Forgotten Years

"Forgotten Years"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
B-side
  • "Shakers and Movers"
  • "You May Not Be Released"
Released16 April 1990 (1990-04-16)
Length4:21
Label
  • CBS
  • Sprint Music
Songwriters
Producers
  • 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 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]

Track listings

Australian 7-inch single[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forgotten Years"Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie4:21
2."Shakers and Movers"Moginie, Peter Garrett4:32
UK 7-inch single[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forgotten Years"Hirst, Moginie4:21
2."You May Not Be Released"Moginie3:38

Charts

Release history

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (24 January 2024). "The Alternative Number Ones: Midnight Oil's "Forgotten Years"". Stereogum. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  2. ^ Campistron, Dominique (14 June 2016). "Quand Midnight Oil tournait un clip à Douaumont". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ Forgotten Years (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). CBS Records. 1990. 655894 7.
  4. ^ Forgotten Years (UK 7-inch single sleeve). CBS Records. 1990. OIL 6.
  5. ^ "Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Image 1268". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 2/6/1990 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Midnight Oil Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Midnight Oil Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "The Year in Music 1990: Top Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. YE-47.
  13. ^ "New Release Summary: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 14. 15 April 1990. p. 18.
  14. ^ "ミッドナイト・オイル | フォーゴトゥン・イヤーズ" [Midnight Oil | Forgotten Years] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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