Steer (song)

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"Steer"
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The single cover to "Steer" featuring Higgins smiling on the right. Photograph was taken in Sydney.
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album On a Clear Night
A-side
  • "Steer"
B-side
  • "Dusty Road"
  • "The Battle"
  • "Leave a Note"
Released 14 April 2007
Format CD single
Digital download
Recorded Los Angeles, California, 2006
Genre pop
Length 3:53
Label Eleven
Writer(s) Missy Higgins
Producer(s) Mitchell Froom
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"The Sound of White"
(2005)
"Steer"
(2007)
"Where I Stood"
(2007)

"Steer" is the first single from Missy Higgins' second album, On a Clear Night. The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007[1] and became #1 most added track in that same week. The CD single achieved the #1 spot on the Australian Singles Chart in the first week of its CD release. It is Higgins' second #1 single, her first being her debut single "Scar" from her first album The Sound of White.[2]

Higgins stated that the song was "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the entire Southern Celestial Sphere from a bay in Western Australia.[3]

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

The song is available to listen to at the website of Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph.[4]

In March 2007, Higgins gave fans the exclusive opportunity to pre-order a personally signed copy of her single 'Steer' via SMS.[5]

Track listing

The song has been released on the Australian iTunes Store, 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 Singles Chart[6] 1
End of Year Chart (2007)
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[7] 60

Notes

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Preceded by ARIA (Australia) number-one single
23 April 2007
Succeeded by
"Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne
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  2. Australian-charts.com
  3. Time Off Magazine Matt Connors' interview with Missy Higgins(2006)
  4. "Steer" streaming version from The Daily Telegraph website.
  5. The Harbour Agency. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
  6. "Australian Top 50 singles chart". ARIACharts.com. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
  7. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2007.htm.