Cigarettes Will Kill You

"Cigarettes Will Kill You"
Single by Ben Lee
from the album Breathing Tornados
B-side"Girls Talk"
Released8 March 1999 (1999-03-08)
Length3:48
LabelModular
Songwriter(s)Ben Lee
Producer(s)Ed Buller
Ben Lee singles chronology
"Career Choice"
(1997)
"Cigarettes Will Kill You"
(1999)
"Ship My Body Home"
(1998)

"Cigarettes Will Kill You" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee from his third studio album, Breathing Tornados (1998). Produced by Ed Buller, the song became a breakout success for Lee. It was voted number two on the 1998 Triple J Hottest 100[1] and reached number 46 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1999.

The song was featured in the 2002 Australian comedy Crackerjack. It has also been referenced in the Axis of Awesome's song medley "Four Chord Song", a reference to the fact that the chord progression in "Cigarettes Will Kill You" is similar to that of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and Toto's "Africa".

  1. ^ "Hottest 100 1998". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2021.