{{About||the plant|Witch-hazel|other uses|Witch hazel (disambiguation)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Primary sources|date=January 2023}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Witchazel | type = studio | artist = [[Matt Berry]] | cover = Witchhazel - Matt Berry.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2009|3|11|df=y}} (download)<br />{{Start date|2011|3|7|df=y}} (CD, vinyl) | recorded = 2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = *[[Psychedelic pop]] *[[folk rock]] *[[progressive pop]] *[[psychedelic folk]] | length = 49:57 | label = [[Acid Jazz Records|Acid Jazz]] | producer = Matt Berry | prev_title = [[Opium (Matt Berry album)|Opium]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[Kill the Wolf (Matt Berry album)|Kill the Wolf]] | next_year = 2013 }}
'''''Witchazel''''' is the third studio album by English actor, comedian, and musician [[Matt Berry]].<ref name="Velvet"/> It was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009, before being commercially released through [[Acid Jazz Records]] on 7 March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acidjazz.co.uk/pages/Matt%20Berry%20Witchazel.htm|title=Matt Berry|publisher=Acid Jazz Records|accessdate=4 June 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Overview== Most instruments on the album are played by Berry, with fellow actor and comedian [[Peter Serafinowicz]] doing a [[Paul McCartney]] impression (under the name "Paul Mcartney") while providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down".<ref name="whliner">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Witchazel|year=2011|first=Matt|last=Berry|type=Liner notes|publisher=Acid Jazz Records|id=AJXCD251|location=UK}}</ref> According to Berry, the album is about "the terrors of the countryside".<ref name="Velvet">{{cite web|url=http://thevelvetonion.com/interviews/onion-talking-matt-berry/|title=Matt Berry|date=25 June 2010 |publisher=The Velvet Onion|accessdate=4 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/music-in-wales/2010/11/15/it-crowd-star-matt-berry-heads-to-wales-to-launch-folk-prog-album-91466-27657052/|title=IT Crowd star Matt Berry heads to Wales to launch folk-prog album|date=15 November 2010 |publisher=Wales online|accessdate=4 June 2011}}</ref>
==In popular culture== The album's second track "Take My Hand" was used as the opening credits theme for Berry's comedy series ''[[Toast of London]]'' (2012–2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Squires |first1=Bethy |title=We Almost Forgot Matt Berry Was the Whole Point |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/tiktok-take-my-hand-matt-berry-song-trend.html |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Vulture |date=2 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> and the closing credits theme of the [[Netflix]] documentary series ''[[American Murder: Gabby Petito]]'' (2025).<ref>{{cite news |last1=POZIREKIDES |first1=TROY |title=Gabby Petito's Parents Aren't Done Fighting |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/american-murder-gabby-petito-parents-interview |access-date=17 February 2025 |date=17 February 2025}}</ref> In the two weeks following the airing of ''American Murder'', the song was streamed in the U.S. over 579,000 times, representing a 1,505% increase in the song's streaming activity.<ref>https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/angie-stone-death-streams-sales-trending-up-1235920545/</ref> Years before the song's release, an instrumental version was also used as a recurring motif in Berry's dark comedy series ''[[Snuff Box (TV series)|Snuff Box]]'' (2006).
==Track listing== {{tracklist |all_writing=Matt Berry, unless noted |title1=An Awakening |length1=0:46 |title2=Take My Hand |length2=3:11 |title3=Accident at a Harvest Festival |length3=3:25 |title4=A Song for Rosie |length4=2:50 |title5=So Low |length5=3:16 |title6=Look in My Book |length6=2:26 |title7=The Pheasant |length7=8:42 |title8=Woman |length8=3:31 |title9=The Badger's Wake |length9=3:49 |title10=Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney) |length10=4:12 |title11=From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance |length11=5:08 |writer11=Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage |title12=Into the Sky |length12=3:08 |title13=Roosting Time |length13=5:25 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111210052555/http://acidjazz.co.uk/discography/?id=82 Official Acid Jazz page]
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