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"'''Beds Are Burning'''" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band ], the first track from their album '']''. This song was released as the second single from the album.
"'''Beds Are Burning'''" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band ], the first track from their album '']''. This song was released as the second single from the album.
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It is one of ] 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.
"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 was also the only Midnight Oil's hit in Italy, where it entered in the Musica & Dischi Hit Parade in 1988.
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".
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 18 February 2020, Australian Julia Stone released a version of the song. The song is the lead single from the forthcoming album Songs for Australia.
Australian seven-inch vinyl single
Live Maxi-Single
