"Steer" is the first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins

Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...

' second album On a Clear Night

On a Clear Night

On a Clear Night is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released by Eleven on 28 April 2007. Higgins started work on the album straight after finishing her 2004 debut, The Sound of White. She spent six months of 2006 in Broome, Western Australia, writing new...

. The song was released in Australia

Australia

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 on 14 April 2007 and became #1 most added track in that same week. The CD single achieved the #1 spot on the Australian Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

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 in the first week of its CD release. It is Higgins' second #1 single, her first being her debut single "Scar

Scar (song)

"Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven, it was the first single from Higgins' debut album The Sound of White...

" from her first album The Sound of White

The Sound of White

The Sound of White is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released 6 September 2004 on Eleven. Higgins had secured recording contracts with Eleven and Warner Bros. while still in high school, after winning a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station...

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Higgins stated that the song was "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the entire Southern Celestial Sphere

Astronomical object

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 from a bay in Western Australia

Western Australia

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The song has a clean, upbeat feel with vocals that ascend into many high-pitched lyrics. It has instrument backings of acoustic guitar

Steel-string acoustic guitar

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 and drums

Drum kit

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The song is available to listen to at the website of Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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In March 2007, Higgins gave fans the exclusive opportunity to pre-order a personally signed copy of her single 'Steer' via SMS.

Track listing

The song has been released on the Australian iTunes Store

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, on which after a few days it had already broken into the top three singles.

1. "Steer" - 3:53
2. "Dusty Road" - 3:14
3. "The Battle" - 2:17
4. "Leave a Note" (Demo) - 3:43

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Singles Chart	1

End of Year Chart (2007)	position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart	60