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A catalogue of songs used in the background (and occasionally foreground) of scenes in Neighbours. Organised in alphabetical order by track name, also included are lyrics and availability (where possible). Tracks which are currently being used - or have recently been used - on the show are marked with the Ramsay Street sign. If you've noticed any tracks missing, or have any additions or corrections for us, please get in touch.

Special thanks to Paul Jones for his help with this page.

Please Note: Please do not get in touch with us asking for clips of these songs as, due to copyright restrictions, we cannot provide them. Where a song or album is listed as 'Deleted', we would recommend trying eBay for a second hand copy.

Track: 2's Company
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: Aching to siphon your senses, I’m on the outside and peeking in, Listen to the gut feeling; it leaves me reeling and reels me in.
I’m turning me in; you turn me out, My original sin; I can’t do without, In honesty, 2’s company, It's plain to see 2’s company.
Used: 2004; 2006
Availability: Deleted

Track: A Friend Of Mine
Artist: Blanche DuBois
Album: All The Things We Never Say
Lyrics: If I only had you as a friend of mine, I won't need you most every time, I only see you across that line, It ain't worth this pain of mine, If I only had you as a friend of mine, I wouldn't need you most everytime, I'm caught up in the reason, In between the rhyme, It ain't worth this pain of mine.
Used: 2008 (most prominently when Rachel runs away)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Arithmetic
Artist: Brooke Fraser
Album: What To Do With Daylight
Lyrics: I've been staring at the sky tonight, Marvelling and passing time, Wondering what to do with daylight, Until I can make you mine, You are the one I want, you are the one I want
I've been thinking of changing my mind, It never stays the same for long, But of all the things I know for sure, You're the only certain one, You are the one I want, you are the one I want
Used: 2005; 2006 (prominently in Boyd/Janae scenes)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Abandoned Soul
Artist: Maria's Chakra
Album: Meadow Of Sunflowers
Lyrics: I lost myself trying to deny what I feel, Don't know who I am, Tried to be someone else, For a long time now I've been playing this game, Though this life isn't real, When I'm living a lie.
I've abandoned my soul, Not holding to my heart's desire, Letting it go astray, I've been strong and I've played home; oh this love, I've abandoned my soul, Not holding to my heart's desire, oh this love, I've abandoned my soul.
Used: 2006; 2007
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Ain't That The Truth
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Lord don't know these are trying times, you laugh sometimes - but you cry. Ain't that the truth? Ain't that the truth, yeah ain't it the truth?
Used: 1995-1996 (particularly in Chez Chez scenes and sad scenes)

Track: Bedouin Song
Artist: Lior
Album: Autumn Flow
Lyrics: Leaving the western shadows, Naked in the face of tomorrow, Ooh, and the madness of black desert rain, That lets you rise up and flourish once again
Heading east, Bursting into calm sea like a river released, And the cool night will flow into the heat of the day, I will lose this shadow, I will find my way
Oh, Bedouin song, Is all I really own, Ooh, how strong the temptation to fall
Used: 2007 (most prominently Stingray's death)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk and iTunes

Track: Beg Your Pardon
Artist: Josh Pyke
Album: Feeding The Wolves
Lyrics: It's funny how you can miss someone, Even when they're sitting next to you. So I profess that loneliness is not always by company cured, The cats are in the windows, Dogs are at the doors, The lamps are lit and the curtains being drawn, But you're wanting his heart, When I'm wanting yours.
But oh no, around you I forget behaviour, But if I begged your pardon, Might I once again be in your favour? And I know that I'm not the one of whom, You think at night, But I know I, presume to think I made you think of me right now.
Used: 2007 (most prominently Lolly's departure)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Building Ships
Artist: Lior
Album: Autumn Flow
Lyrics: We could almost see the distant shore, When my little sweetheart jumped overboard, I threw a line blind into the sea, But she was free to drift on, The sea is calm the night after the storm, But I know the empty rain awaits at every turn, I fear I had a love and now it's gone, To find new shelter
And I'm building ships to carry me home, Back to where I sailed from, Back to the places I hurt
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk and iTunes

