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List of songs about Melbourne

March 17, 2023

The music of Australia and most particularly the rock, pop, Hip hop and indie rock music of Australia has had a long fascination with the local environment be it urban or rural. This is a list of songs which mention or are about Melbourne the capital city of Victoria, Australia, the suburbs of Melbourne and nearby locations. In 2004, an article by Michael Dwyer published in The Age discussed songs written about Melbourne. A list of twenty-five songs about Melbourne were also published.[1]

The Sydney Morning Herald ran a concurrent article discussing songs written about Sydney at the time. Paul Kelly had four songs in each list, one of which ("From St Kilda to Kings Cross") featured in both lists.[2]

This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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  • "1998 Melbourne Cup" by Ray Essery

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  • "I Can't Hear You, We're Breaking Up" by Courtney Barnett and Giles Field[10]
  • "I Dream of Spring" by k. d. lang
  • "I've Been To Bali Too" by Redgum
  • "I'm Going Back to My Girl in Melbourne (She's the Girl I left Behind Me!) by Paul Belham and WH Wallis (191x) [11]

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  • "Killed her in St Kilda" by Voodoo Lovecats
  • "Know" by Pegz

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  • "Platform Girl" by Peter Sherwood
  • “Plummer Road”, by Eddie Perfect
  • "Postcards From Melbourne" by Raul Graf/Ed Kuepper[3]
  • "Prague" by Ruck Rover
  • "Press Release" by Lyrical Commission
  • "Pub" by Cosmic Psychos[3]
  • "Punt Road Traffic" by Mark Ferrie

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Songs erroneously thought to be about Melbourne

  • "Morningtown Ride" by The Seekers. The song was originally a lullaby written by Californian folk singer Malvina Reynolds in 1957. It is often attributed to Melbourne for depicting an old-fashioned train trip to the similarly named beach-side town of Mornington (as The Seekers largely hailed from Melbourne).
  • "Town With No Cheer" by Tom Waits[3] - although often believed to be about Melbourne, the titular town is actually Serviceton.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dwyer, Michael (28 August 2004). "Songs Of Melbourne". The Age. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  2. ^ Zuel, Bernard (18 September 2004). "A Tale Of Two Cities' Ditties". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 22 July 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Songs About Melbourne (Unearthed Special)". JFiles. triple j, ABC. 21 June 2001. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  4. ^ a b Michael Dwyer. "Mick Thomas takes a dip with vinyl in his Aqua Profonda single". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ "Beauties of Melbourne waltz [music]". Trove. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  6. ^ "The Geelong-Melbourne railway [music] : polka". Trove. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Good-bye Melbourne town music". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Good-bye to dear old Melbourne [music]". Trove. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ^ Giles Field (Ft. Courtney Barnett) – I Can't Hear You, We're Breaking Up, retrieved 17 December 2020
  11. ^ "I'm going back to my girl in Melbourne [music] : she's the girl I left behind me". Trove. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Broderick Smith's Big Combo". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  13. ^ "Does your town have its own song? // National Film and Sound Archive, Australia". nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. ^ Culnane, Paul (2007). "CHAIN". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Milesago. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Take me back to Melbourne town [music]". Trove. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  16. ^ Oscar the Band. "Taking the Tram (to Carnegie)". Bandcamp. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  17. ^ "Love is in the air Episode 5: "National Anthems"; transcript of interview with James Reyne". ABC-TV. 9 November 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
  18. ^ "Toorak Trams and Bernard Bolan". Trams Down Under. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

External links

  • 'Songs of Melbourne' article in The Age
  • Triple J Unearthed Special
  • Australia By Song - a growing list of Australian towns and locations that have been immortalised by both traditional and contemporary song

