Metal Mickey (song)

"Metal Mickey"
Single by Suede
from the album Suede
B-side "Where The Pigs Don't Fly"
Released 14 September 1992
Format CD, Vinyl record (7", 12")
Recorded 1992
Genre Britpop, alternative rock, glam rock
Length 3:27
Label Nude
Songwriter(s) Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler
Producer(s) Ed Buller
Suede singles chronology
"The Drowners"
(1992)		 "Metal Mickey"
(1992)		 "Animal Nitrate"
(1993)

"Metal Mickey" is the second single by Suede, released on 14 September 1992 on Nude Records. It was included the following year on the band's debut album Suede. It charted at No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, a vast improvement on the previous single "The Drowners", which fell short of the top 40.[1] The song also reached the top 40 in Australia and Sweden.

The song is an up-tempo rock song; considerably different than the slower "Drowners". Guitarist Bernard Butler has said that its musical inspiration was "The Shoop Shoop Song", famously remade by Cher for the 1990 film Mermaids. The guitar solo, according to Butler, was inspired by The Kinks' "You Really Got Me".[2]

The song was well-received in the US. Billboard wrote: "It's toe-tapping, head-bobbing, club-rocking stuff, reminiscent of British music from the Kinks to Bowie."[3] Performed by the group on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, it became the only Suede single to crack the US Modern Rock Tracks top 10, peaking at No. 7 in 1993.

Track listings

All songs written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler.

7" Vinyl, Cassette

  1. "Metal Mickey"
  2. "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"

12" Vinyl, CD

  1. "Metal Mickey"
  2. "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"
  3. "He's Dead"

Charts

Chart (1992-1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 39
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 17
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7] 7

References

  1. ↑ "Artist Chart History: Suede". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Barnett, David (2003). Love and Poison. Carlton Publishing Group. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-233-00094-1.
  3. ↑ Flick, Larry (10 April 1993). "Single Reviews". Billboard. p. 72. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Suede – Metal Mickey". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Suede – Metal Mickey". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ↑ "The London Suede Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
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