| "Flame Trees" | ||||
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| Single by Cold Chisel | ||||
| from the album Twentieth Century | ||||
| B-side | "River Deep Mountain High" (Live) | |||
| Released | August 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pub rock | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Prestwich and Don Walker | |||
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"Flame Trees" is a song by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel and is about the town Oberon in the central west NSW from their 1984 album Twentieth Century. One of their best known songs, it was written by drummer Steve Prestwich and keyboardist Don Walker. On its release it reached No. 26 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[1] It resurfaced in August 2011 due to download sales, peaking at No. 54 on the ARIA chart.
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100" of the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Flame Trees" was ranked number 12.[2]
- ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.