List of songs about Sydney
This is a list of songs which mention or are about Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, as well as the suburbs of Sydney and nearby locations such as Katoomba, Newcastle and Wollongong.
Song listings
The list is ordered alphabetically by suburb and within suburb alphabetically by song title. Where known, the songwriters, performing artists and album or CD on which the track has appeared are listed. Some of the tracks listed appear on the Sony Music 2000 double-compilation CD Somewhere in Sydney - 30 songs from the Harbour City, which was compiled and conceived by Glenn A. Baker.
Beverley Hills
Blacktown
Bondi
- "Bondi" (Elliott Weston) Elliott Weston
- "Fall of Rome" (James Reyne) James Reyne
- "Section 5 (Bus to Bondi)" (Rotsey/Hirst/Garrett/Moginie) Midnight Oil
Botany
- "To the Shores of Botany Bay" (Traditional arrangement The Bushwackers) The Bushwackers
Camperdown
Circular Quay
Coogee
Darlinghurst
Ermington
- "This Is Not My Town" (The Model School)
Erskineville
Five Dock
Glebe
Hornsby
Katoomba
Kings Cross
Llandilo
- "Meth Labs and Daygos" 360
Lavender Bay
Leichhardt
- "Norton Street" *(Raoul Graf/Ed Kuepper) Raoul Graf
Manly
Maroubra
Marrickville
Newcastle
- "Newcastle Song" (Bob Hudson) Bob Hudson M7 Records Single (1975) This song by Bob Hudson was also featured on his "Newcastle Song" LP record.
- "Star Hotel" (Don Walker) Cold Chisel
Newtown
North Shore
- "North Shore Girls Get Off" (Dave Beniuk) David Beniuk
Paddington
Palm Beach
Parramatta
- "Parramatta Gaol 1843" Redgum
- "Parramatta Hot Rod Man" The Whiteliners, Satellite V, Gaitorbait
- "Tomorrow" (Don Walker) Cold Chisel
Randwick
- "Randwick Bells" (Paul Kelly) Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
Redfern
- "Ivy Street" (Tim O'Reilly) The Mexican Spitfires Lupe Velez EP Red Eye Records
- "The Day John Sattler Broke His Jaw" Perry Keyes The Last Ghost Train Home Album Laughing Outlaw - the song mentions several other Sydney suburbs
- "The Last Ghost Train Home" (Perry Keyes) Perry Keyes
Stanmore
Strathfield
- "Murder City Nights" (Denis Tek)Radio Birdman
- "Rookwood" (Stephen McCowage) The Mexican Spitfires Lupe Velez EP Red Eye Records
Summer Hill
Sydney
Tamarama
- "Tamarama Doorslammer" *(C.Sue/A.Wilson) Killers On The Loose
Tempe
- "You sound like Louis Burdett" - The Whitlams
White Bay
- "The White Bay Paper Seller" *(Judy Small) Judy Small
Woolloomooloo
The Illawarra
The Illawarra includes Wollongong, and despite their geographical closeness, most songs about Wollongong have been written about its cultural distinctness. Many of which are tongue in cheek.
- "I've Been Everywhere Man" Aunty Jack
- "Queen of the Gong" Aunty Jack
- "Wollongong the Brave" Aunty Jack
- "Wollongong on My Mind" Aunty Jack
- "Beachcomber from Wollongong" John Williamson
- "Lights of Wollongong" Aubrey & Martin
See also
- "I've Been Everywhere" - a popular novelty song which mentions, inter alia, several Sydney suburbs albeit not Sydney itself.
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