A Thousand Trees

"A Thousand Trees"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Word Gets Around
B-side	"Carrot Cake & Wine"
Released	11 August 1997
Format	7" vinyl, CD single
Recorded	1992 and 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	3:02
Label	V2 Records
Writer(s)	Kelly Jones
Producer(s)	CD1:#1 & #2: Bird & Bush CD1:#3: John Brand CD2: John Brand
Stereophonics singles chronology
"More Life in a Tramps Vest" (1997) "A Thousand Trees" (1997) "Traffic" (1997)

"A Thousand Trees" is the third single by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. The song is taken from their debut album, Word Gets Around and was released in August 1997. It reached #22 on the UK Singles chart.

The catchy, anthemic opener is about a respected junior football coach who ruined his career through a lurid sexual encounter with a female student.^[1]

The title and the lyric 'It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches but only takes one match to burn a thousand trees' came from the back of a box of England's Glory matches.^[2]

Track listing

All music written by Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Stuart Cable. All lyrics composed by Kelly Jones; Except where indicated.

CD 1

1. "A Thousand Trees" – 3:03
2. "Carrot Cake & Wine" – 4:27
3. "A Thousand Trees" (Live at Oxford Zodiac 23.3.97) – 3:39

CD 2 - Acoustic EP

1. "A Thousand Trees"
2. "Home to Me"
3. "Looks Like Chaplin"
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)

7" vinyl

1. "A Thousand Trees" – 3:03
2. "Carrot Cake & Wine" – 4:27

Other versions of the song

• A live version of "A Thousand Trees" and "Carrot Cake & Wine" is included in the live album Live From Dakota.
• The video can be found on the Call Us What You Want But Don't Call Us in the Morning DVD.
• The song is also performed on the Live at Cardiff Castle, Live at Morfa Stadium and Live from Dakota DVDs.

Trivia

• The song appears in Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 along with "Dakota".
• The song and band both appear in a BBC Wales advertisement for the 1999 Five Nations Championship.

References