Peacock Suit

"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]
Genre	Garage rock[2]
Length	3:08
Label	Go! Discs
Songwriter	Paul Weller
Producers	Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
Paul Weller singles chronology
"Out of the Sinking" (1996) "Peacock Suit" (1996) "Brushed" (1997)

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.

Uncut magazine praised the song as a "snarling update of The Who's 'I'm The Face'", rating it 25th on its list of Weller's 30 best songs. Weller wrote the song in response to a newspaper article which criticised the Mod clothing movement.^[3]

Track listings

UK 7-inch, CD, and cassette single^[4][5][6]

1. "Peacock Suit"
2. "Eye of the Storm"

European CD EP^[7]

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)[8]	164
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9]	27
Scotland Singles (OCC)[10]	6
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	5

References

1. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 3 August 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. Edward, Thomas (24 April 2025). "Paul Weller's 15 greatest songs, ranked". Gold Radio. Retrieved 27 November 2025. Peacock Suit" was injected with the kind of garage rock vitality you'd expect from a band in their teens...
3. "Paul Weller's 30 Best Songs". Uncut. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
4. Peacock Suit (UK limited 7-inch single sleeve). Go! Discs. 1996. GOD 149.
5. Peacock Suit (UK CD single liner notes). Go! Discs. 1996. GODCD 149.
6. Peacock Suit (UK cassette single sleeve). Go! Discs. 1996. GODMC 149.
7. Peacock Suit (European CD EP liner notes). Go! Discs. 1996. 850 619-2.
8. "Paul Weller ARIA chart history 1988 to May 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via Imgur. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
9. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 34. 24 August 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. "Paul Weller: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2021.