"Peachy" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter

Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and ''The Ol ...

and the third single released from her second album, ''

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''. The track features a guest appearance by

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playing electric guitar. The single was released on 10 November 2007, as a digital download only. At the

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Higgins was nominated for Best Female Artist for this single.

Background

In 2004, Higgins released the song " Ten Days" which documented her feelings following a break-up with her boyfriend before she travelled to Europe after leaving high school. Though they later reconciled, the relationship ended and subsequently inspired the lyrics for "Peachy". The song was written in half an hour at a friend's house where Higgins locked herself in a room with a guitar. She said of the song, " 's all those mind games you play with someone you've just broken up with ..They're pretending they've moved on; you're pretending you have, too, but neither of you has. It's ridiculous." The song was recorded in 2006 in Los Angeles at producer

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's home studio. The music video was directed and shot by Australian filmmakers Paul Goodman and

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Release

"Peachy" was released for digital download only on 10 November 2007. "Peachy" was voted the number 51 song in the

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and was included on the 2008 compilation CD ''Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 15''.

Track listing

# "Peachy" – 2:41 # "Droving Woman" (performed by Augie March, Missy Higgins & Paul Kelly) – 8:45 # "The Book Song" (Live) – 2:14 # "100 Round the Bends" (Live) – 3:06 # "Don't Ever" (Live) – 3:03

References

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