We have train songs, car/road songs, boat songs but why now walking songs?

I wonder why? Is it that I can't think of many?
Of the top of my hung over (post birthday) head I can come up with 14th Street by Emily Spray, which Laura Cantrell covered. Actually that fits into another sub genre too - the stalking song.

Any others?

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Permalink Reply by David Shaw on March 12, 2009 at 7:09am
Patsy Cline ... Walkin' After Midnight
Kate & Anna McGarrigle ... Walking Song
Was it the Everlys who did ... Walk Right Back?
Rooftop Singers ... Walk Right In
Son Volt ... Tear Stained Eye (Walkin' down Main Street......)
Dire Straits ... Walk of Life
likely lots more.
Permalink Reply by David Shaw on March 12, 2009 at 7:13am
Pogues ... Thousands Are Sailing
(....In Manhattan's desert twilight in the death of afternoon
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway like the first man on the moon...)

REM ... We Walk
Ventures ... Walk Don't Run
Permalink Reply by Pancho on March 12, 2009 at 10:16am
Walken - Wilco (Sky Blue Sky)
Permalink Reply by Kim Ruehl on March 12, 2009 at 11:54am
First one that came to mind was The Proclaimers "500 Miles".
Permalink Reply by Andy on March 12, 2009 at 11:57am
Oh I'd forgot that one. I have a great version by the US Navy's Bluegrass band (yes you guys have one).
Permalink Reply by roburrito on March 12, 2009 at 2:13pm
Western Electric - " When I'm Out Walking With You "
Permalink Reply by Dangerbird on March 12, 2009 at 9:51pm
what about 'These Boots Were Made For Walkin"

The Fumes have a dainty track called "Tell Your Fuckin' Story Walkin"
Permalink Reply by Jon on March 12, 2009 at 10:20pm
Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristofferson. He walks down the street.
Permalink Reply by Andy on March 13, 2009 at 12:41am
Good call
Permalink Reply by Shaun Belcher on March 13, 2009 at 2:15am
All Walk Alone - Karla Bonhoff
Bailey's Walk - Pixies
Cat Walk - John Coltrane
Darktown Strutters Ball
Don't Walk Away Renee - Four Tops, Left Banke
Dream Walk - Keiko Matsui
Freedom Walk - Outlaws
From a Sidewalk Cafe
Grand Walkaround
I Walk in the Garden Alone
I'm Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Just Walk Away
Leaving Here Walking -- Jimmy Burns
Mango Walk
Maniac -- Michael Sorbello (remember the foot action in the video?)
One Day I Walk
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line -- Waylon Jennings
Rambling Rose
Rebel Walk - Duane Eddy
She Walked Beside the Wagon (sung by Lorrie Morgan)
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny - early 60's
Sometimes by Step -- Rich Mullins
Stray Cat Strut
The Stroll
Tiger Walk - Robben Ford
Under the Board Walk
Walk - Pantera
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Bryan Ferry, Elvis Presley, Joe South
Walk A Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac
Walk All Over You - AC/DC
Walk Away - Cheap Trick, Dionne Warwick, Donna Summer, Indigo Girls, James Gang, Joe Walsh, Michael Bolton, Sisters of Mercy, Tom Kell
Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin
Walk in Fields of Gold - Sting
Walk In My Mind - Siegel-Schwall Band
Walk My Way - Beth Nielsen Chapman
Walk On By - Dionne Warwick, Issac Hayes, Leroy Van Dyke, Melissa Manchester, Sybil
Walk on Faith - Mike Reid
Walk On Out of My Mind - Waylon Jennings
Walk On Water - Dio, Eddie Money, Marc Cohn, Marillion, T. Graham Brown
Walk Right Back - Anne Murray, Everly Brothers
Walk Right On - Stefan Andersson
Walk Right up to the Sun
Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine - Bill Monroe, Joey Weiz, Kentucky Headhunters
Walk That Walk - Fabulous Thunderbirds
Walk The Dinosaur - George Clinton/Goombas
Walk The Way The Wind Blows - Hot Rize, Kathy Mattea
Walk Through This World With Me - George Jones
Walk to the Water - U2
Walk Together Rock Together - 7 Seconds
Walk Under Ladders - Joan Armatrading
Walk With Faith in your Heart
Walk, The - Cure, Eurythmics, Jimmy McCracklin, Rufus Thomas, Sawyer Brown
Walkaway
Walkaway Joe - Trisha Yearwood
Walkin' - Bobby McFerrin, Cleve Francis, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson
Walkin' A Broken Heart - Don Williams
Walkin' After Midnight - Garth Brooks, Loretta Lynn, Oak Ridge Boys, Patsy Cline
Walkin' Away - Clint Black
Walkin' Back To Georgia - Jim Croce
Walkin' Blues - Big Joe Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Greateful Dead, Hindu Love Gods, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Robert Johnson, Roy Rogers
Walkin' In Jerusalem - Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs
Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Johnny Ray, Nat King Cole
Walkin' on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
Walkin' One & Only - Maria Mudlaur
Walkin' The Dog - Aerosmith, Luther Allison, Rolling Stones, Rufus Thomas
Walkin' the Floor Over You -- Ernest Tubb
Walkin' to New Orleans - Fats Domino or Chubby Checker - not sure which Walkin' By The River - Ella Fitzgerald (love those sights)
Walkin' Down The Road - Ozark Mountain Daredevils (keep on the left side!)
Walkin' In The Rain - Grace Jones, Jay/Americans, Marvin Gaye, Ronettes
Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love - Love Unlimited (the preferred rainy walk)
Walking Man - James Taylor
Walking Shoes - Tanya Tucker (SAS, NaturalSPORT, or Nike?)
Walking Slow - Jackson Brown (Sometimes you just gotta take it slow)
Walking Through the Country (Love the country walks!)
Wandering - James Taylor
Wanna Go Walking - Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer/songwriter)
Way I Walk - Jack Scott
We Both Walk - Lorrie Morgan
We Shall Walk - Full Access
When I Reach The Place I'm Going - Patty Loveless (Ah, the finish line is in sight!)
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica (Just try to stay on the trail)
Women Walk More Determined - Kristin Lems (Let's go!)
Tougher Walks:

