Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)

"Stranglehold"
Song by Ted Nugent
from the album Ted Nugent
Released November 1975 (1975-11) (US)
March 1976 (1976-03) (UK)[1]
Recorded 1975
Genre
Length 8:26 (album)
3:40 (single)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
  • Ted Nugent
  • Rob Grange
Producer(s)

"Stranglehold" is a single and the first track from Ted Nugent's self-titled 1975 album. The vocals are by Derek St. Holmes. However, the "Sometimes you wanna get higher" verse is sung by Nugent. Nugent admits that the song was cowritten by Rob Grange, who received no share.[4]

"Stranglehold" – a guitar-driven track, over eight minutes long - set the stage for Nugent's career, its guitar solo having been recorded in a single take. “I used delays to create this really wild guitar duet with Ted," said producer Tom Werman. "It was like two guys were playing. I sent it off to Ted for his approval. He called me up and said, ‘I love what you did with Stranglehold – but don’t ever do that again without asking me.’”[5]

Reception

'Stranglehold' has been ranked 31st greatest guitar solo of all time by Guitar World.[6]

Cover versions

The song was covered by Oklahoma band Cross Canadian Ragweed as a hidden track on their 2004 album Soul Gravy. American metal band Tool covered the song six times[7] live in 1998 with the guitar accompaniment of Buzz Osborne of Melvins, while touring their 1996 album Ænima. The line "Got you in a stranglehold, baby" features in "Crawl Away" on 1993's Undertow, just before the song's final chorus and outro.

In 2010/2011, the song was covered by Ministry on their compilation Undercover.

Usage in media

It has been featured in the films Pain & Gain, Dazed and Confused, Rock Star, Invincible, Superbad, Beer for my Horses, and Bad News Bears as well as the television shows Freaks and Geeks, Supernatural, Entourage, Friday Night Lights, House M.D. and Ash vs Evil Dead.

It is the theme song for the popular DFW sports talk radio show the "G-Bag Nation" (host Gavin Dawson) on 105.3 The Fan KRLD-FM.

"Stranglehold" is a playable track in Guitar Hero World Tour as an encore played after defeating Nugent in a guitar battle. However, the version in World Tour censors the words "bitch" and "higher" whenever they are sung, and the song is a different recording.

The song appeared in the games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Battlefield: Hardline in addition to the documentary BURN and Far Cry 5.

It is heard in a 2012 TV commercial for the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta.[8][9]

It has been used as at-bat and reliever music by several Major League Baseball Players, including Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee, New York Mets outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, and Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel. It is also played during the 1st period entrance for the Chicago Blackhawks.

UFC fighter Joseph Benavidez uses the song as his walkout music.[10] It was also used in the 80s by professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich.[11]

It is heard in a NASCAR on NBC commercial advertising the 2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 as NASCAR was having a throwback weekend. This song along with others from the 70s were heard before the broadcast went to a commercial break.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. p. 594. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
  2. ↑ Peter Gavrilovich; Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac: 300 Years of Life in the Motor City. Detroit Free Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-937247-34-1.
  3. ↑ Pete Prown; HP Newquist (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7935-4042-6.
  4. ↑ Martin Popoff (2012). Epic Ted Nugent. Toronto, Canada: Power Chord Press. pp. 64–65.
  5. ↑ musicradar.com/news/guitars/production-legend-tom-werman-on-13-career-defining-records-538663
  6. ↑ "50 Greatest Guitar Solos". guitarworld.com. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Setlist Wiki for Tool". Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Ted Nugent's 'Strangehold' Featured In Volkswagen Commercial". RTTNews. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Ted Nugent Classic Featured In New Volkswagen Jetta Commercial". bravewords.com. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  10. ↑ Messano, Tommy (2013-12-16). "The Walkmen: UFC on Fox 9 Walkout Songs". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  11. ↑ http://wccwmemories.blogspot.com/2013/07/faq-music.html


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