Peaches (The Presidents of the United States of America song)
"Peaches" is a song by American alternative rock band the Presidents of the United States of America. It was included on their self-titled debut album and released as a single in February 1996. The track was produced by American producer Conrad Uno. The band members have acknowledged that "Peaches" borrows riffs from Bad Company's 1975 song "Feel Like Makin' Love". The song was released worldwide as the third single from "The Presidents of the United States of America". It peaked at number 29 on the US "Billboard" Hot  100 and number eight on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart. Worldwide, the song reached number one in Iceland and the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It received a Gold certification in Australia for shipments of over 35,000 units. In 1996 "Peaches" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Composition. Lead singer Chris Ballew overheard a homeless man mutter "I'm moving to the country, I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches" under his breath repeatedly while waiting at a bus  stop, and the phrase stuck with him. Ballew said he was emulating Nirvana in the verses by trying to sound "gnarly and growly". He said the verses were based off a time when he took hallucinogenic drugs and went to the house of a girl he had a crush on, intending to tell her his feelings. While tripping, he sat under a peach tree in her yard waiting for her, and he smashed peaches in his fist, watched the juice dribble, and watched ants crawl, as the lyrics stated. She never came, so he never got to tell her. 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. They fight the ninjas for the remainder of the video and eventually defeat them. Formats and track listings. US cassette single US maxi-CD US 7-inch single UK CD single UK 7-inch picture disc single Australian CD single