Peacock Suit Explained

Peacock Suit
Cover:	Peacock Suit Paul Weller cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Paul Weller
Album:	Heavy Soul
B-Side:	Eye of the Storm
Released:	^[1]
Length:	3:08
Label:	Go! Discs
Producer:	Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
Prev Title:	Out of the Sinking
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Brushed
Next Year:	1997

Peacock Suit is a song by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller that was released on 5 August 1996 as the first single from his fourth solo album Heavy Soul. It reached 5 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1996, making it the highest-charting single of his solo career.

Uncut magazine praised the song as a "snarling update of The Who's "I'm The Face"", rating it 25th in its list of Weller's 30 best songs.Weller wrote the song in response to a newspaper article which criticised the Mod clothing movement.^[2]

Track listings

UK 7-inch, CD, and cassette single^{[3] [4] [5]}

1. "Peacock Suit"
2. "Eye of the Storm"

European CD EP^[6]

1. "Peacock Suit"
2. "Eye of the Storm"
3. "I Shall Be Released"
4. "Into Tomorrow"
5. "Sunflower"
6. "You Do Something to Me"

Notes and References

1. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 27. 3 August 1996. 1 August 2021.
2. Web site: Paul Weller's 30 Best Songs. Uncut. 29 May 2015 . 28 March 2020.
3. Peacock Suit. Paul Weller. 1996. UK limited 7-inch single sleeve. Go! Discs. GOD 149.
4. Peacock Suit. Paul Weller. 1996. UK CD single liner notes. Go! Discs. GODCD 149.
5. Peacock Suit. Paul Weller. 1996. UK cassette single sleeve. Go! Discs. GODMC 149.
6. Peacock Suit. Paul Weller. 1996. European CD EP liner notes. Go! Discs. 850 619-2.
7. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 13. 34. 12. 24 August 1996. 1 August 2021.