Peacock Suit

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 No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1996, making it the highest-charting single of his solo career.

"Peacock Suit"
Single by Paul Weller
from the album Heavy Soul
B-side	"Eye of the Storm"
Released	5 August 1996 (1996-08-05)[1]
Length	3:08
Label	Go! Discs
Songwriter(s)	Paul Weller
Producer(s)	Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
Paul Weller singles chronology
"Out of the Sinking" (1996) "Peacock Suit" (1996) "Brushed" (1997)

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"

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[7]	164
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8]	27
Scotland (OCC)[9]	6
UK Singles (OCC)[10]	5