Gadigal Land

"Gadigal Land"
Single by Midnight Oil featuring Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs and Bunna Lawrie
from the album The Makarrata Project
Released7 August 2020
Length4:45
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Rob Hirst * Joel Davidson * Bunna Lawrie
Producer(s)Warne Livesey[1]
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"No Man's Land"
(2003)
"Gadigal Land"
(2020)
"First Nation"
(2020)
Dan Sultan singles chronology
"Every Day My Mother's Voice"
(2019)
"Gadigal Land"
(2020)

"Gadigal Land" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil featuring Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs and Bunna Lawrie. The song was released on 7 August 2020.[1] It is the band's first single in 17 years, and is part of The Makarrata Project, a themed mini-album of collaborations with Indigenous artists.[2]

Midnight Oil has pledged to donate its share of any proceeds it receives from the song to organisations promoting the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart, which called for the creation of a "First Nations Voice" enshrined in the Australian Constitution.[1]

The song won Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2021.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Maloon, Natacha (7 August 2020). "Midnight Oil release their first new song in 20 years, "Gadigal Land"". 9Honey. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Nominees announced for the 2021 APRA Music Awards". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Midnight Oil, Tones And I among big winners at 2021 APRA Music Awards". Industry Observer. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.