 Glasgow is also the "most mentioned city in the UK" in song titles, outside London according, to a chart produced by PRS for music, with 119, ahead of closest rivals Edinburgh who received 95 mentions

Since the 1980s, the success of bands such as The Blue Nile, Gun, Simple Minds, Del Amitri, Texas, Hipsway, Love & Money, Idlewild, Deacon Blue, Orange Juice, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Teenage Fanclub, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Travis, and Primal Scream has significantly boosted the profile of the Glasgow music scene, prompting "Time Magazine" to liken Glasgow to Detroit during its 1960s Motown heyday.More recent successes include The Fratellis, Chvrches, Rustie, Glasvegas and Twin Atlantic.The city of Glasgow was appointed a UNESCO City of Music on 20 August 2008 as part of the Creative Cities Network.