Many of these groups and artists have sought lyrical inspiration from their home city.
But it’s not just the artists hailing from Sheffield who have referenced the city in their music, with songs from famous Londoners like The Clash and Stormzy, and Watford’s Elton John, also paying musical homage to the Steel City.
We’ve put together a list of songs mentioning Sheffield.
One of the bands featured is even named after a city suburb, while others have penned lyrics dripping with nostalgia for the Sheffield of yesteryear and some of the tracks celebrate the here and now.
The likes of Pulp, the Arctic Monkeys and Richard Hawley have famously mined their Sheffield roots to spectacular effect when writing their songs, but not all bands from the city have taken the same approach.
Def Leppard’s lead singer Joe Elliott once reportedly described his native city as a ‘great place with great people’ but said 'there’s nothing in Sheffield to write songs about’.
Some of the band’s early songs were instead inspired by a bit of escapism from the drudgery of the members’ daily lives in Sheffield before they hit the big time.
Speaking of their 1980 song Hello America, Joe Elliott once said he and his bandmates had never even been to America at that point, and he was ‘working in a factory with lots of nuts and bolts and no natural light’.
After watching a glamorous US TV show, he recalled thinking ‘wow, this is a lot sexier than Sheffield’, and described the lyrics he subequently wrote about taking a trip to California as him effectively saying ‘get me out of here’.
13. Heavyweight Champion of the World - Reverend and the Makers
Sheffield's Reverend and the Makers are riding a wave at the moment, on the back of their acclaimed album Heatwave in the Cold North. Their most famous single, however, is still Heavyweight Champion of the World, which reached the top 10. It includes the lyrics: "At school, he used to dream about being Bruce Lee/But the need for chops in the Manor Top/Ain't all that great you see." Photo: DEAN ATKINS
14. The Bus to Crookes - The Human League
A second entry for Crookes on our list, this time courtesy of Sheffield legends The Human League. While it may not have reached the heights of Don't You Want Me, instrumental track The Bus to Crookes is still a catchy tune and somewhat surprisingly not the first song on this list to be inspired by Sheffield's public transport network. Photo: Daniel Martino
15. Whippin' Piccadilly - Gomez
Gomez hail from Southport and their infectious indie classic Whippin' Piccadilly is about a day out in Manchester, but it does include the line: "Finally made our way back to the train, rolling into Sheffield tonight." Photo: Submitted
16. The Sheffield Grinder - Tony Capstick
Tony Capstick was a comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster, who was a long-running presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield and a member of the cast of Last of the Summer Wine. The Sheffield Grinder tells of the hardships of working in the city's steel industry and includes the lines: "Every working day we are breathing dust and steel/And a broken stone can give us a wound that will not heal." Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd