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.[1] The music video was shot in Spain.

"This Is Your Land"
Single by Simple Minds
from the album Street Fighting Years
B-side
  • "Saturday Girl"
  • "Year of the Dragon"
Released10 April 1989 (1989-04-10)
Format7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD
GenrePop, rock, electronic
Length6:18
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Mick MacNeil
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Stephen Lipson
Simple Minds singles chronology
"Belfast Child"
(1989)		 "This Is Your Land"
(1989)		 "Take a Step Back"
(1989)

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."[2]

Track listings
7" Single
  1. "This Is Your Land" - 6:22
  2. "Saturday Girl" - 6:09
12", Cassette & CD Singles
  1. This Is Your Land" - 6:22
  2. Saturday Girl" - 6:09
  3. "Year Of The Dragon" - 3:06

Chart performance
Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[1] 13
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 38
Dutch GfK chart[4] 7
Dutch Top 40[5] 6
Irish Singles Chart[6] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[7] 18
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 10
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] 37
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[9] 12

References
  1. "The Official Charts Company - Simple Minds - This Is Your Land". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "australian-charts.com - Simple Minds - This Is Your Land". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. "dutchcharts.nl - Simple Minds - This Is Your Land" (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  5. "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 19, 1989" (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  6. "irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  7. "swedishcharts.com - Simple Minds - This Is Your Land". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  8. "Simple Minds - This Is Your Land - hitparade.ch" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  9. "allmusic ((( Simple Minds > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
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