Forgotten Years

"Forgotten Years"
"Forgotten Years"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
B-side	"Shakers and Movers"; "You May Not Be Released";
Released	16 April 1990
Length	4:21
Label	CBS; Sprint Music;
Songwriters	Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie;
Producers	Midnight Oil; Warne Livesey;
Midnight Oil singles chronology

B-side

"Shakers and Movers"
"You May Not Be Released"

Released16 April 1990

Length4:21

Label

CBS
Sprint Music

"Forgotten Years" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in April 1990 as the second single from their seventh studio album, Blue Sky Mining (1990). The song peaked at No. 26 on the Australian Singles Chart, No. 1 on the US 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.^[1] The music video was filmed in Douaumont Ossuary, France.^[2]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forgotten Years"	Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie	4:21
2.	"Shakers and Movers"	Moginie, Peter Garrett	4:32

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	16 April 1990	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl cassette	CBS Sprint Music	^[13]
Japan	21 June 1990	Mini-CD	Epic	^[14]

v t e Midnight Oil
Peter Garrett Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Martin Rotsey Andrew James Peter Gifford Bones Hillman
Studio albums	Midnight Oil Head Injuries Place Without a Postcard 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Red Sails in the Sunset Diesel and Dust Blue Sky Mining Earth and Sun and Moon Breathe Redneck Wonderland Capricornia The Makarrata Project Resist
Live albums	Scream in Blue The Real Thing Best of Both Worlds Armistice Day Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982
Compilations	20,000 Watt R.S.L. Flat Chat Essential Oils
EPs	Bird Noises Species Deceases
Singles	"Don't Wanna Be the One" "Armistice Day" "US Forces" "Power and the Passion" "Read About It" "The Dead Heart" "Beds Are Burning" "Put Down That Weapon" "Dreamworld" "Blue Sky Mine" "Forgotten Years" "King of the Mountain" "Sometimes" "Truganini" "Land" "The Real Thing" "No Man's Land" "Gadigal Land" "First Nation" "Rising Seas"
Related articles	Discography Ghostwriters Oil Rag A Version of Now (Garrett solo) The True North (Garrett solo)
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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forgotten Years"	Hirst, Moginie	4:21
2.	"You May Not Be Released"	Moginie	3:38