Steer (song)

"Steer"
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album On a Clear Night
B-side	"Dusty Road" "The Battle" "Leave a Note"
Released	14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Length	3:53
Label	Eleven
Songwriter(s)	Missy Higgins
Producer(s)	Mitchell Froom
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"The Sound of White" (2005) "Steer" (2007) "Where I Stood" (2007)

"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. ^[1] The song has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums.

The single reached the number-one spot on the Australian Singles Chart 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". At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart.

Track listing

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [2] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Australia (ARIA) [3] 60

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Australia	14 April 2007	CD single	Virgin	[5]
United States	14 July 2008	Adult alternative radio	Reprise	[6]
	27 April 2009	Hot adult contemporary radio		[7]
		Digital download (Steer & More EP)		[8]

References

1. Time Off Magazine Matt Connors' interview with Missy Higgins (2006)
2. "Missy Higgins – Steer EP". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
3. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 20 January 2021.
4. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
5. "Missy back in business". Brisbane Times . 23 April 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
6. "Triple A - Available For Airplay". FMQB . Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
7. "AC - Airplay Archive". FMQB . Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
8. "Steer & More - EP by Missy Higgins". iTunes Store (United States). 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2022.