Song · Christine Anu
“My Island Home” by Christine Anu
“My Island Home” by Christine Anu appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. Its best result is #47 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #204 alternative song of 1995.
Christine Anu took "My Island Home" on in 1995 and made it her own. Neil Murray wrote it for George Burarrwanga, the singer of the Warumpi Band, and it's a song about his home on Elcho Island, off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory; the Warumpi Band cut it first, in 1986, and put it on Go Bush!, their second album. Anu knew the songwriter's world from the inside, having sung backing vocals in Neil Murray and the Rainmakers in 1992 and 1993.
Her reworked version took Song of the Year at the 1995 APRA Awards, and in 2001 APRA named the song among the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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