Song · Midnight Oil
“Sometimes” by Midnight Oil
From the album Diesel and Dust (1987)
“Sometimes” by Midnight Oil appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Diesel and Dust. Its best result is #88 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #278 alternative song of 1988 and #4,786 alternative song of all time.
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"Sometimes" comes from Diesel and Dust, the sixth studio album from Australian rockers Midnight Oil, released in 1987, and it's credited to Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie. Warne Livesey produced it with the band and added keyboards alongside Moginie, while Guy Gray engineered with Kathy Naunton assisting.
The lineup on the track stretches well past guitars and drums: Martin Rotsey and Moginie on guitar, Peter Gifford on bass and Hirst on the kit, with John Ockwell's cello, Glad Reed's trombone and Jeremy Smith's French horn in the mix too. It got a second life years later, when a live version recorded in 1989 was pulled out in April 1992 to front the concert collection Scream in Blue as its first single, and it reached No. 33 in Australia.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 88 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1920 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1923 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1923 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1908 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1026 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1996 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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