"Peacock Suit" | ||||
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Single by Paul Weller | ||||
from the album Heavy Soul | ||||
B-side | "Eye of the Storm" | |||
Released | 5 August 1996 [1] | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
Label | Go! Discs | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Weller | |||
Producer(s) | Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller | |||
Paul Weller singles chronology | ||||
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Peacock Suit is a song by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller that was released on 5 August 1996 as the first single from his fourth solo album, Heavy Soul . It reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1996, making it the highest-charting single of his solo career.
Uncut magazine praised the song as a "snarling update of The Who's 'I'm The Face'", rating it 25th on its list of Weller's 30 best songs. Weller wrote the song in response to a newspaper article which criticised the Mod clothing movement. [2]
UK 7-inch, CD, and cassette single [3] [4] [5]
European CD EP [6]
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [7] | 164 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] | 27 |
Scotland (OCC) [9] | 6 |
UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 5 |