Shane Hewitt has been a Full Writer Member of The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) since 1977. Below are some of the songs he has written or co-written. Sound samples are available as shown.

Please note that copyright in each of these songs is held by the respective writers. For performance or licencing enquiries please go to our Contact page.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF LOVE - (Music by Lance Strauss & Kevin Hocking, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Demo recording sample click here

HOPELESS ROMANTIC  - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Shane Hewitt as the title track of his CD Hopeless Romantic
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I CAN'T LET GO - (Music by Lance Strauss, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
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I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW - (Music by Jason Sprague, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Laine Lamont for a film by Erin White

LAZY AFTERNOON IN AUTUMN
(Music by Anthony Slavich, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)

MAD HOUSE - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded on the album Alice's Wonderband with Sybil Graham and friends, including Robyn Archer, Dean Birbeck,
Grahame Conlon, Sylvan 'Shmoe' Elhay, Fred Payne and Jerry Wesley-Smith.
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MY NAME IS ENDA - (Music by Mark Jones, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Specially written for and performed by Enda Markey

NEW HABITS - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by John Ellis as the title track of his CD New Habits
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NORTHERN TERRITORY SONG - (Music by Christopher O'Brien, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Robyn Green on her CD Timeless Land
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SWING STILL WORKS FOR ME - (Music by Craig Schneider, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Craig Schneider as the title track of his CD Swing Still Works For Me
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THINKIN' ABOUT YOU BLUES - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Shane Hewitt on his CD Hopeless Romantic
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TRYING TO FORGET SOMEONE - (Music by Lance Strauss, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Demo recording sample click here

WANTING YOU WANTING ME - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Shane Hewitt on a 45rpm single. Sample click here
Recorded by Sybil Graham on her album Simply Sybil. Sample click here

WHEN THE LOVE HAS GONE - (Music by Craig Schneider, Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
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YOU GIVE ME EVERYTHING - (Music & Lyrics by Shane Hewitt)
Recorded by Robyn Green on her CD Shine On
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LOTUS 1 (I'll Be Gone) - (By Kim Dawson, Ian Every, Shane Hewitt, Ray Smedley & Warwick Wilkes)
Recorded by Lotus in 1971 and released on a 45rpm single on the Parlophone label.
The track has been reissued on several compilation albums, most recently in 2014 on a Sony 2CD set
called Keep On Rockin' - Australian Pop of the 70s Volume 5 which might still be available via JB Hi-Fi
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EPOCH - (By Kim Dawson, Ian Every, Shane Hewitt, Ray Smedley & Warwick Wilkes)
This was the B-side of the 1971 hit by Lotus (see above)
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To see a YouTube clip of Lotus performing Lotus 1 and Epoch on the ABC-TV show Hit Scene in 1971 click here