Put Down That Weapon

"Put Down That Weapon"
"Put Down That Weapon"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Diesel and Dust
Released	7 December 1987
Length	4:38
Label	Sprint; Columbia;
Songwriter(s)	James Moginie; Robert Hirst; Peter Garrett
Producer(s)	Warne Livesy, Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil singles chronology

"Put Down That Weapon" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The song was released in December 1987 as the third single from their sixth studio album, Diesel and Dust.

Track listing

Australian release

"Put Down That Weapon" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett, Rotsey, Gifford)^[3] - 4:38
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe)^[3] -

European release

"Put Down That Weapon" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett, Rotsey, Gifford) - 4:38
"Dreamworld" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett, Rotsey, Gifford)^[3] - 3:36
"Short Memory" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett, Rotsey, Gifford)^[3] - 4:54

Charts

Chart (1987/88)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report^[4]	32
France (SNEP)^[5]	34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	9

References

^ "Australian Music Report No. 698 – 7 December 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via Imgur.com.
^ Back of album cover: Diesel and Dust
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 17 November 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. PUT THE WEAPON DOWN
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ "Midnight Oil – Put Down That Weapon" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Midnight Oil – Put Down That Weapon". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[1] "Australian Music Report No. 698 – 7 December 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via Imgur.com.

[2] Back of album cover: Diesel and Dust

[APRA-3] "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 17 November 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. PUT THE WEAPON DOWN

[4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

[sc_France_Midnight_Oil-5] "Midnight Oil – Put Down That Weapon" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[sc_New_Zealand_Midnight_Oil-6] "Midnight Oil – Put Down That Weapon". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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v t e Midnight Oil
Peter Garrett Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Martin Rotsey Andrew James Peter Gifford Bones Hillman
Studio albums	Midnight Oil Head Injuries Place without a Postcard 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Red Sails in the Sunset Diesel and Dust Blue Sky Mining Earth and Sun and Moon Breathe Redneck Wonderland Capricornia The Makarrata Project Resist
Live albums	Scream in Blue The Real Thing Best of Both Worlds Armistice Day Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982
Compilations	20,000 Watt R.S.L. Flat Chat Essential Oils
EPs	Bird Noises Species Deceases
Singles	"Don't Wanna Be the One" "Armistice Day" "US Forces" "Power and the Passion" "Read About It" "The Dead Heart" "Beds Are Burning" "Put Down That Weapon" "Dreamworld" "Blue Sky Mine" "Forgotten Years" "King of the Mountain" "Sometimes" "Truganini" "Land" "The Real Thing" "No Man's Land" "Gadigal Land" "First Nation" "Rising Seas"
Related articles	Discography Ghostwriters Oil Rag A Version of Now (Garrett solo) The True North (Garrett solo)
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