Peaches

"Peaches"
Single by The Presidents of the United States of America
from the album The Presidents of the United States of America
Released	February 27, 1996
Format	CD single, 7" single, cassette single
Recorded	Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Alternative rock Post-grunge Pop punk
Length	2:51 (Album version) 2:49 (Single version) 3:11 (Music video version)
Label	Sony Music
Writer(s)	Chris Ballew, Dave Dederer, Jason Finn
Producer	Conrad Uno
The Presidents of the United States of America singles chronology
"Lump" (1995) "Peaches" (1996) "Ça Plane Pour Moi" (1996)

"Peaches" is a song by American alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America for their self-titled debut studio album. The track was produced by American producer Conrad Uno. The lyrics of "Peaches" discuss a man moving to the country to eat vast quantities of peaches.

The song was released worldwide as the third single from The Presidents of the United States of America. It peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[1]

The band members have acknowledged that "Peaches" samples riffs from Bad Company's 1975 song "Feel Like Makin' Love".^[2]

In 1996, "Peaches" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.^[3]

Song meaning

Lead singer Chris Ballew has stated that he wrote "Peaches" about a girl he once had a crush on. He allegedly wrote this song after sitting under a peach tree she had in her yard while waiting for her to finally let her know that he liked her.^[4]

There is a pop cultural misunderstanding that the song may also be about a man performing oral sex on a woman's "peach" or vagina. Since the term "eating out" tends to refer to vaginal oral sex, a man moving to the country to eat peaches could be referring to such an acts.

Music video

The music video features the band performing the song in an orchard filled with trees growing peach cans. During the song's instrumental break, the band is attacked by a group of ninjas attempting to capture them, who they fight for the remainder of the video and eventually defeat.

Formats and track listings

Charts

Use in other media and sampling

The song was parodied in the TV series Bill Nye the Science Guy as "Farm Foods", with lead singer Chris Ballew playing basitar in the parody. In the King of the Hill episode "Next of Shin," somebody asks Hank about peaches. Thinking he is referring to the song, Hank takes out his guitar and sings the song's chorus.

British electronica duo Lemon Jelly heavily sampled the opening riffs of "Peaches" played in reverse as well as the lines "Yeah, yeah" and "Millions of peaches/Peaches for me/Millions of peaches/Peaches for free" in their song "The Fruity Track".

References

External links

• "Peaches" music video at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)