Jessica Mauboy performs My Island Home | Reaction 

She is from the Northern Territory and this song is so dear to us as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples because our home is always waiting for us... 🙏🇦🇺🖤💛❤️

I've said it about other great Aussie songs.... we don't have patriotic anthems, we write love songs about our country.

Jess is family, I will send this to her.

This song holds a special place in my heart, especially the Christine Anu version. If you watch Jessica's 2006 Australian Idol audition she is performing outdoors at her home town in Darwin, Northern Territory.

Warrumpi Band did this originally and it has huge significance for indigenous Australians but it has become anthemic for all us as well. Such a great, great song. As someone said below it is a love song to this incredible land, this big old island. Joyful indeed!

This song was written by Neil Murray (the only white bloke in the band) from the Warumpi Band . It is the story of the Lead Singer.(the aboriginal Mick Jagger). I didn't mention his real name out of respect to his culture. You should watch ,for your own enjoyment , the Warumpi Band perform this it's incredible. It's his story.

Largest island in the world - Straya Smallest continent in the world -Straya We all live close to the sea, 80% Aussie's live on the coastal regions coz our outback is to inhospitable to live in. Our beautiful country that we all should be so proud to be Aussie's, we are one & free, 24 million that should be thankful of where we live & who we are, no matter what 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Was originally by the warumpi band, then Christine Anu made it popular. Loving jess's version too. She's from Australia, Darwin in the Northern Territory,

Check out the film "The Sapphires" fantastic film and soundtrack. Awesome indigenous actors, including Jessica Mauboy.

highly recommend a comparison of Christina Anu’s version. sooooo good

Love your quote "You could close your eyes and hear her smile" She has a beautiful heart. Jess is 'real' no airs or graces....she is down to earth and a humble, kind woman. Love this song too. Love seeing your smile as well. Jessica comes from the top end of Australia and is an indigenous woman. Compared to America Australia is a relevantly new country...founded in 1770. But the Indigenous people have been here for thousands of years.

This song is about Australia, the country. Its beautiful.

I have never heard Jess's version before. Have always loved her voice - she's a true national treasure. This is beautiful. I can imagine it's very personal to her, living away from family and country for long periods of time. Love you Jess.

Jess is from Darwin in the Northern Territory, but the Island she's referring to is Elcho Island, also in the Norther Territory. It's actually a cover, this is the original version by the Warrumpi Band. Christina Anu, another indigenous singer, had a hit with this song with slightly different verses. The song takes on a new meaning when you realise that, for indigenous people, their land has a spiritual dimension as well.

The song is not about the island of Australia, it's about the lead singer of The Warumpi Band's home up at Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Big Props to Darryl Beaton on piano. He is a legend in his own rite. he has been playing with Jess and for Delta for a long long time.

I'm working at a Jess Mauboy gig this weekend, selling her merch. She's good!

The way you smile when seeing her so happy helping our indigenous Australians makes me smile too. She is a great person and a great Aussie. I’m not indigenous. But My family have been a part of this land too for over 160 years. I am Australian. Jessica is amazing.

You need to review Christine anu, she sang at the Sydney Olympics, I was fortunate enough to be there her version is next level... The heart and the joy in Christines voice is incredible.. She's Still one of my favourite singers of all time. And if you want something really different, google Christine anu "last train".... enjoy!

To all of our Indigenous Aussies, stay proud.

I love Jessica M, The first time I heard this was by Christina Anu in 2000 and that's the version I heard first even though it was originally sung by an Aboriginal man in 1988 or something. I could be wrong but I wish I had heard the original first. ❤️ Beautiful song and I'm an Aussie 🇦🇺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Very humbled to perform at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to this Warumpi song which was covered beautifully by Miss Christine Anu at the Closing Ceremony and now Miss Jessica Mauboy.✨💜🌺😍

She's a great actress also. Extremely talented lady.

It’s always a pleasure listening to Jessica Mauboy 😊

Too many experts in this thread calling it a Christine Anu song. It is not. It is a song by the Warumpi Band, and if you've never heard the original, go and do so now. Then feel the same amount of shame I did the first time I realised I'd never heard the real version. It is heartbreakingly, hauntingly beautiful

Jess spends a lot of her time and energy supporting the education of indigenous students through community literacy programs etc. This is her way of giving back to community

If you ever get a chance, watch the movie “Bran Nue Dae”. Jess is in there, along with Missy Higgins and a slew of great Aboriginal performers. You will not be able to stop singing after it’s finished.

A classic song by a classic woman. So proud to see how she's grown over the years.

