Song · Pulp
“Trees” by Pulp
“Trees” by Pulp appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. Its best result is #29 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #381 alternative song of 2001.
"The Trees" comes from We Love Life, Pulp's 2001 album, and it leans on borrowed strings: a sample of "Tell Her You Love Her", from the soundtrack to Otley. Cocker's subject is the trees themselves, standing unmoved while drama plays out in the woods around them; impassivity was his word for it.
The label wanted it out as a single and the band preferred "Sunrise", so the two were paired as a double-A side on 8 October 2001. It peaked at 23 in the UK, a smaller hit than many earlier Pulp singles, but critics have come round to it since, and bassist Steve Mackey picked it as the song that sums up We Love Life. Phil Harder directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
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