Second Solution / Prisoner of Society

Second Solution / Prisoner of Society
EP by
The Living End
Released15 September 1997[1]
Recorded1997
GenrePunk rock
Length16:29
LabelRapido
ProducerLindsay Gravina
The Living End chronology
It's for Your Own Good
(1996) 		Second Solution / Prisoner of Society
(1997) 		The Living End
(1998)

"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.

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).This version of song is favoured by most fans along with the film clip being shot on a budget of $2000.

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

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

  1. ^ The ARIA Report. Vol. 394. ARIA. 14 September 1997. p. 21.
  2. ^ "ariaNET The Chart! > Top 100 Singles: Week Commencing 15th March 1999". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019. N.B. The TI column displays the number of weeks the release has spent on the chart.
  3. ^ a b c Recorded at Birdland Studios, Melbourne in August 1997.
  4. ^ a b Recorded at Triple J's Live at the Wireless 1997.
  5. ^ "australian-charts.com > The Living End – Second Solution / Prisoner of Society (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. ^ "charts.nz > The Living End – Second Solution/Prisoner of Society (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > DJ Steve L. – LZ Love". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ a b "1998 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2019.