Song · Technohead
“I Wanna be a Hippy” by Technohead
From the EP Mary Jane (1995)
“I Wanna be a Hippy” by Technohead appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995 on the EP Mary Jane. Its best result is #48 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #206 alternative song of 1995.
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"I Wanna Be a Hippy" first crept out in 1995 as the B-side of Technohead's Mary Jane EP on Mokum, the Dutch hardcore techno label, and the voice on it isn't theirs: it's David Peel, lifted from his "I Like Marijuana" performance in the 1989 film Rude Awakening and flung onto a happy hardcore stampede. Lee Newman and Michael Wells wrote it, and the English act went on to make it the lead single from their first album, Headsex, that same year.
Then it crossed over, topping the charts in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Flanders, and after stalling at 77 in the UK it returned in early 1996 and climbed to number six. Matthijs Van Heyningen Jr. shot the video in an Amsterdam park, and both of their Top of the Pops appearances that winter had the marijuana references censored.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 48 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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