(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star

"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
Single by Bill Wyman
from the album Bill Wyman
B-side	"Rio de Janeiro"
Released	1981
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1980
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:21 7:24 (12" long extended)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Bill Wyman
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey, Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman singles chronology
"Apache Woman" (1976) "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" (1981) "A New Fashion" (1982)

"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" was a solo hit for Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones in 1981. It was placed on his eponymous album of the same year, through A&M Records.^[1]

Wyman originally recorded the song as a demo for Ian Dury. He was happy to hand it over to someone else because at that juncture he did not want to make solo records. The problem was that no-one would play it to Dury and it would not be played to other artists because they all thought Wyman should do it himself, so he reluctantly cut the track himself, using an accent he later described as "Cockney French".^[2]

The song's highest chart position in the UK was at Number 14,^[3] and it spent nine weeks in total in the Top 40.^[4]

Track list

• All songs written by Bill Wyman.

A-side

1. "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" – 3:22

B-side

2. "Rio De Janeiro" – 3:50

Credits

• 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

References

1. "The Rolling Stones worldwide 7" singles and EPs discography + price guide - solo singles worldwide discographies - Bill Wyman". stones7.com.
2. The Rolling Stones - Off The Record by Mark Paytress, Omnibus Press, 2005, page 302. ISBN 1-84449-641-4
3. "British Chart Singles". britishchartsingles.blogspot.com.au.
4. "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". chartstats.com.