Forgotten Years

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"Forgotten Years"
Forgotten Years.jpg
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
ReleasedApril 1990
Recorded1989
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:21
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey, Bones Hillman
Producer(s)Midnight Oil, Warne Livesey
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"Blue Sky Mine"
(1990) 		"Forgotten Years"
(1990) 		"King of the Mountain"
(1990)

"Forgotten Years" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in 1990 as the second single from their album Blue Sky Mining. It peaked at No. 26 on the Australian Singles Chart, No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Album Rock Chart.

The song was inspired by drummer Rob Hirst's grandfather and father's experience of war and how they said it was up to future generations to avoid wars in the future and not to forget how horrible wars are.

The music video was filmed in Douaumont Ossuary, France.

Track listing[]

7" Single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forgotten Years"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, W. Stevens[1]4:21
2."You May Not Be Released"R. Hirst, J. Moginie, P. Garrett, M. Rotsey, W. Stevens[2]3:40

Charts[]

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 26
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 36
France (SNEP)[5] 44
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 97
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 11

See also[]

  • List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s

References[]

  1. ^ "'Forgotten Years' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
  2. ^ "'You May Not Be Released' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
  3. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1268." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Midnight Oil Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Midnight Oil Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
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