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The name "Midnight Oil" was inspired by the Jimi Hendrix song "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", [6] although the word "oil" appears nowhere in the lyrics. The expression "midnight oil" first appeared in a 1635 poem by Francis Quarles (1592-1644): [ 18 ]
In 1984, Midnight Oil's Red Sails in the Sunset became their first number one album in Australia. It was the first of four in a row between 1984 and 1993. 1985 saw the release of the EP Species Deceases – the group's only number one entry on the Australian singles chart – which features the anti-war song "Hercules" and the environmentalist ...
It should only contain pages that are Midnight Oil songs or lists of Midnight Oil songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Midnight Oil songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Essential Oils is a two-disc compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in November 2012. [3] [4]At the time of its release, the compilation covered Midnight Oil's entire career, starting with the group's 1978 self-titled album and including, in chronological order, tracks from all their studio albums and EPs up to and including the album Capricornia (2002).
Midnight Oil members (6 P) S. Midnight Oil songs (25 P) Pages in category "Midnight Oil" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
In November 2012, Garrett and Paul Kelly inducted Yothu Yindi into the ARIA Hall of Fame and performed with the band their best-known song "Treaty". [25] On 5 May 2016, after the conclusion of his career in Parliament, Garrett announced that Midnight Oil would be reforming and that they would be touring in 2017, including a trip to the United ...
In 1990 Midnight Oil played an impromptu lunchtime set in front of Exxon headquarters in New York with a banner reading, "Midnight Oil Makes You Dance, Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick," protesting the Exxon Valdez oil spill the previous year. [9] "Arctic World" was written by Jim Moginie and Peter Garrett and runs for 4 minutes, 21 seconds.
Members of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. Pages in category "Midnight Oil members" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.