This Is Your Land

Simple Minds

About This Is Your Land

"This Is Your Land" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds from their album Street Fighting Years, released as a single on 10 April 1989. The song features Lou Reed as guest vocalist. The single reached #13 on the UK singles chart. The music video was shot in Spain. The song was praised by David Sinclair of Q magazine as part of a five-star album review given to Street Fighting Years. Sinclair wrote: "The utterly beguiling melody of 'This Is Your Land', featuring a deadpan Lou Reed, cloaks a stinging rebuke on the issue of the environment while gently leading the listener up towards the panoramic splendour of the instrumental coda. " 


Year:
1989
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This is your land
It's the way it was planned
Sky to the sea, something to see
Old ancient town, to the old people ground
I wanna know, something to go
This is your land, laid out in your hand
This is your land
Wherever I go, way down here I know
This is your land

Oh churches and steeples, big city people
I wanna know something to hold
Walk down the track, to the old railroad track
I wanna leave something to see
This is your land, laid out in your hand
This is your land
Wherever I go, way down here I know
This is your land

Money can't buy me
Money can't buy me
I've got time
Time is on my side

You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone
The days are dark and the road is long

And when you walk away, the hope is gone
Tell me what is right, and what is wrong

Is this the way it was planned
This is your land, take it in your hand
This is your land
Wherever I go, way down here I know
This is your land, take it in your hand
This is your land
Wherever I go, way down here I know
This is your land

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Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Although experiencing significant personnel changes, it has continued to tour to a cult following through that decade and into the new millennium. more »

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Written by: JAMES KERR, CHARLES BURCHILL, MICHAEL JOSEPH MACNEIL

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10 facts about this song

Song Release
"This Is Your Land" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, which was released in April 1989 as the second single from their album "Street Fighting Years".
Music Genre
The song belongs to the rock and pop genres, indicative of the band's sonic evolution from their punk origins.
Chart Performance
The song achieved considerable success, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
Collaboration with U2
"This Is Your Land" is notable due to its collaboration with Bono of U2, another contemporaneous band renowned for their anthemic rock sound.
Politically Charged Theme
Like much of the album "Street Fighting Years", the track is overtly political in its content, representing a departure from Simple Minds' earlier, more introspective work.
Environmental Message
The song's lyrics convey a poignant environmental message, which was especially topical at the end of the 1980s.
Music Video
The music video for "This Is Your Land" features both Simple Minds and Bono, and showcases a variety of natural landscapes to underline the song's environmental theme.
Songwriting Credits
"This Is Your Land" was written by band members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.
Production
The song, along with the entire "Street Fighting Years" album, was produced by Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson, who are renowned producers in the music industry.
Commercial Success
Despite its serious political and environmental messages, "This Is Your Land" experienced substantial commercial success, which helped to further cement Simple Minds' status as one of the leading rock bands of the 1980s.

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