Against the Wind - Bob Seegar
A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile
(Take A) Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed. (doop a doop a doop a doop)
A Walk in the Clouds - Maurice Jarre (really got some altitude...)
Climb Every Mountain - Sound of Music (Ford every stream, follow every rainbow...)
Journey to the Center of the Earth--Rick Wakeman (entirely about a LONG walk)
Walk Between Raindrops - Donald Fagen (tough to do...)
Walk Into the Wind - Perfume (been there....)
Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket
Walking Across Egypt - Tarwater Band (better take lots of water)
Walking In Space - Quincy Jones (I wanna GO!!!!!!!)
Walking in the Sand (Just try this in Florida!)
Walking In The Wind - Traffic
Walking On A Thin Line - Huey Lewis/News
Walking On Broken Glass - Annie Lennox (OUCH!!!! Not recommended)
Walkin' All Night - Little Feat (must be the Portland to Coast Walk)
Walking Through Fire - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Not recommended, go around!)
Walking in the Rain
Walking in the Rain with The One I Love
Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues - Whitesnake
Walking In The Sun - Rufus, Zombies
Walking In The Sunshine - Frank Sinatra, Roger Miller, Statler Brothers
Walking Into Sunshine - Central Line
Walking My Cat Named Dog
Walking on Sunshine - Eddy Grant, Katrina/Waves
Walking on the Moon -- Sting (Police?)
Walking on the Sun" by Smash Mouth
Walking the Blues
Walking the Boogie
Walking the Dog
Walking The Floor Over You - Asleep At The Wheel, Ernest Tubb, Sandy Denny, Webb Pierce
Walking The Ghost - James
Walking to Memphis - Marc Cohn
Walking To New Orleans - Fats Domino
Walking up Alone
Walks Like A Lady - Journey
Waltz Across Texas
When You Walk in the Room - Paul Carrack
Who Walks in When I Walk Out? (old ragtime song)
Women Walk The Line - Emmylou Harris, Highway 101, Trisha Yearwood

source:
http://walking.about.com/cs/music/a/walksongs.htm
Permalink Reply by Shaun Belcher on March 13, 2009 at 2:17am
oh and

walk the line?

:-)

how about washing...no washing songs mate :-)
Permalink Reply by Andy on March 13, 2009 at 2:26am
Smartarse!
A lot of them are outside the genres covered here though.

Ps I'm surprised no one pointed out I'd written now instead of not in the title. Wonder if it confused anyone??

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