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{{Short description|English musician}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Ian Broudie
| background          = solo_singer
| image               = Ian Broudie.jpg
| caption             = Broudie in 2006
| birth_name          = Ian Zachary Broudie
| alias               = Kingbird
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|08|04}}
| birth_place         = [[Liverpool]], England
| death_date          = 
| genre               = {{hlist | [[Alternative rock]] | [[new wave music|new wave]] | [[post-punk]] | [[Britpop]] | [[indie pop]] | [[pop rock]] | [[folk rock]]}}
| occupation          = {{hlist | Singer-songwriter | musician | record producer}}
| instrument          = {{hlist | Vocals | guitar | bass | keyboard | drums}}
| years_active        = 1977–present
| label               = [[Deltasonic]]
| associated_acts     = {{hlist | [[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]] | [[Original Mirrors]] | [[Care (band)|Care]] | [[The Lightning Seeds]] | [[The Coral]] | [[The Wild Swans (band)|The Wild Swans]]}}
| website             = 
}}

'''Ian Zachary Broudie''' (born 4 August 1958) is an English musician and singer-songwriter from [[Liverpool]]. After emerging from the [[post-punk]] scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of [[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]], Broudie went on to produce albums (sometimes under the name Kingbird) for artists including [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]], [[the Coral]], [[the Zutons]] and [[the Subways]].

Around 1989, he began writing and recording under the name [[The Lightning Seeds|Lightning Seeds]], releasing the album ''[[Cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]]'' through Rough Trade on the independent label Ghetto Records, eventually putting together a live touring band in 1994. [[The Lightning Seeds]] achieved great commercial success during much of the 1990s. In 2004, Broudie released an album titled ''[[Tales Told]]'' under his own name. The Lightning Seeds reformed in 2006 and released their sixth studio album ''[[Four Winds (album)|Four Winds]]'' in 2009. A seventh album, ''See You in the Stars'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-lightning-seeds-new-album-see-you-in-the-stars-isingle-sunshine-ian-broudie-interview-three-lions-world-cup-2022-3247549 | title=The Lightning Seeds on new album 'See You in the Stars': "I'd lost confidence in myself" | website=[[NME]] | date=15 June 2022 }}</ref> was released in 2022.

==Early life and career==
Ian Broudie was born into an Orthodox Jewish family.<ref name=“ind”>{{cite news |last=Curran |first=Shaun |date=3 November 2023 |title=Ian Broudie: 'Three Lions was misunderstood' |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/ian-broudie-three-lions-misunderstood-2723601 |work=The Independent|location= |access-date=}}</ref>  He played in Liverpool's fledgling punk scene in the 1970s. He was a member of the band [[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]],<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite news|author=Dave Simpson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/11/ian-broudie-lightning-seeds-three-lions-world-cup-interview |title=The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'People didn't know what was on the England badge before Three Lions' |work=The Guardian |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> with [[Holly Johnson]] and [[Bill Drummond]].<ref>{{LibraryOfMu|mu-id=271|title=Big in Japan&nbsp;– Where are they now?|work=[[Q Magazine|Q]]|date=January 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916112152/http://www.libraryofmu.net/display-resource.php?id=271 |archive-date=16 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/broudie.htm|title=Ian Broudie |website=Soundonsound.com|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> He was also a founder member of [[John Peel]] favourites [[Original Mirrors]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/2nd-honeymoon|title = 2nd Honeymoon |website=Recordcollectormag.com}}</ref> in the early 1980s, and was credited as a member of [[Bette Bright|Bette Bright and the Illuminations]] on their lone album from 1981. In 1983, he recorded and wrote tracks under the name [[Care (band)|Care]] with vocalist [[Paul Simpson (musician)|Paul Simpson]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Sutton
 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/original-mirrors-mn0000485067/biography |title=Original Mirrors |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> the duo released three singles, including the minor UK chart hit "[[Flaming Sword]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c86show.org/e/the-wild-swans-with-paul-simpson-in-conversation/|title=The Wild Swans with Paul Simpson in conversation &#124; C86 Show - Indie Pop|website=C86show.org|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>

==The Lightning Seeds==
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Broudie began writing as [[the Lightning Seeds]] at the end of the 1980s, scoring a debut hit with the song "[[Pure (Lightning Seeds song)|Pure]]". The Lightning Seeds had just one member: Broudie.

