You Belong To The City

"You Belong to the City" is a hit song from 1985. Former Eagles member Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin wrote and recorded the theme specifically for the television series Miami Vice. The single peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, #2 in Canada, and #1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. You Belong to the City peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s rock music chart for 3 weeks in 1985. The song is well-known for being featured on the soundtrack to “Miami Vice” and was even featured in an episode of the show.

You Belong To The City Lyrics Glenn Frey [Verse 1] The sun goes down The night rolls in You can feel it Starting all over again The moon comes up And the music calls You're getting tired of Staring at the same four walls You're out of your room And down on the street Moving through the crowd In the midnight heat The traffic roars The sirens scream You look at the faces It's just like a dream Nobody knows where you're going Nobody cares where you've been [Chorus] Cause you belong to the city You belong to the night Living in a river of darkness Beneath the neon light You were born in the city Concrete under your feet It's in your moves It's in your blood You're a man of the street [Verse 2] When you said goodbye You were on the run Trying to get away From the things you've done Now you're back again And you're feeling strange So much has happened But nothing has changed You still don't know Where you're going You're still just a face in the crowd [Chorus] Cause you belong to the city You belong to the night Living in a river of darkness Beneath the neon light You were born in the city Concrete under your feet It's in your moves It's in your blood You're a man of the street [Bridge:] You can feel it You can taste it You can see it You can face it You can hear it You're getting near it You wanna make it Cause you can take it (Alternate Chorus) You belong to the city You belong to the night You belong to the city You belong to the night You belong You belong Produced By Glenn Frey Written By Glenn Frey & Jack Tempchin Release Date November 15, 1985