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Coffee Break: Uptown / Downtown

Billy Joel performs at the ASCAP Centennial Awards at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 2014.
Billy Joel performs at the ASCAP Centennial Awards at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 2014.Brian Ach / Getty Images for ASCAP file

by Anna Reed

March 23, 2018

It's Friday! As you're putting together your weekend plans, we want to create a set of music based on your suggestions for songs that go Uptown, and songs that go Downtown.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Uptown or Downtown?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Greg Brown - Downtown
Prince - Uptown
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
The Idle Hands - Uptown Burning
Petula Clark - Downtown
Elvis Costello and The Roots - Walk Us Uptown
The Replacements - Hangin' Downtown
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars