Song · Sandi Thom
“I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” by Sandi Thom
From the album Live from the Basement (2006)
“I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” by Sandi Thom appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2006. It was first released in 2006 on the album Live from the Basement. Its best result is #396 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,466 alternative song of all time.
"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" was the debut single from Scottish singer-songwriter Sandi Thom, and it started with a bad evening: someone robbed her of her mobile phone and her other belongings, leaving her cut off from family, friends and bank alike. Wondering how she'd have coped with that back when the hippies ruled, she wrote the song with Tom Gilbert, and it landed on her album Live from the Basement.
The 2006 re-release was a proper download-age story. When the UK single hit the shops on 22 May, the previous week's downloads had already counted toward the charts and pushed it to number 15, and it went on to top the singles charts in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The critics sneered, mostly at the lyrics.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 396 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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