List of songs about Melbourne
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.
Alphabetical Listing of Melbourne Songs
A
* "A Mile Over Melbourne" by Strawpeople
* "Town With No Cheer" by Tom Waits
* "Accidentally Kelly St" by Frente!
* "Accidentally Hoddle Street" by Peril
* "Alamein Train" by North To Alaskans
* "Australia" by Guttermouth
* "Autumn Leaves" by Huxton Creepers
* "All Torn Down" by The Living End
B
* "Ball... Yes!" by Alloi Head and the Victa Motors *
* "Balwyn Calling" by Skyhooks *
* "Beat Parade" by Even
* "The Beautiful Look City Today" by Gersey *
* "Beautiful People" by Australian Crawl *
* "Brighton Creeper" by Wendy And The Rockets
* "Brunswick" by Weddings Parties Anything *
* "Brunswick Girl" by Warner Bros.
C
* "Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)" by Skyhooks *
* "Charcoal Lane" by Archie Roach *
* "The Clarke Sisters" by The Go-Betweens
* "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 Soda Stream
* "Footscray" by Billy Miller and Gary Adams *
* "Four Seasons In One Day" by Crowded House
* "14 Years in Rowville" by TISM
* "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls *
G
* "*Gasworks Park" by Ice Cream Hands *
* "Grey Skies Over Collingwood" by Strange Tenants *
H
* "Happy Birthday Helen" by Things of Stone and Wood
* "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
* "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
* "Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours" by Bushwackers
* "Melbourne Town" by Neil Murray
* "Melbourne Girls" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "Melbourne Mafia" by Dave Graney
* "Melbourne Song" by Colin Hay
* "Melbourne Summer" by Iota
* "Melbourne's Just Not New York" by Little Heroes
* "Melodies Of St Kilda by Masters Apprentices
* "Mourningtown Ride" by TISM
* "My Brown Yarra" by Whirling Furphies
* "My Name Is Brodie" by The Distillers
N
* "Napiers Bar" by Cheezlekane
* "Nothing Beats Footy At The MCG" by Jim Cadman
O
* "One Day in September" by Mike Brady
P
* "Postcards From Melbourne" by Raul Graf/Ed Keupper
* "Pub" by Cosmic Psychos
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
S
* "St Kilda Nights" by Purple Dentists
* "Sixteen In Melbourne" by Ron Rude
* "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
T
* "That's the Thing about Football" by Greg Champion
* "The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station" by Painters and Dockers *
* "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
* "Thomastown" by Not Drowning, Waving
* "Thornbury by Ruck Rover
* "To Her Door" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls *
* "Toorak Cowboy" by Skyhooks *
* "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
* "Waverley" by Loin Groin
* "Waverley" by The Wagons
* "(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 *
Source: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Melbourne"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Melbourne[/url]
Triple J "Songs About Melbourne" (Unearthed Special) broadcast date: 21/06/2001
presenter: Richard Kingsmill
Playlist
From St Kilda To Kings Cross - Paul Kelly
Carlton - Skyhooks
Melbourne Summer - Iota
Melbourne - The Whitlams
Maroondah Reservoir - Augie March
Coming Home - Mark Seymour
Suburb In Between - The Mabels
Return To The City Of Folded Arms - Bluebottle Kiss
Napiers Bar - Cheezlekane
Streets Of Old Fitzroy - Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outkasts
My Brown Yarra - Whirling Furphies
Whatever Happened To The Old Pubs - Shonkyytonk
Melbourne Mafia - Dave Graney
A Town With No Cheer - Tom Waits
Australia - Guttermouth
Crazy Crazy Melbourne - Wall Of Voodoo
Hoochie Coochie Fioruchi Mamma - Australian Crawl
Fitzroy Strongman - Soda Stream
Gasworks Park - Ice Cream Hands
January Rain - Hunters And Collectors
Accidently Kelly St - Frente
John Cain Avenue - My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Happy Birthday Helen - Things Of Stone And Wood
Sixteen In Melbourne - Ron Rude
Mourningtown Ride - Tism
Stuck In Melbourne - Warner Bros
Hello Cruel World - Klinger
Charcoal Lane - Archie Roach
The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station - Painters And
Dockers
Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House
Grey Skies Over Collingwood - Strange Tennants
Autumn Leaves - Huxton Creepers
Rushall Station - Underground Lovers
Thornbury - Ruck Rover
Deanna - Nick Cave
Postcards From Melbourne - Raul Graf/Ed Keupper
Under The Clocks - Weddings Parties Anything
Sunbury '97 - The Fauves
Beat Parade - Even
Leaps And Bounds - Paul Kelly
Some songs that didn't get played...unfortunately:
Pub - Cosmic Psychos
Gersey - The Beautiful Look City Today
Waverly - Loin Groin
Alamain Train - North To Alaskans
A Mile Over Melbourne - Strawpeople
Melbourne's Just Not New York - Little Heroes
Colin Hay - Melbourne Song
Melodies Of St Kilda - Master Apprentices
Collingwood - The Sharp
Last Saturday Night - Chris Wilson
Melboure Girls - Paul Kelly
Toorak Cowboy - Skyhooks
Brunswick - Weddings Parties Anything
Brunswick Girl - Warner Bros.
Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours - Bushwackers
Melbourne City - David Bridie
Melbourne Town - Neil Murray
St Kilda Nights - Purple Dentists
Brighton Creeper - Wendy And The Rockets
Source: [url="http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm"]http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm[/url]
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.