Track: Bury Me Deep In Love
Artist: The Triffids
Album: Calenture
Lyrics: You may lose me on the east face You may lose me on the west, I may be covered over in the night, Bury me deep in your love yes, Bury me deep in love, Bury me deep in love, Take me in, hide me under your skin, Bury me deep in love, Bury me deep in love, darling, Bury me deep in your love, Deeper and deeper, Deeper and deeper, Bury me deep in love
Used: 1988 (most prominently Madge and Harold's wedding)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Cloud Watching
Artist: Abby Dobson
Album: Rise Up
Lyrics: Would you like to come cloud watching with me?, We can while away the afternoon, Just a step out of time is all we need, Looking out for the early moon, Cos' theres no place I'd rather be, Theres no one I'd rather see.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Crazy As It Seems
Artist: Sara Storer
Album: Firefly
Lyrics: I'm just like a big old storm, Sometimes I come and go, Sometimes I stay and pour, I don't want to wish you all those tears
Cause I think that you're worth bottling, In all the love you give, The more I turn up people see, That's what you get for loving me, As crazy as it seems
Used: 2007 (most prominently when Rosie and Frazer got back together)
Availability: Available from sarastorer.com.au

Track: Deep
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: I'm in too deep, don't let me drown, I'm in too deep, rescue me now, so hard to keep from fading out of sight, I'm in too deep, come save my life.
Used: 2004-2006
Availability: Deleted

Track: Don't Sail
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: OK so far, I've been waiting on an island lonely, Que Sera, I got your hope it's my one an only, Await reply, Send a message in a broken bottle, Your ship I spy, Your fire's burning, It's my beacon candle. Don't Sail around me (Don't sail around me), 'Cause I wont be found, Come on aground (We can be happy), Don't Sail around me (Don't Sail around me).
Used: 2004
Availability: Deleted

Track: Dumb Things
Artist: Paul Kelly
Album: Under The Sun
Lyrics: In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream, I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings, I've done all the dumb things
Used: Late-1980s (particularly in Coffee Shop scenes)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Elvis
Artist: Blanche DuBois
Album: Slow Motion EP
Lyrics: Shift and breeze makes me unsteady, I'm tired of sleeping, it's only four past the hour five, I know the door will not open, I know that you never coming home, And everybody's got their opinions, like opinions 'bout Elvis, But I can't believe that you've gone, And conversations I'm led to remember, And just like the time when I heard your voice call me
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Fly Away
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Don't say anything, don't say a word, whoa, I've set you free you can fly away, oh yeah. Gonna let you be, you can fly away. When it gets too much you show it, when its not enough you know it, when it gets too much, you show it...
Used: 1995 (most prominently Bianca's farewell)

Track: Free As A Bird
Artist: Abby Dobson
Album: Rise Up
Lyrics: What's the matter baby?, You've been crying for too long, You've been hiding out in the dark, Trying to work out what went wrong, And I know that it's not easy, With these monsters in your head, But you'll come around, you will, You can do it, Oh, you'll come around, you will What's the matter baby?
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Getting Away With Murder
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Come on take a look at me, things ain't what they used to be, the world yeah it gets too much, they\'re gettin away with murder, gettin' away with murder, gettin' away with murder.
Used: 1994-1996 (particularly in Chez Chez scenes)

Track: Goldmines
Artist: Josh Pyke
Album: Feeding The Wolves
Lyrics: Dark night, it's a dark night. And you can feel it, out with the big cats. And there's a jaw trap, and there's a razor net, And it's a dark night, So paint your necks red, So we can see you.
Vastness, there's a vastness, And it looks empty, But it's really full up to the brim, And you can taste it, Like a battery on your tongue, Electricity passing particle, to particle, to particle.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Goodnight
Artist: Butterfly 9
Album: Butterfly 9
Lyrics: I am lost for words, Thinking about the times that we once shared, You and I in our world, Left in a memory I left for dead, We were closer than blood, And now it's so strange, The distance resides where I once was
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, Say your prayers and turn out the light, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, Know that you'll always be alright
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Grounded Bird
Artist: Angie Hart
Album: Grounded Bird
Lyrics: As I walk along this road, And one foot leaves the ground. Every step that I catch air is a promise, And I am hopeful to myself, I am honest. I'm an earthly being. I'm a grounded bird. If I don't set my sights too high, I can fly. High.
Used: 2008 (most prominently during Carmella and Marco's wedding)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: How Great It Is
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Then you look in to the sky above me, then you look in to my eyes. Then you'll know how it really is, then you'll know just how really, then you know just how great it is.
Used: 1995-1996 (particularly in Chez Chez scenes)

Track: If I Could
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: If I could capture time in my hands, If I could halt the hourglass sands, I would put an end to all but laughter, A smile on your face forever after. But first I'd freeze frame this moment with you and make it last, you know I'd freeze frame this moment with you, so please slow down, don't go so fast.
Used: 2004
Availability: Deleted

