I Shall Overcome

"I Shall Overcome" is the third single from English indie rock band Hard-Fi's second album Once Upon a Time in the West.

[2] Written and co-produced by Richard Archer, it features a gospel choir and acoustic guitars along with a mariachi trumpet on the "Per un Pugno di Hard-Fi version".

The song reached #35 in the UK Singles Charts,[3] despite the fact that 1,000 copies were not counted due to a mistake made by Concert Live.

[4] Going deeper, the song is a tribute to frontman Richard Archer's late father, who was one of the few people to support his musical ambitions before he became successful, he told XFM "When you're from a town like ours and you wanna be in a band, everyone thinks you're just wasting time.

"Don't Wanna Fight was inspired by two things, The Slickers track 'Johnny Too Bad' and a documentary I saw maybe a year ago about this bloke who was caught up in gangs and petty crime.

Contrary to how it sounds – no weed was smoked whilst recording this track...""Pain in My Heart – this was written some time ago not long after I lost my old man and I guess is about that.

It stated that the band wanted fans to show off their creative skills by remixing the track or creating a cover sleeve for the single.

Winner of the cover sleeve competition would receive a framed copy of their design signed by each member of the band.

Trellick Tower, a block of flats which has become a London landmark, makes a cameo appearance in the video.

On 20 March 2008, Richard Archer posted a blog stating that due to an administrative mistake, around 1000 copies ordered during the December tour were not counted towards the chart position, he said, "you can imagine we're not pleased.