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"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,^{[citation needed]} and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 100 singles chart.[2] It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the Australian rock scene. Boosted by the success of this EP, they subsequently went into the studio to record their debut full-length album, The Living End, on which they re-recorded both of the title songs.

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Second Solution / Prisoner of Society
EP by The Living End
Released	15 September 1997[1]
Recorded	1997
Genre	Punk rock
Length	16:29
Label	Rapido
Producer	Lindsay Gravina
The Living End chronology
It's for Your Own Good (1996) Second Solution / Prisoner of Society (1997) The Living End (1998)

Music videos

Prisoner of Society

The music clip for "Prisoner of Society" was released first and features the band simply playing the song in a schoolroom intercut with scenes of young people in the same classroom who are rebelliously presenting "essays" to the class (though the essays they're reading are the lyrics of the song).

Second Solution

Following the release of the video for "Prisoner of Society", the band filmed and released the follow-up with "Second Solution." This video uses live clips from old performances where they play the song and shows all three members play their respective instruments in tune to the song at the same time.

Track listing

All songs were written by Chris Cheney.

1. "Second Solution" – 3:09 [3]
2. "Prisoner of Society" – 3:54 [3]
3. "Prisoner on the Inside" – 2:28 (Cover of the theme song from Prisoner, originally by Lynne Hamilton)[3]
4. "Misspent Youth" (Live) – 2:52 [4]
5. "Strange" (Live) – 4:06 [4]

Personnel

• Chris Cheney – guitars and vocals
• Scott Owen – upright bass and backing vocals
• Travis Demsey – drums and backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[5]	4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6]	28
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[7]	179

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[8]	6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8]	2× Platinum	140,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Prisoner of Society music video

На других языках

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- [en] Second Solution / Prisoner of Society

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[ru] Second Solution / Prisoner of Society

Second Solution / Prisoner of Society — двойной дебютный сингл австралийской рок-группы The Living End. Это был самый продаваемый австралийский сингл 90-х[источник не указан 669 дней], и он продержался рекордные 69 недель в хит-параде синглов ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart. Это был прорыв для группы, привлёкший к The Living End внимание всей австралийской рок-сцены. На волне успеха сингла музыканты отправились в студию для записи дебютного долгоиграющего альбома The Living End, для которого они перезаписали эти две заглавные песни и записали песню «Strange».

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