Shortland Street Theme Tune with Lyrics

The full Shortland Street Theme Tune complete with lyrics. Courtesy of www.shortlandstreet.puzl.com

[@enzedborn]

Everyone rise for New Zealand's national anthem.

[@lizzym8678]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@lunalovegood932]

😂😂😂

[@jewelsjelico9567]

😭😭Cried over this comment

[@naseyderulid3249]

petition to bring this back

[@Dim4323]

90s shortland street was my favorite

[@LuannOsbourne]

bring this theme back

[@LadySophieofHougunManor7325]

Yea who can forget the way marenovich cheated on Ellen

[@mellowb1rd]

These lyrics don't exactly tell you what the show is about. How about something like: It's New Zealand, so you get, A hospital with Jango Fett it makes more sense when you smoke weed When you're unemployed and bored, you need Shortland street

[@jane1975]

The actor also starred in Speed 2. I used to watch this show on ITV afternoons here in the U.K. ( yes it was broadcast outside NZ), this was a nice theme for a Hospital based soap.

[@LadySophieofHougunManor7325]

Fantastic theme I remember watching first series in U.K. always loved this music very touching song

[@newr97y57]

2004-2008 shortland street was class. best time period too.

[@newr97y57]

@Wenny Jester yeah lol 3 years ago gone fast n yes that Era was great.

[@twiss9341]

@@newr97y57 That Joey serial killer arc in 2007 was peak

[@sg-zd8eb]

I think the mid to late 90s was the best era. The Carla storyline I loved. Also the legends that were Honè, Guy, Alex, Rachel, Carmen, Johnny, Kirsty, Grace and of course Marj.

[@chicka-chickaslimcheyney2914]

Me when I was a kid "is it you or is it me, lately I've been lost at sea it seems a change is what i need" 🤣

[@shanabraid8706]

Not the only one who sung it like that 😂

[@chicka-chickaslimcheyney2914]

@@shanabraid8706 🤣

[@fusionsuper34]

What a TV show, and what an awesome theme song. Love it!!!

[@Dim4323]

the lyrics are memorable and it made me watch this show

[@Head-or-Dead]

Anthony Barratt Yeah, same. It's such a memorable theme.

[@Chubbyparishilton]

This song is a huge part of my life. I play it for my family every day.

[@Primal-Weed]

Lol

[@quasarsphere]

Do you hate them or something?

[@Chubbyparishilton]

@@quasarsphere hate what? I love this song lol. It’s actually a tune and nostalgic New Zealand

[@quasarsphere]

@@Chubbyparishilton It's OK as an instrumental, I guess.

[@Chubbyparishilton]

@@quasarsphere think again

[@richiechesis2704]

Shortland Street finally coming to Australia as of tomorrow. Always good to have a see abit of home on TV.

[@emmahardwick3332]

I liked the closing credits a lot more when it had the theme song. Also they could put scenic shots of Auckland now they've removed the shots of the cast members.

[@36musafir]

I haven't watched an episode of Shortland Street in over 20 years but I watched the first 10 years and the theme song has stuck with me.

[@Chubbyparishilton]

This song has given me a deeper understanding to the meaning of life

[@BrooklynArch]

Memories xx

[@quasarsphere]

Hang on...how exactly does wanting to find a way of searching for another world make Shortland St hard to see? I don't think this was ever adequately explained.

[@austinhartley3158]

COULDNT AGREE MORE

[@kheilasreti4535]

Maybe it's because we have always been in shortland street. Like if you want to look for something else then you won't find what you already have which in this case is shortland street... yeah I have no idea

[@TheLOIC75013]

Because Shortland Street, as an hospital, is the real world we're living in (with all of its drama) hence why it's harder to see it while trying to find a way to another world that isn't ours, as it implies going further from Shortland Street (seeing it less and less precisly)... At least that's my opinion :)

[@darrenclements]

Was going to say because it's too small to show on Google Maps :) but seriously, I like the explanation suggested by Kheilas Reti. And it's a catchy song too

[@angeliqueahu8722]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@saratoussaint5553]

Used to watch with my late grandad back in the late 90s here in the UK.

[@capt.bollocks]

Dai Henwood's Taskmaster appearance brought me here. Thanks Dai - found my new mediation music!

[@lizzym8678]

THIS IS MY JAM 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@paulcrisp9861]

Strange how i can relate to the lyrics, its just how I feel in my life,that's what makes the theme so amazing. Oh the memories come flooding back. 🙏❤🇬🇧🙏 jan 2022

[@donaldhorn1]

Absolute banger.

