Number on My Back / The Baggy Green

"Number on My Back / The Baggy Green"
Single by John Williamson
from the album The Way It Is
ReleasedDecember 1999 (1999-12)
LabelEMI Music
Songwriter(s)John Williamson
Producer(s)John Williamson
John Williamson singles chronology
"Purple Roses"
(1999) 		"Number on My Back / The Baggy Green"
(1999) 		"This Ancient Land"
(2000)

"Number on My Back / The Baggy Green" is a double A-sided single recorded by Australian country singer John Williamson. The single was released in December 1999 as included as bonus tracks as the third and final single from Williamson's fourteenth studio album The Way It Is and peaked at number 95 on the ARIA Charts.

Williamson suggested to Rod Macqueen the coach of the Australia national rugby union team the song "Waltzing Matilda" may inspire the team; nicknamed "The Wallabies" against the All Blacks. The offer was accepted and on 28 August 1999, Williamson sang "Waltzing Matilda" at Stadium Australia, Sydney in front of a (then) world record rugby crowd of 107,042 people. After being inspired by the Wallabies Williamson wrote and recorded "A Number On My Back". [1]

"The Baggy Green" was written with Gavin Robertson and Steve Waugh and features Waugh on vocals as well as the Boys of The Bankstown District Cricket Association.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Number on My Back"Williamson2:54
2."The Baggy Green" (featuring Steve Waugh and Boys of The Bankstown District Cricket Association)Williamson, Gavin Robertson and Steve Waugh3:36

Charts

Chart performance for "Number on My Back" / "The Baggy Green"
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 95

Release history

Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia December 1999
Standard EMI Music

References

  1. ^ "Year by Year". John Williamson. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 303.