My Oh My (Slade song)
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European/American cover of "My Oh My".
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| Single by Slade | |||||||||||||||
| from the album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome/ Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply |
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| B-side | "Keep Your Hands off My Power Supply", "Don't Tame a Hurricane" | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 11 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock, hard rock | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:12 (7" version) 5:34 (12" version) |
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| Label | RCA | ||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Noddy Holder, Jim Lea | ||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | John Punter, Jim Lea | ||||||||||||||
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"My Oh My" is a song by rock band Slade, which appeared on their album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (released in 1983) and on the band's 1984 American counterpart release, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply. The song reached number two in the UK chart by Christmas 1983 and soon after became the band's second US Top 40 hit, reaching number 37. The single was kept from the #1 spot in the UK by The Flying Pickets cover of Only You. The single's chart run in the UK began at only #73, the following week it had moved into the top 40 at #36 and the week after it made #15. After, it stayed in the top 10 for 5 weeks.
Slade re-recorded the song in swing-style for the b-side of the single "Do You Believe in Miracles?", released in 1985. This version was apparently suggested by Frank Sinatra and was recorded with the Monty Babson Big Band. Holder did his vocal in one take after an evening in the pub.
The single was certified UK Gold by BPI in January 1984. In Sweden, the song topped the chart and was awarded in 1984 with a Swedish Platinum Award for sales in excess of 50,000.
The track came from an idea that Lea had while listening to Hill and Holder tuning up in the dressing room before a gig at a University in Wales. "It reminded me of bagpipes," says Jim. "I wrote the melody in my head to the drone of the strings". This was the first track that Lea and Holder had ever demoed because for the first time the group were working with a record producer - John Punter. The raw demo of Holder singing over Lea's piano was received with wild enthusiasm by Slade's record label.
In a 1987 fan club interview, Holder was asked why there were minor lyrical changes to the lyrics of "My Oh My" in comparison to the demo version. Holder replied: "The record ends up the same as the demo. But sometimes it gets changed. 'My Oh My' got changed because John Punter didn't like one verse in it, so we put a new verse in. I in fact like the original demo verse, personally!"
In a 1987 interview, guitarist Dave Hill was asked by a fan which is his favourite single, Hill replied "although I didn't like 'My Oh My' when I first heard it, by the time I started playing on it and promoting it, I discovered a certain magic and hidden power in it. I would say 'My Oh My' is my favourite to date."
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