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“Pick a Part That's New” by Stereophonics
From the album Performance and Cocktails (1999)
“Pick a Part That's New” by Stereophonics appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2006. It was first released in 1999 on the album Performance and Cocktails. Its best result is #2 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #149 alternative song of 1999 and #4,228 alternative song of all time.
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Stereophonics' "Pick a Part That's New" got its first outing on February 27, 1999, not in Wales but in Japan, where it served as the band's debut single; that May it became the third single from their second album, Performance and Cocktails, back home in the UK. Kelly Jones wrote the words and shares the music credit with Richard Jones and Stuart Cable, and Marshall Bird and Steve Bush produced, with Al Clay mixing.
It's the band at their most easygoing, a loping, sunlit strum with Kelly Jones's rasp riding over the top and a chorus that sticks on the first listen. The single's second CD carried an acoustic take, and a live version recorded at Morfa Stadium later turned up on the second CD of "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999 | 10 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 205 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 34 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2005 | 493 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 336 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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