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"Beds Are Burning"

Australian seven-inch vinyl single

Single by Midnight Oil

from the album Diesel and Dust

B-side

"Gunbarrel Highway"
"Bullroarer" (US only)

Released

10 August 1987

Studio

Albert Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Length

4:18

Midnight Oil singles chronology

"The Dead Heart"
(1986)

"Beds Are Burning"
(1987)

"Put Down That Weapon"
(1987)

Audio sample

Music video

Beds Are Burning on YouTube

"Beds Are Burning" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust. This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, No. 3 in the Netherlands, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland, No. 17 in the United States and Sweden.

It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and it was named number 95 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s and number 97 by the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009.

In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100 strong industry panel. "Beds Are Burning" was declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock".

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Beds Are Burning" was ranked number 9.

Composition

After Midnight Oil toured through the Outback in 1986, playing to remote Aboriginal communities and seeing first hand the seriousness of the issues in health and living standards, Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie and Rob Hirst wrote "Beds Are Burning" to criticize how said populations were often forcibly removed from their lands, highlighted by the pre-chorus lines "it belongs to them, let's give it back". Considering such a local affair inspired a worldwide hit, Garrett commented "Who would have thought an Aboriginal land rights song would travel that far?" There are specific references to certain Australian places and politics, such as Kintore Ranges and the town of Yuendumu, vehicles produced by the Holden company, the "It's Time" slogan and the notion of "fair go".

Track listings

Australian 7" single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beds Are Burning"	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	3:52
2.	"Gunbarrel Highway"	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	3:37

Australian 12" /CD Maxi single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beds Are Burning"	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	3:52
2.	"Gunbarrel Highway"	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	3:37
3.	"Sometimes"	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	3:45

UK 12" single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beds Are Burning" (Single Version)	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	4:15
2.	"Beds Are Burning" (Yuendumu Percapella Mix)	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	4:27
3.	"The Dead Heart" (Long Version)	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett, Martin Rotsey, Peter Gifford	6:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1989)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	1
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)	20
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)	20
France (SNEP)	5
Ireland (IRMA)	11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	17
UK Singles (OCC)	6
US Billboard Hot 100	17
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)	6
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	20
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)	45
US Cash Box Top 100	26

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)	58

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)	21

Chart (1988)	Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	47
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	6
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)	84
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	25
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	11
South Africa (Springbok Radio)	10

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000
France (SNEP)	Silver	250,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Live version

"Beds Are Burning"

Live Maxi-Single

Single by Midnight Oil

from the album Scream in Blue

Released

1992

Recorded

Our Common Future Concert, Darlinghurst, 1989

Length

4:05

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Midnight Oil singles chronology

"Sometimes"
(1992)

"Beds Are Burning"
(1992)

"Truganini"
(1993)

A live recording from 1989 was released in 1992, as the second and final single from the band's compilation of live recordings album, Scream in Blue.

Track listing

CD Maxi
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beds Are Burning" (live)	Hirst, Moginie, Garrett	4:05
2.	"No Reaction" (live)	Hirst, Moginie, Martin Rotsey	2:56
3.	"Instant Karma!" (live)	John Lennon	3:44

Cover versions

In 2001, a cover of "Beds Are Burning" was included on the eponymous Underground Moon album, a one-off modern rock project by former War & Peace band mates, Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken), using the pseudonym Dominic Moon, and Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper, Warlock).
On 2 October 2009, 60 musicians and celebrities from around the world released a free reworked version to highlight climate change issues before the United Nations' talks in Copenhagen. Singers included Lily Allen, Klaus Meine of the Scorpions, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran, Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects and Bob Geldof. The former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the French actress Marion Cotillard also added their voices to the cover version. The song is part of Global Humanitarian Forum TckTckTck Time for Climate justice campaign and is a part of the greater "TckTckTck" project, which aims to draw attention to what they perceive as the urgency of global warming, by signing a "musical petition" with each download.
On 1 May 2018, Canadian hardcore punk band Comeback Kid released a beefed up version of the song on a digital/7-inch release along with a new original song "Little Soldier".
On 18 February 2020, US musician Amanda Palmer released a version of the song, as the lead single from her album Forty-Five Degrees - A Bushfire Charity Flash Record. Palmer's version features Missy Higgins, Brian Viglione and Jherek Bischoff.
On 18 February 2020, Australian Julia Stone released a version of the song. The song is the lead single from the 2020 various artists compilation album Songs for Australia.

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v t e Midnight Oil
Peter Garrett Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Martin Rotsey Andrew James Peter Gifford Bones Hillman
Studio albums	Midnight Oil Head Injuries Place without a Postcard 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Red Sails in the Sunset Diesel and Dust Blue Sky Mining Earth and Sun and Moon Breathe Redneck Wonderland Capricornia The Makarrata Project Resist
Live albums	Scream in Blue The Real Thing Best of Both Worlds Armistice Day Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982
Compilations	20,000 Watt R.S.L. Flat Chat Essential Oils
EPs	Bird Noises Species Deceases
Singles	"Don't Wanna Be the One" "Armistice Day" "US Forces" "Power and the Passion" "Read About It" "The Dead Heart" "Beds Are Burning" "Put Down That Weapon" "Dreamworld" "Blue Sky Mine" "Forgotten Years" "King of the Mountain" "Sometimes" "Truganini" "Land" "The Real Thing" "No Man's Land" "Gadigal Land" "First Nation" "Rising Seas"
Related articles	Discography Ghostwriters Oil Rag A Version of Now (Garrett solo) The True North (Garrett solo)
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v t e ARIA Award for Single of the Year
1980s	"You're the Voice" by John Farnham (1987) "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (1988) "Under the Milky Way" by The Church (1989)
1990s	"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990) "I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991) "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992) "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993) "The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996) "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
2000s	"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "My Happiness" by Powderfinger (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (2005) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by Eskimo Joe (2006) "Straight Lines" by Silverchair (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun (2009)
2010s	"Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone (2010) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2011) "Brother" by Matt Corby (2012) "Resolution" by Matt Corby (2013) "She Looks So Perfect" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2014) "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell (2015) "Youth" by Troye Sivan (2016) "Stranger" by Peking Duk (2017) "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2018) "Choir" by Guy Sebastian (2019)
2020s	"Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2020) "Booster Seat" by Spacey Jane (2021) "Cloudy Day" by Tones and I (2022) "Rush" by Troye Sivan (2023) "The Worst Person Alive" by G Flip (2023)

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