"Dirty Man" is a song by Australian
punk rock
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band
The Living End
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. It was released on 22 October 2002, as the third
single
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from their second album, ''
Roll On''.
The single was relatively unsuccessful due to relentless
touring outside
Australia
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and the car crash of
Chris Cheney
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in September 2001 leading to a lack of
promotion
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.
The second track of the single, "Revolution Regained", was written by Cheney and originally performed by the band on ''Roll On'', however for the single they included a version recorded by the
Dili Allstars
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(an
East Timor
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ese
reggae
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/
ska
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band based in
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). The third track is a cover of the
Cole Porter
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song, "
I Get a Kick Out of You
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".
Track listing
Charts
References
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2001 singles
The Living End songs
2001 songs
Songs written by Chris Cheney
EMI Records singles
Song recordings produced by Nick Launay