List of songs about Hamburg

This list of songs about Hamburg is about songs dedicated to or involving the city, state and port of Hamburg, Germany.

Traditionally, Hamburg has been associated with a number of sea shanties, and Low German folk music and Schlager, added by Hamburger Schule rock and pop during the early 1980s, and alternative rock and hip hop during the early 1990s. Most notable recent musicians with work about the Hanseatic city are ECHO Award winners Udo Lindenberg, Fettes Brot and Revolverheld; international artists include Frank Boeijen, Keane, Édith Piaf and Tom Waits.

List

Note: this list should exclude songs where Hamburg is simply name-checked (like in "London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome, [...]", lyrics of "All Over the World" by the Electric Light Orchestra) or barely mentioned in a few lines (like in "Every Fucking City" by Paul Kelly).

18th century

19th century

  • 1828: "Stadt Hamburg an der Elbe Auen" by Albert Methfessel (official Hamburg Anthem)
  • 1850: "De Hamborger Veermaster" (shanty)
  • 1870: "Rolling Home" (shanty)
  • 1888: "Mondnacht auf der Alster" by Oscar Fetrás (waltz)

20th century

1910s

  • 1911: "Dat Paddelboot"[1] by the Wolf Brothers
  • 1911: "En echt Hamborger Jung"[1] by the Wolf Brothers
  • 1912: "Snuten un Poten"[1] by the Wolf Brothers
  • 1912: "On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight" by Ralph Arthur Roberts
  • 1917: "An de Eck steiht ’n Jung mit ’n Tüdelband"[1] by the Wolf Brothers

1920s

  • 1926: "Mein Hamburg, ich hab dich so lieb" by Charly Wittong
  • 1926: "En echt Hamborger Deern" by Charly Wittong
  • 1926: "De Hamborger Jung" by Charly Wittong
  • 1926: "[Hamburg am Elbstrand,] Hamburg ist ein schönes Städtchen" (shanty)

1940s

1950s

1960s

Freddy Quinn (1977)
  • 1962: "Heimweh nach St. Pauli" by Freddy Quinn
  • 1964: "In Hamburg when the Nights are long" by Lale Andersen
  • 1965: "An de Alster, an de Elbe, an de Bill" by Richard Germer
  • 1966: "[Hamburg du schöne Stadt] Eh du mon Dieu, mon Dieu!" by Frank Wedekind

1970s

1980s

Udo Lindenberg (1987)
  • 1980: "Der wilde wilde Westen [fängt gleich hinter Hamburg an]" by Truck Stop (country)
  • 1981: "Ich mag" by Volker Lechtenbrink (schlager)
  • 1981: various songs from the album Otto versaut Hamburg by Otto Waalkes
  • 1981: "Low Life" by The Police
  • 1981: "Hamburg" from the album Der Montag ist am schlimmsten by The Delta Blues Band (Bernd Haake)
  • 1984: "Große Freiheit Nr. 7" by Freddy Quinn
  • 1985: "Bomben auf Hamburg" from the album Die Tricks des Glücks by Felix De Luxe (pop)
  • 1985: "Hamburg um vier" from the album Dein ist mein ganzes Herz by Heinz Rudolf Kunze
  • 1986: "Hamburg-City" by Freddy Quinn
  • 1986: "Livin' in Hamburg" by Hamburger Arroganz (electro)
  • 1987: "Unten am Hafen" by Die Antwort (Bernd Begemann)
  • 1987: "Winter in Hamburg" by Frank Boeijen
  • 1989: "In Hamburg, da bin ich zu Haus" by Freddy Quinn
  • 1989: "Hammonia – Mein Hamburg, ich liebe dich" by Heidi Kabel feat. Freddy Quinn

1990s

21st century

2000s

Lotto King Karl performing at a Radio Hamburg concert (2009)
  • 2000: "Hamburg, meine Perle" from the album Bier her, Now by Lotto King Karl
  • 2000: "Unten am Hafen" from the album Bier her, Now by Lotto King Karl
  • 2001: "Hamburg" from the album Foresights by Beat Crusaders
  • 2001: "Hamburger Berg" by AussenBorder
  • 2002: "Reeperbahn" from the album Alice by Tom Waits (rock)
  • 2002: "Wenn dir St. Pauli auf den Geist fällt" by Die Sterne
  • 2003: "Landungsbrücken raus" by Kettcar
  • 2003: "City Blues" from the album Blast Action Heroes by Beginner
  • 2003: "Große Stadt am großen Strom" by Jochen Wiegandt
  • 2003: "Mein Hamburg lieb ich sehr" by Abschlach!
  • 2004: "Im Innern der Stadt" by Kante
  • 2005: "Hamburg Ciddy" by Maggers United
  • 2005: "In Altona trank ich mal einen guten Kaffee" by Kevin Hamann
  • 2005: "Hamburg '75" by Element of Crime
  • 2006: "Hamburg Song" from the album Under the Iron Sea by Keane
  • 2006: "Hamburger Jungs" by Eight Balls (punk)
  • 2007: "St Pauli" from the album It's a Bit Complicated by Art Brut
  • 2008: "Wie sieht's aus in Hamburg?" from the album Heureka by Tomte (indie)
  • 2008: "Hamburch" by Willy Astor
  • 2008: "Hamburg Calling" by Fettes Brot
  • 2008: "Das Hamburg Lied" by Hamburger Jungz
  • 2009: "Hamburg 2009" from the album Der letzte Tanz by Samy Deluxe
  • 2009: "Chasing Hamburg" from the album Chasing Hamburg by Polar Bear Club (indie rock)

2010s

  • 2010: "Hamburg Hotel" from the album Barking by Underworld (electronic)
  • 2010: "Hamburg hinter uns" from the album In Farbe by Revolverheld
  • 2011: "Reeperbahn" from the album I Love You Dude by Digitalism (electronic)
  • 2012: "Reeperbahn 2011" by Udo Lindenberg feat. Jan Delay
  • 2013: "Echohäuser" by The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  • 2013: "Hamburg Song" from the album Someone New by Chanticleer
  • 2015: "Reeperbahn" from the album "Moth Boys" by Spector
  • 2016: "Ahnma" from the album Advanced Chemistry by Beginner
  • 2016: "Hamburg Drunk" from the album The Devil, The Heart and The Fight by Skinny Lister
  • 2017: "Gangs United" by Raico Ebel Video on YouTube
  • 2018: "Hotel St. Pauli" from the album Things you leave behind by Rebekka Bakken

References

  • flagHamburg portal
  • Music portal
  1. ^ a b c d "Wolf Brothers, the Story". gebruederwolf.de. 2nd spring. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Music of Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Die bekanntesten Hamburger Lieder – Übersicht". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  • "Moderne Hamburg Lieder". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 17 June 2015.