Rising Seas (song)

"Rising Seas"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Resist
Released28 October 2021[1]
Length5:50
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Jim Moginie
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"First Nation"
(2020)
"Rising Seas"
(2021)
"Tarkine"
(2021)

"Rising Seas" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The song was released on 28 October 2021 as the lead single from the band's thirteenth studio album Resist.

The group performed the song on The Sound on 28 November 2021.[2]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2023, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year[3] and nominated for Most Performed Rock Work.[4]

In 2023 the song was nominated for the Environmental Music Prize.[5][6]

  1. ^ Brereton, Greta (28 October 2021). "Midnight Oil call out government inaction on climate change with new single "Rising Seas"". NME Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Season 3 Episode 4 Craig Reucassel". iView. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ "These 20 songs are up for 2023 APRA Song Of The Year". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Nominees revealed for the 2023 APRA Music Awards". APRA Awards. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Environmental Music Prize 2023 Finalists". Music Feeds. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Xavier Rudd Wins 2023's Environmental Music Prize". Music Feeds. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.