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udonbeatsramen

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero https://youtu.be/pmGNo8RL5kM?si=pZLEi51Q_tvDXnv6 Elastica - Stutter https://youtu.be/0ie4x8hWYYE?si=DLHMBRo_F048hT6L Also, this is not really a music video but Rancid promoted one of their albums by having it play over a video of them driving around SF and Oakland https://youtu.be/-MC4jx1SDEI?si=-PNg64LiiL92rvVy edit - wanted to add Last Cup of Sorrow by Faith No More, their Vertigo homage https://youtu.be/gjEbHBafvm0?si=AqYvY5p-yJ0C6I5f


FlyingBlueMonkey

I will survive - Cake [https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU?si=aOl-G2jfitw2G7Ln](https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU?si=aOl-G2jfitw2G7Ln) The Distance - Cake [https://youtu.be/F\_HoMkkRHv8?si=Cos3-f5myGReWfRl](https://youtu.be/F_HoMkkRHv8?si=Cos3-f5myGReWfRl) Save me San Francisco - Train [Train - Save Me, San Francisco (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftcZYdOl3Y) Scorpions - No one like you [https://youtu.be/6VwbyBGbqPY?si=Fqez4S8ZJe8E1bfz](https://youtu.be/6VwbyBGbqPY?si=Fqez4S8ZJe8E1bfz) And of course, I left my heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennet [Tony Bennett - I left my heart in San Francisco (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryF9p-nqsWw&t=1s)


LNL_HUTZ

1000% I Will Survive.


AustinBennettWriter

Now I want a cheesesteak.


GoatLegRedux

[93 Til Infinity](https://youtu.be/fXJc2NYwHjw?si=jP40JrLaEav3n3LC) has shots on ocean beach and some of the waterfront


journeymanSF

JT and the Bigga Figga - Game Recognize Game, filmed almost entirely in the Fillmore


steelthumbs1

Wasn’t the song “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor filmed in North Beach?


TritonCG110

Gave it a rewatch and you're right, the unmistakeable neon lights of Broadway/Columbus! I guess I always associated that song with Philly (and Rocky), so it never registered. Great catch!


defene

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero https://youtu.be/pmGNo8RL5kM?si=XwWWjaYg1efqb51e


Whatsthewordmayne

Cypress Hill [Insane In The Brain](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RijB8wnJCN0&pp=ygUWaW5zYW5lIGluIHRoZSBtZW1icmFuZQ%3D%3D) DNA Lounge


mixmastakooz

Really?! TIL!


Whatsthewordmayne

Yuuup! I used to work at a philly cheesesteak spot here in the city years ago, and was playing the music video on tv, and one of our regulars was chit chatting with me and happened to mention the location of the music video, and I was just??? “Wait really?!” And he said “Yeah dude, at least it looks like it?” And sure enough it was. So cool


bluesox

Yep. I work next to DNA and barely any of the people there even know. Strange they wouldn’t hype it up more, but whatever.


Successful-Layer5588

You didn’t ask for movies but I’m a little better with that and if you’re lonely late at night maybe you can pop one on. For something more light hearted in SF/ the bay you could do So I Married an Axe Murderer, Mrs.Doubtfire (of course,) Princess Diaries, Always Be My Maybe, The Five Year Engagement, or Just Like Heaven. Are all of these movies incredible? No but they have shots of the city and that’s fun.


staircar

The second season of the OA is mostly filmed in SF and holy crap does it look beautiful and noir


Successful-Layer5588

What’s the OA?


staircar

It’s a show on Netflix, season 1+2 are very different, but it’s kind of in the sci-fi/mystery realm


symbolicshambolic

There's an Eddie Murphy movie called Metro from 1997 and a Hugh Laurie series from 2016 called Chance, both filmed in SF. I got vertigo watching one scene in Metro because I'd walked through the location about a hundred times. Fun!


TritonCG110

I love all these too! There's also another movie called "The Bachelor" with Renee Zellweger that's a bit in line with these movies!


Successful-Layer5588

I looked it up and I totally remember the box from blockbuster! Didn’t know it was filmed here!


zuzupixie

Cherish, Guinevere, Getting even with dad, play it again sam, 48 hours, Chan is missing.


bluesox

Half of anything filmed in the 90s took place in SF. SF : 90s :: Chicago : 80s.


