Blue Sky Mine

"Blue Sky Mine"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
B-side
  • "You May Not Be Released"
  • "Wedding Cake Island"
  • "Blossom and Blood"
Released29 January 1990 (1990-01-29)
Genre
Length4:18
Label
  • CBS
  • Sprint Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Midnight Oil, Warne Livesey
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"Dreamworld"
(1987)		 "Blue Sky Mine"
(1990)		 "Forgotten Years"
(1990)
Music video
Blue Sky Mine on YouTube

"Blue Sky Mine" is a 1990 song by Australian band Midnight Oil and is the leading single from their seventh studio album Blue Sky Mining. It went to number 47 in the United States, number 66 in the United Kingdom, number 2 in New Zealand, number 8 in Norway and Australia, number 7 in Canada and number 30 in Ireland.

Track listings

7-inch version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blue Sky Mine"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, W. Stevens4:20
2."You May Not Be Released"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, Rotsey, W. Stevens3:40
Total length:8:00
12-inch version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blue Sky Mine"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, W. Stevens4:18
2."Wedding Cake Island"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, P. Gifford3:15
3."Blossom and Blood"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, P. Gifford4:35
Total length:12:08

References

  1. ↑ Cosores, Philip (2017-07-05). "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  2. ↑ Fricke, David (2004). "Midnight Oil". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 541-542. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. 1 2 "'Blue Sky Mine' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "'You May Not Be Released' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "'Wedding Cake Island' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "'Blossom and Blood' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 April 2014.