Anchor Me (The Mutton Birds song)

"Anchor Me"
Single by The Mutton Birds
from the album Salty
B-side"When The Wind Comes Round"
Released1994
GenreRock
Length4:27
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Don McGlashan
Producer(s)The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds singles chronology
"Ngaire"
(1994) 		"Anchor Me"
(1994) 		"She's Been Talking"
(1996)

"Anchor Me" is a 1994 single by New Zealand rock band The Mutton Birds. The song peaked at #10 in the New Zealand singles chart, and charted for nine weeks. The song was from the group's 1993 album Salty, with three other album tracks used on the single.[1] "Anchor Me" is a love song, written by the Mutton Birds' lead singer Don McGlashan about his wife.[2]

Songwriter Don McGlashan won the 1994 APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award for "Anchor Me", the first of his two Silver Scrolls.[3] McGlashan was also nominated for Best Songwriter for "Anchor Me" at the 1995 New Zealand Music Awards.[4]

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  3. ^ "Silver Scroll Award". APRA. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ^ "1995 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.