(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star

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"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
Single by Bill Wyman
from the album Bill Wyman
B-side"Rio de Janeiro"
Released1981
Recorded1980
GenreNew wave,[1] synth-pop[1]
Length3:21
7:24 (12" long extended)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Bill Wyman
Producer(s)Chris Kimsey, Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman singles chronology
"Apache Woman"
(1976) 		"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
(1981) 		"Visions"
(1982)

"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" (transl. "(Yes Yes) I Am a Rock Star") is a song by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, released in 1981 as the lead single from his eponymous third solo studio album, through A&M Records.[2]

Wyman originally wrote the song for Ian Dury. However, finding himself unable to interest Dury or any other artist in it he reluctantly recorded the song 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[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b September 2015, Nick Hasted 04. "Bill Wyman: White Lightnin': The Solo Box". Classic Rock Magazine.
  2. ^ "The Rolling Stones worldwide 7" singles and EPs discography + price guide - solo singles worldwide discographies - Bill Wyman". stones7.com.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stones - Off The Record by Mark Paytress, Omnibus Press, 2005, page 302. ISBN 1-84449-641-4
  4. ^ "British Chart Singles". britishchartsingles.blogspot.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "ultratop.be/" (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  8. ^ "dutchcharts.nl" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  9. ^ "charts.nz" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ^ "OfficialCharts.com". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1981". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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