| Steer | |
| Cover: | Steersinglecover.JPG |
| Alt: | The single cover to "Steer" featuring Higgins smiling on the right. |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Missy Higgins |
| Album: | On a Clear Night |
| B-Side: |
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| Studio: | Los Angeles, California |
| Length: | 3:53 |
| Label: | Eleven |
| Producer: | Mitchell Froom |
| Prev Title: | The Sound of White |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Where I Stood |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
"Steer" is the first single from Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins' second album, On a Clear Night (2007). The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became the most-added track that same week. Higgins stated that the song is "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the southern celestial hemisphere from a bay in Western Australia.[1] 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". At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart.
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 14 April 2007 | CD single | Virgin | [3] |
| United States | 14 July 2008 | Adult alternative radio | Reprise | [4] |
| 27 April 2009 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [5] | ||
| Digital download (Steer & More EP) | [6] |