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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) .
Starfish is the fifth album by the Australian rock band The Church, released in February 1988 by Mushroom Records in Australia and by Arista Records internationally. [1] The band's international breakthrough album, Starfish went gold in America and has remained their most commercially successful release.
Singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist Steve Kilbey first played with guitarist Peter Koppes in a glam rock band called Baby Grande in Canberra, Australia in the mid-1970s. [5] [6] After each had left to travel and play in other bands, including Tactics (Kilbey) and Limazine (Koppes), they met again in Sydney in March 1980 and formed the initial three-piece version of The Church, with Limazine ...
Other times a song really is the sum of the parts working magically together. This was the case with ‘Reptile’". [3] Sung by Kilbey, the song features lyrics inspired by an encounter Kilbey had after going with a woman to her hotel room. Kilbey explained, "I went home with this woman one night I met in Canters Deli.
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 ...
The Killing Moon" later replaces "Under the Milky Way" by The Church during the party scene. "Under The Milky Way" can be heard in the car scene with Donnie and his father, played on the radio. Many of these tracks were originally meant to be on the soundtrack, but could not be obtained for licensing reasons. [citation needed]
Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church. Released: 28 September 1999; Territory: United States; Label: Buddha Records (7446599652-2) Formats: CD; 190 The Best of the Church. Released: 16 November 1999; Label: Mushroom Records (MUSH332332) Formats: CD — 2001 Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia. Released: 15 October 2001; Label: EMI Australia ...
"Walking on the Milky Way" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). It was released as a single on 5 August 1996 and appeared on their Universal album a month later. The song reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's first UK top-20 hit in over five years, and their last UK top-40 single.