Private School Kid

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"Private School Kid"
Private School Kid by Sarah McLeod.jpg
Single by Sarah McLeod featuring Chris Cheney
from the album Beauty Was a Tiger
Released July 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:27
Label Festival Mushroom Records
Sarah McLeod singles chronology
"Let's Get Together"
(2005)
"Private School Kid"
(2005)
"All But Gone"
(2006)

"Let's Get Together"
(2005)
"Private School Kid"
(2005)
"All But Gone"
(2006)

"Private School Kid" is an alternative rock song performed by Australian Sarah McLeod featuring Chris Cheney from The Living End. [1] The song was released in July 2005 as the second single from McLeod's debut studio album, Beauty Was a Tiger (2005). The song peaked at number 33 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

Sarah McLeod (musician) Australian singer

Sarah Yvette McLeod is an Australian singer-songwriter and frontwoman of rock band The Superjesus. The group won two ARIA Music Awards and they shipped over 300,000 units during their career. McLeod's debut solo album, Beauty Was a Tiger, was released in September 2005 and peaked in the top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's first single, "Private School Kid", a duet with The Living End's Chris Cheney also reached the top 40, on the related ARIA Singles Chart. In October 2007 McLeod was described as an "iconic Aussie rock chick" by Alison Stieven-Taylor.

Chris Cheney Australian rock musician

Christopher John Cheney is an Australian rock musician, record producer and studio owner. He is the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist of the psychobilly band, The Living End, which was formed in 1994 with school mate Scott Owen. Cheney wrote the group's top 20 hits on the ARIA Singles Chart: "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society" (1997), "All Torn Down" (1999), "Pictures in the Mirror" (2000), "Roll On" (2001), "One Said to the Other" (2003), "What's on Your Radio" (2005), "Wake Up" (2006) and "White Noise" (2008). In 2004 Cheney joined the super group The Wrights which put out a cover version of Stevie Wright's epic 11-minute track, "Evie" as a single. At the APRA Awards of 2009 Cheney won 'Song of the Year' for writing The Living End's track, "White Noise". In 2005 he married Emma, the couple have two daughters and are co-owners of a recording facility, Red Door Studios. In 2011 the Cheney family relocated to Los Angeles.

The Living End Australian band

The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney, Scott Owen and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their double A-sided single, "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society", which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. They have released six studio albums and two reached the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart: self-titled album and State of Emergency. They have also gained chart success in the United States and United Kingdom.

Contents

Track listing

CD Single (022132)

  1. "Private School Kid"
  2. "Demolition Waltz"
  3. "Private School Kid" (Demo)
  4. "Let's Get Together (Behind the Scenes and Video)

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
Position
scope="row"Australia (ARIA) [2] 33

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