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“What's My Scene” by Hoodoo Gurus
From the album Blow Your Cool! (1987)
“What's My Scene” by Hoodoo Gurus appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1987 and 2025. It was first released in 1987 on the album Blow Your Cool!. Its best result is #31 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #119 alternative song of 1987 and #4,613 alternative song of all time.
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"What's My Scene" was the lead single from Blow Your Cool!, the Hoodoo Gurus' third album, in 1987, and it's Australian guitar pop at full strut. Dave Faulkner wrote it and sings it, doubling on guitar and keyboards, with Brad Shepherd on guitar and harmonica, Clyde Bramley on bass and Mark Kingsmill on drums.
Faulkner has called it the song he picks whenever someone asks for his favourite, not because he rates it the best but because it sums up everything he's chasing when he writes. He's particularly proud that it packs two separate choruses where most songs get by on one. At home it climbed to number three, and in 2018 Triple M's Ozzest 100, a list of the most Australian songs ever, placed it at 67.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 31 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 842 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2003 | 865 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2018 | 67 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
| 2022 | 759 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 783 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2025 | 334 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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