Steer (song)

"Steer" is the first single from Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins' second album, On a Clear Night (2007). The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became the most-added track that same week. Higgins stated that the song is "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the southern celestial hemisphere from a bay in Western Australia.^[1] The song has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums.

B-side

• "Dusty Road"
• "The Battle"
• "Leave a Note"

Released14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)

StudioLos Angeles, California

Length3:53

Quick facts Single by Missy Higgins, from the album On a Clear Night ...

"Steer"
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album On a Clear Night
B-side	"Dusty Road" "The Battle" "Leave a Note"
Released	14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Length	3:53
Label	Eleven
Songwriter	Missy Higgins
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"The Sound of White" (2005) "Steer" (2007) "Where I Stood" (2007)

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The single reached the number-one spot on the Australian Singles Chart in the first week of its release, dethroning Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" for a single week. It became Higgins' second number-one single, after 2004's "Scar". At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart.