Blue Sky Mine

"Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in February 1990 as the first single from their seventh studio album, Blue Sky Mining (1990).

The song was inspired by the experiences of workers at the Wittenoom asbestos mines who contracted various asbestos-related diseases.

[6] Double J named it in the top fifty Australian songs of the 1990s, saying, "It just so happens to also have a beat perfect for fist-pumping and a chorus crafted for hearty singalongs, which is why it appealed to the masses around the world.

If even a small percentage of rock'n'roll fans took something from their message, the band's work was not in vain.

"[7] In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Blue Sky Mine" was ranked number 39.