Song · Paul Weller
“Sunflower” by Paul Weller
From the album Wild Wood (1993)
“Sunflower” by Paul Weller appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Wild Wood. Its best result is #397 on The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,116 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Sunflower" opened the book on Wild Wood, Paul Weller's second solo album, when Go! Discs put it out as the lead single in July 1993. Weller wrote it and co-produced it with Brendan Lynch, and he's all over the recording: guitar, Mellotron, Moog and the lead vocal, with Marco Nelson on bass, Steve White on drums and Jacko Peake adding flute.
It's a restless, itchy groove of a song, and it climbed to No. 16 in Britain. Later rankings have been kind to it. The Guardian argued that no other song did more to point Weller in his '90s direction, hearing a jittery blend of Traffic and soul, and ranked it number 11 among his tracks; Uncut placed it 23rd in its list of his 30 best. Pedro Romhanyi directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 504 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2022 | 397 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2025 | 709 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 546 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Sunflowers.
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