Beautiful indigenous sister. One of Australia's daughters

She starred in a movie called The Sapphires

Beautiful singer, incredible voice, connection to country and family. Such a beautiful song.

thanks for the reaction. Jess is great as always, and you can see the love in her performance

My father taught me that although we became a nation 1904 and no longer a colony, we didn;t really have an identity. Then world war 1 happened and we went as part of the allies to Gallipoli in turkey. We stayed as part of the allies through the whole war and after the world had seen how we fought in the war, the world new who we were, and what type of people we were and still are. We are a tough little bunch down here, who never quit. We dont do this things like that for recognition or praise. On April 25th we march in what is called ANZAC day to remember those that for for our freedom. It is like Memorial day in the U.S.A. It will be a big day this year with covid restrictions lifted. I will be marching with ny father's medals from Vietnam. He passed away in 2001. Waltzing Matilda i an old song that came from a poem. It is about wandering the about as a ''swaggy'', which is something like a hobo in the U.S.A. An old song that fills our nation with pride. I have heard Americans say the same thing about the song America the beautiful as being your ''unofficial'' national anthem.Great reaction, thankyou, and well done. Lots of people will have different views on this song but this is mine.

Australia is my Island home…. Jess is from Darwin in the Northern Territory, the top of Australia. Jess is so normal… I’ve seen her many times at the local shopping centre. She is a treasure.

Jess Mauboy is amazing! Love her

Very true when i listen and sing these songs about my home place {australia} i just love the sings it its just knowing just how beautiful my place and home is and how precious it is to my ancesters and to me and my future familys much love

If you want to see and hear a true Australian national treasure, Jessica is one.

The original singer is Christine Anu. I’m pretty sure this song touches most Aussies hearts in the same way as “I still call Australia Home”. Literally just brought me to tears now. Australia is our Island home

You can see the joy on her face 😀 but you can also see the joy on your face 😀🇦🇺❤️beautiful reaction 👌

I am speechless!

One of my all time favourite songs. I love singing it and it brings a tear to my eye both hearing it and singing it. It's amazing and Jess Mauboy has a phenomenal voice too.

Thanks for the reacting to my request Nick, for context this song was written by Neil Murray for his friend and singer of Warumpi Band after visiting Galiwinku Elcho Island (Dr G’s home as well) Galiwinku is a beautiful part of Australia. This song makes me think of NT and makes me little bit homesick. Do yourself a favour watch Warumpi Band then have a look at no fixed address and coloured stone 👍🏽 foundational indigenous bands. Even Dami Im has recently covered this. Important song to the mob but now an important song to Australians in general.

Truth B told... That Long Turtle Spear...! Great Southern Land.

Jessica Mauboy Is from The capital city of the northern territory Darwin. Huge boating community and people from plenty of cultures. This is a cover song originally by Christine Anu who does come from an offshore island. You should check her out. On another note, have you seen Jessica's first movie, "The Sapphires," about a trio of ladies who went to vietnam to sing for the troops.

Jessica mauboy burn great song

Love, love, love it

tears in my eyes goosebumps on my skin such a wonderful performance by Jess her live performances are some of her best. A real treasure in Australias music scene. Thanks for covering this. 👍

Watch the original Warumpi band version. You’ll love it 👍

Dude - i think you actually did a reaction video to the original version by the Warumpi Band - i recall you asking “who is that” referring to the white dude - Neil Murray, the guitarist of the band who was working as a teacher in the NT and who after a week hanging with the family of the lead singer (whose name I wont mention out of respect for his kin’s mourning) wrote the song for him.

You have already reacted to this song. Warrumpi band sang it earlier. Christine Arnu also covered this song.

Jess is a beautiful soul. She can bring light and joy just by her smile in her voice. And I'm a sixty year old metalhead.

🔥Awesome Rendition Jessica ‼️💥 You Surely done justice to that Song 🎵 Originally Sung by Warumpi Band & Also Christine Anu 🎼 💯% Beautiful Singing Right There ❣🗣✌

My life is in reverse as I live in semi desert inland Australia. These lyrics always punch me right in the feels: “In the evening the dry wind blows, from the hills and across the plains…”

I love Jessica Mauboy. I also really like the Christine Anu version of this song.

Australia is one big Island, she is singing about Australia

Nick could you please please do a reaction to Guy Sebastian's performance he did at the weekend for the floods appeal. Its on his Facebook page & Instagram he sang Standing With You it was absolutely beautiful and a very heartfelt performance, you would absolutely love this one it's different to how he sang it on the voice.

This version by Jess is fantastic IMO. Christine Anu's version is lovely too . Australia is is an island continent. I live in the island state of Tasmania. Jess has the most beautiful reaction every time she turns for someone on The Voice. Jess was first heard by Marcia Hines on Australian Idol.

Darwin, Norther Territory...my home town! It's at the very top of a very big ountry....