Track: I Got You
Artist: Split Enz
Album: True Colours
Lyrics: I got you - that's all I want, I won't forget - that's a whole lot, I don't go out - not now that you're in, Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened, You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
Look at you - you're a pageant, You're everything - that I've imagined, Somethings wrong - I feel uneasy, You show me - tell me you're not teasin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened, You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin', I don't know why sometimes I get frightened, You can see my eyes, can you tell me you're not lyin'
Used: 1990
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Imaginary Girl
Artist: Hunters & Collectors
Album: Cut
Lyrics: She's a dream I once had, my imaginary girl. I tried to possess her, I tried to hold on, I built wooden fences a thousand miles long, but she was too hard to handle my imaginary girl. Like sweet inspiration she comes and she goes, with each passing hour the mystery grows, I'll always be willing to meet my imaginary girl.
Used: 1995-1996 (particularly Coffee Shop scenes)

Track: It's Only Love
Artist: Abby Dobson
Album: Rise Up
Lyrics: One false move away from you, I couldn't move now if I want to. Too far gone to turn from you, what are we gonna do? So I was not the type to fall from grace, but I lost my footing when I saw your face. And I break every rule I make, will this be my last mistake or? It's only love that I'm seeking. It's only love that I'm seeking.
Used: 2008 (performed in Charlie's)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Lifeline
Artist: Brooke Fraser
Album: What To Do With Daylight
Lyrics: I have this sinking feeling, Something's weighing me down, I am completely saturated, The waves are crashing closer, My feet already drowned, Doing the thing I said I hated
They've been swimming in the wrong water, Now they're pulling me down, But I am clinging to you, never letting go, 'Cos I know that you'll lift me out
Have your way here, Keep me afloat 'cos I know I'll sink without you, Take this ocean of pain that is mine, Throw me a lifeline
Used: 2005; 2006
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Lights
Artist: Editors
Album: The Back Room
Lyrics: I still love the light on baby, It keeps me awake but I don't mind, Everything I always wanted, Is right there but soon it won't be.
Used: 2007 (when Pepper's home alone after being kidnapped by Mary)
Availability: Available from iTunes and Amazon.co.uk

Track: Love Only Hurts
Artist: Blanche DuBois
Album: Love Only Hurts EP
Lyrics: Trust your breath in me for a moment, we'll lose the world, Body seems to slip the same way, sweet rhythm lie, She tells me I will always have this, see it on the horizon, She tells me sweet nothings, love only hurts, And everybody could see it coming, as clear as daybreak, Truth be told I could see it coming but I held on anyway, But I didn't do it, I could not do it, Love only hurts just a little
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Lover Do You Wait
Artist: Blanche DuBois
Album: Love Only Hurts EP
Lyrics: Trying to picture what it must've been like, I see the fading blue horizon engulf the sun and me, Was there a choice to say "I do"? Or are dreams your only comfort? You see there is no photograph to seal this kiss, of light and lust. Lover do you wait for the lifetimes to fade along with the questions of my heartache? But I know it's a lie, when I say that I love you.
Trying to picture what it must've been like, Home a distant mystery to me now - but how could I forget? Suitcase in the right hand - dreamless, In my left hand a life to unfold, See there is no photograph to seal this kiss of light and lust...but you.
Used: 2007 (most prominently when Ringo waits to see if Carmella will meet with him)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: No Gun
Artist: Cindy Ryan & The Universal Order
Album: Love Hate Tattoo
Lyrics: We walked through hell together holding hands, so tight, so afraid of the night. Children with secrets to big to understand, No gun ever knew that it hurt anyone. Hold on. Hold On.
Used: 2006 (most prominently Charlie's birth)
Availability: Available from www.mp3stor.com

Track: On A String
Artist: Youth Group
Album: Casino Twilight Dogs
Lyrics: I just changed my mind, I traded it in, For a clean sheet of skin, Empty within, The doctors couldn't prescribe, Anything else, From the medicine shelf Oh, cure thyself.
My life's on a string, I'll do anything, to get myself back.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: One Fine Day
Artist: Bomba
Album: Learn To Breathe
Lyrics: Opportunity come, strong like a drum, Strength to walk up to you and as you do, Asking your name, look at me strange, But kinda cool in your way, I remember it so well, One fine day - came into my life, One fine day - yeah our worlds did collide, One fine day - was the day that we met, One fine day
So we hooked up for a date, But you were one hour late, Rolled up in a bus, with a smile and no fuss, Sister come too, cousin come three, Get to meet whole family, I could get used to this
Used: 2008 (most prominently during the football match)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: One Summer
Artist: Daryl Braithwaite
Album: Edge
Lyrics: Started out last night, I was thinking of days gone by, Of the times I've had, And the things that I've left behind
Some change, some die, Still we manage to survive, It's knowing when and what to do, It's up to you, Don't know what's going on, I can't wait 'til
One summer, I'll find a way, One summer, will always remain, One summer, remember the way,One summer, never the same, One summer, I'll find a way, One summer, will always remain
Used: 2007 (Janelle and Steiger's wedding)
Availability: Unknown

