Little Sheila
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| Single by Slade | ||||
| from the album Rogues Gallery | ||||
| B-side | "Lock Up Your Daughters (US & Canada) Time to Rock (Germany)" |
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| Released | April 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" Single, 12" single | |||
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Noddy Holder, Jim Lea | |||
| Producer(s) |
John Punter (A-Side) Jim Lea (B-Sides) |
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"Little Sheila" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1985 as the fourth and final single from the band's twelfth studio album Rogues Gallery. It was released in North America and Germany, and was the only single to be released from the album in America and Canada. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by John Punter.
Having agreed to take a break from touring but still continue to record new material, the band started recording Rogues Gallery in 1984. Although the singles "All Join Hands", "7 Year Bitch" and "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" had all preceded the album's release from late 1984 onwards, none of the singles were selected for release by the band's American label CBS. Instead, "Little Sheila" was released in April 1985, and would be the only single from Rogues Gallery to be released in America and Canada.
The single followed on from the band's commercial breakthrough in America the previous year with "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My". Although "Little Sheila" received a good amount of radio play, it received little support from CBS beyond its music video. The single peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100, but fared better on the Mainstream Rock Chart, where it reached No. 13. In Canada, it reached No. 50. It became Slade's last charting single in the United States and Canada.
"Little Sheila" dated from around 1979 and had originally been recorded by Lea and his brother Frank as part of his side-project The Dummies. This version of the song would not surface until 1991, when it was included on A Day in the Life of the Dummies, an album that gathered The Dummies' recordings.
"Little Sheila" was released on 7" and 12" vinyl by CBS in America and Canada, and by RCA in Germany. The CBS release featured "Lock Up Your Daughters" as the B-Side, which was taken from the band's 1981 album Till Deaf Do Us Part and also included on the CBS version of Rogues Gallery. In Germany, the Rogues Gallery album track "Time to Rock" was the B-Side.
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