Not to be confused with My Island Home (Kaira Gong song).
"My Island Home"
1987 single cover
Single by Warumpi Band
from the album Go Bush!
B-side
"Didjeridoo Blue"
Released
12 January 1987[1]
Recorded
1986
Genre
Rock
Length
4:58
Label
Parole
Songwriter(s)
Neil Murray
Warumpi Band singles chronology
"Sit Down Money" (1986)
"My Island Home" (1987)
"No Fear" / "Tjiluru Tijiluru" (1987)
"My Island Home" is a rock song written by Neil Murray for George Burarrwanga. It was originally performed by the Warumpi Band. The song references lead singer's (George Burarrwanga) home up at Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2][3] It was recorded in 1986 and released as a single from their second album, Go Bush!, in January 1987.[1]
It was covered by Christine Anu in 1995; she had been a backing vocalist in Neil Murray and The Rainmakers during 1992–1993.
"My Island Home" won 'Song of the Year' at the 1995 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards for Anu's reworked version of the song.[3][4] It was also listed in the APRA Top 30 Australian songs of all time in 2001.[5]
^ ab"Platterlog : Singles – New Releases > 12 January 1987". Platterlog, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^Neil Murray's Site
^ abSchwartz, Larry (6 March 2005). "Wondering and wandering far yet deeply rooted". The Age. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
^"APRA/AMCOS: Previous Winners 'APRA Song of the Year'". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2 May 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
^Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
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