First Nation (song)

"First Nation"
Single by Midnight Oil featuring Jessica Mauboy and Tasman Keith
from the album The Makarrata Project
Released25 September 2020[1]
Recorded2019[2]
Length4:51
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Robert Hirst, Tasman Keith[3]
Producer(s)Warne Livesey
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"Gadigal Land"
(2020) 		"First Nation"
(2020) 		"Rising Seas"
(2021)
Jessica Mauboy singles chronology
"Butterfly"
(2020) 		"First Nation"
(2020) 		"Glow"
(2021)
Tasman Keith singles chronology
"64 Bars"
(2020) 		"First Nation"
(2020) 		"No Country"
(2020)

"First Nation" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil featuring Jessica Mauboy and Tasman Keith. The song was released on 25 September 2020 as the second single from the band's twelfth studio album The Makarrata Project; a themed mini-album of collaborations with Indigenous artists.[4]

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the Robert Hambling directed video was nominated for Best Video.[5]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song was nominated for Song of the Year.[6]

  1. ^ "New single 'First Nation' music video". midnightoil. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "'First Nation' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 27 September 2020. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  4. ^ Maloon, Natacha (7 August 2020). "Midnight Oil release their first new song in 20 years, "Gadigal Land"". 9Honey. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ Kelly, Vivienne (20 October 2021). "ARIA Awards nominees revealed: Amy Shark & Genesis Owusu lead the charge". The Music Network. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Nominees Revealed for 2022 APRA Music Awards". The Industry Observer. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.