Middle of the Hill

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"Middle of the Hill"
Middle of the Hill by Josh Pyke.png
Single by Josh Pyke
from the album Feeding the Wolves
ReleasedJuly 2005
Length2:27
Label Ivy League Records
Songwriter(s) Josh Pyke
Producer(s) Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke singles chronology
"The Doldrums"
(2004)
"Middle of the Hill"
(2005)
"Private Education"
(2006)
Music video
"Middle of the Hill" on YouTube

"Middle of the Hill" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke. It was released in July 2005 as the lead single from Pyke's third extended play, Feeding the Wolves (2005). The song has become a "fan-favourite" [1] and was polled at number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005. [2]

Pyke said "The writing of 'Middle of the Hill' was one of those times that I've read about; it's called 'the flow', you know, where you're in this state of creativity where you're not really aware of what you're doing, very stream-of-consciousness. That song, I literally wrote it in about as long as it takes to sing it. I had the riff and I was playing it, and I just kind of opened my mouth and all this stuff poured out. I think it was partly because I'd moved back home at that point, so I was reflecting on family and what it means to be part of a family and living in a family." [1]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2007, the song was nominated for Most Performed Blues and Roots Work. [3]

Track listings

1 track single
No.TitleLength
1."Middle of the Hill"2:27
CD single (725624)
No.TitleLength
1."Middle of the Hill"3:05
2."Drop in the Stitch"3:33
7" single (1725625)
No.TitleLength
1."Middle of the Hill"3:05
2."Fed & Watered"3:55

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References

  1. 1 2 "Josh Pyke Revisits His Childhood Home In New Doco Episode About "Middle of the Hill"". The Music. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. "Triple J Hottest 100 2005". ABC. January 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. "Most Performed Bles and Roots Work". APRA AMCOS. 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2020.