"What's My Scene?" is a song by

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group

Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). Th ...

. It was released in March 1987 as the lead single from their third studio album '' Blow Your Cool!''. The song reached number 3 in Australia. In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said "Whenever I'm asked to name a favourite of my songs I usually choose this one, not because I think it's 'the best' but because it best captures everything I try to do when writing any song. I wouldn't change a note or a syllable of this one and I'm especially proud that it has two different choruses when one is usually enough." In January 2018, "What's My Scene?" was ranked number 67 on

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's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time.

Track listings

;7" single (BTS 2) # "What's My Scene?" # "Heart of Darkness"

Personnel

* Dave Faulkner – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards *

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– guitar, harmonica *

Mark Kingsmill Mark Adrian Kingsmill (born 4 December 1956) is an Australian rock musician. He has drummed with several bands including the Hitmen (1979–84), New Christs (1983–84), the Screaming Tribesmen (1984) and Hoodoo Gurus (1984–98, 2003–15). He ...

– drums * Clyde Bramley – bass * Allan Wright – engineer *

Mark Opitz Mark Opitz (born 1952) is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. He started his career with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1971. He has produced AC/DC, the Angels, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Divinyls and INXS. He h ...

– producer

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In popular culture

* The original

recording features in episode four of '' We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year'' (2005).

"That's My Team"

A variation titled "That's My Team" was used by the

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(NRL) as their theme for the 2003 to 2007 seasons. In 2003 the NRL had approached former

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player and then current

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assistant coach Alan Wilson to provide the theme for their advertising campaign. Wilson hit upon the idea of using

' 1987 hit "What's My Scene?" with reworked lyrics as "That's My Team". Wilson and Faulkner made the necessary arrangements which included re-uniting Gurus to re-record the track. Faulkner is a long-time supporter of Cronulla and the original promo clip for "What's My Scene?" included shots of band members in Wests and

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jumpers. The Hoodoo Gurus performed "That's My Team" on the 2006 and 2007 Grand Final editions of ''The Footy Show''. A sports commentary can be heard in the quieter parts of the original song. A CD of "That's My Team" was released for public sale in September 2003, with all money raised donated to the Kim Walters Choices Programme and the Joanne Mackay Foundation,

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charities established by husbands Kevin Walters and Brad Mackay, respectively. "That's My Team" was parodied in episode 14 of Australian satire show ''

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'' as "Where's My E?" (E as a slang term for

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) to reflect a perceived increase in

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among players in Australian football codes. The accompanying video included various drug references interspersed with nightclub and games scenes. The song was also parodied on the '' Channel 7'' sketch show ''

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'' as "Where's My Team?" referring to exclusion of the ''

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'' from the top level Rugby League in Australia.

References

{{Hoodoo Gurus 1987 singles Hoodoo Gurus songs Sporting songs 1987 songs Songs written by Dave Faulkner (musician) Elektra Records singles Mushroom Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz