| "Blackfella/Whitefella" | ||||
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| Single by Warumpi Band | ||||
| from the album Big Name, No Blankets | ||||
| A-side | "Blackfella/Whitefella" | |||
| B-side | "Fitzroy Crossing" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | January 1985 | |||
| Genre | Country rock, Aboriginal rock | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Powderworks | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Murray, George Rrurrambu | |||
| Producer(s) | Warumpi Band | |||
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"Blackfella/Whitefella" is an Australian rock song written by Neil Murray and George Rrurrambu, recorded by their Aboriginal rock group, Warumpi Band, and released as the second single from their 1985 album, Big Name, No Blankets on Parole Records and Powderworks Records.[1] While not a chart success, the song drew attention to issues of racism in Australia through lyrics that encourage harmony and co-operation by people of all races. The song received national airplay and attention in 1986 when politically charged rockers and Powderworks Records founders Midnight Oil accompanied the band on a free concert tour of remote Aboriginal communities as the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour.[2]
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Blackfella/Whitefella" was ranked number 82.[3]
- ^ Warumpi Band (1985), Big Name, no Blankets, Parole Records. National Library of Australia, retrieved 7 January 2014
- ^ "The music of survival, pride, and indomitability" (PDF). Australia Council for the Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.