“Peachy”
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album On a Clear Night
A-side	“Droving Woman” “The Book Song (Live)” “100 Round The Bends (Live)” “Don’t Ever (Live)”
Released	10 November 2007
Format	Digital download
Recorded	Los Angeles, California, 2006
Genre	pop
Length	2:39
Label	Eleven
Writer(s)	Missy Higgins
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Missy Higgins singles chronology
“Where I Stood” (2007) “Peachy” (2007) “More Than This” (2009)

Background

The song was recorded in 2006 in Los Angeles at producer Mitchell Froom’s home studio. The music video was directed by shot by Paul Goodman and Alice Bell.^[2]In 2004, Higgins released the song “Ten Days” which documented her feelings following a break-up with her boyfriend before she travelled to Europe after leaving high school. Though they later reconciled, the relationship ended and subsequently inspired the lyrics for “Peachy”.^[1] The song was written in half an hour at a friend’s house where Higgins locked herself in a room with a guitar.^[1] She said of the song, “[i]t’s all those mind games you play with someone you’ve just broken up with [...] They’re pretending they’ve moved on; you’re pretending you have, too, but neither of you has. It’s ridiculous.”^[1]

Release

“Peachy” was released for digital download only on 10 November 2007.^[2] ”Peachy” was voted the number 51 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2007 and was included on the 2008 compilation CD Triple J’s Hottest 100 Volume 15.

Track listing

1. “Peachy” — 2:41
2. “Droving Woman (Performed by Augie March, Missy Higgins & Paul Kelly)” — 8:45
3. “The Book Song (Live)” — 2:14
4. “100 Round The Bends (Live)” — 3:06
5. “Don’t Ever (Live)” — 3:03

References