["Movin' to the country","Millions of peaches, peaches for free","Sun-soakin' bulges in the shade","Movin' to the country","","Millions of peaches, peaches for me","","","Millions of peaches, peaches for free","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","If I had my little way","Movin' to the country","Gonna eat me a lot of peaches","Nature's candy in my hand or can or a pie","Peaches come from a can","Movin' to the country","I poked my finger down inside","Squished a rotten peach in my fist","","Millions of peaches, peaches for free","Millions of peaches, peaches for me","Millions of peaches, peaches for me","Make a little room for it to hide","Movin' to the country","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","They were put there by a man","Take a little naps where the roots all twist","","Movin' to the country","Millions of peaches, peaches for me","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","Look out","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","Gonna eat a lot of peaches","Movin' to the country","And dreamed about you, woman","I'd eat peaches every day","In a factory downtown","Millions of peaches, peaches for free","Look out","Movin' to the country"]
Credits: Ballew, Christopher Weldo (Songwriter); Dederer, David Michael (Songwriter); Finn, Jason S (Songwriter); DAVID M. DEDERER PUBLISHING (Publisher); FLYING RABBI MUSIC (Publisher); POLYGRAM INT'L MUSIC PUBG GROUP (Publisher); RAW POO MUSIC (Publisher)
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. BillboardHot 100 chart and #8 on the U.S. BillboardHot Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1]
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.
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
^ Stovall, Natasha: "UP AND COMING: The Presidents of the United States of America; At Home in Seattle, Cheerfully Singing Against the Current", The New York Times, April 21, 1996.
^ Strauss, Neil: "Simpicity and Also Crunch", The New York Times, November 21, 1995.
^ "ALBUMS, SOUNDTRACKS: PRESIDENTS ON THE RECORD", The Seattle Times, January 30, 1998.
^ VH1: "Greatest Songs of the 90's", December 2007