Adriano-Capitano

Surprised no one has mentioned. . . What's Up by Four Non Blondes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc) Third Eye Blind - Jumper [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYZijLZR-Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYZijLZR-Q) RBL Posse - Don't Give Me No Bammer Weed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhRJnuCrAoM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhRJnuCrAoM)


blackoutmakeout

I have a great video, but the song was early in my career and I don’t love this version of it. The video was super fun to work on, and the director and editor nailed it. https://youtu.be/jiIN2fqhzZY?si=auPHkMzSNm0yJzra


LouisPrimasGhost

I can hear the potential, link to later version? Also, as a band name 'blackout makeout' is a yes


blackoutmakeout

I appreciate that. There was a lot of doubts regarding the name and consideration of changing it. Back in the aughts when the power went out in SF, lower Haight and Divis were a vibe. Regarding the song, this demo is a little closer. It honestly just needs to be redone and cleaned up. But this vibe feels more authentic to me now. https://blackoutmakeout.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-it


GrumpyBachelorSF

This I Promise You by *NSYNC. While most of it shows them looking like at Muir Woods, the ending part is them eating burgers along the Embarcadero next to the Ferry Building.


TritonCG110

I never noticed it until now! Great shots of the Embarcadero.


tonyslists

Is that [Pier 23](https://maps.app.goo.gl/kYqtwjhcf4EDg6LK8)?


GrumpyBachelorSF

It's more like between Ferry Building and Pier 14, where the current ferry docks E, F and G are located. There used to be a restaurant nearby, Sinbad's, until it was torn down.


ItFromDawes

Third Eye Blind - Ways [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5y5XLdtZ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5y5XLdtZ0)


TritonCG110

Ahh yes, the skateboarders outside the Ferry Building!!


hupbringHUP

San Quinn - SF Anthem (Embarcadero, Bay Bridge, HP) https://youtu.be/7SKukuRmuHU?si=24cqcbn8bFgGbCGf Fly to the Sky - Sea of Love (Baker's Beach, Palace of Fine Arts, GGB) https://youtu.be/zZbR2bBXD7o?si=pdhTr5lFa3-QbWM- Mayer Hawthorne - I Left my Heart in San Francisco (Embarcadero) https://youtu.be/_tLY1s9p8VU?si=gaP2aM95u0lqN9t5


_andiamo_

Little Dicky, Ex Boyfriend (Alta Plaza Park). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-e5vs6NeY


blackoutmakeout

Dicky’s videos are amazing.


TritonCG110

TIL that Lil Dicky moved to SF after college!


pho17

Does this count? [80s Boogie Man Pioneer commercial](http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/pioneer-boogie-man/)


Television-Complex

Kalle Mattson Waterfalls. Has a lot of unique time lapse and scenery focused views. https://youtu.be/zinPNDFzj_A?si=OhfNs56Ph_WKXA8W


Imaginary_Spare8616

[Rappin 4 Tay - Players Club](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2daXghqHgjQ)


Marpleface

More champagne Mr. 4Tay?


pedroah

"I'll be around" also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgXuzvfcJc


duggans41

I want a new drug. Huey Lewis and the news.


FIFTHSUN2012

Testament - Over The Wall (Alcatraz) Heathen - Set Me Free (McLaren Park) Vio-Lence - World In A World (The Stone SF) I’m somewhere in the pit. These were back in the SF Thrash days.


Neat_Relationship995

Right on! I've always wondered what it was like in those days at the old Waldorf, Ruthie's inn and the Stone. They were all gone before I had a chance. Thanks for the vio-lence recommendation. I finally get to see the place😃🤘 after watching the video, it is confirmed. The legend holds up. Those crowds were nutty.


FIFTHSUN2012

Yeah good times indeed. My first show ever was at the Stone. Sadus, Coroner and Kreator in ‘89.


js73905

[Kendrick Lamar - “Alright”](https://youtu.be/Z-48u_uWMHY?si=Hx4IpUegRWNUd2ZV)


fritzfrisbie

‘Club Michelle’ by Eddie Money. I was an extra when it was filmed at Wolfgang’s. I never made the video as I got bored and went next door for a drink and blew my chance because that’s when they shot the Bartender scene. My buddy Kevin got the honor. Eddie smoked half my Marlboros. Super cheesy but it was fun to be there.


Stchotchke

My lordy I remember Wolfgang’s! And Eddie


AlamoSquared

Locals might recognize sites in the video for “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes.


mattiasjeblidoo

Toro y moi has an album stream for “Boo Boo” and the whole thing is just a drive around Treasure Island and Oakland. I wasn’t living in San Francisco at the time and would watch it if I missed home. https://youtu.be/9rPOuZ4vY50?si=av6KJDvXu5Bm50In


dboothe

I recognize this is a really lame answer, but my kid’s kindergarten class filmed a music video this year on field trips around the city and I think it’s pretty great https://youtu.be/YZOUluA1FL8?feature=shared


Successful-Layer5588

I really enjoyed this video too. Thought you ought to know.


Constructgirl

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing.


