Song · Stereophonics
“I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio” by Stereophonics
From the album Performance and Cocktails (1999)
“I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio” by Stereophonics appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 1999 on the album Performance and Cocktails. Its best result is #234 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,225 alternative song of all time.
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In the booklet for Performance and Cocktails, Kelly Jones explained that "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" came to him in a dream in August 1997: George Harrison and Ringo Starr were singing it outside his parents' house, and he woke up and wrote it. It sits seventh on the Welsh band's second album, and V2 put it out as the album's fourth single in August 1999, when it climbed to 11 in the UK.
Jones wrote the words and shares the music credit with Richard Jones and drummer Stuart Cable; Marshall Bird and Steve Bush produced, and Al Clay mixed. Jones had wanted Cable to sing it, to keep the Ringo joke rolling, and a Cable-sung version did surface on the "Hurry Up and Wait" single. The video tips its helmet to Easy Rider, with the band on motorbikes crossing America.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 234 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
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