I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

"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.^[1]

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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".^[2]

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

UK CD1^[3]

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version)
"The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version)
"The Old Laughing Lady"

UK CD2^[4]

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (live at Morfa Stadium)
"Pick a Part That's New" (live at Morfa Stadium)
"T-Shirt Suntan" (live at Morfa Stadium)

UK 7-inch and cassette single^[5]^[6]

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version)
"The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version)

Japanese CD single^[7]

"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" (single version)
"The Bartender and the Thief" (bar version)
"Sunny Afternoon"
"Positively 4th Street"
"Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Performance and Cocktails album booklet.^[2]

Recording

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

Personnel

Kelly Jones – music, lyrics, vocals, guitar
Richard Jones – music, bass
Stuart Cable – music, drums
Marshall Bird – keyboards
Bird & Bush – production
Al Clay – mixing
Ian Cooper – mastering

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[8]	40
Scotland (OCC)^[9]	7
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	11
UK Indie (OCC)^[11]	2

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[12]	Silver	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	23 August 1999	CD cassette	V2	^[13]
United Kingdom	6 September 1999	7-inch vinyl		^[14]
Japan	8 September 1999	CD		^[15]

References

^ Hurry Up and Wait (UK CD1 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5009323.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b Performance and Cocktails (UK CD album booklet). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR1004492.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK CD1 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008823.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK CD2 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008828.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008827.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (UK cassette single sleeve). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. VVR5008825.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio (Japanese CD single liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 1999. V2CI 41.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 37. 11 September 1999. p. 12. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
^ "British single certifications – Stereophonics – I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 23 August, 1999" (PDF). Music Week. 21 August 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 6 September, 1999". Music Week. 4 September 1999. p. 23.
^ "アイ・ウドゥント・ビリーブ・ユア・レディオ | ステレオフォニックス" [I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio | Stereophonics] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

v t e Stereophonics
Kelly Jones Richard Jones Adam Zindani Jamie Morrison Stuart Cable Javier Weyler
Studio albums	Word Gets Around Performance and Cocktails Just Enough Education to Perform You Gotta Go There to Come Back Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Pull the Pin Keep Calm and Carry On Graffiti on the Train Keep the Village Alive Scream Above the Sounds Kind Oochya!
Live albums	Live from Dakota
Compilations and EPs	Live from London EP Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
Singles	"Local Boy in the Photograph" "More Life in a Tramps Vest" "A Thousand Trees" "Traffic" "The Bartender and the Thief" "Just Looking" "Pick a Part That's New" "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" "Hurry Up and Wait" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Mr. Writer" "Have a Nice Day" "Step on My Old Size Nines" "Handbags and Gladrags" "Vegas Two Times" "Madame Helga" "Maybe Tomorrow" "Since I Told You It's Over" "Moviestar" "Dakota" "Superman" "Devil" "Rewind" "It Means Nothing" "My Friends" "You're My Star" "Innocent" "Could You Be the One?" "In a Moment" "Indian Summer" "Graffiti on the Train" "We Share the Same Sun" "C'est la Vie" "I Wanna Get Lost with You" "Song for the Summer" "Chaos from the Top Down"
Concert videos	Live at Cardiff Castle Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium A Day at the Races
Promotional films	Call Us What You Want but Don't Call Us in the Morning Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Rewind Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
Tours	Graffiti on the Train Tour
Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and nominations
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