Emerald City (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Emerald City

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Seekers

| album = The Best of The Seekers

| A-side = Emerald City

| B-side = Music Of The World A Turnin'

| released = {{Start date|1967}}

| recorded = 1967

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| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = EMI Columbia

| writer = Keith Potger, as "John Martin"
Kim Fowley

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| prev_title = Georgy Girl

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = When Will The Good Apples Fall

| next_year = 1967

| misc =

}}

"Emerald City" is a 1967 song by The Seekers about a visit to the fictional Emerald City from L. Frank Baum's Oz books. Set to the tune of "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, "Emerald City" reached #50 on the UK Charts in 1967.{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 50 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19671213/7501/ |website=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 October 2018 |date=13 December 1967}}

The song was recorded in 1967 and released as a single{{cite news|last1=Midgley|first1=Dominic|title=The Seekers are found again: The folk band are back doing what they do best|url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/472516/The-Seekers-are-found-again-The-folk-band-are-back-doing-what-they-do-best|accessdate=17 February 2017|work=Daily Express|date=26 April 2014|language=en}} around Christmas in 1967. The original writing credit was given to Kim Fowley and John Martin, but during a 1993 reunion tour, The Seekers revealed that "John Martin" was actually the pen name of band member Keith Potger.