"Scar" | ||||
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Single by Missy Higgins | ||||
from the album The Sound of White | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 2 August 2004 | |||
Length | 3:36 | |||
Label | Eleven | |||
Composer(s) |
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Lyricist(s) | Missy Higgins | |||
Producer(s) | John Porter | |||
Missy Higgins singles chronology | ||||
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"Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven: A Music Company, it was released as the first single from Higgins' debut album, The Sound of White (2004). The single is her most successful thus far, entering the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number one and receiving a quadruple-platinum sales certification. It also charted in New Zealand, where it peaked at number 20 in January 2005. The song was mixed by 12-time Grammy winner Jay Newland. In 2025 the song was voted 4th in the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. [1]
Following the song’s 4th place on the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, Higgins shared that the song was written as a response to negative experiences she had had with collaborators in the music industry.
It was the song I wrote when I was 19 about some bad experiences I had with different people I was collaborating with, who were trying to make my music into something else. And trying to make me sound a certain way and appear a certain way, and just people in the industry that I’d come across that were, you know, trying to squeeze a triangle through a circle or whatever it is I say. So, you know, it’s a song about staying true to who you are and not letting anyone else, you know, pretend that they know what’s best for you. [2]
Personnel are lifted from the Australian CD single liner notes. [5]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [10] | 5× Platinum | 350,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Australia | 2 August 2004 | CD | Eleven | [11] |
United States | 6 June 2005 | Triple A radio | Reprise | [12] |
13 February 2006 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [13] |
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