| Middle of the Hill | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Josh Pyke |
| Cover: | Middle_of_the_Hill_by_Josh_Pyke.png |
| Album: | Feeding the Wolves |
| Released: | July 2005 |
| Length: | 2:27 |
| Label: | Ivy League Records |
| Producer: | Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke |
| Prev Title: | The Doldrums |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Private Education |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
"Middle of the Hill" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke. It was released in July 2005 as the lead single from Pyke's third extended play, Feeding the Wolves (2005). The song has become a "fan-favourite" and was polled at number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.[1]
Pyke said "The writing of 'Middle of the Hill' was one of those times that I've read about; it's called 'the flow', you know, where you're in this state of creativity where you're not really aware of what you're doing, very stream-of-consciousness. That song, I literally wrote it in about as long as it takes to sing it. I had the riff and I was playing it, and I just kind of opened my mouth and all this stuff poured out. I think it was partly because I'd moved back home at that point, so I was reflecting on family and what it means to be part of a family and living in a family."[2]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2007, the song was nominated for Most Performed Blues and Roots Work.[3]