[@eddietownsend6626]

Love this song

[@Nen388]

❤❤❤❤❤ nice 1990s stelevision Stv

[@The186thFloor]

The old days were the best. When the end of the episode had dramatic music followed by a dramatic pause of the character who fades to black with the theme song playing. Now it's just dum dum dum di di di di di di dum and nothing. Sad.

[@LuannOsbourne]

don't you mean Sha nananana na na (the saxophone part)

[@anaresivo5701]

😂😂😂😂

[@Anna-my6bn]

Actual banger.

[@estherjoyce-chase6514]

This should be the new anthem for New Zealand

[@shezziesbaby]

36 year old me reminiscing to the good old days

[@PropagndaX]

This still slaps

[@newr97y57]

2004-2008 were the days.

[@taylor6817]

Best Acting Show Ever 🤣🤣🤣

[@creativechik]

I miss having the theme song on the show....

[@LHJpro]

Low-key a tune 💃🏻

[@ShreddedSteel]

Shavaughn Ruakere 🤩 Finest thing out of Taranaki ❤️

[@kellyparker4936]

I know taht lady Tina cross who os sing this song she is my aunty. From time cross biggest fan jane

[@alanabulmer583]

Why did they have to take the theme away😭

[@aydenmarsh-smith9146]

agree this is how i remember shorty st back in the day when it ws much better

[@charlizehendricks2113]

I don't think you understand. I've been humming this song since I was 7 seven years old. I just never knew what this was

[@Idontknow-iu5cz]

This is everyone from NZ’s show that they grew up watching 😂😂

[@naseyderulid3249]

why is this so funny to me

[@jane1975]

Used to watch this when it broadcast here in the U.K. on ITV, I think they lost the rights in the early naughties. Apart from the actor that went on to be Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones and the Captain in Speed 2, I never saw any of the other cast members in anything else other than this.

[@PashaRuk]

Karl Urban - the lead in The Boys, Bones in Star Trek, other Hollywood films Martin Henderson - Heaps of Hollywood films. Rose McIver - Lead on Hollywood sitcom Marton Csokas - Hollywood character actor KJ Apa - Lead on Riverdale And many more!!!

[@Primal-Weed]

Karl Urban is the man.

[@stephaniethompson8638]

jane1975 What is the subtext of what you're saying? That because you personally have not seen any of the actors (besides Temuera Morrison) in anything other than Shortland Street you consider them subpar? A quick Google search will show you additional acting credits for many SS cast members --- Teuila Blakely; Robbie Magasiva; Robyn Malcolm; Kimberley Crossman, to name but a few.

[@TheBudgie29]

I can't find a physical copy of the Vinyl or CD Single for this Tina Cross song. I am In the UK, but own all of Her New Zealand's Singles on the Phillips Label, and Her last one on the Interfusion label. But not this one. Anyone know If It was released as a Single?. Loved the show, It was on In the 2 O'clock slot In the Afternoon In the UK on ITV.

[@thetvexplorer]

It was released along with a remix of the song.

[@peterkennedy8251]

Get down on it

[@johngrunwell6101]

Ever so vaguely like Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street."

[@elliotneal3278]

shortlandia

[@Luckythedog225]

yeah why??

[@jarnafranicevich4236]

it has a good tune and it is a really good song who made it?

[@msrainbowbrite]

if you think about it, the lyrics don't make sense about a hospital drama

[@quasarsphere]

Or about anything else.

[@siva992]

The Ring Inz brought me here...

[@elliotneal3278]

shorty whip

[@laama9802]

Dnb remix?

[@thereelremedy7295]

ZM secret sound brought me here

[@beniemerson3868]

back off or else

[@nzoden]

Who came here after watching #jonoandben cooltownbro? .... Just me? Yeah Nah that's cool 👍

[@DamnStrawberries]

Jake Whyte

[@2DiZR3sPEKTFUL]

Remix this one lol

[@thebigloc1]

The video has no sound

[@keychainere]

It was no ER

[@rickhardman7376]

ER wasn't a soap

[@samimosaad]

singer name please?

[@The186thFloor]

samimosaad Tina Cross

[@jeffphillips5093]

Tina maria

[@legacyrsme]

Tina Cross was never credited for singing this so she had to fight to put her name on it

[@mosaadalabdullatif]

@@The186thFloor still looking for the real singer ☺️

[@twiss9341]

This is so dumb lol. The lyrics are soooo cool, but their potency is rendered pointless when the punchline is always “Shortland street”

[@Charles-Windsor88]

What a pity such a talented singer as Tina Cross wasted her talent to make the theme song for such a goddam awful show The ultimate cringe, a huge embarrassment for all New Zealanders. I suppose it's an attempt at a low-budget pisstake of Coronation Street??