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"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band the Church, released on 15 February 1988, [1] and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow) .
The first single, "Under the Milky Way", charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #24, [3] and at #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, [4] leading to significant exposure of the then relatively underground Australian act. In Australia "Under the Milky Way" climbed to #22, [5] and Starfish reached #11 on the album charts. [6]
The US 7" had two tracks on the B-side, "Under the Milky Way (Acoustic Version)", and "Tantalized" in a 3:58 edit from the version on Heyday. [5] A US cassette single, playing all three tacks on both sides, was also released. [6] The same tracks appeared on the Canadian 7" release. [7]
After some success in their native Australia in the early 1980s, Kilbey and The Church went on to international fame when "Under the Milky Way", from the 1988 album Starfish, achieved success (Kilbey had co-written the song with Karin Jansson of Pink Champagne and Curious Yellow [12]). "Under the Milky Way" appeared in the top-selling singles ...
"Under the Milky Way" (Live) - 4:34 "Spawn" (Future Funk Squad Bass Drop Remix) - 6:30; CD Rom (including the video for "Bastard Son") Tracks 2 & 3: Recorded live at The Healer, Brisbane, Australia "Under The Milky Way" originally by The Church was covered by george for Triple J on 3 November 2000.
The Milky Way will be visible in the night sky during summer 2024. Those in the Myrtle Beach area will be able to view it at these times.
McLennan said of writing the song, "I was listening to 'Under the Milky Way' and I was just working it out–cause I'm a big fan of The Church. And that afternoon I came up with a chord progression and a chorus." [5] The song was written in McLennan and Amanda Brown's apartment in Bondi. Brown said, "It was written in, I would say, 10 minutes.
The Milky Way was very prominent this morning in the #FloridaKeys.El sueño, or The Dream is a Cuban migrant boat that recently landed on our shores. I took the photo at 4:00 a.m. @StoryfulNews ...