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Misfits (Cold Chisel song)

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"Misfits"
Song
A-side"Misfits"
B-side"Mona and the Preacher" "Four Walls (live)"

"Misfits" was a 1991 single from Australian rock band Cold Chisel, issued to promote the compilation album Chisel. The single only reached number 61 in the national charts[1] and was later dropped from subsequent Chisel re-issue packages. The song was written by organist Don Walker and was recorded during the sessions for the 1980 album East. "Misfits" was originally used as the B-side for that album's third single "My Baby".

The song was intended for a Health Commission documentary on homeless youth that was never released, due to the film being too "tough". The producer, Pam Scott, had approached the band to write a song about homeless teenagers in Sydney's Western Suburbs.[2] The promotional video has footage of street kids and the band performing in a studio, shot by Peter Levy, who would later do the cover for "Circus Animals".[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Toby Creswell. "Petrolheads". www.coldchisel.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ^ Cold Chisel - Vision, DVD liner notes