Great Southern Land
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"Great Southern Land" is a single released by Australia
n rock band
Icehouse
. It was released in August 1982, before the album
Primitive Man
. Peaking at number five on the Australian Singles Chart, it was later featured in the 1988 Yahoo Serious
film Young Einstein
, and remains their most popular song according to listeners of Triple M
in 2007.
It was re-released in the U.S. on Chrysalis Records
in 1989 as both a 7" and CD single, to coincide with the U.S. release of the compilation album, Great Southern Land
.
On 5 September 2011, "Great Southern Land" re-entered the Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #66.
set up a 16 minute remix featuring Australian Aborigines
, Parliament-Funkadelic
alumni Bernie Worrell
and avant-garde
guitarist Buckethead
for inclusion on the 1994 remix compilation Full Circle
. An edited version named "Byrralku Dhangudha", with the Aborigines partly singing the chorus in their own language was included on the EP Spin One
in 1993. The same edit was released as a single in Germany in 1994 as "Great Southern Land (1994 version)". Another remix version by Endorphin
was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown
in 2002.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...
. It was released in August 1982, before the album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Primitive Man
Primitive Man (album)
Primitive Man is an album by the Australian synthpop band Icehouse, released in September 1982. In January 1982, Icehouse founder Iva Davies started recording Primitive Man essentially as a solo project, it was co-produced with Keith Forsey who later worked with Simple Minds...
. Peaking at number five on the Australian Singles Chart, it was later featured in the 1988 Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious , born Greg Pead , is an Australian film actor, director and score composer. He is best known for his 1988 comedy Young Einstein. He also created Reckless Kelly in 1993 and Mr. Accident in 2000...
film Young Einstein
Young Einstein
Young Einstein is an Australian comedy film directed by and starring Yahoo Serious, released in 1988.-Plot:Albert Einstein, the son of an apple farmer in Tasmania in the early 1900s, splits a beer atom with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer, discovers the theory of relativity and travels to...
, and remains their most popular song according to listeners of Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
in 2007.
It was re-released in the U.S. on Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
in 1989 as both a 7" and CD single, to coincide with the U.S. release of the compilation album, Great Southern Land
Great Southern Land (album)
Great Southern Land is a compilation album by Australian rock synthpop band, Icehouse released by Chrysalis Records / Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at #2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at #13 on the singles charts, and "Jimmy...
.
On 5 September 2011, "Great Southern Land" re-entered the Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #66.
Remixes
In 1993 producer Bill LaswellBill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
set up a 16 minute remix featuring Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
, Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums...
alumni Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
and avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
guitarist Buckethead
Buckethead
Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
for inclusion on the 1994 remix compilation Full Circle
Full Circle (Icehouse album)
Full Circle is a 2CD collection of remixed tracks by Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse released in December 1994 on Massive Records. It also features a variety of musicians including the Bangarra Dance Company, Elcho Island and guitar virtuoso, Buckethead who would later join Guns N' Roses...
. An edited version named "Byrralku Dhangudha", with the Aborigines partly singing the chorus in their own language was included on the EP Spin One
Spin One
Spin One is a four track EP released by Australian synthpop rock band Icehouse in June 1993. Three tracks, "Shakin' the Cage", "Dedicated to Glam" and "MLK", are also on the double CD remix album, Full Circle, released in December 1994...
in 1993. The same edit was released as a single in Germany in 1994 as "Great Southern Land (1994 version)". Another remix version by Endorphin
Endorphin (Australian band)
Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus, an electronic act from Kuranda, near Cairns, Australia.-Albums:* Embrace * Skin * AM:PM * Seduction * Shake It... * Soon After Silence...
was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown
Meltdown (Icehouse album)
Meltdown is a remix album by Australian rock synthpop band, Icehouse with tracks remixed by Australian electronic musicians and bands including Infusion, sonicanimation and beXta. It was released in October 2002 within Australia by dIVA Records under Warner Music Australia. The single "Lay Your...
in 2002.
12" single (Australian release)
- "Great Southern Land" - 5:05
- "Uniform" (extended mix) - 6:02
7" single (U.S. release)
- "Great Southern Land" (edit)
- "Great Southern Land" (album version)
1994 single (German release)
- "Great Southern Land" (1994 version) - 3:47
- "Dedicated To Glam" (12" mix) - 4:25
- "Great Southern Land" (original version) - 5:16