Power and the Passion (song)  "Power and the Passion" is the second single from Midnight Oil's 1982 album "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" (following "US Forces"). The song is one of the band's most famous, and it was performed on every Midnight Oil tour since the issue of "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" as well as at the WaveAid concert. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Power and the Passion" was ranked number 29. The lyrics mention former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam and his dismissal in 1975, as well as the Pine Gap spy base, which remain controversial issues in Australia to this day. The song also makes reference to the McDonald's Big Mac and paraphrases Emiliano Zapata with the line "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." The song includes a drum solo by Rob Hirst; it is the only studio recording by Midnight Oil to feature a drum solo. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "Power and the Passion" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. It was the second Midnight Oil song in the list with "Beds Are Burning" declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock". It was performed by the band at the 2009 Sound Relief concert in Melbourne. On 5 June 2012, the song was released as downloadable content for the video game "Rock Band 3". The video for "Power and the Passion" was filmed in 1982 amongst the "Woolloomooloo Mural Project" in Sydney, NSW, Australia. This track was placed on the band's collection 20,000 Watt R.S.L. More recently, the title of the collection Flat Chat was derived from the lyrics of this song. However, this song was not featured on that collection. It was then featured on the band's second "greatest hits" two-disc 36-track compilation album in 2012, Essential Oils (Midnight Oil album), fully remastered with the compilation also covering Midnight Oil's entire career, starting with their 1978 self-titled album, and includes tracks from all their studio albums and EPs.