(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star
| "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bill Wyman | ||||
| from the album Bill Wyman | ||||
| B-side | "Rio de Janeiro" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | New wave,[1] synth-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:21 7:24 (12" long extended) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Wyman | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Kimsey, Bill Wyman | |||
| Bill Wyman singles chronology | ||||
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"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" was a solo hit for Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones in 1981. It was placed on his eponymous album of the same year, through A&M Records.[2]
Wyman originally recorded the song as a demo for Ian Dury. He was happy to hand it over to someone else because at that juncture he did not want to make solo records. The problem was that no-one would play it to Dury and it would not be played to other artists because they all thought Wyman should do it himself, so he reluctantly cut the track himself, using an accent he later described as "Cockney French".[3]
The song's highest chart position in the UK was at Number 14,[4] and it spent nine weeks in total in the Top 40.[5]
Track list
- All songs written by Bill Wyman.
A-side
- 1. "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" – 3:22
B-side
- 2. "Rio De Janeiro" – 3:50
Personnel
- Bill Wyman – lead vocals, bass guitar, all other instruments, design
- Terry Taylor – guitar, backing vocals
- Bruce Rowland – drums on "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
- Jim Phantom – drums on "Rio De Janeiro"
- Stuart Epps – engineer
- Mike Ross – design
- Graham Hughes – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ a b September 2015, Nick Hasted 04. "Bill Wyman: White Lightnin': The Solo Box". Classic Rock Magazine.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Rolling Stones worldwide 7" singles and EPs discography + price guide - solo singles worldwide discographies - Bill Wyman". stones7.com.
- ^ The Rolling Stones - Off The Record by Mark Paytress, Omnibus Press, 2005, page 302. ISBN 1-84449-641-4
- ^ "British Chart Singles". britishchartsingles.blogspot.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "ultratop.be/" (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "charts.nz" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "OfficialCharts.com". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1981". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.