"Prisoner of Society" is a song by The Living End

The Living End

The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...

. The song was originally released in Australia

Australia

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 on the 1997 EP "Second Solution/Prisoner of Society

Second Solution/Prisoner of Society

"Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society" is the third EP by Australian rock band The Living End. It was the best selling Australian single of the 1990s, and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 100. It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the...

". It was later released as a single, separate from "Second Solution", in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 in 1998.

"Prisoner of Society" was the best selling Australian single of the 1990s, and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 50. It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the Australian Rock scene.

"Prisoner of Society" is a track on the motocross game Supercross 2000

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, and is included in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour

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Track listing

UK single

1. "Prisoner of Society"
2. "Mr Business Man"
3. "Sleep on it"

All songs written by Chris Cheney

Chris Cheney

Christopher John Cheney is the guitarist, main songwriter and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. His trademark guitar is a Gretsch White Falcon and he uses mainly distortion and modulation effects...

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Recorded and engineered by Lindsay Gravina at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne

Melbourne

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. Mixed by Jerry Finn

Jerry Finn

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 at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles

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Personnel

• Chris Cheney
  Chris Cheney
  Christopher John Cheney is the guitarist, main songwriter and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. His trademark guitar is a Gretsch White Falcon and he uses mainly distortion and modulation effects...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s and vocals
  Singing
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• Scott Owen
  Scott Owen
  Scott Bradley Owen plays the double bass in the Australian rock band The Living End. After playing the piano for many years, he decided that the keys would not work for a rockabilly band, so at age 17 he purchased and taught himself double bass, letting him play rockabilly with best friend and...
  
   - upright bass
  Double bass
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   and backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Travis Dempsey - Drums
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   and backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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