Oh Canada (Missy Higgins song)

"Oh Canada"
Single by Missy Higgins
Released19 February 2016[1]
Length4:28
LabelEleven
Songwriter(s)Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"Shark Fin Blues"
(2015)
"Oh Canada"
(2016)
"Better Be Home Soon/Fall at Your Feet/Distant Sun"
(2020)

"Oh Canada" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, and inspired by Alan Kurdi—a drowned Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in September 2015. The track was released on 19 February 2016 with 100% of net profits from the song to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.[2]

It was shortlisted for Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2017.[3]

  1. ^ "Oh Canada- single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Missy Higgins Unveils Moving Song And Video About The Syrian Refugee Crisis". themusic.com.au. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Shortlist announced for 2017 APRA Song of the Year". The Music Network. January 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

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