"Steer" is the first single from Australian singer-songwriter
Missy Higgins' second album, ''
On a Clear Night'' (2007). The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became the most-added track that same week. Higgins stated that the song is "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the
southern celestial hemisphere from a bay in
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
[Time Off Magazin]
Matt Connors' interview with Missy Higgins
(2006) The song has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums.
The single reached the number-one spot on the
Australian Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA beca ...
in the first week of its release, dethroning
Avril Lavigne's "
Girlfriend" for a single week. It became Higgins' second number-one single, after 2004's "
Scar
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrosis, fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other Organ (anatomy), organs, and biological tissue, t ...
". At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart.
Track listing
# "Steer" – 3:53
# "Dusty Road" – 3:14
# "The Battle" – 2:17
# "Leave a Note" (demo) – 3:43
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steer (Song)
2007 singles
2007 songs
Eleven: A Music Company singles
Missy Higgins songs
Number-one singles in Australia
Song recordings produced by Mitchell Froom
Songs written by Missy Higgins