Tiger Feet
| "Tiger Feet" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Mud | ||||
| from the album Mud Rock | ||||
| B-side | "Mr Bagatelle" | |||
| Released | 11 January 1974[1] | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | RAK[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn[1] | |||
| Mud singles chronology | ||||
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"Tiger Feet" is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud, released in January 1974.[2] Written and produced by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, it was the band's first number No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Chart position
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Switzerland | 5 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Norway | 10 |
"Tiger Feet" was a huge success, it was number No. 1 in the UK and Ireland charts for four weeks in 1974[3] and also topped the charts in the Netherlands. It sold over 700,000 copies in the UK alone and over a million sales globally. It was also the best selling single in Britain that year.[2]
Other information
The single was released on the 7 inch vinyl record format by the RAK music label. The B-side of the single is titled "Mr Bagatelle".[1]
"Tiger Feet" was featured as part of a medley on Mud's album Mud Rock, which reached number No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]
Co-writer and producer Mike Chapman credited bassist Ray Stiles with a particularly memorable bass lick which helped fuel the success of the record.
All-female band Girlschool later covered the song on their 1986 album Nightmare at Maple Cross.
In popular culture
- Dutch comic Jack, Jacky and the Juniors subjected the song to a 1974-gag about a sudden blackout.
- The song is featured in the Mr. Bean episode "Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean".
- In 2009, the song appeared in television adverts for Flora Margarine.
- It featured as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London.
- A version of the song by New Hope Club featured in the 2018 film Early Man and was released as a single.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Mud - Tiger Feet (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- 1 2 "MUD Discography - the singles". Mudrock.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 296–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Mud Rock". Mud Rock. Retrieved 2014-03-27.