March 17, 2023
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The music of Australia and most particularly the rock pop Hip hop and indie rock music of Australia has had a long fascination with the local environment be it urban or rural This is a list of songs which mention or are about Melbourne the capital city of Victoria Australia the suburbs of Melbourne and nearby locations In 2004 an article by Michael Dwyer published in The Age discussed songs written about Melbourne A list of twenty five songs about Melbourne were also published 1 The Sydney Morning Herald ran a concurrent article discussing songs written about Sydney at the time Paul Kelly had four songs in each list one of which From St Kilda to Kings Cross featured in both lists 2 This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries Contents 0 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z0 9 Edit 1998 Melbourne Cup by Ray EsseryA Edit A Brief History by The Waifs A Tale of Two Cities by The Lucksmiths Accidentally Kelly St by Frente 3 Accidentally Hoddle Street by Peril Alamein Train by North To Alaskans 3 All Torn Down by The Living End An Argument with Myself by Jens Lekman Aqua Profunda by Mick Thomas 4 Aqua Profunda by Courtney Barnett 4 Australia by Guttermouth 3 Autumn Leaves by Huxton Creepers 3 B Edit Back to Mentone by Eddie Perfect Balwyn Calling by Skyhooks 1 Beat Parade by Even 3 Beauties of Melbourne by John McIver 1880 5 Beautiful People by Australian Crawl 1 Boys Light Up by Australian Crawl Brighton Creeper by Wendy amp the Rockets 3 Brunswick by Weddings Parties Anything 1 Brunswick Street Girl by Warner Bros 3 By the Banks of the Yarra by the Coodabeen Champions 3 C Edit Carlton Lygon Street Limbo by Skyhooks 1 Chapel Street etc by Something for Kate Charcoal Lane by Archie Roach 1 Christmas In Melbourne by Graeme Connors City Flat by Boom Crash Opera Collingwood by The Sharp 3 Coming Home by Mark Seymour 3 Crazy Crazy Melbourne by Wall of Voodoo 3 Crown Tower Blues by Root D Edit Deanna by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 3 Dumb n Base by TISM Depreston by Courtney BarnettE Edit East London Summer by The Smith Street Band Elevator Operator by Courtney Barnett Epping Line by Scott amp Charlene s WeddingF Edit Fat City by Airbourne Fatter Two by Reason Lazy Grey and Pegz Fitzroy Bowl by Cat Canteri Fitzroy Strongman by Sodastream 3 Footscray by Billy Miller and Gary Adams 1 Footscray Park by Bob Evans Footscray Station by Camp Cope Footscray Station by Scott amp Charlene s Wedding Four Seasons In One Day by Crowded House 3 Fourteen Years in Rowville by TISM From Macaulay Station by The Lucksmiths From St Kilda to Fitzroy by Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra From St Kilda to Kings Cross by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls 1 From Belgrave With Love by Ron Rude From the To The by Scared Weird Little Guys Frankston Line by Youth Group Frankston Line The by Eddie PerfectG Edit Gasworks Park by Ice Cream Hands 1 Geelong Melbourne Railway by Julius Albert von Rochlitz 1866 6 Get Me Out by New Model Army Get Thee In My Behind Satan by TISM Goodbye Melbourne Town by Leonard Nelson and Fred Hall 1908 7 Goodbye to Dear Old Melbourne by Alfred Mansfield 1910 8 Goin Down by Bias B Greg The Stop Sign by TISM Grey Skies Over Collingwood by Weddings Parties Anything 1 H Edit Happy Birthday Helen by Things of Stone and Wood 3 Hello Cruel World by Klinger 3 Hello Melbourne I Called You Up to Say Hello by Gene Birch and Lewis A Hirsch 1915 9 Here Now by Phrase Highway 31 by Johnny Chester 1 Home Again by Mark Seymour 1 Hoochie Coochie Fiorucci Mama by Australian Crawl 3 Hookville by PhraseI Edit I Can t Hear You We re Breaking Up by Courtney Barnett and Giles Field 10 I Dream of Spring by k d lang I ve Been To Bali Too by Redgum I m Going Back to My Girl in Melbourne She s the Girl I left Behind Me by Paul Belham and WH Wallis 191x 11 J Edit January Rain by Hunters amp Collectors 3 John Cain Avenue by My Friend The Chocolate Cake 