In For a Penny
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| Single by Slade | |||||||||
| from the album Nobody's Fools | |||||||||
| B-side | Can You Just Imagine? | ||||||||
| Released | 14 November 1975 | ||||||||
| Format | 7" Single | ||||||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||||||
| Length | 3:34 | ||||||||
| Label | Polydor Records | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Noddy Holder; Jim Lea | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | ||||||||
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"In For a Penny" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the album Nobody's Fools. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1975 and peaked at #11 in the UK, spending 8 weeks on the chart. The track itself is notable for being the only track in Slade's career to feature accordion, played by bassist and keyboardist Lea, though Holder mimed the part on a concertina when the band performed the song on TV.
Record Mirror magazine voted the single #6 on the top 10 best singles in February 1976.
The first 30,000 copies of the single had a picture sleeve.
The track was chosen as a single because it was reminiscent of the rhythm of Coz I Luv You. Around the time of this track, Slade manager and producer Chas Chandler was mixing tracks in the studio while John Lennon poked his head around the door and said "The singer's good. He sounds like me".
The track was recorded at New York's Record Plant along with the rest of the Nobody's Fools album. The track features the longest guitar solo any Slade single has.
Just before the second solo in the track, Holder shouts the line "Ee, they got a band" which was taken from a British TV advert in which a female character mistakes the entrance of threatening gangsters carrying violin cases for the arrival of a music combo.
The track did not have a promotional video but was performed on Top of The Pops and Supersonic.
"In For a Penny" has featured on many Slade compilations including Slade Smashes, Slade's Greats, Feel the Noize- Greatest Hits, The Very Best of Slade and The Slade Box. The title of the single was also used for an American compilation released "In For a Penny: Raves & Faves".
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