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Peacock Suit

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"Peacock Suit"
Single by Paul Weller
from the album Heavy Soul
B-side"Eye of the Storm"
Released5 August 1996 (1996-08-05)[1]
Length3:08
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)Paul Weller
Producer(s)Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
Paul Weller singles chronology
"Out of the Sinking"
(1996)
"Peacock Suit"
(1996)
"Brushed"
(1997)

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 in 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]

Track listings

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UK 7-inch, CD, and cassette single[3][4][5]

  1. "Peacock Suit"
  2. "Eye of the Storm"

European CD EP[6]

  1. "Peacock Suit"
  2. "Eye of the Storm"
  3. "I Shall Be Released"
  4. "Into Tomorrow"
  5. "Sunflower"
  6. "You Do Something to Me"

Charts

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 27
Scotland (OCC)[8] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 5

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 3 August 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Paul Weller's 30 Best Songs". Uncut. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ Peacock Suit (UK limited 7-inch single sleeve). Paul Weller. Go! Discs. 1996. GOD 149.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Peacock Suit (UK CD single liner notes). Paul Weller. Go! Discs. 1996. GODCD 149.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Peacock Suit (UK cassette single sleeve). Paul Weller. Go! Discs. 1996. GODMC 149.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Peacock Suit (European CD EP liner notes). Paul Weller. Go! Discs. 1996. 850 619-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 34. 24 August 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Paul Weller: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2021.