Forgotten Years

"Forgotten Years"
"Forgotten Years"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Blue Sky Mining
B-side	"Shakers and Movers"; "You May Not Be Released";
Released	16 April 1990
Length	4:21
Label	CBS; Sprint Music;
Songwriter(s)	Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie;
Producer(s)	Midnight Oil; Warne Livesey;
Midnight Oil singles chronology

"Forgotten Years" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in April 1990 as the second single from their seventh studio album, Blue Sky Mining (1990). The song peaked at No. 26 on the Australian Singles Chart, No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Album Rock Chart.

The song was inspired by drummer Rob Hirst's grandfather and father's experience of war and how they said it was up to future generations to avoid wars in the future and not to forget how horrible wars are.^{[citation needed]} The music video was filmed in Douaumont Ossuary, France.^{[citation needed]}

Track listings

Australian 7-inch single^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forgotten Years"	Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie	4:21
2.	"Shakers and Movers"	Moginie, Peter Garrett	4:32

UK 7-inch single^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forgotten Years"	Hirst, Moginie	4:21
2.	"You May Not Be Released"	Moginie	3:38

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	26
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[4]	36
France (SNEP)^[5]	44
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	24
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	97
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[9]	11