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My People is an EP by The Presets released in 2007. The single "My People" peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart (including Downloads), number 22 on the ARIA Physical Singles Chart, and number 15 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.
The song was written by Julian Hamilton about boat people in Australian detention centres. "I wanted to write a song about [...] this horrible phenomenon where people come out here in search of a better life and we lock them up. I felt so horrible about the way we treat these destitute people that I wanted to write a desperate-sounding song – the line 'let me hear you scream if you're with me' could be understood to come from the perspective of someone who is locked up, needing to hear that there are people outside who are behind him and supporting him."[1] Kim Moyes said "In a lot of ways [the song is] a 'mega-mix' of three or four Presets ideas and it's a really glued-together, solid Presets [song]. It's very informed by the touring process and crowd reactions."[2]
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- "My People"
- "My People (Kris Menace Remix)"
- "My People (DIM Remix)"
- "My People (Mouse on Mars Acid Pretzels Remix)"
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