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"A Thousand Trees"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Word Gets Around
B-side"Carrot Cake & Wine"
Released11 August 1997 (1997-08-11)[1]
Length3:02
LabelV2
Songwriter(s)Kelly Jones
Producer(s)
  • Steve Bush & Marshall Bird (CD1)
  • John Brand (CD2)
Stereophonics singles chronology
"More Life in a Tramps Vest"
(1997) 		"A Thousand Trees"
(1997) 		"Traffic"
(1997)

"A Thousand Trees" is the third single released by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. The song is taken from their debut album, Word Gets Around (1997), and was released on 11 August 1997. It reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.

The title and the lyric "It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches but only takes one match to burn a thousand trees" came from the back of a box of England's Glory matches.[2]

Track listings

All music was composed by Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Stuart Cable. All lyrics were written by Kelly Jones except where indicated.

CD 1

  1. "A Thousand Trees" – 3:03
  2. "Carrot Cake & Wine" – 4:27
  3. "A Thousand Trees" (Live at Oxford Zodiac 23.3.97) – 3:39

CD 2 - Acoustic EP

  1. "A Thousand Trees"
  2. "Home to Me"
  3. "Looks Like Chaplin"
  4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)

7-inch vinyl

  1. "A Thousand Trees" – 3:03
  2. "Carrot Cake & Wine" – 4:27

Charts

Chart (1997–2000) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[3] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 22
UK Indie (OCC)[5] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 9 August 1997. p. 33. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ contactmusic.com
  3. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ "British single certifications – Stereophonics – A Thousand Trees". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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