I Told You So (Ocean Colour Scene song)

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"I Told You So"
I Told You So OCS Song.JPG
Single by Ocean Colour Scene
from the album On the Leyline
B-side "Jimmy Wonder, I Just Need Myself - Caged Baby Remix"
Released16 April 2007
Genre Indie, Rock
Label Moseley Shoals
Songwriter(s) Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Oscar Harrison
Producer(s) John Rivers
Ocean Colour Scene singles chronology
"This Day Should Last Forever"
(2005)		"I Told You So"
(2007)		"I Just Got Over You"
(2007)

"I Told You So" is a song by Ocean Colour Scene (OCS) and the first single [1] to be taken from the band's 2007 album On the Leyline .

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The song was released on 16 April 2007 in the UK and on the 13 April in Ireland. It peaked at number 34 on the UK Official Singles Chart in its first week of release. [2] As of 2021, it remains their last UK Top 40 hit.

In the "On The Leyline Promo Trailer" lead singer Simon Fowler says that this is his first pop song he has written in a while and he also said he wrote it for a bit of fun.[ citation needed ]

For the b sides to CD 1 the band included the song "Jimmy Wonder", which was written by Simon Fowler and originally entitled "It's a Lifetime Sentence Loving You" recalling his experiences of the producer Jimmy Miller. The song was debuted by Simon Fowler during an interview and live session for Johnnie Walkers Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2in March 2006 [3] and has yet to be played by the full band.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "I Told You So"
  2. "Jimmy Wonder"
  3. "I Just Need Myself" - Caged Baby Remix

CD 2 (ltd. Edition)

  1. "I Told You So"
  2. "Right on Time"

7"(blue)

  1. "I Told You So"
  2. This side has no music, but has signatures of the band etched into the vinyl.

Acoustic Version Download

A download only acoustic version of "I Told You So" was released exclusively via the online music download retailer Tunetribe.com. [4] However the track is not a pure acoustic track, rather a stripped down version of the album/single track with most electric instruments removed.

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  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-09-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2008-09-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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