Alphabetical Listing of Melbourne Songs
A
* "A Mile Over Melbourne" by Strawpeople
* "Town With No Cheer" by Tom Waits
* "Accidentally Kelly St" by Frente!
* "Accidentally Hoddle Street" by Peril
* "Alamein Train" by North To Alaskans
* "Australia" by Guttermouth
* "Autumn Leaves" by Huxton Creepers
* "All Torn Down" by The Living End
B
* "Ball... Yes!" by Alloi Head and the Victa Motors *
* "Balwyn Calling" by Skyhooks *
* "Beat Parade" by Even
* "The Beautiful Look City Today" by Gersey *
* "Beautiful People" by Australian Crawl *
* "Brighton Creeper" by Wendy And The Rockets
* "Brunswick" by Weddings Parties Anything *
* "Brunswick Girl" by Warner Bros.
C
* "Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)" by Skyhooks *
* "Charcoal Lane" by Archie Roach *
* "The Clarke Sisters" by The Go-Betweens
* "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 Soda Stream
* "Footscray" by Billy Miller and Gary Adams *
* "Four Seasons In One Day" by Crowded House
* "14 Years in Rowville" by TISM
* "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls *
G
* "*Gasworks Park" by Ice Cream Hands *
* "Grey Skies Over Collingwood" by Strange Tenants *
H
* "Happy Birthday Helen" by Things of Stone and Wood
* "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
* "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
* "Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours" by Bushwackers
* "Melbourne Town" by Neil Murray
* "Melbourne Girls" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
* "Melbourne Mafia" by Dave Graney
* "Melbourne Song" by Colin Hay
* "Melbourne Summer" by Iota
* "Melbourne's Just Not New York" by Little Heroes
* "Melodies Of St Kilda by Masters Apprentices
* "Mourningtown Ride" by TISM
* "My Brown Yarra" by Whirling Furphies
* "My Name Is Brodie" by The Distillers
N
* "Napiers Bar" by Cheezlekane
* "Nothing Beats Footy At The MCG" by Jim Cadman
O
* "One Day in September" by Mike Brady
P
* "Postcards From Melbourne" by Raul Graf/Ed Keupper
* "Pub" by Cosmic Psychos
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
S
* "St Kilda Nights" by Purple Dentists
* "Sixteen In Melbourne" by Ron Rude
* "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
T
* "That's the Thing about Football" by Greg Champion
* "The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station" by Painters and Dockers *
* "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
* "Thomastown" by Not Drowning, Waving
* "Thornbury by Ruck Rover
* "To Her Door" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls *
* "Toorak Cowboy" by Skyhooks *
* "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
* "Waverley" by Loin Groin
* "Waverley" by The Wagons
* "(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 *
Source: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Melbourne"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Melbourne[/url]
Triple J "Songs About Melbourne" (Unearthed Special) broadcast date: 21/06/2001
presenter: Richard Kingsmill
Playlist
From St Kilda To Kings Cross - Paul Kelly
Carlton - Skyhooks
Melbourne Summer - Iota
Melbourne - The Whitlams
Maroondah Reservoir - Augie March
Coming Home - Mark Seymour
Suburb In Between - The Mabels
Return To The City Of Folded Arms - Bluebottle Kiss
Napiers Bar - Cheezlekane
Streets Of Old Fitzroy - Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outkasts
My Brown Yarra - Whirling Furphies
Whatever Happened To The Old Pubs - Shonkyytonk
Melbourne Mafia - Dave Graney
A Town With No Cheer - Tom Waits
Australia - Guttermouth
Crazy Crazy Melbourne - Wall Of Voodoo
Hoochie Coochie Fioruchi Mamma - Australian Crawl
Fitzroy Strongman - Soda Stream
Gasworks Park - Ice Cream Hands
January Rain - Hunters And Collectors
Accidently Kelly St - Frente
John Cain Avenue - My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Happy Birthday Helen - Things Of Stone And Wood
Sixteen In Melbourne - Ron Rude
Mourningtown Ride - Tism
Stuck In Melbourne - Warner Bros
Hello Cruel World - Klinger
Charcoal Lane - Archie Roach
The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station - Painters And
Dockers
Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House
Grey Skies Over Collingwood - Strange Tennants
Autumn Leaves - Huxton Creepers
Rushall Station - Underground Lovers
Thornbury - Ruck Rover
Deanna - Nick Cave
Postcards From Melbourne - Raul Graf/Ed Keupper
Under The Clocks - Weddings Parties Anything
Sunbury '97 - The Fauves
Beat Parade - Even
Leaps And Bounds - Paul Kelly
Some songs that didn't get played...unfortunately:
Pub - Cosmic Psychos
Gersey - The Beautiful Look City Today
Waverly - Loin Groin
Alamain Train - North To Alaskans
A Mile Over Melbourne - Strawpeople
Melbourne's Just Not New York - Little Heroes
Colin Hay - Melbourne Song
Melodies Of St Kilda - Master Apprentices
Collingwood - The Sharp
Last Saturday Night - Chris Wilson
Melboure Girls - Paul Kelly
Toorak Cowboy - Skyhooks
Brunswick - Weddings Parties Anything
Brunswick Girl - Warner Bros.
Melbourne To Sydney in 18 Hours - Bushwackers
Melbourne City - David Bridie
Melbourne Town - Neil Murray
St Kilda Nights - Purple Dentists
Brighton Creeper - Wendy And The Rockets
Source: [url="http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm"]http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1401980.htm[/url]