Blue Sky Mine
"Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released as the first single from their album Blue Sky Mining. It peaked at #8 in the ARIA Singles Chart, #7 on Canada's Top 100 Singles Chart, #66 in the UK Singles Chart, #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on both the Billboard Album Rock and Modern Rock charts.
The song was inspired by the experiences of workers at the Wittenoom asbestos mines who contracted various asbestos-related diseases.[1][2][3] The "blue" refers to blue asbestos, and the "sugar refining company" refers to the Colonial Sugar Refining company, the owner of the mines.
Track listing
- "Blue Sky Mine" - 4:20
- "You May Not Be Released" - 3:40
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1978: "Run by Night" • 1981: "Don't Wanna Be the One" • "Armistice Day" • 1982: "Power and the Passion" • "Read About It" • "US Forces" • 1986: "The Dead Heart" • 1987: "Beds Are Burning" • " Put Down that Weapon" • 1988: "Dreamworld" • 1990: "Blue Sky Mine" • "Forgotten Years" • "King of the Mountain" • "Bedlam Bridge" • "One Country" • 1992: "Sometimes" • 1993: "Truganini" • "My Country" • "In the Valley" • "Drums of Heaven" • "Outbreak of Love" • 1996: "Underwater" • "Surf's Up Tonight" • 1998: "Redneck Wonderland" • "White Skin Black Heart" • "Cemetery In My Mind" • 2000: "The Real Thing" 2002: "Golden Age"
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