Beds Are Burning

"Beds Are Burning" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust. This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, No. 3 in the Netherlands, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland, No. 17 in the United States and Sweden.

"Beds Are Burning"
Australian seven-inch vinyl single
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Diesel and Dust
B-side
  • "Gunbarrel Highway"
  • "Bullroarer" (US only)
Released10 August 1987
StudioAlbert Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genre
  • Rock
  • pub rock
  • R&B
Length4:18
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Warne Livesey
  • Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"The Dead Heart"
(1986)		 "Beds Are Burning"
(1987)		 "Put Down That Weapon"
(1987)
Alternative cover
Side A of the US single
Audio sample
  • file
  • help
Music video
Beds Are Burning on YouTube

It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and it was named number 95 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s and number 97 by the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009.

In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100 strong industry panel. "Beds Are Burning" was declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock".

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Beds Are Burning" was ranked number 9.

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