Showed some Tiwi Islands mob 🖤💛🧡🙌🏾🖤💛❤️

💕💕💕 this song, you MUST see Christine Anu sing this🥰🥰🥰, Jess is just magnificent 🥰, I always just think of Australia when I hear this song xxxxx🥰💕😘💕💕

Jessica is always smiling🤗beautiful girl❤❤

Another great Australian song would love you to watch is John Williamson's Raining on the rock

Absolutely outstanding this song has a deep meaning for me whatever artist performs it , Jessica has such a beautiful and happy soul and i have listened to her music since her first performance on Australian tv . I'm glad we have talented indigenous artist's that are recognised around the world # All Lives Matter ! ✌️👍

Please listen to the heart of north west aboriginal people in Australia The Pigram Brothers won’t disappoint bro it’s a must

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Jessica is from Darwin, the capital of a federal territory, sort of a 'state' called the Northern Territory. It is way up north in the tropics, on the coast about halfway between east and west at the top of Australia. Jessica's mother is Indigenous Australian and her father is Indonesian Australian. Watching your reactions I'm reminded of just how many songs that Australian's consider to be our National 'Anthems'. This is another. The original is by the Warumpi Zband, and Indigenous band , back in the 1980's. The most well known cover is probably Christine Anu's version, which was a big mainstream hit. Christine Anu is a Torres Strait Islander, our other Indigenous peoples. The Torres Strait is the body of water at the top of Australia, between us and New Guinea.

If had the choice of who I wanted to have as the face of Australia, it is Jessica Mauboy.

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This is a wonderful version of My Island Home but Check out Christine Anu’s earlier version. As good 👍🏼 .

The original is sung by Christine Anu, if you would like to hear it

I absolutely love Jess Mauboy, but you should also listen to the original version by Christine Anu - she is also wonderful 😊

Love this song by Christine Anu and Jess’s cover was so beautiful! Jess is from the Northern Territory of Australia where a lot of our First Nations people live and this performance was to promote literacy in our First Nations people. I asked a friend who is First Nation and he said even though he’s not from the region where the songwriter is from it represents to him the feelings of coming home to his people and country. Glad you liked it mate 🖤💛❤️

Jessica is from the north of Australia, the Northern territory that is home to a large indigenous Aborigines population our first people, they are the American Indians of Australia so to speak this is said with no insult or comparing I love the indigenous people of Australia they founded this land 😊 Keep up the great content, enjoying your reactions over here in Melbourne Australia.

Jessica might have done a good job on this version but I never got into it because Christine Anu version was just so good. Even when Christine re-worked the song for the Sydney 2000 games I still preferred her original version. Her voice is beautiful but you can also see the beach, feel the sand. There's so much emotion in the original

Jessica is from Darwin way up in the Northern Territory. Christine Anu did this at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

all Australians are island dwellers, big or small so we love this song Christine Anu does this song a little differently but is the best female version of it. I am from far north Queensland so I guess I favor her islands peoples . I remember standing in a 16 foot tinny with 2 islanders singing this along with Christine on the radio, me looking at the Australian mainland, and them at mount Adolph's island in the strait's. will never forget that happy day. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Z9_Bp0nrXA.html

if you want to hear the pperfect voice you should listen to judith durham singing danny boy get it on youtube

Hey Nic 👋 what that song you singing there in your intro to this song 🎵 ? LOL....🤣

Jessica is from the Northern Territory

Fun fact - Christine Anu's version of My Island Home came in 2nd place for the 1995 ARIA Song of the Year. 1st place was Tina Arena - Chains. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Z9_Bp0nrXA.html

The original My Island home from Warumpi Band: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yZEodxUx2ME.html

Big Guy - if Jess doesn't make you cheer up...nothing will.

Great version from Jessica, this is Christina Anu’s song

I thought she might have been from the Torres straight islands - though I could be wrong.

I would love if Australia had a non-Indigenous Literacy Day where white fellas improve their literacy in their local Indigenous language as it's always black fellas having to learn white fellas ways and not the other way around.

We Australians (USA would use the wording "White" - that Australian's don't use the 'colour' wording but use more our imigrant nationality) ...WE love & respect & recognise our Countries 1st native (Aboriginal) indigenous culture more over our own imigration culture.....That's the Difference between Australia & USA!!!!....Just saying... 🦘💕

Love this song. I think Christine Anu was the original singer. Love my island home Australia 🦘.

Northern territory

How many white fellas know any words in an Indigenous language and yet we have Indigenous 'Literacy' Day for people who often know 3-5 languages.

The original by Warumpi Band is way better

The borders are just made up...I live 800km north of Darwin on Flores Island...which is part of Indonesia now. But the culture is Island culture and Australian Indigenous artists visit here. There was lots of contact between these Islands and the Indigenous people of Northern Australia long before the Europeans arrived from the West. Even as far North as Makassar on Sulewesi Island there is a history of trading sea cucumber with the people of Arnhem. Eastern Indonesia and Northern Australia are very related and full of Island Life culture dance and music.

Darwin

How about asking the question of her being a supporter of the great reset and backed by world economic forum?

No one does this song like warrumpi band can't listen to anyone else sing it....read what they done to the original singer regarding this song very sad and disrespectful

No offense Jessica - but you "butchered" the song - however I am sure the Warumpi band and Neil will forgive you ............ I think it will take me a little longer.