"Misfits" was a 1991 single from

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band

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, issued to promote the compilation album ''

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''. The single only reached number 61 in the national charts and was later dropped from subsequent ''Chisel'' re-issue packages. The song was written by

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Don Walker and was recorded during the sessions for the 1980 album ''

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''. "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. 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".

Reception

Andrew McMillan wrote in ''

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'', that Barnes, "was - as the medium of lyrical communication - voicing a strong identification with the underdog at a time when the species was gathering numbers, losing hope, and bearing its teeth."

Charts

Footnotes

{{Authority control Cold Chisel songs 1991 songs Songs written by Don Walker (musician) Songs about Australia Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz