Steer (song)
| "Steer" | ||||
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 The single cover to "Steer" featuring Higgins smiling on the right. Photograph was taken in Sydney. | ||||
| Single by Missy Higgins | ||||
| from the album On a Clear Night | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 14 April 2007[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Eleven | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Missy Higgins | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom | |||
| Missy Higgins singles chronology | ||||
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"Steer" is the first single from Missy Higgins' second album, On a Clear Night. The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became the most-added track that same week. Higgins stated that the song was "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the southern celestial hemisphere from a bay in Western Australia.[2] The song has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums.
The single reached the number-one spot on the Australian Singles Chart in the first week of its release, dethroning Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" for a single week. It became Higgins' second number-one single, after 2004's "Scar", from her first album The Sound of White.[3] At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart, becoming the second lowest-selling number-one hit of the year (that didn't reach number one in 2006), behind "2 Hearts" by Kylie Minogue. Despite this, it still received a Gold certification from ARIA for sales exceeding 35,000 copies.
In March 2007, Higgins gave fans the exclusive opportunity to pre-order a personally signed copy of her single "Steer" via SMS.[4]
Track listing
- "Steer" – 3:53
- "Dusty Road" – 3:14
- "The Battle" – 2:17
- "Leave a Note" (Demo) – 3:43
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2007) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 60 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[7] | Gold | 35,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ "Missy back in business". Brisbane Times. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Time Off Magazine Matt Connors' interview with Missy Higgins (2006)
- ^ Australian-charts.com
- ^ The Harbour Agency. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
- ^ "Missy Higgins – Steer EP". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2007". ARIA. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 June 2018.