"My Kind of Scene" (also marketed as "My Kinda Scene", "Not My Kinda Scene" and "It's Not My Kinda Scene") is a song by Australian rock band

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. The song was initially written for their fourth studio album ''

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''; however, the band was requested to contribute a song to the

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for the 2000 film '' Mission: Impossible 2''. The band submitted three songs: "Whatever Makes You Happy", "Up & Down & Back Again" and "My Kind of Scene". With these submissions,

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decided to use "My Kind of Scene"; however, they decided to release the song as a promotional song for the film, and so changed the title to "My Kinda Scene" in Australia in fitting with the other promotional single for the film,

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's " Take a Look Around". The single was officially released in New Zealand where the song peaked at number 41. The song was later featured on the intended album ''Odyssey Number Five''. Following that, when Powderfinger released their greatest hits compilation, ''

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'', they included the song under the original title "My Kind of Scene" and the music video was included on the promotional DVD ''Powderfinger's First XI'' along with the 2007 album ''

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''.

Music video

The music video for "My Kind of Scene" features singer

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driving an old

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along a country road with a complacent look on his face, in keeping with the lyrics of the song. As he drives, he lets go of the steering wheel after a while and eventually, the car crashes."My Kind of Scene"
on YouTube. Released 2000. Retrieved 11 November 2010. The scene is to typify letting go of control and just letting things happen. A very similar sequence of events happens in the book ''

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'', which was made into a film of the same name the year before "My Kind of Scene" was released. The video exemplifies the lyrics, which, as interpreted by many fans, say about their feelings of isolation. It is from a guy's perspective, someone who is not sure if he wants to accompany his friends for some activity, but would rather enjoy watching them do it.

Charts

Notes

{{authority control Powderfinger songs 2000 singles 2000 songs Songs written by Bernard Fanning Universal Music Group singles Songs written by Jon Coghill Songs written by John Collins (Australian musician) Songs written by Ian Haug Songs written by Darren Middleton