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"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band the Church, released on 15 February 1988, [1] and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow) .
The song says that we are "thirty thousand light years from galactic central point", again correct to within one significant figure of 25,000 light years from the centre of the Milky Way. [12] The song also states that the galaxy is "a hundred thousand light years side to side".
"Walking on the Milky Way" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). It was released as a single on 5 August 1996 and appeared on their Universal album a month later. The song reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's first UK top-20 hit in over five years, and their last UK top-40 single.
On 11 November 1999, Volkswagen debuted a television advertising campaign named "Milky Way" that featured the Volkswagen Cabriolet with the title track of Pink Moon as the soundtrack. Ron Lawner, Chief Creative Officer of Arnold Communications stated in the press release, "The song is very special. It's an old song by a guy named Nick Drake.
Milky Way, a 1999 television commercial by Volkswagen featuring the song "Pink Moon" Milkyway Image , a Hong Kong feature film production company The Milky Way (novel) , the UK publication of Jean Dutourd's novel The Best Butter
The song is composed in the key of A♭ Major with a tempo of 98 beat-per-minute. [11] The song was produced and written by Kenzie, who worked on the original song, and arranged the song herself to recreate it into a "fresh jazz pop" song. [12] Lyrically, the song tells a story of unfolding a "dark night" with someone just like a "milky way". [13]
The song "Under the Milky Way" was co-written by lead vocalist/bassist Steve Kilbey with his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Pink Champagne. When drummer Richard Ploog was unable to find the right feel for the song, the band played to a click track and session musician Russ Kunkel was brought in to add the drums and percussion later. [8]
Under the Milky Way currently used by Lincoln Company of Ford autos in a TV ad. Anybody know who performs the song on the ad? Thanks. Obbop 01:39, 26 January 2010 (UTC) The song is performed by Sia and it is a free download on the Lincoln website. 24.20.202.157 02:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)