Blue Sky Mine
| "Blue Sky Mine" | ||||
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| Single by Midnight Oil | ||||
| from the album Blue Sky Mining | ||||
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| Released | 5 February 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Midnight Oil, Warne Livesey | |||
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"Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in February 1990 as the first single from their seventh studio album, Blue Sky Mining (1990). The song was inspired by the experiences of workers at the Wittenoom asbestos mines who contracted various asbestos-related diseases. The "blue" refers to blue asbestos, and the "sugar refining company" mentioned in the lyrics refers to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company Ltd, the owner of the mines.