This Is My City
1976 single by Skyhooks
"This Is My City" | ||||
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Single by Skyhooks | ||||
from the album Straight in a Gay Gay World | ||||
B-side | "Somewhere in Sydney" | |||
Released | July 1976 | |||
Studio | The Record Plant, Sausalito, California | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Mushroom Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Greg Macainsh | |||
Producer(s) | Ross Wilson | |||
Skyhooks singles chronology | ||||
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"This Is My City" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in July 1976 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World. The song peaked at number 32 in Australia.
Author Macainsh said, "There's a bit of a comment there... maybe not a heavy social comment... it's just about whatever city you're living in. You might hate it, but it's best to love it."[1]
Track listing
7" single (K-6487)
- Side A "This Is My City" - 3:37
- Side B "Somewhere in Sydney" - 3:44
Charts
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 32 |
References
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Skyhooks
- Greg Macainsh
- Bob Starkie
- Graeme "Shirley" Strachan
- Imants Strauks
- Red Symons
- Steve Hill
- Peter Inglis
- Peter Starkie
- Bob Spencer
- Tony Williams
- Living in the 70's (1974)
- Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975)
- Straight in a Gay Gay World (1976)
- Guilty Until Proven Insane (1978)
- Hot for the Orient (1980)
- The Lost Album (1999)
- Live! Be in It (1978)
- Live in the 80's (1983)
- The Skyhooks Tapes (1977)
- The Best of Skyhooks (1979)
- The Latest and Greatest (1990)
- Singles and B sides (1994)
- The Collection (1999)
- Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard (2015)
- Hits'n'Riffs (2015)
- "Living in the 70's"
- "Horror Movie"
- "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word"
- "All My Friends Are Getting Married"
- "Million Dollar Riff"
- "Let It Rock (live)"
- "This Is My City"
- "Blue Jeans"
- "Party to End All Parties"
- "Women in Uniform"
- "Hooked on Hooks"
- "Jukebox in Siberia"
- "Happy Hippy Hut"