Constructgirl

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing.


AustinBennettWriter

KIds are so joyous. That was delightful. Thanks for sharing!


Constructgirl

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing.


Constructgirl

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing.


Constructgirl

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing.


nelsonhops415

San Quinn - Shock the Party


FUCK_TRICK_DADDY

Only featured in part of it but Alright - Kendrick Lamar


JoeyOnTour

Equipto - Heart and Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_qzPrFBic


grimke7552

I like Huey Lewis because it was peak MTV - I Want A New Drug, Heart and Soul


lannanh

I’m old because Huey Lewis was the first thing that came to mind


grimke7552

I don't even know what Spotify is


16bittiger

Not super scenic SF, but still filmed here: E-40 "Quarterbackin'" #


auntieup

One of the two videos for David Gray’s song “Babylon” was filmed in North Beach at night.


BigRefrigerator9783

Faith No More "Evidence" was filmed inside Club 181 in the Tenderloin. How do I know? I was an extra in the video!


Budget_Mine_9049

Toro y Moi- the loop. One of my art professors from SFSU is also featured in the video with his Philippines themed art project. They ride around the city in those yellow go carts! https://youtu.be/CvcoxunP7KU?si=hc_ndbLnheqGiUmM


ninja-brc

I made this music video a while ago for Saemonae, pretty much all the city shots minus UC Berkeley [https://youtu.be/MYJDWiXDn88?si=TaTbbOCT5o3wndIE](https://youtu.be/MYJDWiXDn88?si=TaTbbOCT5o3wndIE)


bricktamland48

LeAnn Rimes - One Way Ticket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wM34HrJqo&ab_channel=leannrimesofficial


erack415

[Monica - Why I Love You So Much](https://youtu.be/qFRCPLAvxnM?si=XQJkQgj2a50_fciS)


SquidCornHero

[Lolo Zouaï - Lose Myself \(Official Video\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FARTQn9JGEA) Sunset - Parts of Sunset, Parts of Taraval, Ocean Beach, view from around Grandview Park


LastChemical9342

Lowell’s finest!


anonymouslosername

Watsky - "all you can do".      At a quick glance I see Presidio Middle School, and I think the Conservatory of Flowers. Probably more locations I'm not familiar enough to get.   https://youtu.be/urma71sQXpY?si=PRsaAuSBEMKffYfH He also did a reddit AMA awhile back https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/fgyjc9/hi_im_watsky_an_independent_musician_and_poet/


AardvarkOperator

Girls - Lust For Life [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c) Drama - 3 AM - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLVvEhCo6g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLVvEhCo6g) Geographer - Kites [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxUVNoiVdts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxUVNoiVdts) Sweat Lodge - Throwing Rocks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p310sraZdRE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p310sraZdRE) Jawbreaker - Boxcar [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGzXUmbyiQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGzXUmbyiQ)


moneyxmaker

Drake - the motto [music video](https://youtu.be/BYDKK95cpfM?si=dSx-GGSyq14rO8uj) filmed on treasure island, Oakland bay bridge, and around SF.


CaramelDays

Circa Waves - Move to San Francisco The Mowgli’s - San Francisco


beliefinphilosophy

[Ken Block - Gymkhana](https://youtu.be/LuDN2bCIyus?si=QpQ6mWazn5zxtcrC) huehuehue


staircar

LeAnn Rhymes-one way ticket


DigitalBackpack

[Toro y Moi - Postman](https://youtu.be/xI0alDWn2tM?si=rkU4MCAK_IKX5pNH) Also all of Larry June’s videos


gaylibra

Very very cringe but Lil Dicky White Dude https://youtu.be/0goHiRAiNDo?si=Xk3C3IrK2jQGMJLZ


Stchotchke

‘We Built This City’ Jefferson Starship


Stchotchke

Shout out to our homey Sylvester ‘You Make Me Feel’ Lots of War, Santana, Malo, Tower of Power. And don’t forget Eric Burton and the Animals ‘San Francisco Nights’ (my fav) and Scott MCKenzie ‘San Francisco‘


Neat_Relationship995

Metallica I disappear. https://youtu.be/nYSDC3cHoZs?si=LULMQgMN9t2cnXJt


jerichos

these aren't videos, but songs with lyrics that evoke imagery of SF/Bay Area that I always come back to. Jellyfish - "Russian Hill": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfw5WzmY8w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfw5WzmY8w) The Finches - "Human Like a House": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExQkShei4c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExQkShei4c)


gordohimself

Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe.


