Peachy

"Peachy"
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album On a Clear Night
A-side
  • "Droving Woman"
  • "The Book Song (Live)"
  • "100 Round The Bends (Live)"
  • "Don't Ever (Live)"
Released 10 November 2007
Format Digital download
Recorded Los Angeles, California, 2006
Genre pop
Length 2:39
Label Eleven
Writer(s) Missy Higgins
Producer Mitchell Froom
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"Where I Stood"
(2007)
"Peachy"
(2007)
"More Than This"
(2009)

"Peachy" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins and the third single released from her second album, On A Clear Night. The track features a guest appearance by Neil Finn playing electric guitar. The single was released on 10 November 2007 as a digital download only.

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Background

In 2004, Higgins released the song "Ten Days" which documented her feelings following a break-up with her boyfriend before she travelled to Europe after leaving high school. Though they later reconciled, the relationship ended and subsequently inspired the lyrics for "Peachy".[1] The song was written in half an hour at a friend's house where Higgins locked herself in a room with a guitar.[1] She said of the song, "[i]t's all those mind games you play with someone you've just broken up with [...] They're pretending they've moved on; you're pretending you have, too, but neither of you has. It's ridiculous."[1]

The song was recorded in 2006 in Los Angeles at producer Mitchell Froom's home studio. The music video was directed by shot by Paul Goodman and Alice Bell.[2]

Release

"Peachy" was released for digital download only on 10 November 2007.[2] "Peachy" was voted the number 51 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2007 and was included on the 2008 compilation CD Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 15.

Track listing

  1. "Peachy" — 2:41
  2. "Droving Woman (Performed by Augie March, Missy Higgins & Paul Kelly)" — 8:45
  3. "The Book Song (Live)" — 2:14
  4. "100 Round The Bends (Live)" — 3:06
  5. "Don't Ever (Live)" — 3:03

References

  1. ^ a b c Adams, Cameron (26 April 2007), "Night Rider", Herald Sun (The Herald and Weekly Times (News Corporation)), http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/night-rider/story-e6frf9hf-1111113416307, retrieved 25 April 2010 
  2. ^ a b Cashmere, Paul (12 June 2007), "40,000 Powderfinger Fans Can't Be Wrong", Undercover (Cashmere Media Pty Ltd), http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=2286, retrieved 25 April 2010