This Is My City Explained

This Is My City
Type:single
Artist:Skyhooks
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
Producer:Ross Wilson
Prev Title:Let It Rock (live)
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Blue Jeans
Next Year: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)

Notes and References

  1. . Hullo, this is Greg Macainsh. . 13 August 1976. 19. 38.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 277.