Shanghai'd in Shanghai

"Shanghai'd in Shanghai" is a song and single by Scottish rock group, Nazareth. It was first released in 1974.

"Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
Single by Nazareth
from the album Rampant
B-side"Love, Now You're Gone"
Released1974
Format7-inch single
GenreRock
LabelMooncrest
Songwriter(s)McCafferty, Sweet, Agnew, Charlton
Producer(s)Roger Glover
Nazareth singles chronology
"This Flight Tonight"
(1973)		 "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
(1974)		 "My White Bicycle"
(1975)

Background and chart success

It was taken from their 1974 album Rampant. The song paired with "Love, Now You're Gone" was the fourth of eleven of Nazareth's singles to chart in the UK. It reached 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1974 staying for four weeks.[1] Single fared more favourably in Austria (number seven) and Switzerland, where it peaked at number four.[2]

Donald A. Guarisco of Allmusic describes the song as "plenty of energy, building from verses with a bluesy swing into a throbbing sing-along chorus that any glam band of 1970s would have killed for". Manny Charlton provided power chords which combined with Dan McCafferty's "gritty" lead vocal.[3]

The song was a radio favourite and also a favourite with fans of the group.[3]

Credits
Additional musicians

References
  1. "Nazareth". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. Lawson, Robert (25 August 2016). "Razama-Snaz!: The Listener's Guide To Nazareth". FriesenPress. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. "Song Review by Donald A. Guarisco". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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