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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 criticise how said populations were often forcibly removed from their lands, highlighted by the pre-chorus lines "it belongs to them, let's give it ...
Diesel and Dust peaked at No. 1 on the Australian albums charts for six weeks, [11] No. 21 on the US Billboard 200 in 1988, [12] and No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart. [13] "Beds Are Burning" was their biggest international hit single, peaking at No. 6 in Australia, [11] No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [14] and No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. [13] "
The song featured poetry spoken in the Gadigal language. [60] It is the first song from a mini-album titled The Makarrata Project, [61] whose name is related to one of the elements of the Uluru Statement, a Yolngu word approximating a peace agreement or type of treaty. [62] "Gadigal Land" peaked at number 5 on the Australian digital sales song ...
Song structure is the arrangement of a song, [1] and is a part of the songwriting process. It is typically sectional , which uses repeating forms in songs. Common piece-level musical forms for vocal music include bar form , 32-bar form , verse–chorus form , ternary form , strophic form , and the 12-bar blues .
It was followed by "Beds Are Burning" at number six, with both singles from the 1987 album Diesel and Dust which edged them into mainstream global recognition. In addition to number one in Australia, Diesel and Dust peaked at number 20 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart ; it was certified platinum in the US and three times platinum in Canada.
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In music theory, the middle eight or bridge is the B section of a 32-bar form. [6] This section has a significantly different melody from the rest of the song and usually occurs after the second "A" section in the AABA song form. It is also called a middle eight because it happens in the middle of the song and the length is generally eight bars.
"The Dead Heart" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. [2] It was first released as a single in Australia in 1986 and in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1988 after it had been included on the 1987 album, Diesel and Dust. [2] It peaked at number four on the Australian singles chart and at number 11 on the U.S. Mainstream ...