Wild Tiger Woman
| "Wild Tiger Woman" | ||||
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| Single by the Move | ||||
| B-side | "Omnibus" | |||
| Released | 30 August 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 21 March 1968, at Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Regal Zonophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Wood | |||
| Producer(s) | Denny Cordell | |||
| The Move singles chronology | ||||
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"Wild Tiger Woman" is a song recorded by the Move, and as with all the other A-sides of their singles, written by Roy Wood. First issued as their fifth single, it failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart, despite all previous singles having reached the top-5 on that chart.[1][2]
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It was much heavier than their usual style, bearing the unmistakable influence of Jimi Hendrix, whom the group greatly admired and had often played on the same bill with, and both Wood and rhythm / bass guitarist Trevor Burton had sang backing vocals on the track "You've Got Me Floating" from Hendrix's album Axis: Bold as Love.[3] For the session, musician Nicky Hopkins played piano. According to Burton, "It had the heavier rock'n'roll sound we should have been playing all along, and I really thought it was on its way to the very top."[4]
Unlike their first four singles, which had all reached the UK top five, it did not even make the Top 40. A factor in this failure to chart may have lay in the lyrics which included the line "tied to the bed, she's waiting to be fed", which led to the single being banned from Radio 1.[5] Another factor was that the single's mono mix was muffled, as compared to prior Move singles.[6] (A recent first-time stereo mix shows that the tune was nicely recorded, just initially poorly mixed.)
Its failure was a disappointment to the rest of the group, who conceded that it had been something of a mistake, and that the more melodic B-side, "Omnibus", would have been a more suitable A-side instead. They announced that they would probably disband if their subsequent single did likewise.[7][8] The song that they chose for it, "Blackberry Way", became a number 1 hit, however, and so the group did not disband until 1972, when they were supplanted by Electric Light Orchestra.[9][10][11]
Personnel
The Move
- Carl Wayne – lead, harmony and backing vocals
- Roy Wood – harmony and backing vocals, guitars
- Trevor Burton – lead, harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar
- Bev Bevan – drums
Additional personnel
- Nicky Hopkins – piano
References
- ^ "Move". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (1st ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 282. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.
- ^ Unterberger, Richier (2009). The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix. Rough Guides. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84836-002-0.
- ^ Shazam, 2007 CD reissue, booklet notes.
- ^ "A beginner's guide to: The Move". Counteract – News | Music | Film | Food. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio - Rich Kids. MUZE. p. 42. ISBN 0195313739.
- ^ Howard, David (2004). Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 126. ISBN 9780634055607.
- ^ Kutner, Jon; Leigh, Spencer (26 May 2010). "265". 1,000 UK Number One Hits. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857123602.
- ^ Burns, Lori; Lacasse, Serge (2018). The Pop Palimpsest: Intertextuality in Recorded Popular Music. University of Michigan Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780472130672.
- ^ Picking up where the Beatles left off ... Jeff Lynne and ELO. Photograph: Andre Csillag/Rex Alan McGee (16 October 2008). "ELO: The band the Beatles could have been". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Van der Kiste, John (21 January 2017). Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After. Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1781554920.
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