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"You Belong to the City" is a song written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, and recorded by Frey during his solo career. It was written specifically for the television show Miami Vice in 1985.
The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, although it did reach the top of the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.
The song, along with Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice Theme", helped the Miami Vice soundtrack album reach the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart.
Lyrics:
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
You can feel the crowds in the midnight heat
The traffic roars, the sirens scream
Look at the faces, it's just like a dream
Nobody knows where you're going
Nobody cares where you've been
'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
When you said goodbye you were on the run
Tryin' 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
Still don't know where you're going
You're still just a face in the crowd
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 blood, it's in your moves
For a man of the streets
You can feel it
You can taste it
You can see it
You can face it
You can hear it, yeah
You're getting near it
You wanna make it, ooh-ooh
'Cause you can take it, ooh-ooh
You belong to the city
You belong to the night
You belong to the city
You belong to the night
You belong
You belong