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

 * 1723: "Hamburger Ebb’ und Fluth" (water music) by Georg Philipp Telemann (baroque)
 * 1723: "Hamburg Admiralty Music" by Georg Philipp Telemann (baroque)
 * 1786: "Hamburg Sonata" (Sonata in G major, Wq 133) by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (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)

1910s

 * 1911: "Dat Paddelboot" by the Wolf Brothers
 * 1911: "En echt Hamborger Jung" by the Wolf Brothers
 * 1912: "Snuten un Poten" 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" 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

 * 195?: "In Hamburg liegt ein Segelschiff im Hafen" by Die Travellers
 * 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
 * 1958: "Das Mädchen aus Hamburg" by Hildegard Knef from picture La Fille de Hambourg

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: "Action Strasse" from the album Tomorrow Belongs to Me by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (rock)
 * 1975: "Kitsch" from the album Kitsch by Randy Pie
 * 197?: "An de Eck steit'n Jung mit'n Tüdelband" by Heidi Kabel
 * 1978: "Reeperbahn" by Udo Lindenberg
 * 1979: "Zwischen Hamburg und München" from the album Etwas von mir by Roland Kaiser (schlager)

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
 * 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

 * 1990: "Das gibt's nur auf der Reeperbahn bei Nacht" by Heidi Kabel feat. Freddy Quinn
 * 1992: "Hamburg" by Lassie Singers
 * 1992: "Take Me to Hamburg" from the bootleg album The American Landscape by Marc Cohn
 * 1993: "Caught up the Reeperbahn!" from the album Absurd-Ditties by the Toy Dolls (punk)
 * 1995: "Nordisch By Nature" by Fettes Brot (hip hop)
 * 1995: "Hamburg Lied" by Trinkende Jugend from the compilation album Wo Ist Zuhause Mama (pop)
 * 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: "My German Fräulein" from the album Hungry Sally & Other Killer Lullabies by Tito & Tarantula (rock)
 * 1999: "Hamburg Concerto" by György Ligeti

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: "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