For the Australian television comedy series, see Under the Milky Way (TV series).
"Under the Milky Way"
Australian region version
Single by the Church
from the album Starfish
B-side
"Musk"
"Warm Spell"
Released
15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)[1]
Recorded
1987
Studio
Los Angeles
Genre
Neo-psychedelia[2]
psychedelia[3]
new wave[4]
Length
4:05
4:57
Label
Mushroom
Arista
Songwriter(s)
Steve Kilbey
Karin Jansson
Producer(s)
Greg Ladanyi
Waddy Wachtel
The Church
The Church singles chronology
"Disenchanted" (1986)
"Under the Milky Way" (1988)
"Reptile" (1988)
Music video
"Under the Milky Way" on YouTube
"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band the Church, released on 15 February 1988,[1] and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow). It peaked at No. 22 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, No. 24 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and No. 25 on the New Zealand Singles Chart; it also appeared in the Dutch Single Top 100. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, the song won 'Single of the Year'. It was issued simultaneously in both 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl formats by Arista Records (internationally) and Mushroom Records (Australian region).
In 2006, the song was remixed and released as Craig Obey vs the Church. It peaked at number 91 on the ARIA charts.[5]
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Under the Milky Way" was ranked number 33.[6]
^ ab"Australian Music Report No 707 – 15 February 1988 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 24 September 2019 – via Imgur.com.
^Milano, Brett (14 January 2023). "The 25 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^"The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. 24 August 2015. p. 6. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^Abed, Cyrus (12 April 2022). "33 Best New Wave Songs in the World". Music Industry How To. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 207.
^"Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Music Feeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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