"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" is the fourth single released from Welsh rock band

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' 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

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singing vocals can be found on CD1 on the " Hurry Up and Wait" single.

Background

In the album booklet for '' Performance and Cocktails'', vocalist

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revealed that he wrote the song in August 1997 after waking up from a dream. In the dream,

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were singing "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" in front of Jones' parents' house. Jones also said that he originally wanted drummer

to sing the track so they could "keep the Ringo theme going".

Music video

The video was inspired as an homage to the cult 1969 road film ''

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Track listings

UK CD1 # "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version) # "The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version) # "The Old Laughing Lady" UK CD2 # "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (live at Morfa Stadium) # "Pick a Part That's New" (live at Morfa Stadium) # "T-Shirt Suntan" (live at Morfa Stadium) UK 7-inch and cassette single # "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version) # "The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version) Japanese CD single # "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version) # "The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version) # "

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''Performance and Cocktails'' album booklet. Recording * Written in August 1997 * Recorded at

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(London, England) Personnel *

– music, lyrics, vocals, guitar * Richard Jones – music, bass *

– music, drums * Marshall Bird – keyboards * Bird & Bush – production * Al Clay – mixing * Ian Cooper – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1997 songs 1999 singles Songs about radio Songs written by Kelly Jones V2 Records singles