"Soldiers" is the second single from the album ''

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'' by Australian

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You Am I You Am I are an Australian power pop band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted at the ...

. It was released in 1996 and reached number 80 in the 1996

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and number 33 on the Australian charts.You Am I.com.au
Tim Rogers said that the song was "very consciously" recorded with "boppy" horns, rather than distorted guitars, reflecting the music the band was listening to at the time. "You Am I were rock for four years, but we wanted to make something different." The video clip directed by

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won the

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at the

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.ARIA Award previous winners.

Track listing

# "Soldiers" – 2:31 # "Boulder Fair" – 2:12 # "Six" – 2:51 # "Count to Four" – 2:26 All songs by Tim Rogers. "Boulder Fair", "Six" and "Count to Four" are all

originals.

Charts

References

{{You Am I 1996 singles ARIA Award-winning songs You Am I songs Songs written by Tim Rogers (musician) 1996 songs