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"Great Southern Land" is a single released by the Australian rock band Icehouse. It was released in August 1982, before the album ''Primitive Man''. Peaking at number five on the Australian Singles Chart,〔 NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.〕 it was later featured in the 1988 Yahoo Serious film ''Young Einstein'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Young Einstein'' soundtrack listing )〕 and remains their most popular song according to listeners of Triple M in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown )〕 It was re-released in the U.S. on Chrysalis Records in 1989 as both a 7" and CD single, to coincide with the U.S. release of the compilation album, ''Great Southern Land''. On 5 September 2011, "Great Southern Land" re-entered the Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #66. There are two versions of the music video. The Australian original version, made filmed at the disused Jones' quarry in Wahroonghain in 1982, with solarised clips of the band in daylight and surrounded by camp fires at night. The USA version was made in 1989 for the movie ''Young Einstein'' and it has Iva Davies walking around Myall Lakes National Park.〔()〕 In November 2014 the song was selected for inclusion on the Australian National Film & Sound Archive's "Sounds of Australia" list. 〔()〕 ==Remixes== In 1993, producer Bill Laswell set up a 16-minute remix with Australian Aborigines, Parliament-Funkadelic alumnus Bernie Worrell and the avant-garde guitarist Buckethead for inclusion on the 1994 remix compilation ''Full Circle''. An edited version named "Byrralku Dhangudha", with the Aborigines partly singing the chorus in their own language was included on the EP ''Spin One'' in 1993. The same edit was released as a single in Germany in 1994 as "Great Southern Land (1994 version)".〔(Great Southern Land 1994 single )〕 Another remix version by Endorphin was released on the Icehouse album ''Meltdown'' in 2002. In 2012, Tourism Australia collaborated with Iva Davies to create an online video clip to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the song. The clip includes famous musicians such as Katie Noonan, Cut Copy, Van She and Eskimo Joe, along with everyday Australian characters including an oyster farmer from Barilla Bay in Tasmania and a local choir from the Blue Mountains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Southern Land」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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