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.
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).
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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 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
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
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)
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
