"The Scene" is the first single from

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band Big Sugar's 1998 album, '' Heated''. The song was very successful in Canada, reaching #1 on Canada's

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. The song was ranked #98 on ''

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's'' ''Top 100 Big Tunes of The 90s''.

Music video

The music video for "The Scene" was directed by

Andrew MacNaughtan Andrew Neil MacNaughtan (25 February 196425 January 2012) was a Canadian photographer and music video director. Work MacNaughtan won four Juno Awards for his work as a photographer, director and album art designer, including three wins for CD ...

. The video features

Gordie Johnson Gordie Johnson (born 22 May 1964) is a Canadian musician, best known as the front man for the blues/reggae rock band Big Sugar, Austin-based blues/gospel band Sit Down Servant, and southern rock band Grady. Johnson is a Grammy nominated pr ...

riding a scooter down

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and the band performing in a boxing ring. The video was nominated for "Best Video" at the 2000 Juno Awards.

Charts

References

1998 singles Big Sugar songs Music videos directed by Andrew MacNaughtan 1998 songs A&M Records singles Songs written by Gordie Johnson {{1990s-rock-single-stub