"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
B-side
  • "The Old Laughing Lady"
  • "T-Shirt Suntan" (live)
WrittenAugust 1997
Released23 August 1999 (1999-08-23)
StudioReal World (Bath, Somerset, England)
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:43 (single version)
LabelV2
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Kelly Jones
Producer(s)Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Pick a Part That's New"
(1999)		 "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
(1999)		 "Hurry Up and Wait"
(1999)
Music video
"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" on YouTube

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" is the fourth single released from Welsh rock band Stereophonics' second studio album, Performance and Cocktails (1999), on which the song appears as the seventh track. The single was released in August 1999 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. A live version from Morfa Stadium is present on CD2 of the single. A version with Stuart Cable singing vocals can be found on CD1 on the "Hurry Up and Wait" single.[1]

Background

In the album booklet for Performance and Cocktails, vocalist Kelly Jones revealed that he wrote the song in August 1997 after waking up from a dream. In the dream, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of the Beatles were singing "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" in front of Jones' parents' house. Jones also said that he originally wanted drummer Stuart Cable to sing the track so they could "keep the Ringo theme going".[2]

Music video

The video was inspired as an homage to the cult 1969 road film Easy Rider. It shows the band as characters from the film, making a road trip through America on motorbikes.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Performance and Cocktails album booklet.[2]

Recording

Personnel

  • Kelly Jones – music, lyrics, vocals, guitar
  • Richard Jones – music, bass
  • Stuart Cable – music, drums
  • Marshall Bird – keyboards
  • Bird & Bush – production
  • Al Clay – mixing
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 40
Scotland (OCC)[9] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 11
UK Indie (OCC)[11] 2

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 23 August 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 V2 [12]
6 September 1999 7-inch vinyl [13]
Japan 8 September 1999 CD [14]

References

  1. ↑ Hurry Up and Wait (UK CD1 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5009323.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 Performance and Cocktails (UK CD album booklet). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR1004492.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK CD1 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008823.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK CD2 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008828.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008827.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK cassette single sleeve). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008825.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (Japanese CD single liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. V2CI 41.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 37. 11 September 1999. p. 12. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  12. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting 23 August, 1999" (PDF). Music Week. 21 August 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting 6 September, 1999". Music Week. 4 September 1999. p. 23.
  14. ↑ "アイ・ウドゥント・ビリーブ・ユア・レディオ | ステレオフォニックス" [I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio | Stereophonics] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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