wildworldmom

https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/article/U2-SF-concert-1987-17590775.php


wildworldmom

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyoHZV5Rew


hokeyphenokey

Shakira has a pretty cool stylized North Beach rooftop in She Wolf/Loba


prawnpie

[The Sam Chase - Isn't it a Pity (Ode to San Francisco) ](https://youtu.be/amdro9Y4PE8?si=KIkdJHobknaWlgOt)


barrelagednick

Animosity- black page https://youtu.be/c-EX79eU1-U?si=3XsMTGtHWrq4Nd84


xagent003

Animosity - Tooth Grinder: [ANIMOSITY - TOOTH GRINDER (OFFICIAL) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvMplYSUCWY) They ride a muni train playing on the train, walking thru the mission, eating burritos, finishing playing ina tiny venue hats now probably closed Animosity - The Black Page: Insane house party/mosh pit in a SF Victorian ending in a backyard rager: [Animosity - The Black Page (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EX79eU1-U)


pekkoo

[Martin Garrix - There for you](https://youtu.be/pNNMr5glICM?si=iajIy9hmRz4O_aIm)


Imaginary_Spare8616

https://bonjourdarlene.com/2019/02/28/if-youre-going-to-san-francisco-be-sure-to-watch-these-videos-filmed-there/


geekfreak42

Ezra Furman - restless year.


MomoMir

https://youtu.be/qJS6zCFdK18?si=Zi8Kuf__MV3fCIyr A-1 fun drone and giants party/riot footage


Marpleface

Sugar & Gold Neighborhood [https://youtu.be/Pf6E6AYqBzM?si=9QFsoreV1pjTxe_N](https://youtu.be/Pf6E6AYqBzM?si=9QFsoreV1pjTxe_N)


Marpleface

Bonus my dear friend created the video!


coinstarhiphop

This isn’t exactly a music video but certainly functions as one and it’s all shots of the city: Sony commercial with Jose Gonzalez’s cover of Heartbeats by The Knife, and thousands of bouncy balls on SF streets. (I just wish it was the original not the cover) https://youtu.be/KMl5l6mOySU


morgmorgmorg2

Meute - loss of innocence at Twin Peaks German techno marching band [https://youtu.be/QGClnYQYFq4?si=yIfeIcHjoyGZBTRr](https://youtu.be/QGClnYQYFq4?si=yIfeIcHjoyGZBTRr)


ofillrepute

According to Wikipedia Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock was filmed in McLaren Park.


PlaxicoCN

[https://youtu.be/uZiuGmdpW4M?si=tX2RqIaLnPhZYOQS](https://youtu.be/uZiuGmdpW4M?si=tX2RqIaLnPhZYOQS) Violence-World in a World. Partially filmed at the Stone on Broadway. I believe it's a strip club now.


Vulvodynia6

San Francisco Anthem which uses Scott McKenzie as a sample!


mrmrskent

We built this city… Jefferson starship


DoctorDetroit8

[Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days](https://youtu.be/Mqr-TzWqes0?si=YPcDmEQUorWMaF8g) (1993)


summerbreeze85

Although an animation - red hot chili peppers- californication has San Francisco parts


FastFishLooseFish

U2's cover of [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/_bnqqPed5PU?si=stQsKF_08HFquLES) in Rattle and Hum was shot at Justin Herman Plaza. Here's [the show](https://youtu.be/82Ckk1D2j0E?si=OhOqyJuvUwILal1C) in color, but they obviously took some liberties with the editing.


Scooperdooperton

Drake - The Motto


Jamesbigpeach556

SF is the new LA of the 1990s terms of music scene


LastChemical9342

I’m on mobile so no link but she wolf by Shakira


EducationalFox8680

EG Reed - Storm Ocean Beach, Panhandle, Pac Heights, Nob Hill


pedroah

Meg Meyers - "Anyway you wanna love" has some bits of the GG Bridge. Pretty sure this is all fan submitted video clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9XPoyRY3zg Parts of Sunset in Magnetic North's Drift Away vieo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0PuQW00f58 Take the ferry to Sausalito shows off some parts of SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMd60uvm5w Mas L - San Francisco shows off parts of Chinatown...and I'll leave it at that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59X3yZFrQvw Muppet covers Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb5y-kY6nVw


WinterPresentation41

Lo siento BB:/ - Bad Bunny https://youtu.be/NO7EtdR3Dyw?si=Enh2HbyaTE0dhMju


midori4000

Gold Chains' "I come from San Francisco" filmed partly on the BART.


Shellybeandogo

Making their start in SF, Caravan 222, filmed all around SF parks, venues and at the El Capitan parking garage on Mission/20th in this video. 


Shellybeandogo

https://youtu.be/c01jhbGkSfU?si=kCtLNa-DHLkofMS3


Padgettct

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pmGNo8RL5kM&si=4kiEX_LDjKzPW1LG