A Thousand Trees

"A Thousand Trees" is the third single from the 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.

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.

Track listing

CD1

1. "A Thousand Trees"
2. "Carrot Cake & Wine"
3. "A Thousand Trees" (Live at Oxford Zodiac)

CD2

1. "A Thousand Trees" (acoustic)
2. "Home to Me" (acoustic)
3. "Looks Like Chaplin" (acoustic)
4. "Summertime" (acoustic)

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.