The Lightning Seeds produced a selection of well-received singles and albums in the 1990s. The albums ''[[cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]]'' (1990) and ''[[Sense (The Lightning Seeds album)|Sense]]'' (1992) followed. The latter's song "[[The Life of Riley (song)|The Life of Riley]]" became the backing music for ''[[Match of the Day]]'''s Goal of the Month competition.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |author=James MacNair |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/number-one-seed-1260434.html |title=Number one seed – Life and Style|work=The Independent |date=9 May 1997 |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> In 1994 Broudie created a touring band so the songs could be played live.<ref name="thenational.ae">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/musicians/ian-broudie-finally-able-to-live-the-life-of-riley|title=Ian Broudie: Finally able to live The Life of Riley|website=Thenational.ae|date=9 May 2017 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Their 1994 album ''[[Jollification]]'' is considered by many as the moment the Lightning Seeds arrived as a mainstream band. During the same period, Broudie produced albums for other acts, including [[Northside (band)|Northside]], [[The Primitives]], [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]] and [[Dodgy]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCRlCwAAQBAJ&q=ian+broudie+dodgy&pg=PT295|title=The Cavern Club: The Rise of The Beatles and Merseybeat|first=Spencer|last=Leigh|date=3 October 2015|publisher=McNidder and Grace Limited|isbn=9780857160980|access-date=4 February 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The Lightning Seeds twice took football anthem "[[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]]" (with comedians [[Frank Skinner]] and [[David Baddiel]]) to number one, with different lyrics for the [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup|France '98]] tournaments (Broudie himself is a supporter of [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]; Lightning Seeds album covers and inlays often contain references such as [[Hillsborough disaster|Justice for the 96]] and [[Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98)|Support the Liverpool Dockers]]). In the years since France '98, the song has been released multiple times for football tournaments, and now has the unique distinction of being the only song in existence to have become UK No. 1 four separate times with the same artists: two one-week stints in 1996, three straight weeks in 1998 for the remake, and again in 2018 for the original during the World Cup held in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/football-may-not-have-come-home-but-three-lions-has-on-the-uk-s-official-chart-and-it-s-broken-an-all-time-chart-record__23380/|title=Football may not have come home, but Three Lions has on the UK's Official Chart – and it's broken an all-time chart record|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |date=13 July 2018|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

On 13 December 1996 and 14 March 1997, Broudie was the guest host of ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. Later that year, the Lightning Seeds headlined the Hillsborough Justice Concert, which was held at [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool's]] [[Anfield]] stadium<ref name="independent1"/> to raise fund for the families in their struggle for justice.

Broudie returned with a new line-up in 2009, releasing the album ''[[Four Winds (album)|Four Winds]]'', and has extensively toured since with a line-up including Angie Pollack (piano), [[Martyn Campbell]] (guitar), and Ian's son Riley Broudie (guitar).{{cn|date=June 2025}}

In 2022, the Lightning Seeds released the album [[See You In The Stars]].

==Production work==
Broudie worked as a producer with many independent labels including [[Factory Records]], [[Creation Records]], [[Zoo Records]] and Rough Trade, sometimes under the name 'Kingbird'.<ref name="liverpoolecho1">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/lightning-seeds-member-ian-broudie-3454116|title=Lightning Seeds member Ian Broudie speaks about The Coral and loving it up North|last=Wright|first=Jade|date=8 May 2009|work=Liverpool Echo|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

Broudie subsequently concentrated on production for other bands, working with [[the Coral]],<ref name="liverpoolecho1"/> [[the Subways]],<ref name="liverpoolecho1"/> [[the Zutons]],<ref name="liverpoolecho1"/> French rock band [[Noir Desir]] for their first long album ''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)|Veuillez rendre l'âme]]'', [[The Rifles (band)|the Rifles]],<ref name="liverpoolecho1"/> on an early single by [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/delicious-mw0000920776/credits|title=Sleeper &#124; Discography credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref> and on a handful of [[I Am Kloot]] songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/i-am-kloot-mn0000256067/biography|title=I Am Kloot &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>

===Production discography===
====1980s====
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*1980: [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] - ''[[Crocodiles (album)|Crocodiles]]''
*1980: [[Original Mirrors]] - ''Original Mirrors''
*1981: TV21 - ''A Thin Red Line''
*1983: [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] - ''[[Porcupine (album)|Porcupine]]''
*1984: [[The Danse Society]] - ''Heaven Is Waiting''
*1985: [[The Pale Fountains]] - ''...From Across the Kitchen Table''
*1985: [[Wall of Voodoo]] - ''[[Seven Days in Sammystown]]''
*1986: [[The Colourfield]] - ''[[The Colour Field]]''
*1986: [[The Three O'Clock]] - ''Ever After''
*1987: [[The Icicle Works]] - ''[[If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song]]''
*1987: [[The Bodines]] - ''Played''
*1988: [[Richard Jobson (television presenter)|Richard Jobson]] - ''[[Badman (album)|Badman]]''
*1988: [[Human Drama]] - ''[[Hopes Prayers Dreams Heart Soul Mind Love Life Death]]''
*1988: [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]  - ''[[I Am Kurious Oranj]]''
*1988: [[Shack (band)|Shack]] - ''Zilch''
*1989: [[Benny Profane]] - ''Trapdoor Swing''
*1989: [[Noir Désir]] - ''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)]]''
{{colend}}

