Ethnicity in Song Titles
These are the top songs whose titles contain someone’s nationality or ethnic background.
RANK | SONG TITLE | ARTIST(S) | YEAR |
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1 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 1975 |
2 | American Pie | Don McLean | 1971 |
3 | China Girl | David Bowie | 1983 |
4 | Walk Like an Egyptian | The Bangles | 1986 |
5 | American Woman | The Guess Who | 1970 |
6 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | The Beatles | 1965 |
7 | American Girl | Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | 1977 |
8 | We're an American Band | Grand Funk Railroad | 1973 |
9 | Gypsy | Fleetwood Mac | 1982 |
10 | Black Betty | Ram Jam | 1977 |
11 | Turning Japanese | The Vapors | 1980 |
12 | Spanish Harlem | Aretha Franklin | 1971 |
13 | Mexican Radio | Wall of Voodoo | 1983 |
14 | Young Americans | David Bowie | 1975 |
15 | Spanish Eyes | Al Martino | 1966 |
16 | American Woman | Lenny Kravitz | 1999 |
17 | Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) | Paul Revere & The Raiders | 1971 |
18 | Spanish Flea | Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass | 1966 |
19 | The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks | The Eagles | 1979 |
20 | Apache | The Shadows | 1960 |
21 | Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) | Joey Scarbury | 1981 |
22 | Gypsy Man | War | 1973 |
23 | Israelites | Desmond Dekker and The Aces | 1969 |
24 | Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves | Cher | 1971 |
25 | American Storm | Bob Seger | 1986 |
26 | Gypsy Woman | Brian Hyland | 1970 |
27 | American Idiot | Green Day | 2004 |
28 | Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud | James Brown | 1968 |
29 | Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) | Toby Keith | 2002 |
30 | When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Bing Crosby | 1912 |
31 | The Cajun Queen | Jimmy Dean | 1962 |
32 | Give Ireland Back to the Irish | Wings | 1972 |
33 | Russians | Sting | 1985 |
34 | Indian Giver | 1910 Fruitgum Company | 1969 |
35 | French Kissin' in the U.S.A. | Debbie Harry | 1986 |
36 | Ahab the Arab | Ray Stevens | 1962 |