List of songs about Melbourne

One of the unique characteristics of the Music of Australia and most particularly the rock, pop and indie rock music of Australia has been a 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 publishedcite news
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Fairfax sister publication, The Sydney Morning Herald ran a concurrent article discussing songs written about Sydney at the time. Interestingly, Paul Kelly had four songs in each list, one of which ("From St. Kilda To Kings Cross") featured in both lists [cite news
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0-9

* "14 Years in Rowville" by TISM

A

* "A Mile Over Melbourne" by Strawpeoplecite web| url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm| title=Songs About Melbourne (Unearthed Special)| work= JFiles| publisher=triple j, ABC| date=2001-06-21| accessdate=2007-12-09]
* "Accidentally Kelly St" by Frente!
* "Accidentally Hoddle Street" by Peril
* "Alamein Train" by North To Alaskans
* "All Torn Down" by The Living End
* "Australia" by Guttermouth
* "Australia (The Shins song)" by The Shins
* "Autumn Leaves" by Huxton Creepers

B

* "Ball... Yes!" by Alloi Head and the Victa Motors
* "Balwyn Calling" by Skyhooks
* "Beat Parade" by Even
* "Beautiful People" by Australian Crawl
* "Bridges are Cool" by The Jayco Brothers
* "Brighton Creeper" by Wendy And The Rockets
* "Broadmeadows Line" by Ricaine
* "Brunswick" by Weddings Parties Anything
* "Brunswick Girl" by Warner Bros.
* "By the Banks of the Yarra" by the Coodabeen Champions.

C

* "Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)" by Skyhooks
* "Charcoal Lane" by Archie Roach
* "Collingwood" by The Sharp
* "Coming Home" by Mark Seymour
* "Crazy Crazy Melbourne" by Wall of Voodoo

D

* "Deanna" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

F

* "Fitzroy Strongman" by Sodastream
* "Footscray" by Billy Miller and Gary Adams
* "Four Seasons In One Day" by Crowded House
* "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "From the, To The" by The Scared Weird Little Guys
* "Frankston Line" by Youth Group

G

* "*Gasworks Park" by Ice Cream Hands
* "Girl From The Tote" by The Swedish Magazines
* "Goodbye Melbourne Town" by Leonard Nelson and Fred Hall (1908)) [cite web |url=http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sheetmusic/0/0/8/doc/sm0088-004-0000.shtml |title= Good-bye Melbourne town music|accessdate=2007-12-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=State Library of Victoria]
* "Grey Skies Over Collingwood" by Strange Tenants

H

* "Happy Birthday Helen" by Things of Stone and Wood
* "Hells Burn" by Tornts
* "Hello Cruel World" by Klinger
* "Highway 31" by Johnny Chester
* "Home Again" by Mark Seymour
* "Hoochie Coochie Fiorucci Mama" by Australian Crawl
* "Hursty" by Bias B

J

* "January Rain" by Hunters & Collectors
* "John Cain Avenue" by My Friend The Chocolate Cake

K

*"Killed her in St Kilda" by Voodoo Lovecats

L

* "Last House On The Left" by The Sports
* "Last Saturday Night" by Chris Wilson
* "Last Train From Mobiltown" by Broderick Smith's Big Combo [cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/broderick_smiths_big_combo/broderick_smiths_big_combo/ |title="Broderick Smith's Big Combo" |publisher= Rate Your Music |accessdate=2008-04-23 ]
* "Leaps and Bounds" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "Let's Go Walk This Town" by My Friend the Chocolate Cake

M

* "Maroondah Reservoir" by Augie March
* "Melbourne" by The Whitlams
* "Melbourne City" by David Bridie
* "(I've Just Run out of) Melbourne Clichés" 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
* "Melbourne Mafia" by Dave Graney
* "Melbourne Song" by Colin Hay
* "Melbourne Suburbs Medley" by Gabriel Rossi
* "Melbourne Summer" by Iota
* "Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours" by Bushwackers
* "Melbourne Town" by Neil Murray
* "Melbourne's Just Not New York" by Little Heroes
* "Melodies Of St Kilda" by Masters Apprentices
* "Metal for Melbourne" by Ion Drive
* "Move On" by Jet
* "Mourningtown Ride" by TISM
* "My Brown Yarra" by Whirling Furphies

N

* "Napiers Bar" by Cheezlekane
* "Nothing Beats Footy At The MCG" by Jim Cadman
* "Never Turn Right at Burke Road, Malvern" by Greg Champion

O

* "One Day in September" by Mike Brady

P

* "Postcards From Melbourne" by Raul Graf/Ed Keupper
* "Pub" by Cosmic Psychos
* "Punt Road Traffic" by Mark Ferrie

R

* "Regent to Ruthven" by Marcel Borrack
* "Return To The City Of Folded Arms" by Bluebottle Kiss
* "Rushall Station" by Underground Lovers
* "Roll On (song)" by The Living End

* "St Kilda Nights" by Purple Dentists
* "Sixteen In Melbourne" by Rodney Rude
* "Springvale Girl" by Loin Groin
* "Sping Me Out Of Caroline Springs" by ROOT!
* "Streets Of Old Fitzroy - Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outkasts
* "Stuck In Melbourne by Warner Bros
* "Suburb In Between" by The Mabels
* "Sunbury '97" by The Fauves
* "Shine On Me" by The Lucksmiths

T

* "That's the Thing about Football" by Greg Champion
* "The Beautiful Look City Today" by Gersey
* "The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station" by Painters and Dockers
* "The Boys Light Up" by Australian Crawlcite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/love/episodes/transcript5.htm |title="Love is in the air" Episode 5: "National Anthems"; transcript of interview with James Reyne |publisher=ABC-TV |date=2003-11-09 |accessdate=2008-03-02 ]
* "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
* "The Mordialloc Road Duplicator" by TISM
* "The Sandringham Line" by The Lucksmiths
* "The Young Crazed Peeling" by The Distillers
* "Thomastown" by Not Drowning, Waving
* "Thornbury by Ruck Rover
* "To Her Door" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "Toorak Cowboy" by Skyhooks
* "Town With No Cheer" by Tom Waits
* "Twist Senorita" by The Sports
* "Tropical London" by Rancid *

U

* "Under the Clocks" by Weddings Parties Anything
* "Under the Rotunda" by The Lucksmiths

V

* "Victoria's Secrets" by Augie March

W

* "Watsonia" by Klinger
* "Waverley" by The Wagons
* "Waverley Park" by Loin Groin
* "Westgate Bridge" by Sleepy Township
* "West End Riot" by The Living End
* "(Boys) What Did The Detectives Say?" by The Sports
* "Whatever Happened To The Old Pubs" by Shonkyytonk
* "When I First Met Your Ma" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC

ongs 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).

References

External links

* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518069546.html?from=storyrhs 'Songs of Melbourne' article in The Age]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm Triple J Unearthed Special]