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"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)"
Single by Sandi Thom
from the album Smile... It Confuses People
B-side "A Light as Bright as Ours"
"May You Never"
"No More Heroes"
"Something in The Air"
Released 3 October 2005 (UK)
22 May 2006 (UK Re-issue)
20 June 2006 (US)
22 July 2006 (Australia), (New Zealand)
Format CD, Maxi CD, 7", digital download
Genre Pop, folk pop, R&B, Gospel music
Length 2:30
Label BMG
Writer(s) Tom Gilbert
Sandi Thom
Certification 2× platinum (ARIA)
Silver (BPI) [1]
Sandi Thom singles chronology
"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)"
(2005)
"What If I'm Right"
(2006)
Re-issued cover art
Cover art for 2006 release
Cover art for 2006 release

"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" is the debut single performed by Sandi Thom. The song was written by Tom Gilbert and Thom herself. EMI Music Publishing identifies Tom Gilbert as Ian Brown, Thom's manager. The song was originally released in October 2005 by Viking Legacy records, reaching number fifty-five in the UK singles chart. It was re-released in May 2006 on Sony's RCA Records label, and went on to be the UK's fifth best selling single of the year.[1]. Also successful in Australia, it was on the ARIA Charts for ten weeks at number-one, and finished the year as the country's highest selling single and accrediting double platinum. The music video was shot in Bethnal Green in London.

Although only released physically on May 22, 2006 in the UK, download sales the week before are counted for the purpose of charts, and it achieved number fifteen on this basis in the general charts (and number seven in the download-only chart). The physical release had three formats: two CD versions (one featuring the radio mix and "A Light as Bright as Ours", another featuring the radio mix, the album mix, a further remix, "May You Never" and the ,music video), and also as a 7" vinyl record backed with Stranglers cover "No More Heroes".

The single sold 39,797 copies in the week ending June 4, 2006, enough to reach number one, knocking Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" off the top spot after it was withdrawn following a nine week run.

Thom has been the subject of criticism by many artists within the recording world, most notably from Lily Allen, The Fratellis and The Automatic. James Frost and Robin Hawkins from The Automatic stated that "If she was a punk rocker with flowers in her hair she'd get the s*** kicked out of her by other punk rockers, for having flowers in her hair. [...] I haven't found anyone who's told me they like that song and bought it."[2]


Contents

[edit] Track listings

Original release, CD 1
  1. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)"
  2. "Little Remedy"
    (Also included on Smile... It Confuses People.)
Original release, CD 2
  1. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)"
  2. "Something in the Air"
  3. "No More Heroes"
  4. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Video)
Re-release, CD 1
  1. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Radio Mix)
  2. "A Light as Bright as Ours"
Re-release, CD 2
  1. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Radio Mix)
  2. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Album Version)
  3. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Mutiny's Rockers & Lovers Mix)
  4. "May You Never"
  5. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Video)
Re-release, 7"
  1. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Radio Mix)
  2. "No More Heroes"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 1 (10)
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart 59
Irish Singles Chart 1 (2)
French Singles Chart 8
Netherlands Singles Chart 36
New Zealand Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 1 (1)
Preceded by
"Crazy"
Gnarls Barkley
UK Singles Chart number one single
June 4-2006
Succeeded by
"Maneater"
Nelly Furtado
Irish Singles Chart number one single
June 8, 2006 - June 15, 2006
Succeeded by
"Hips Don't Lie"
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
Preceded by
"SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
September 3, 2006 - November 12, 2006
Succeeded by
"The Saints Are Coming" by U2 and Green Day

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