====1990s====
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*1990: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]]''
*1990: [[Frazier Chorus]] - ''[[Ray (Frazier Chorus album)|Ray]]''
*1990: [[The Wild Swans (band)|The Wild Swans]] - ''Space Flower''
*1991: [[Northside (band)|Northside]] - ''[[Chicken Rhythms]]''
*1991: [[The Primitives]] - ''Galore''
*1991: [[The Wendys]] - ''Gobbledygook''
*1991: The Katydids - ''Shangri-La''
*1991: [[Bill Pritchard]] - ''Jolie''
*1992: [[Popinjays]] - ''Flying Down to Mono Valley''
*1992: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Sense (The Lightning Seeds album)|Sense]]''
*1993: [[Dodgy]] - ''[[The Dodgy Album]]''
*1994: [[The Frank and Walters]] - ''Trains, Boats and Planes''
*1994: [[Alison Moyet]] - ''[[Essex (album)|Essex]]''
*1994: [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]] - ''[[Home (Terry Hall album)|Home]]''
*1994: [[Dodgy]] - ''[[Homegrown (Dodgy album)|Homegrown]]''
*1994: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Jollification (album)|Jollification]]''
*1995: [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] - ''[[Smart (Sleeper album)|Smart]]''
*1996: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Dizzy Heights]]''
*1998: [[Republica]] - ''[[Speed Ballads]]''
*1999: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Tilt (Lightning Seeds album)|Tilt]]''
{{colend}}

====2000s====
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*2002: [[The Coral]] - ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]''
*2002: [[Texas (band)|Texas]] - ''[[Careful What You Wish For (Texas album)|Careful What You Wish For]]''
*2003: [[I Am Kloot]] - ''[[I Am Kloot (album)|I Am Kloot]]''
*2003: [[The Coral]] - ''[[Magic and Medicine]]''
*2004: [[The Coral]] - ''[[Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker]]''
*2004: [[The Zutons]] - ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]''
*2004: [[Ian Broudie]] - ''[[Tales Told]]''
*2005: [[The Subways]] - ''[[Young for Eternity]]''
*2006: [[The Rifles (band)|The Rifles]] - ''[[No Love Lost (The Rifles album)|No Love Lost]]''
*2006: [[The Automatic]] - ''[[Not Accepted Anywhere]]''
*2007: [[The Coral]] - ''[[Roots & Echoes]]''
*2009: [[The Lightning Seeds]] - ''[[Four Winds (album)|Four Winds]]''
{{colend}}

====2010s====
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*2013: [[Miles Kane]] - ''[[Don't Forget Who You Are]]''
{{colend}}

==Solo career==
On 11 October 2004, Broudie released his debut solo effort, ''[[Tales Told]]'', embraced by critics and fans alike  despite the fact that ''Tales Told'' saw Broudie move into [[folk rock]] territory and away from the slick pop sound of the Lightning Seeds. The first song on the album, "Song for No One", was featured in the opening episode of the third season of the TV series ''[[The O.C.]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_sUmtL-mmU&list=UUG9JYaCyrJYwmi-_Kcjoqow&index=34&feature=plcp |title=Ian Broudie interview on 6 Towns Radio |publisher=YouTube |date=7 February 2012 |access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref>

==Solo discography==
{{see also|The Lightning Seeds discography}}

===Albums and EPs===
* ''[[Tales Told]]'' (2004)
* ''Smoke Rings EP'' (2005)

===Featured singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! Peak chart position 
|-
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
|-
| 1997
| "[[Perfect Day 97|Perfect Day]]" <small>(with various artists)</small>
| align=center| 1
|-
| 2010
| "[[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]] 2010" <small>(with The Squad)</small> 
| align=center| 21
|}

==Personal==
Broudie lives in London but spends a substantial amount of time writing and recording in Liverpool as his studio is located there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2013/10/22/interview-ian-broudie/ |title=Interview: Ian Broudie |work=Godisinthetvzine.co.uk |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=2 August 2014 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810040408/http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2013/10/22/interview-ian-broudie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018, he said he was recording in his home. He has a son, fellow Lightning Seeds member Riley Broudie (b. 1991), who was the inspiration for the band's 1992 single "[[The Life of Riley (song)|The Life of Riley]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/music/ian-broudie-on-the-lightning-seeds-breaking-out-of-a-one-man-band-and-that-song-coming-home-again-1-9271110|title=Ian Broudie on the Lightning Seeds, breaking out of a one-man band and 'that' song coming home... again|website=Lep.co.uk|date=26 July 2018 |access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>

Broudie published his memoir, ''Tomorrow's Here Today'', in 2023.<ref name="venables">{{cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Ian Broudie: 'Terry Venables liked Three Lions: "It's a proper key-tapper, Ian," he said' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/03/ian-broudie-terry-venables-lightning-seeds-tomorrow-here-today-three-lions-britpop |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
* ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 16 February 2007, p.&nbsp;43: "The life of Broudie"

==External links==
* {{Official website|lightningseeds.co.uk|The Lightning Seeds official website}}
* {{Allmusic|id=p59780|label=Ian Broudie}}
* {{Discogs artist}}

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