Blue Sky Mine

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"Blue Sky Mine"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
Released 1990
Format 7", CD single
Recorded 1989
Genre Alternative rock
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Midnight Oil
Producer(s) Midnight Oil, Wayne Livesy
Midnight Oil singles chronology

"Dreamworld"
(1988)		 "Blue Sky Mine"
(1990)		 "Forgotten Years"
(1990)

Blue Sky Mine is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in 1990 as the first single from their album Blue Sky Mining. It peaked at No. 8 in the ARIA Singles Chart, No. 7 on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart in Canada, No. 25 in the French Top 50, No. 66 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 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 (CSR), the owner of the mines.

Track listing

  1. "Blue Sky Mine" - 4:20
  2. "You May Not Be Released" - 3:40

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 8
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 66
US Billboard Hot 100 47
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks 1
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.asbestosdiseases.org.au/asbestosinfo/wittenoom_tragedies.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13029
  3. ↑ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/scotland/travel-tips-and-articles/76715

External links


Midnight Oil
Studio albums
Charting singles
1978
"Powderworks"
"Run by Night"
1979
"Cold Cold Change"
1980
"Back On The Borderline"
"Section 5 (Bus To Bondi)"
1981
"Don't Wanna Be the One"
"Armistice Day"
1982
"Power and the Passion"
"Read About It"
1983
"US Forces"
1984
"When General Talks"
1985
"Best Of Both Worlds"
1986
"The Dead Heart"
1987
"Beds Are Burning"
" Put Down that Weapon"
"Dreamworld"
1990
"Blue Sky Mine"
"Forgotten Years"
"King of the Mountain"
"Bedlam Bridge"
1991
"One Country"
1992
"Scream In Blue (Live)"
"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"
"Too Much Sunshine"
"Mosquito March"
"Luritja Way"
Compilations and EPs
Live and other albums
Videos and films
Additional personnel
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