3 K Edit Killed her in St Kilda by Voodoo Lovecats Know by PegzL Edit Last House On The Left by The Sports 1 Last Saturday Night by Chris Wilson 3 Last Train From Mobiltown by Broderick Smith s Big Combo 12 Leaps and Bounds by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls 1 Leaving Melbourne by Steve Eales Let s Go Walk This Town by My Friend the Chocolate Cake 1 Line to Line by Bias B Let s Take a Trip to Melbourne by Clement Williams 13 Low Dan by Otouto Lygon Street Meltdown by Melbourne Ska OrchestraM Edit Machete by Mark Chopper Read Bias B Trem and Brad Strut Melbourne by Sean Tyas Melbourne by The Whitlams 3 Melbourne by Urban Problems Melbourne by Slowly Slowly Melbourne Burning by The DC3 Melbourne City by David Bridie 3 I ve Just Run out of Melbourne Cliches by The Late Show parody of Happy Birthday Helen by Things of Stone and Wood Melbourne Girl by Tripod Melbourne Girls by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls 3 Melbourne is Closed by Greg Champion Melbourne Mafia by Dave Graney 3 Melbourne Memories by Bias B 3 Melbourne Song by Colin Hay 3 Melbourne Suburbs Medley by Gabriel Rossi Melbourne Summer by Iota 3 Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours by Bushwackers 3 Melbourne Town by Neil Murray 3 Melbourne Town by Clinton Farr Melbourne s Just Not New York by Little Heroes 3 Melburn by Luke Chable Melodies Of St Kilda by Masters Apprentices 3 Mentone O Mentone by Eddie Perfect Move On by Jet Mourningtown Ride by TISM 3 Music To Hold Hands To by Lucksmiths My Arse Is Black from Bourke Street by Chain 14 My Brown Yarra Yarra by Frank Jones and the Whirling Furphies 3 My Sister Worked at Bunnings by Eddie PerfectN Edit Napiers Bar by Cheezlekane 3 Nepean Highway Eddie Perfect Never Turn Right at Burke Road Malvern by Greg Champion New Kind of Love Song by the Whirling Furphies Northcote So Hungover by The Bedroom Philosopher Northcote by Blood Duster North Melbourne by Allday Nothing Beats Footy At The MCG by Jim Cadman Nut Busta by Bias BO Edit Old Fitzroy by Dan Sultan One Day in September by Mike BradyP Edit Platform Girl by Peter Sherwood Plummer Road by Eddie Perfect Postcards From Melbourne by Raul Graf Ed Kuepper 3 Prague by Ruck Rover Press Release by Lyrical Commission Pub by Cosmic Psychos 3 Punt Road Traffic by Mark FerrieR Edit Rainbow Suit by Overnight Jones Regent to Ruthven by Marcel Borrack Return To The City Of Folded Arms by Bluebottle Kiss from Patient album 3 Rushall Station by Underground Lovers 3 Roll On song by The Living EndS Edit Sangria by Remi Silver Friends by The Lucksmiths Sixteen In Melbourne by Ron Rude 3 Smorgons Steel Mill by The T Bones Song Of The Renter by Catholic Guilt Spotswood by The Orbweavers Springvale Girl by Loin Groin Spring Me Out Of Caroline Springs by Root Statues by Frank Jones and the Whirling Furphies St Kilda Nights by Purple Dentists 3 Streets Of Old Fitzroy by Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outcasts 3 Stuck In Melbourne by Warner Bros 3 Suburban Rendezvous by Frank Jones Suburb In Between by The Mabels 3 Summer Days by TZU Sunbury 97 by The Fauves 3 T Edit Take Me Back to Melbourne Town with alternative words to give Take Me Back to Sydney Town by Andrew Stirling and Harry von Tilzer 1907 15 Taking the tram to Carnegie by the band Oscar 16 That s the Thing about Football by Greg Champion The Beautiful Look City Today by Gersey 3 The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station by Painters and Dockers 1 The Boys Light Up by Australian Crawl 17 The Clarke Sisters by The Go Betweens The Crowd by The Cat Empire The History Of Western Civilisation by TISM The Melbourne Cup by Slim Dusty 1 The Mordialloc Road Duplicator by TISM The Parable of Glenn McGrath s Haircut by TISM The Richmond Reels by Tony Hargreaves and the Whirling Furphies The Rites of Springy by Root The Sandringham Line by The Lucksmiths The Young Crazed Peeling by The Distillers The Wine Song by The Cat Empire Thomastown by Not Drowning Waving Thornbury by Ruck Rover 3 