Melbourne Cup Day contains “the race that stops the nation” – but why can’t it be “the race that bops a nation”? Sure, gambling and watching small men flagellating horses is a lot of fun – not to mention the excessive drinking – but your Melbourne Cup celebrations will have no flavour without the right tunes. Hopefully you warmed up your Derby Day on Saturday with a broad selection of Terence Trent D’Arby. Now it’s time to get the crop out and fly down the home stretch. Here are the Top 20 essential Melbourne Cup Day songs of all time.
ROCK OUT WITH YOUR CUP OUT: These songs will add another dimension to your Melbourne Cup party.
20. ‘DEAD HORSE’
by GUNS N’ ROSES
19. ‘HORSES’
by PATTI SMITH
18. ‘MINE’S NOT A HIGH HORSE’
by THE SHINS
17. ‘BERLIN HORSES’
by SEABELLIES
16. ‘FASHION’
by DAVID BOWIE
15. ‘HORSE WITH NO NAME’
by AMERICA
14. ‘(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY’
by JOHNNY CASH
13. ‘RIDERS ON THE STORM’
by THE DOORS
12. ‘PONY BOY’
by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
11. ‘THE DISTANCE’
by CAKE
10. ‘WILD HORSES’
by THE ROLLING STONES
09. ‘ONE HORSE TOWN’
by THE THRILLS
08. ‘A HORSE IN THE COUNTRY’
by THE COWBOY JUNKIES
07. ‘BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES’
by ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
06. ‘PONY’
by TEENAGER
06. ‘GO FRENZAL GO’
by FRENZAL RHOMB
NIGHT MARE: Alison Goldfrapp. of Goldfrapp, hugs a horse.
05. ‘RIDE ON A WHITE HORSE’
by GOLDFRAPP
04. ‘HORSE POWER’
by THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
03. ‘WHIP IT’
by DEVO
02. ‘PONY’
by GINUWINE
01. ‘HORSES’
by DARYL BRAITHWAITE
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