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 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
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clothing movement.
Track listings
UK 7-inch, CD, and cassette single
# "Peacock Suit"
# "Eye of the Storm"
European CD EP
# "Peacock Suit"
# "Eye of the Storm"
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Charts
References
1996 songs
1996 singles
Go! Discs singles
Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer)
Songs written by Paul Weller
Paul Weller songs
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