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"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" is the fourth single released from Welsh rock band Stereophonics' second studio album, Performance and Cocktails (1999), on which the song appears as the seventh track. The single was released in August 1999 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. A live version from Morfa Stadium is present on CD2 of the single. A version with Stuart Cable singing vocals can be found on CD1 on the "Hurry Up and Wait" single.[2]

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
B-side	"The Old Laughing Lady" "T-Shirt Suntan" (live)
Written	August 1997
Released	23 August 1999 (1999-08-23)[1]
Studio	Real World (Bath, Somerset, England)
Length	3:50 (album version) 3:43 (single version)
Label	V2
Composer(s)	Kelly Jones Richard Jones Stuart Cable
Lyricist(s)	Kelly Jones
Producer(s)	Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Pick a Part That's New" (1999) "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (1999) "Hurry Up and Wait" (1999)
Music video
"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" on YouTube

Background

In the album booklet for Performance and Cocktails, vocalist Kelly Jones revealed that he wrote the song in August 1997 after waking up from a dream. In the dream, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of the Beatles were singing "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" in front of Jones' parents house. Jones also said that he originally wanted drummer Stuart Cable to sing the track so they could "keep the Ringo theme going".[3]

Music video

The video was inspired as an homage to the cult 1969 road film Easy Rider. It shows the band as characters from the film, making a road trip through America on motorbikes.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Performance and Cocktails album booklet.[3]

Recording

• Written in August 1997
• Recorded at Real World (Bath, Somerset, England)
• Mastered at Metropolis (London, England)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9]	40
Scotland (OCC)[10]	7
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	11
UK Indie (OCC)[12]	2

References

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