In the song, the character Derek (who is featured in the story line of Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)) attempts to convince his father, Arthur, of the great opportunities available in Australia, where there's "no drug addiction" and you can "surf like they do in the U.S.A." Derek's advertisement is compared to John Smith, who campaigned for America in a similar manner, by author Thomas Kitts.
The song also features a jam sequence lasting for approximately half the song, which is atypical for The Kinks. In the Australian single edit, this section is removed by editing an earlier section of the song into another section during a drum beat, which is then followed by a fade-out.
It has featured in a wide variety of Australian press and online media, including mining forums, and continues to garner attention due to its controversial and provocative message. Music press have hailed the song as one of the great contemporary Australian protest songs. The Melbourne Age went as far as to say that Midnight Oil's 'Blue Sky Mine' has nothing on 'Australia (Whore of the World)'.
The Song has been banned by ABC Local Radio Southern Queensland (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) as being too provocative for a conservative audience. ABC Southern Queensland encompasses the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region which is the region where Gordon hails from originally and where he has performed the song at a number of anti-mining rallies. The song has however received airplay in other parts of Australia from the ABC, and has been showcased on the national flagship ABC Environment website. As of May 2011, Gordon is contesting the Toowoomba ruling with the case currently before the independent ABC Consumer and Audience review board.
The Australian wine industry is the world's fourth largest exporter of wine with approximately 750million litres a year to the international export market with only about 40% of production consumed domestically. The wine industry is a significant contributor to the Australian economy through production, employment, export and tourism.
There is a A$2.8billion domestic market for Australian wines, with Australians consuming over 530million litres annually with a per capita consumption of about 30 litres – 50% white table wine, 35% red table wine.Norfolk Islanders are the second biggest per capita wine consumers in the world with 54 litres. Only 16.6% of wine sold domestically is imported.
Wine is produced in every state, with more than 60 designated wine regions totalling approximately 160,000 hectares; however Australia's wine regions are mainly in the southern, cooler parts of the country, with vineyards located in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The wine regions in each of these states produce different wine varieties and styles that take advantage of the particular Terroir such as: climatic differences, topography and soil types. With the major varieties being predominantly Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Semillon, Pinot noir, Riesling, and Sauvignon blanc. Wines are often labelled with the name of their grape variety, which must constitute at least 85 percent of the wine.
Simply Red - Sunrise (Official Remastered Video)
Featured on the double platinum album 'Home' – the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. This video has been remastered from the original tapes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ‘Home’ album in March 2023.
Home is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".
Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PL966EB62A778ED491&index=1
Remastered by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)
Follow Simply Red:
https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ
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Simply Red - Sunrise (Official Remastered Video)
Featured on the double platinum album 'Home' – the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red...
Simply Red - Sunrise (Official Remastered Video)
Featured on the double platinum album 'Home' – the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. This video has been remastered from the original tapes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ‘Home’ album in March 2023.
Home is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".
Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PL966EB62A778ED491&index=1
Remastered by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)
Follow Simply Red:
https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ
https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/
https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial
Lyrics
As I look into your eyes I see the sunrise
The light behind your face helps me realise
(Sunrise)
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
(Sunrise)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Is it in your mind at all?
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever, forever
Wandering through life, will love come home to you?
And the love you want forever, will they be true to you?
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Love's indescribable
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Easy, ready, willing, over time
Where does it stop, where do you dare me to draw the line?
(Forever)
You've got the body, now you want my soul
Don't even think about it, say no go (yeah)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Forever
(Sunrise)
Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985.
#SimplyRed #Sunrise #Home
Simply Red - Sunrise (Official Remastered Video)
Featured on the double platinum album 'Home' – the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. This video has been remastered from the original tapes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ‘Home’ album in March 2023.
Home is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".
Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PL966EB62A778ED491&index=1
Remastered by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)
Follow Simply Red:
https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ
https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/
https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial
Lyrics
As I look into your eyes I see the sunrise
The light behind your face helps me realise
(Sunrise)
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
(Sunrise)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Is it in your mind at all?
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever, forever
Wandering through life, will love come home to you?
And the love you want forever, will they be true to you?
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Love's indescribable
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Easy, ready, willing, over time
Where does it stop, where do you dare me to draw the line?
(Forever)
You've got the body, now you want my soul
Don't even think about it, say no go (yeah)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Forever
(Sunrise)
Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985.
#SimplyRed #Sunrise #Home
Simply Red - Sunrise (Official Remastered Video)
Featured on the double platinum album 'Home' – the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. This video has been remastered from the original tapes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ‘Home’ album in March 2023.
Home is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".
Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PL966EB62A778ED491&index=1
Remastered by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)
Follow Simply Red:
https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ
https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/
https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial
Lyrics
As I look into your eyes I see the sunrise
The light behind your face helps me realise
(Sunrise)
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
(Sunrise)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Is it in your mind at all?
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever, forever
Wandering through life, will love come home to you?
And the love you want forever, will they be true to you?
Will we sleep and sometimes love until the moon shines
Maybe the next time I'll be yours and maybe you'll be mine
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
Love's indescribable
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Easy, ready, willing, over time
Where does it stop, where do you dare me to draw the line?
(Forever)
You've got the body, now you want my soul
Don't even think about it, say no go (yeah)
I don't know if it's even in your mind at all
It could be me
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
At this moment in time
If it's even in your mind at all
It should be me, it could be me
(Is it in your mind?)
Forever
Forever
(Sunrise)
Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985.
#SimplyRed #Sunrise #Home