| Songs from the South | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Paul Kelly |
| Cover: | Songs_from_the_south.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1985–1997 |
| Genre: | Australian rock |
| Label: | Mushroom/White |
| Prev Title: | Live at the Continental and the Esplanade |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Words and Music |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Songs from the South, subtitled Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. It was released on 13 May 1997 by Mushroom Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart.[2] [3] It was certified 7× platinum by 2017.[4]
The songs are drawn from Kelly's previously released albums issued between 1985 and 1996. Two tracks on the album are exclusive to this release: a live recording of "Everything's Turning to White", and a newly-recorded acoustic version of "When I First Met Your Ma". Kelly later released similarly titled compilation albums, Songs from the South Volume 2 (Paul Kelly 98–08) (November 2008) and (November 2019).
| Chart (1997) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian (ARIA Charts)[5] | 10 | |
| Chart (1998) | Peak position | |
| Australian (ARIA Charts) | 68 |
. Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. Turramurra, N.S.W.. 2006. 0-646-44439-5.