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.
Songs about Hamburg
18th century
- 1723: "Hamburger Ebb’ und Fluth" by Georg Philipp Telemann (baroque)
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
- 1941: "Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli" by Lale Andersen
- 1944: "On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight" by Hans Albers from picture Große Freiheit Nr. 7
- 1946: "An de Alster, an de Elbe, an de Bill" by Artur Schulenburg
- 1950s
- 1952: "So was Dummes" by Richard Germers
- 1954: "On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight" by Hans Albers from picture On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
- 1955: "C'est à Hambourg" by Édith Piaf
- 1957: "The Heart of St. Pauli" by Hans Albers from picture The Heart of St. Pauli
- 1960s
- 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
- 1970: "In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss" by Heidi Kabel
- 1970: "Der Junge von St. Pauli" by Freddy Quinn
- 1971: "Hamburger Midnight" from the album Little Feat by Little Feat
- 1973: "Hamburg" by Freddy Quinn
- 1974: "Hamburg im Regen" by Mary Roos
- 1974: "In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang" by Leinemann
- 1974: "Hamburg '75" by Gottfried & Lonzo
- 1975: "Kitsch" by Randy Pie
- 197?: "An de Eck steit'n Jung mit'n Tüdelband" by Heidi Kabel
- 1978: "Reeperbahn" by Udo Lindenberg
- 1980s
- 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
- 1984: "Große Freiheit Nr. 7" by Freddy Quinn
- 1985: "Bomben auf Hamburg" from the album Die Tricks des Glücks by Felix De Luxe (pop)
- 1986: "Hamburg-City" by Freddy Quinn
- 1986: "Livin' in Hamburg" by Hamburger Arroganz (electro)
- 1987: "Unten am Hafen" by 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
- 1990: "Das gibt's nur auf der Reeperbahn bei Nacht" by Heidi Kabel feat. Freddy Quinn
- 1992: "Hamburg" by Lassie Singers
- 1995: "Nordisch By Nature" by Fettes Brot (hip hop)
- 1995: "Hamburg Lied" by Trinkende Jugend from the album Wo Ist Zuhause Mama
- 1995: "Hamburg rockt" from the album Digital ist besser by Tocotronic
- 1996: "Oh, St. Pauli" from the album Jetzt bist Du in Talkshows by Bernd Begemann
- 1996: "Hamburg, 8°, Regen" by Rantanplan
- 1996: "Mitten in Barmbek" from the album Weiß' Bescheid?! by Lotto King Karl
- 1997: "Nach Bahrenfeld im Bus" from the album Es ist egal, aber by Tocotronic
- 1997: "Heiligengeistfeld" by Kante feat. Freewheelin' Knarf Rellöm
- 1999: "Hamburg Concerto" by György Ligeti
21st century
- 2000s
- 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: "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: "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 hinter uns" from the album In Farbe by Revolverheld
- 2011: "Ich hab' HH" from the album Einer von Euch by Elvis
- 2012: "Reeperbahn 2011" by Udo Lindenberg feat. Jan Delay
- 2015: "Feuer und Flamme" by Saskia Leppin
References
- ^ 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.