Pick a Part That's New

"Pick a Part That's New"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
B-side "Nice To Be Out" (Demo)
Released May 23, 1999
Format CD single, 7" single, MC
Recorded 1998
Genre Rock
Length 3:33
Label V2
Songwriter(s) Kelly Jones
Producer(s) Steve Bush & Marshall Bird AKA: Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Just Looking"
(1999)		 "Pick a Part That's New"
(1999)		 "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
(1999)

"Just Looking"
(1999)		 "Pick a Part That's New"
(1999)		 "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
(1999)
Music video
"Pick a Part That's New" on YouTube

"Pick a Part That's New" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released on 25 May 1999 as the third single from their second studio album Performance and Cocktails (1999). It reached number four in the UK Singles Chart, as well as becoming a minor rock hit in Canada, peaking at number 22 on the RPM Rock/Alternative chart in spring 2000.

An acoustic version is found on CD2 of the "Pick a Part That's New" singles. A live version from Morfa Stadium is available on CD2 of the "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" single. The song also features as a soundtrack for the film Antitrust, when Milo Hoffman is recruited and brought to meet Garry Winston.

Music video

The music video features the band parodying the 1969 film The Italian Job in Turin and performing in a bus which is on a cliff edge.[1]

Track listing

CD: V2 / VVR5006773 (UK)

  1. "Pick a Part That's New" - 3:36
  2. "Nice to Be Out (demo)" - 2:44
  3. "Positively 4th Street" (Bob Dylan) - 3:50
  4. "Pick a Part That's New (video)"

CD: V2 / VVR5006778 (UK)

  1. "Pick a Part That's New (acoustic)" - 3:56
  2. "In My Day" - 2:16
  3. "Something in the Way" (Kurt Cobain) - 3:44
  • includes 3 art prints

Charts

Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[2] 22
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 17
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 4

References

  1. ↑ Pick A Part That's New - Stereophonics
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9750." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  3. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Pick a Part That's New". Irish Singles Chart.
  4. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ↑ "Stereophonics: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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