Land (song) explained

Land
Cover:Another Roadside Attraction Land.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, The Tragically Hip
Recorded:1993
Length:5:39
Label:Cargo
Producer:Daniel Lanois
Chronology:Midnight Oil singles
Prev Title:Outbreak of Love
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Underwater
Next Year:1996

"Land" is a one-off charity single credited to Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, and The Tragically Hip. Recorded in 1993 and released in Canada in 1994, on Cargo Records and in Australia in January 1995 on Columbia Records.

All five artists were part of the 1993's Another Roadside Attraction tour.[1]

The song protests the logging industry practice of clearcutting in the rainforests of British Columbia, particularly in Clayoquot Sound.[2]

Tracklisting

  1. "Introduction" - 0:34
  2. "Land" (Single Version) - 5:39
  3. "Land" (Full Length Version) - 6:16

Charts

Chart (1995)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 63

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earth Day throwback: Midnight Oil's 'tree-hugging asshole' kicks ass for Clayoquot Sound . Newton, Steve . Vancouver Free Press . . 22 April 2015 . 3 October 2015 . Note: Re-print of Newton's article from July 1993.
  2. Joseph Blake, "Other news on the Save-the-Clayoquot front". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 2, 1993.
  3. Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Feb 1995. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). 13 December 2016.

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