Track: Ordinary Angels
Artist: Frente
Album: Marvin The Album
Lyrics: Sometimes a mirror's a miracle, Sometimes it's nothing at all, In this reflection even angels fall, You could fly anytime, Even though you own your own comet
Ordinary people it's OK, You don't have to wear those wings, They're stupid things
Used: Mid-1990s (particularly in Coffee Shop scenes)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Pillar Of Salt
Artist: Genevieve Maynard
Album: Enter
Lyrics: Oh no, please don’t let me eat my words, A bitter taste is not what I have in mind, One step forward foot in mouth, You see me stumble and you will let me fall, this time, And you know this is not the hardest thing I ’ve had to do today, I guess it’s just another day, Twisted tangled still inside, It’s not even like I mind, And I’ll fall this time, you know I’ll fall, Yeah I’ll fall this time
Used: 2007 (Sky's entry to, and release from, prison)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Point Ormond
Artist: Lisa Miller
Album: Morning In The Bowl Of Night
Lyrics: Why don't you get off that bus? Why don't you get off that bus? Why don't you just come back home to us?
Used: 2008 (most prominently when Rebecca packs to leave number 22 after learning of Paul's affair)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Raincloud
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: She's a raincloud and she washes over me, makes it hard to see the light. She's a raincloud, it can't be good for me so why does she make me come alive? She's a raincloud.
Used: 2004 (most prominently Libby's departure)
Availability: Deleted

Track: Rise Up
Artist: Abby Dobson
Album: Rise Up
Lyrics: I've been running into trouble, Well mostly I've been walking, Having conversations with God, But where I do all the talking, Just to find the will to live, Is a search that takes me far and wide, Sometimes the suburbs of paradise, Leave a lot to be desired
Will I rise, will I rise up, Will I rise, will I rise up, Will we rise up.
Used: 2007 (most prominently following the bus crash)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Saving The World
Artist: Brooke Fraser
Album: What To Do With Daylight
Lyrics: Didn't I tell you everything's fine?, If there's a good and bad we're somewhere in between, Often I feel like we're all navigating blind, Could we get a change of pace to set the scene, We could stay another day in this confusion, Let it permeate us 'till we can't on
But while we're waiting we could try saving the world, Or are we storing that up for a raining day? I'm anticipating the time when it'll be my turn, It could be fun to try, I think that I'll save the world as a fun afternoon activity
Used: 2006; 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Scarlet
Artist: Brooke Fraser
Album: What To Do With Daylight
Lyrics: Middle of nowhere, Finally you can breathe, Nobody knows your name, It's easier
Shut your eyes tightly, Clench your fists til they almost bleed, Cautiously, lightly, Gently expose what's underneath
And all you feel now, Is the scarlet in your day, Even it's real, You can't stay
So there you go, You're gone for good, There you go, You're gone for good
Used: 2005; 2006
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Shangri-La
Artist: The Black-Eyed Susans
Album: Shangri-La
Lyrics: The gates are open wide to Shangri-La, The gates are open wide to Shangri-La, It doesn't matter where you are, The gates are open wide to Shangri-La.
Used: 2007 (when Karl and Susan arrived in London)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: She Devil
Artist: Robyn Loau
Album: N/A
Lyrics: I watched the world just pass me by, Like a drifting satelite, Cry to heaven from my broken hell, There's no one home, I sailed across the seven seas, Still I'm searching for the key, To peace and love, But I can't find my way 'cos, She devil stole my heart, She devil watched me fall apart, Don't matter what you say, Baby, it's what you do, She Devil in disguise, She Devil I can never hide, It don't matter what you do, She Devil.
Used: 2007 (during Valda's fashion show)
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Shining Star
Artist: Abby Dobson
Album: Rise Up
Lyrics: You are, you are a shining star, I love you just the way you are, The road's so fast that you will fall, You know that you've already got it all, It doesn't matter what you do, It doesn't matter what you say, I will love you
The road's so fast that you will fall, You know that you've already got it all, You are, you are, you are, you are, You are, you are a shining star.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Sitting With A Stranger
Artist: Lior
Album: Autumn Flow
Lyrics: Sitting with a stranger just about to lose my mind, and you decide that times not right and leave me way behind
Used: 2008
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Sorry
Artist: Youth Group
Album: Casino Twilight Dogs
Lyrics: Did you find what you were looking for? Oh, I just don't care anymore. It's a free world. Go out and be an artist. Here's a new dress, do you fit it? Did you find it? Oh, you didn't? Well, I'm so sorry. So sorry. I'm so terribly, terribly sorry.
Used: 2008
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Southern Sky
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Southern Sky
Lyrics: It was an Australia Day, 1985. Nothin much was goin' on then. Sitting in the same old eyes, they were singing, something about the rain. It was an Australia Day and I'll never be the same. Oooh can you hear me? Ohhh can you feel me? Yeah - you're alive and well, living under a Southern Sky.
Used: 1995

