This Is My City

"This Is My City"
Single by Skyhooks
from the album Straight in a Gay Gay World
B-side"Somewhere in Sydney"
ReleasedJuly 1976
StudioThe Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Length3:37
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Greg Macainsh
Producer(s)Ross Wilson
Skyhooks singles chronology
"Let It Rock (live)"
(1976) 		"This Is My City"
(1976) 		"Blue Jeans"
(1976)

"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
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 32

References

  1. ^ Anthony O'Grady (13 August 1976). "Hullo, this is Greg Macainsh". Rock Australia Magazine. No. 38. p. 19.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.