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"Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" is the first single from Kisschasy's second studio album ''
Hymns for the Nonbeliever ''Hymns for the Nonbeliever'' is the second studio album by the Australian band Kisschasy, released on 21 July 2007. On 29 July, ''Hymns for the Nonbeliever'' debuted in the ARIA Albums Chart at number five, staying on the chart for nine weeks, ...
''. The song was released via digital download and single CD in 2007. Kisschasy songwriter Darren Cordeux said in press release track notes, "It is a song about being happy with who you are and not letting other people's opinions of who you are or what you do affect you. At the end of the day what people think doesn't mean anything at all. People thought the world was flat once."


Music video

The video portrays a date between fictionalized versions of
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and former
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, with former
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tagging along. The three are played by actors with large cutout masks. Bush, portrayed as a
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, picks up Blair (shown as a female in a pink dress) and her little brother Howard and takes them first to a diner (where Bush and Blair share a milkshake while Howard stuffs his face with ice cream), then to the Saint Kilda foreshore, a fairground, and finally a
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, drag racing
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n Leader
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along the way. After the movie (''Gulf War II – This Time It's Pathetic''), they proceed to queue outside a nightclub. Bush spots
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at the head of the queue and abandons Blair and Howard to join him, leaving them to walk home alone. Inside, Kisschasy are playing. Bush disrupts their performance by jumping up on stage and dancing. He then attempts a stage dive, but no one catches him. Members of the band appear in various roles throughout the video. Guitarist and creator of the video Sean Thomas said it has nothing to do with the actual song. "I just wanted to make my own ''
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''," he said in an interview. Commercial TV networks have largely played an alternative video clip for the song on their music television programmes, filmed at
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, during a
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meeting.


"Berlin Chair" cover

The cover of "
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" was suggested by Sean as it is one of his favourite songs.
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drummer
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said in an interview on the You Am I forum: "I think that 'Berlin Chair' was the first
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song -- Australian
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. We should get Kisschasy to cover it."Public Foru
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Track listings

iTunes single # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:05 CD single and iTunes EP # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:05 # "Berlin Chair" – 2:36 # "Blubber Boy" – 2:27


Limited edition singles

CD A # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:06 # "Berlin Chair" – 2:37 CD B # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:06 # "Under the Town" – 1:18 CD D # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:06 # "Blubber Boy" – 2:28 CD E # "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" – 3:06 # "Less Than a Feeling" – 3:45


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References

{{Authority control 2006 songs 2007 singles Cultural depictions of Dick Cheney Cultural depictions of George W. Bush Cultural depictions of Kim Jong-il Cultural depictions of Tony Blair Eleven: A Music Company singles Kisschasy songs Song recordings produced by Chris Sheldon Virgin Records singles