“Not My Kinda Scene” by Powderfinger

"My Kind of Scene", "My Kinda Scene", "Not My Kinda Scene": Powderfinger's 2000 song has gone by several names, and the confusion started with a movie studio. The Australian band meant it for their fourth album, Odyssey Number Five, until a request came in for the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack. They sent three songs, and Paramount Pictures picked this one over "Whatever Makes You Happy" and "Up & Down & Back Again".

Paramount then made it a promo for the film and, in Australia, retitled it "My Kinda Scene" to pair with Limp Bizkit's "Take a Look Around", the movie's other promotional single. New Zealand got it as an official single, peaking at number 41, and the song made Odyssey Number Five after all; the hits set Fingerprints restored its original title. Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton, Ian Haug, John Collins and Jon Coghill share the writing credit.

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