| "Foreign Land" | ||||
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| Single by Eskimo Joe | ||||
| from the album Inshalla | ||||
| Released | 3 April 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eskimo Joe (Joel Quartermain, Kavyen Temperley & Stuart MacLeod), Steve Parkin | |||
| Producer(s) | Gil Norton | |||
| Eskimo Joe singles chronology | ||||
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"Foreign Land" is a song by Australian rock band, Eskimo Joe. It was released in April 2009 as the lead single from their fourth studio album Inshalla. The song was the most added song on Australian radio in April 2009,[1] and peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold. The single contains elements of traditional Turkish folk music from Adiyaman, Turkey.[citation needed]
The song was written as a tribute to Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died in January 2008.[2]
The song placed second in the 2009 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[3]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2010, the song won Most Played Australian Work and Rock Work of the Year.[4]
- ^ Eliezer, Christie (21 April 2009). "Radio leaps over new Eskimo Joe track". The Music.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ Te Koha, Nui (19 August 2009). "Eskimo Joe write Foreign Land as a tribute to Heath Ledger". News.com.au. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "2010 Winners". APRA Music Awards. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.