentally ill from Amityville, he’ll accidentally kill your family still, thinkin’ he won’t? God damn it he will.” 42. “Going to Port Washington” by The Mountain Goats This North Carolina-based indie folk band has had an array of tunes featured in movies and on TV shows over the past decade, but one of their lesser-known songs released in ‘99 was inspired by driving across the Throg’s Neck Bridge, which they jokingly renamed in their lyrics. “The constellations aligned, and as we crossed over the Frogneck’s Bridge, I had something on my mind.” 41. “New Slaves” by Kanye West Much like Amityville often gets referenced in rap lyrics implying bloodshed, the Hamptons frequently appears in hip hop narratives about living the high life, including songs by Mobb Deep and Gucci Mane. But Kanye is the only one to bash the Hamptons. “Fuck you and your Hampton house. I’ll fuck your Hampton spouse.” The Hamptons references go on, but get more graphic. 40. “Montauk” by Shadows Fall This Massachusetts-based metal band has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, but only conspiracy theorists would recognize the meaning behind this track off their sophomore effort, Of One Blood , released in ’00. Electromagnetic mind control and “manipulation of space and time” that “the government denies” in a song with this title can only be about one thing: The Montauk Project. 39.

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