50 Best Country Songs About St. Louis
Country Songs That Capture the Spirit of St. Louis
There’s a certain way St. Louis hangs in a song. Not bright and easy, not heavy either, but a layered kind of thing that sticks. The river cuts through the sound like a bass line, the skyline pulls up in the corner of your mind, and the verses carry that restless push and pull of a city both gritty and warm. Some tracks mention the city outright, others circle it like they know the mood without naming it. Either way, they land in that space where the Midwest feels wide open but the streets stay close.
You hear it in the storytelling. The ballads move slow, tugging at memory, while rowdy anthems kick up with the stomp of barroom floors. St. Louis isn’t framed like a postcard—it comes alive in small details that spill through lyrics, sometimes with a nod to the blues, sometimes with the same lilt you find in old highway tunes. And even when a song tilts into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, the threads that tie back to this city still hum through. The connection isn’t always literal, but the vibe rings out clear.
Think of the tracks as markers, each one showing a different angle of the city’s pull. Some lean into nostalgia, some crank up the party side, some brush against heartbreak that lingers long after the show ends. Taken together, they sketch a version of St. Louis that feels crooked and real, like a night out that carries into the morning. Here are the best country songs tied to St. Louis.
Top 10 St. Louis Country Songs
1. 'St. Louis Blues' by Louis Armstrong
2. 'Mississippi Girl' by Faith Hill
3. 'City of the King' by Chris Janson
4. 'Meet Me in St. Louis' by Judy Garland
5. 'Homegrown' by Zac Brown Band
6. 'American Heart' by The Gaslight Anthem
7. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
8. 'St. Louis' by Pokey LaFarge
9. 'Midwest' by Brett Eldredge
10. 'Long As I Can See The Light' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
St. Louis Country Music Connections #11 to 20
11. 'All Your'n' by Tyler Childers
12. 'Proud Mary' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
13. 'Missouri' by Cody Johnson
14. 'Crossroads' by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
15. 'River' by Leon Bridges
16. 'Central Time' by Pokey LaFarge
17. 'Heartland' by George Strait
18. 'Route 66' by Chuck Berry
19. 'Mississippi Mud' by Hank Williams
20. 'Missing Missouri' by Sara Evans
Country Songs About Missouri's Spirit #21 to 30
21. 'Missouri Waltz' by Pat Boone
22. 'Big River' by Johnny Cash
23. 'Oh, St. Louis' by John Wesley Satterfield
24. 'Missouri' by John Denver
25. 'My Mississippi' by The Lacs
26. 'Across the Wide Missouri' by The Kingston Trio
27. 'Dirt Road Anthem' by Jason Aldean
28. 'Missouri' by Dwight Yoakam
29. 'Roll on Mississippi' by Charley Pride
30. 'Walking to Missouri' by Sammy Kaye
Songs About the Gateway City and River #31 to 40
31. 'Mississippi Queen' by Mountain
32. 'Old Man River' by The Dillards
33. 'Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies' by Hank Williams III
34. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band
35. 'Jackson' by Johnny Cash and June Carter
36. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson
37. 'Long Black Veil' by Lefty Frizzell
38. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert
39. 'My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains' by Pete Seeger
40. 'Take Me Home Country Roads' by John Denver
Top Songs About the St. Louis Metro Area #41 to 50
41. 'You Came a Long Way From St. Louis' by Ray Charles
42. 'St. Louis Woman' by Duke Ellington
43. 'Going Down Slow' by Jimmie Rodgers
44. 'Whiskey Bottle' by Uncle Tupelo
45. 'I Don't Wanna Know' by Pokey LaFarge
46. 'I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moonlight Cafe)' by the Mavericks
47. 'St. Louie' by Nelly
48. 'St. Louis Getaway' by The St. Louis Getaway Band
49. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers
50. 'Look Down That Lonesome Road' by The Carolina Chocolate Drops
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