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 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 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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] 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 Hot Modern Rock Tracks 1

[edit] See also

[edit] 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


Midnight Oil
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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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