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List of songs about Sydney

This is a list of songs that mention or are about Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, as well as the suburbs of Sydney.

Song listings edit

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.

Annandale edit

Balmain edit

Bellevue Hill edit

  • "Somewhere in Sydney" (Greg Macainsh) Skyhooks

Beverly Hills edit

  • "Naomi Campbell" 360

Blacktown edit

Bondi edit

Botany Bay edit

Brighton-Le-Sands edit

  • "Canada" Lazy Susan

Cabramatta edit

  • "Cabramatta Sunrise" Dom Turner
  • "I Hang Out with the Guys in Jet('s Uncle)" Root!

Camperdown edit

  • "Australia Street" Sticky Fingers
  • "Rose of Camperdown" (Fenton/Rumble) Holly

Centennial Park edit

Chatswood edit

Chippendale edit

Circular Quay edit

Coogee edit

Darlinghurst edit

Drummoyne edit

Ermington edit

  • "This Is Not My Town" (The Model School)

Erskineville edit

Five Dock edit

  • "The Cicada That Ate Five Dock" (John Sammers) Outline

Glebe edit

Hornsby edit

Kings Cross edit

Lambton edit

"Lambton Lights" Bob Corbett

Llandilo edit

  • "Meth Labs and Daygos" 360

Lavender Bay edit

Leichhardt edit

  • "Norton Street" *(Raoul Graf/Ed Kuepper) Raoul Graf

Manly edit

Maroubra edit

Marrickville edit

Matraville edit

McMahons Point edit

Narrabeen edit

Newtown edit

North Shore edit

  • "North Shore Girls Get Off" (Dave Beniuk) David Beniuk
  • "Somewhere in Sydney" (Greg Macainsh) Skyhooks

Paddington edit

Palm Beach edit

Parramatta edit

Pyrmont edit

Randwick edit

  • "Randwick Bells" (Paul Kelly) Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls[1]

Redfern edit

  • "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
  • ”Warakurna” Midnight Oil

Stanmore edit

St Peters edit

  • "St Peters" Camperdown & Out

Strathfield edit

  • "Murder City Nights" (Denis Tek) Radio Birdman
  • "Rookwood" (Stephen McCowage) The Mexican Spitfires Lupe Velez EP Red Eye Records

Strawberry Hills edit

Summer Hill edit

Surry Hills edit

  • "Green Ginger Wine" The Rumjacks
  • "Incident on South Dowling" Paul Kelly

Sydney edit

Tamarama edit

  • "Tamarama Doorslammer" *(C.Sue/A.Wilson) Killers on the Loose

Tempe edit

  • "You Sound like Louis Burdett" – The Whitlams Eternal Nightcap

Warilla edit

  • "Song to Warilla" (Martin Adamson [aka Lee Martin])[7] Geeza, Laser Records as a single from Streetlife

Warwick Farm edit

Waterloo edit

White Bay edit

  • "The White Bay Paper Seller" *(Judy Small) Judy Small

Woolloomooloo edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "A tale of two cities' ditties". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Blood brothers: An interview with Cold Chisel". Stack.
  3. ^ Luke. "Tex, Don & Charlie – All Is Forgiven". Faster Louder. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  4. ^ Mitchell Judge (26 April 2013). "Camperdown & Out: 'I Just Don't Care About Anything'". Mess + Noise. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  6. ^ ""Sydney City Ladies" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ^ Streetlife – Side One (Vinyl label). Geeza. Laser Records / RCA Records. 1977. VXLI 4046. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links edit

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