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]
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.
"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
"
I've Been Everywhere" – a popular novelty song which mentions, inter alia, several Melbourne suburbs albeit not Melbourne itself.