Cat Scratch Fever (song)
| Cat scratch fever | |
|---|---|
| Ted Nugent | |
| publication | 1977 |
| length | 3:38 |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| Author (s) | Ted Nugent |
| Label | Epic Records |
| album | Cat scratch fever |
| Cover versions | |
| 1990 | Mad Daddys |
| 1992 | Motorhead |
| 1999 | Pantera |
Cat Scratch Fever is the title track from Ted Nugent 's album of the same name . It was also released as a single in 1977, making it the solo guitarist's first hit.
Origin background
After the two very successful albums Ted Nugent (1975) and Free-for-All (1976) Tom Werman worked for the third time with Ted Nugent. When he first heard the title track during a session for the album, he knew immediately that this would be Nugent's first single. Nugent's first solo attempts after breaking up with The Amboy Dukes were already very successful, but there was a lack of hit material that would put the extroverted guitarist on a par with his previous headliners Aerosmith and ZZ Top . With the catchy Cat Scratch Fever they thought they had found such a hit.
Nugent named the Rolling Stones piece (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction as influences , which he combined with their song Honky Tonk Women to a riff . Nugent also experimented with feedback to create a special effect.
Cat Scratch Fever is the English term for cat scratch disease . Nugent took the title from a medicine book that belonged to his then wife, an antique dealer. Cultivating a controversial image then and now, Nugent was known for being a fanatical hunter and shooting cats on his property, so the title seemed fitting to him. The text itself is full of sexual innuendos and puns with "pussy", which is a nickname for a kitten as well as for the female genital organs.
During the recording there were controversial discussions about whether Nugent or his rhythm guitarist Derek St. Holmes should sing the song. Nugent was finally able to prevail.
publication
The song was released as a single in 1977 along with the album track Wang Dang Sweet Poontang and ranked number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The five-minute live version of the album Double Live Gonzo is also very well known and one of the reasons for the success of the live album.
meaning
Cat Scratch Fever is one of Nugent's best-known songs and its highest chart placement on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Cover versions
One of the most famous cover versions comes from the 1992 released album March ör The by Motorhead ; Nugent himself found this version “not sexy enough”. Another version of Pantera was recorded for the 1999 soundtrack to Detroit Rock City (1999). The song was also covered by Nitro (on their album Nitro II: HWDWS ), Fudge Tunnel (on their album Hate Songs in E Minor ) and Hayseed Dixie (on their album A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love ).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Gary Graff: Liner Notes . In: Cat Scratch Fever . Sony Music Entertainment , 1999.
- ↑ Ted Nugent. Billboard.com, accessed October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Cat Scratch fever (song) on Allmusic (English). Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b Götz Kühnemund: Dissecting table: Ted Nugent . In: Rock Hard . No. 306 , November 2012, p. 74-75 .