January 26 (song)

"January 26"
Single by A.B. Original featuring Dan Sultan
from the album Reclam Australia
Released19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
Length3:20
LabelGolden Era
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
A. B. Original singles chronology
"Take Me Home"
(2016) 		"January 26"
(2016) 		"Dumb Things"
(2017)
Dan Sultan singles chronology
"Dirty Ground"
(2014) 		"January 26"
(2016) 		"Magnetic"
(2016)
Music video
"January 26 " on YouTube

"January 26" is a song by Australian hip hop duo A.B. Original featuring singer Dan Sultan and was released digitally on 19 August 2016, as the fifth and final single from A.B. Original's debut studio album Reclaim Australia. January 26 is the date of Australia Day, held on the anniversary of the date that the First Fleet arrived in Australia.[1][2]

In December 2016, the song was the feature of a Facebook event, which encouraged people to vote for the song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.[3] The song was placed at number 16 on the countdown that took place on 26 January 2017. The 2017 countdown was the last time the annual Triple J Hottest 100 countdown took place on 26 January due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement, which the song criticises.[4][5]

At the National Indigenous Music Awards of 2017, the song won Song of the Year and Film Clip of the Year.[6] At the 2017 AIR independent Music Awards, the song won Best Independent single.[7]

At the 2017 South Australian Music Awards, the song won Best Song and Best Music video.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "We didn't expect to hit the main nerve: A.B. Original on music and activism". SBS. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Fans push to get A.B. Original's anti-Australia Day protest into Hottest 100". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Is This The Last Year We Hear The Hottest 100 On 26 January?". themusic.com.au. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ Steph Harmon (24 January 2017). "Change the Date: hip-hop artists collaborate on new Australia Day track". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ "2017 Winners". National Indigenous Music Awards. NIMA. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ "2017 AIR independent Music Awards". AIR. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. ^ "2017 South Australian Music Awards Winners". Scenestr. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2021.