Three Oh Seven Ohh by Blood Duster To Her Door by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls 1 Toorak Cowboy by Skyhooks 1 Toorak Tram by Bernard Bolan 18 Tramway Hotel by The T Bones Tribute To Eltham by Muphin of Muph amp Plutonic Twist Senorita by The Sports 1 Tropical London by RancidU Edit Under the Clocks by Weddings Parties Anything 1 Under the Rotunda by The LucksmithsV Edit Victoria s Secrets by Augie MarchW Edit Walkabout by Lyrical Commission Watsonia by Klinger Waverley by The Wagons Waverley Park by Loin Groin 3 We Are All Of Us In The Gutter But Some Of Us Are Looking At The Sewerage by TISM Westgate by Mark Seymour Westgate by The T Bones Westgate Bridge by Sleepy Township West End Riot by The Living End Boys What Did The Detectives Say by The Sports 1 Whatever Happened To The Old Pubs by Shonkyytonk 3 What s At The End of Warrigal Road by Greg Champion When I First Met Your Ma by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls 1 When the Machine Starts Up Again by Missy Higgins When We re In Fitzroy by Gretta Ray Who by TZU Whole Lotta Rosie by AC DC 1 Woman of Ireland by Weddings Parties AnythingY Edit Yarra Song by Billy Bragg Young Drunk by The Smith Street Band Your Love is Like a Song by Dan SultanSongs erroneously thought to be about Melbourne Edit Morningtown Ride by The Seekers The song was originally a lullaby written by Californian folk singer Malvina Reynolds in 1957 It is often attributed to Melbourne for depicting an old fashioned train trip to the similarly named beach side town of Mornington as The Seekers largely hailed from Melbourne Town With No Cheer by Tom Waits 3 although often believed to be about Melbourne the titular town is actually Serviceton See also Edit I ve Been Everywhere a popular novelty song which mentions inter alia several Melbourne suburbs albeit not Melbourne itself List of songs about Brisbane List of songs about SydneyReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dwyer Michael 28 August 2004 Songs Of Melbourne The Age Fairfax Digital Retrieved 9 December 2007 Zuel Bernard 18 September 2004 A Tale Of Two Cities Ditties Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Digital Retrieved 22 July 2006 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Songs About Melbourne Unearthed Special JFiles triple j ABC 21 June 2001 Retrieved 9 December 2007 a b Michael Dwyer Mick Thomas takes a dip with vinyl in his Aqua Profonda single Sydney Morning Herald Beauties of Melbourne waltz music Trove Retrieved 8 September 2022 The Geelong Melbourne railway music polka Trove Retrieved 8 September 2022 Good bye Melbourne town music State Library of Victoria Retrieved 9 December 2007 Good bye to dear old Melbourne music Trove Retrieved 8 September 2022 Trove trove nla gov au Retrieved 8 September 2022 Giles Field Ft Courtney Barnett I Can t Hear You We re Breaking Up retrieved 17 December 2020 I m going back to my girl in Melbourne music she s the girl I left behind me Trove Retrieved 8 September 2022 Broderick Smith s Big Combo Rate Your Music Archived from the original on 13 July 2012 Retrieved 23 April 2008 Does your town have its own song National Film and Sound Archive Australia nfsa gov au Retrieved 15 March 2016 Culnane Paul 2007 CHAIN MILESAGO Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964 1975 Milesago Retrieved 9 May 2009 Take me back to Melbourne town music Trove Retrieved 8 September 2022 Oscar the Band Taking the Tram to Carnegie Bandcamp Retrieved 8 November 2011 Love is in the air Episode 5 National Anthems transcript of interview with James Reyne ABC TV 9 November 2003 Retrieved 2 March 2008 Toorak Trams and Bernard Bolan Trams Down Under Retrieved 8 November 2011 External links Edit Songs of Melbourne article in The Age Triple J Unearthed Special Australia By Song a growing list of Australian towns and locations that have been immortalised by both traditional and contemporary song Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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