"The Ship Song" is a song written by Nick Cave (lyrics and music),[1] originally performed by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their sixth studio album The Good Son (1990).

[2][3] The music video for the song was directed by John Hillcoat.

[7] The Sydney Opera House, with agency the Monkeys, achieved the collaboration of Neil Finn, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, John Bell, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan, Paul Kelly, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, the Temper Trap, Angus & Julia Stone, Concrete Blonde, and Daniel Johns, with Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, to perform and record a reinterpretation of "The Ship Song" over some months in 2010–2011.

Titled "The Ship Song Project", the recording was to promote the Sydney Opera House.

[8] The track listing for the single is:[9] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Technical