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Midnight Oil (known also as The Oils to fans), are an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie. While vocalist Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra, and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast. Important to their development was manager Gary Morris who was able to negotiate favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies and frustrate rock journalists. Midnight Oil’s albums which peaked in the Australian Top Ten were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Red Sails in the Sunset, Species Deceases, Diesel and Dust, Blue Sky Mining, Scream in Blue, Earth and Sun and Moon, Breathe, 20,000 Watt R.S.L., Redneck... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Midnight Oil
• Beds Are Burning
• 1987
• 300

• 2
• Midnight Oil
• King Of The Mountain
• 1990
• 30

• 3
• Midnight Oil
• Forgotten Years
• 1990
• 30

• 4
• Midnight Oil
• The Dead Heart
• 2010
• 0

• 5
• Midnight Oil
• Bakerman
• 2002
• 0