"Tiger Feet" | ||||
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Single by Mud | ||||
from the album Mud Rock | ||||
B-side | "Mr Bagatelle" | |||
Released | 4 January 1974 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | RAK [2] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn [2] | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn [2] | |||
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Official audio | ||||
"Tiger Feet" on YouTube |
Tiger Feet is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud, released in January 1974. [3] Written and produced by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, it was the first of three number No. 1 singles for the band, in the UK Singles Chart. [4] followed later that year by " Lonely This Christmas", and then in 1975 by " Oh Boy!"
The band appeared on Top of the Pops wearing tiger-skin-patterned slippers. [5] [6]
Co-writer and producer Mike Chapman credited bassist Ray Stiles with a particularly memorable bass lick which helped fuel the success of the record.[ citation needed]
According to his son, Calvin Hayes, Mickie Most added the song to RAK records' lineup on the basis of the title alone. [7]
The single was released on the 7-inch vinyl record format by the RAK music label. The B-side of the single is Mr Bagatelle. [2]
"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. [8]
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"Tiger Feet" was a huge success, it was number No. 1 in the UK and Ireland charts for four consecutive weeks, from 26 January to 16 February, in 1974 [4] and also topped the charts in the Netherlands. It sold over 700,000 copies in the UK alone and over a million copies globally. It was also the best selling single in Britain that year. [3]
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [9] | 43 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [10] | 6 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [11] | 1 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [12] | 3 |
Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) [13] | 15 |
France ( IFOP) [14] | 55 |
Iceland ( Morgunblaðið) [15] | 2 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [16] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [17] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [18] | 1 |
Norway ( VG-lista) [19] | 10 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [20] | 5 |
United Kingdom ( UK Singles Chart) [21] | 4 |
West Germany ( Official German Charts) [22] | 6 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [23] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
A version of Tiger Feet was recorded by New Hope Club and appeared in Aardman's movie Early Man.