Land (song)

"Land"
"Land"
Single by Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, The Tragically Hip
Released	1994
Recorded	1993
Length	5:39
Label	Cargo
Songwriters	Gord Downie; Peter Garrett; Daniel Lanois; Liam Ó Maonlaí;
Producer	Daniel Lanois
Midnight Oil singles chronology

Released1994

Recorded1993

Length5:39

LabelCargo

"Land" is a one-off charity single credited to Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, and the Tragically Hip. It was recorded in 1993 and released in Canada in 1994 on Cargo Records, and in Australia in January 1995 on Columbia Records.

All five artists were part of 1993's Another Roadside Attraction tour.^[1]

The song protests the logging industry practice of clearcutting in the rainforests of British Columbia, particularly in Clayoquot Sound.^[2]

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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"
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v t e The Tragically Hip
Gord Downie Rob Baker Johnny Fay Paul Langlois Gord Sinclair Davis Manning
Studio albums	Up to Here Road Apples Fully Completely Day for Night Trouble at the Henhouse Phantom Power Music @ Work In Violet Light In Between Evolution World Container We Are the Same Now for Plan A Man Machine Poem
Live albums	Live Between Us Live at the Roxy
EPs	The Tragically Hip Saskadelphia
Compilations	Hipeponymous Yer Favourites
DVDs	Heksenketel That Night in Toronto A National Celebration
Singles	"Blow at High Dough" "New Orleans Is Sinking" "Boots or Hearts" "38 Years Old" "Little Bones" "Three Pistols" "Twist My Arm" "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" "Fifty Mission Cap" "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" "At the Hundredth Meridian" "Land" "Grace, Too" "Greasy Jungle" "Nautical Disaster" "So Hard Done By" "Scared" "Ahead by a Century" "Gift Shop" "700 Ft. Ceiling" "Flamenco" "Springtime in Vienna" "Poets" "Fireworks" "Bobcaygeon" "My Music at Work" "In View" "At Transformation"
Other songs	"Wheat Kings"
Gord Downie solo	Coke Machine Glow Battle of the Nudes The Grand Bounce And the Conquering Sun Secret Path Introduce Yerself Away Is Mine Lustre Parfait
Documentaries	Long Time Running The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal
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v t e Hothouse Flowers
Liam Ó Maonlaí Fiachna Ó Braonáin Peter O'Toole Dave Clarke Martin Brunsden Leo Barnes Jerry Fehily Wayne Sheehy Rob Malone Kieran Kennedy
Studio albums	People Home Songs from the Rain
Singles	"Don't Go" "Give It Up" "Land"
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