John FarnhamFans of John Farnham were worried senseless and confused this afternoon when the singer’s name started trending on Twitter.
Fortunately, the beloved Australian icon is doing fine and his sudden rise in Twitter popularity can be attributed to Scott Morrison, who slipped a passing reference to Burn For You into his final major speech before election day.
"I will burn for you every day, every single day, so you can achieve your ambitions, your aspirations, your desires," Morrison said.
Of course, Burn For You is also the name of a song by INXS, which has also led to fans debating whose is the better track.
Here’s how it’s unfolding:
I thought something happened to John Farnham coz it’s trending. My heart sank. Don’t scare me like that.
— Tezi_K 🤘🏻⚡️ (@Tezi_K) May 16, 2019
John Farnham: currently trending because so many of us are wondering why he's trending.
— Nick Earls (@nickearls) May 16, 2019
I saw John Farnham trending and assumed the worst..
— Matt Thomas (@MattThomas1405) May 16, 2019
He’d won Eurovision..
John Farnham is trending because it would be unAustralian if he wasn’t
— 111 🇦🇺🇺🇦🌻 (@leethal19) May 16, 2019
John Farnham trending & I nearly panicked. Apparently ScoMo was mentioning burn for you. Now the debate is was it Farnsy or INXS & who’s is bigger. I will go Farnsy cause I would put it in his top 10-15 songs where as I wouldn’t put INXS burn for you in their top 10-15 songs.
— Shiellsy (@chadnotweet) May 16, 2019
Me checking Twitter: Oh,no! John Farnham is dead . . . Oh no, he’s ok . . . It’s just #ScoMo being a Pratt again #auspol #burnforyou
— Just a Spectator (@LisaTheWorldIs1) May 16, 2019
