Music from McLeod's Daughters

The television series McLeod's Daughters had many different songs for their closing credits which were written by Posie Graeme-Evans and Chris Harriot and performed by singer Rebecca Lavelle.

Production

In 2008, Graeme-Evans tells of the songwriting process for the soundtracks.

For me, writing the songs for McLeod's has become an emotional journey into the heart of the series and the characters we've all come to love so much. I'd always thought Chris Harriott and I could use songs as a way to get under the skin of Claire, Tess, Meg, Jodi, Becky, Nick and Alex; almost like tools within an episode, the songs would give voice to what the characters were feeling but could not say. But as Chris and I have developed the songs, they've become much more to me than that: they've become a way of exploring how we all feel, the things we'd all like to say.^[1]

The music was performed primarily by Rebecca Lavelle. A few songs were performed by other artists including Abi Tucker and Doris Youanne. Three CDs, called McLeod's Daughters: Songs from the Series, were released in 2002, 2004, and 2008:^[2]

List

Song title	Performer	CD	Featured In episode(s)
A Matter of Time	Rebecca Lavelle	-
All I Ever Wanted Was Love	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 97, 129
Alone & Afraid	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 199
Am I Crazy?	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 1, 6
Belonging	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 198
Brick & Becky Theme	Instrumental	-	Episode 47
Broken Dreams	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 104, 128
By My Side	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 48, 81, 99
Charlotte's Song	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 84
Common Ground	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 25, 33, 59, 74, 78, 110
Did I Tell You?	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episodes 67, 72, 135
Don't Give Up	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 75, 106, 139
Don't Judge	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 3, 6, 14, 56, 130
Drover's Run (My Heart's Home)	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 178
Feet On The Ground	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 3, 32, 54
Forever	Doris Youanne, Peter Hardy, Abi Tucker, Matt Passmore	-
Gentle, Gentle (Life Of My Life)	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episodes 60, 61, 62, 83
Had To Happen	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 89, 93, 95, 122
Heat	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 8, 26
Hey Girl (You Got A New Life)	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episodes 70, 88, 91, 101, 109, 113, 117, 142
Hey You	Abi Tucker	-
Hopeless Case	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 3, 11, 15, 37, 38, 39, 55, 66, 80, 87, 92, 114, 116, 121
I Reach Out	Rebecca Lavelle; Naomi Starr	-	Episode 28
I Wish The Past Was Different	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 134
In His Eyes	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 53, 137
It Comes To This	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 167
Just A Child	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 24, 29
Kate's Lullaby	Michala Banas	-
Life Makes A Fool Of Us	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 159
Locked Away Inside My Heart	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 170
Love Is Endless	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 146
Love You, Hate You	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 1, 8, 86, 98, 102, 119, 131
Matter Of Time	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 11, 33
McLeod's Daughters Theme	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
My Enemy, My Friend	Abi Tucker	-	Episode 196
My Heart Is Like A River	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episodes 5, 7, 31, 32, 52, 73, 178
Never Enough	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episodes 30, 31, 43, 115, 132
One True Thing	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 184
Our Home, Our Place	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 163
Room to Move	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 2, 16
So Sorry	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 126
Something So Strong	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 96
Sometimes	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 79, 105, 123, 133, 144
Sorrow	Rebecca Lavelle	-
Speak My Angel	Abi Tucker	-
Stay	Rebecca Lavelle	-	Episode 108, 112
Strip Jack Naked	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episodes 85, 94, 111, 120
Take The Rain Away	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 45, 69, 73, 107, 138
Tears on My Pillow	Rebecca Lavelle, Glenda Linscott	-
The First Touch	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 50, 145
The Man I Loved	Rebecca Lavelle	3
The Sirens Song	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 36, 40, 44, 68, 103, 124
The Stranger	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episodes 71, 90
Theme - Seasons 1-4	Rebecca Lavelle	2
Theme - Seasons 5-8	Rebecca Lavelle	3
This Perfect Day	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 100
Time Turn Over	Rebecca Lavelle	3
Too Young	Rebecca Lavelle	2	Episode 82
Truckstop Woman	Doris Younane, Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Luke Jacobz, Gillian Alexy	-
Trust The Night	Rebecca Lavelle	3
Understand Me	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 4, 58, 76, 125
Wake Up Gungellan	Doris Younane, Abi Tucker, Gillian Alexy	-
We Got It Wrong	Rebecca Lavelle	1	Episode 35, 64, 77, 127
You Believed	Rebecca Lavelle	3	Episode 169