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"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. This song was released as the second single from the album.
The album cover was designed by photographer Ken Duncan (b.1954, Mildura, VIC) and visual artist Wart (also known as Jen Waterhouse) (b.1958, Geelong, VIC). It also won "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning".
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.
"Beds Are Burning" "Blue Sky Mine" Aside from chart success, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001 listed both "Power and the Passion" and "Beds Are Burning" in the Top 30 best Australian songs of all time, [16] a chart in which Midnight Oil are the only artists to
Born on 16 April 1953, in Wahroonga, Sydney, [3] Garrett was the eldest of three siblings. He suffered from severe asthma as a child. He attended Gordon West Public School and then Barker College in Hornsby before studying politics at the Australian National University (ANU), where he was a resident at Burgmann College, and later law at the University of New South Wales.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... "Beds Are Burning" (1987) "The Dead Heart" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. [2]
Robert George Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales.He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (sometimes lead vocals) from the 1970s until the band took a hiatus in 2002.
[3] [4] It was the second Midnight Oil song in the list with "Beds Are Burning" declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock". [5] It was performed by the band at the 2009 Sound Relief concert in Melbourne. On 5 June 2012, the song was released as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band 3.