Ben Lee Shares Mash-up Of 'Catch My Disease' And 'Eastern Rosellas'

Mary Varvaris

Seven-year-old Miles Phillips' song 'Eastern Rosellas' has gone viral, with musicians such as Ball Park Music, Meg Washington, and Ben Lee sharing their own renditions.

Ben Lee, Miles and Joel Phillips performing 'Eastern Rosellas'(Credit: DJJR, YouTube/Joel Phillips)

Ben Lee

Just when you thought you had Eastern Rosellas out of your head, Ben Lee has gone and mashed it up with his own song, Catch My Disease.

In case you missed it: Eastern Rosellas is a catchy little ditty performed by seven-year-old Miles Phillips and his dad, actor Joel Phillips. Miles recently told the ABC that the inspiration for the song came to him while feeding the birds at his grandparents’ house on Raymond Island, Victoria.

Following the success of the original video, Miles and Joel Phillips have unveiled a full-band version and a karaoke version of the song, which was also played as the school bell at Phillips’ school.

Eastern Rosellas has since gone viral, with musicians such as Ball Park Music and Meg Washington putting their own spins on it. And one of the track’s greatest supporters is Ben Lee.

Now, he’s shared a remix of Eastern Rosellas and Catch My Disease. The latter landed at #2 on the triple j Hottest 100 of 2005; will Eastern Rosellas – or the remix – top it for the 2027 Hottest 100? We’ll have to wait and see.

Lee shared a snippet of the remix on his Instagram and revealed that he’d premiere it during his performance at Clayton College in Brisbane on Sunday (2 August). Check out the teaser below.

Ben Lee has recently described Eastern Rosellas as an example of “outsider art.” He also explained that the Australian public is craving something different that isn’t fed to them by algorithms or AI.

“We often feel like the algorithm isn’t just picking what we get to consume, but in a way it’s influencing what’s getting made,” he told the ABC.

He continued, “There’s something about this experience that we’re having with Eastern Rosellas where it’s connecting us back to this childlike innocence and the reason we love songs and music in the first place. It’s incredibly pure.”