Track: Star
Artist: Sara Storer
Album: Firefly
Lyrics: If I could be your star, I would brighten like your world, And play a song on my guitar, And you could be my sky, A place where I could shine in high, And fall into the night. If I was way out far, Like a lighthouse in the dark I'd shine an ever-loving light, I whisper songs on my guitar
Used: 2007 (most prominently when Frazer proposed to Rosie)
Availability: Album available from sarastorer.com.au

Track: Start Today Tomorrow
Artist: Youth Group
Album: Casino Twilight Dogs
Lyrics: The summer rain is falling like its never going to stop, it's been ages. Puddles form on city corners, businessmen they leap between the edges. Umbrellas take up battle spots but nature's fury always proves much stronger. I've been sitting in my room wondering if I'm going to last much longer. I've been so damn sure that I've been here before. I'll give back what I borrowed, and start today tomorrow.
Used: 2008
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: Suddenly
Artist: Angry Anderson/Rose Tattoo
Album: Beats From A Single Drum
Lyrics: Suddenly you're seeing me, just the way I am! Suddenly you're hearing me, So I'm talking just as fast as I can, to you! Suddenly, openly, you're all I want! All I need you to be! Suddenly, every part of me, Needs to know every part of you! Just you... it's you...
Used: 1987 (most prominently during Scott and Charlene's wedding)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Sweet Song
Artist: Blanche DuBois
Album: All The Things We Never Say
Lyrics: I had a dream, Where did I go wrong? Heaven's above me, It's the same old song, If it wasn't what you wanted, Why'd you play along? I had a dream, Where did I go wrong? Isn't it worth loving you for the abuse? Ahh, sweet song, it brings me youth.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from iTunes

Track: This Old Love
Artist: Lior
Album: Autumn Flow
Lyrics: Yes, yeah we're moving on, Looking for direction, Mmmm, we've covered much ground. Thinking back to innocence, I can no longer connect, I don't have a heart left to throw around.
Ooh, and time moves on like a train, That disappears into the night sky. Yeah, I still get a sad feeling inside, To see the red tail lights wave goodbye.
But we'll grow together, We'll grow old together, And this love will never, This old love will never die.
Used: 2007
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk and iTunes

Track: True Tears Of Joy
Artist: Hunters & Collectors
Album: Cut
Lyrics: Come on confess your confusion, Spread it around, They trickle down your cheeks tears fall, Like seed on barren ground, Your thoughts are scattered, Like paper everywhere, Tiny pieces of laughter and despair, But you cry true tears of joy
Used: Mid-1990s (particularly in Coffee Shop scenes)
Availability: Available from Amazon.co.uk

Track: Turn To You
Artist: Charlton Hill
Album: Waterline
Lyrics: You ask me what I want but I don't know, I want to scream and shout to stop the show, But hey look at you, when I look you in the eye, you never say die and it makes me want to cry, But when I turn to you.
Used: 2004; 2006
Availability: Deleted

Track: Wanna Be Up
Artist: The Chantoozies
Lyrics: Wanna be up (don't wanna be down), don't wanna see life go round this way, I'm going as fast as I can'
Used: 1980s (particularly Coffee Shop scenes - reportedly the most played song there)
Availability: Available in Australia on the compilation Countdown - The Wonder Years

Track: What Are We Waitin' For?
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Pack your bag we are leavin' this town. Nobody's gonna hold us down, there's something in the air tonight and we won't be there when the morning lights up. These are the glory days, love moves in the strangest ways don't let it get away from you. So what in the world, what in the world are we waitin' for?
Used: 1994-1996 (particularly Coffee Shop and Chez Chez scenes)

Track: When We Were Young
Artist: Paul Norton
Album: Let It Fly
Lyrics: Give it all up, tear the place down, crazy like a whirlwind going round and around I said, only when we were young - whoa. Only when we were young - whoa.
Used: 1995-1996 (particularly Chez Chez scenes)

Track: You Can't Make Love Without A Soul
Artist: Jimmy Barnes
Album: Flesh And Wood
Used: 1995-1996 (particularly Chez Chez scenes)

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