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| name = Minutes to Midnight |
| name = Minutes to Midnight |
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| artist = [[Midnight Oil]] |
| artist = [[Midnight Oil]] |
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| album = [[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]] |
| album = [[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]] |
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| released = 1984 |
| released = {{Start date|1984}} |
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| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] |
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| length = 3:07 |
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] |
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] |
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| writer = [[Peter Garrett]], [[Jim Moginie]] |
| writer = [[Peter Garrett]], [[Jim Moginie]] |
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| producer = [[Nick Launay]], |
| producer = [[Nick Launay]], Midnight Oil |
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#"[[When the Generals Talk]]" |
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#"[[Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil song)|Best of Both Worlds]]" |
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#"[[Sleep (Midnight Oil song)|Sleep]]" |
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#"Minutes to Midnight" |
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#"[[Jimmy Sharman's Boxers]]" |
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#"[[Bakerman (song)|Bakerman]]" |
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#"[[Who Can Stand in the Way?]]" |
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#"[[Kosciusko (song)|Kosciusko]]" |
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#"[[Helps Me Helps You]]" |
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#"[[Harrisburg (song)|Harrisburg]]" |
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#"[[Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond]]" |
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#"[[Shipyards of New Zealand (song)|Shipyards of New Zealand]]" |
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'''''Minutes to Midnight''''' is the fourth track on the |
'''''Minutes to Midnight''''' is the fourth track on the 1984 album ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'' by Australian music group [[Midnight Oil]]. The song was written by band members [[Peter Garrett]] and [[Jim Moginie]]. |
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The title and lyrics of the song allude to the [[Doomsday Clock]], a symbolic timepiece published by the ''[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]'', which represents the proximity of [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] (or more generally "catastrophic destruction"), designated as "midnight". Nuclear confrontation was pertinent at the time of this song, the clock having regressed to a mere "three minutes to midnight" in 1984 from some 12 minutes in the preceding decade. This was the closest to midnight the clock had reached since the overt testing of [[Thermonuclear weapon|H-Bombs]] by the US and Soviet Union in 1953.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thebulletin.org/timeline|title=Timeline|work=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|access-date=2017-07-07|language=en}}</ref> This setting was surpassed only recently, after the inauguration of American president Donald Trump in January 2017, when the clock was set at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.<ref name="timeline">{{cite journal | title=It is 5 Minutes to Midnight: Clock Timeline | year=2007 | journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | url=http://thebulletin.org/clock/2017}}</ref> |
The title and lyrics of the song allude to the [[Doomsday Clock]], a symbolic timepiece published by the ''[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]'', which represents the proximity of [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] (or more generally "catastrophic destruction"), designated as "midnight". Nuclear confrontation was pertinent at the time of this song, the clock having regressed to a mere "three minutes to midnight" in 1984 from some 12 minutes in the preceding decade. This was the closest to midnight the clock had reached since the overt testing of [[Thermonuclear weapon|H-Bombs]] by the US and Soviet Union in 1953.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thebulletin.org/timeline|title=Timeline|work=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|access-date=2017-07-07|language=en}}</ref> This setting was surpassed only recently, after the inauguration of American president Donald Trump in January 2017, when the clock was set at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.<ref name="timeline">{{cite journal | title=It is 5 Minutes to Midnight: Clock Timeline | year=2007 | journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | url=http://thebulletin.org/clock/2017}}</ref> |
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| "Minutes to Midnight" | |
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| Song by Midnight Oil | |
| from the album Red Sails in the Sunset | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Recorded | June 1984 – August 1984 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:07 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie |
| Producer(s) | Nick Launay, Midnight Oil |
Minutes to Midnight is the fourth track on the 1984 album Red Sails in the Sunset by Australian music group Midnight Oil. The song was written by band members Peter Garrett and Jim Moginie.
The title and lyrics of the song allude to the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic timepiece published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which represents the proximity of nuclear war (or more generally "catastrophic destruction"), designated as "midnight". Nuclear confrontation was pertinent at the time of this song, the clock having regressed to a mere "three minutes to midnight" in 1984 from some 12 minutes in the preceding decade. This was the closest to midnight the clock had reached since the overt testing of H-Bombs by the US and Soviet Union in 1953.[1] This setting was surpassed only recently, after the inauguration of American president Donald Trump in January 2017, when the clock was set at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.[2]
The lyrics warn of escalation in the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union ("ICBMs, SS-20s / they lie so dormant, they got so many"), and allude to both H.G. Wells and heralded Australian racehorse Phar Lap.
References
- ^ "Timeline". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ^ "It is 5 Minutes to Midnight: Clock Timeline". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 2007.