User:Thryduulf/Geonamesongs

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This article lists songs that contain geographical names (as opposed to personal names) in their titles. It is organized by primary language of the song. In each language group, songs are ordered first by the geographical name within the title (in bold), then in alphanumeric order.

Please do not disambiguate the links on this page. If you are certain which specific place the song is about, add or move it to the apropriate section (create it if it doesn't exist). If you are not sure then it belongs in the Generic or unknown section. If you think a song is in the wrong specific section, move it if you are sure you are correct, otherwise make a note on the talk page.

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[edit] French

[edit] German

[edit] Irish

  • "Storms In Africa" by Enya

[edit] Russian

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Welsh

  • "Ethiopia Newyddd" by Rheinallt H. Rowlands
  • "Un Nos Yn 'Little Venice'" by Rheinallt H. Rowlands
  • "Pontypridd" by Edward H. Dafis
  • "Sarn Helen" by Super Furry Animals

[edit] Other languages

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Notes

  • Excluded (for now, at least) are titles that contain variations on geographical names, like "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles, as well as non-physical, non-terrestrial, and fictional locations, like "Heaven" by Warrant, "Moon" by Jane Siberry, "Orion" by Jethro Tull, and "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John/ELO.
  • Order
    • Songs are first grouped by the primary language of their lyrics.
      • If lyrics are split fairly evenly between two languages, they should be listed in both language groups.
    • In each language group, titles are grouped by the exact geographical name.
      • The geographical name is in bold — surrounded by triple quotes (''') — to make it easier to group them.
        • If the same name occurs multiple times in the title, only the first is in bold.
      • If a title contains multiple names, it should be listed once in each name group.
    • Within each group of exact geographical names, titles are sorted in alphanumeric order (digits first). Most old-school sorting rules apply, with one exception:
      • Articles like "a", "an", and "the" (and their non-English equivalents) are not ignored when sorting.
      • Case is ignored. ("van Halen" is the same as "Van Halen".)
      • Spaces always precede numbers and letters. ("Is This" precedes "Isn't It".)
      • Ignore punctuation. ("What's That" comes between "Whatever" and "Whattup".)
      • Numbers are treated as text strings rather than mathematically. ("42" comes before "7".)
    • For different songs with the same titles, repeat these guidelines to sort by artist name.
  • Wikipedia links
    • Adding links to artists is recommended (since most artist pages exist already).
      • For artist links, check the Wikipedia entry first, since some need to be disambiguated. (For instance, Nirvana should be entered as "[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]".)
    • Adding links to song titles is not recommended unless they exist already or you plan to create the song page immediately. (You can always go back and add the link later.)
      • Song links should refer to Wikipedia song entries, not pages about the place named in the song.
      • For linked songs that contain bolded names, use Wiki markup as follows:
        • "[[California Girls|'''California''' Girls]]" will produce "California Girls".

[edit] See also

  • List of songs whose title includes dates and times
  • List of songs whose title includes personal names
  • Lists of songs

[edit] References