"Stranglehold" is a single and the first track from Ted Nugent's self-titled 1975 album. The vocals are performed not by Nugent, but by Derek St. Holmes. However, the "Sometimes you wanna get higher" verse is sung by Ted himself. In Martin Popoff's book, "Epic Ted Nugent", Nugent admits that the song "Stranglehold" was co-written by Rob Grange, yet he never received a share for co-writer. "Stranglehold" would set the stage for Nugent's career, a guitar-driven track over eight minutes long - its famous guitar solo having been recorded in a single take.

Stranglehold has been ranked 31st greatest guitar solo of all time by Guitar World.

The song was covered by Oklahoma band Cross Canadian Ragweed as a hidden track on their 2004 album Soul Gravy. American metal band Tool is known to have covered this song 6 times live in 1998 with the guitar accompaniment of Buzz Osborne of Melvins while on tour for their 1996 album Ænima, and the lines "Got you in a stranglehold, baby" features in the album track "Crawl Away" off 1993's Undertow, just before the song's final chorus and outro.

In 2010/2011, the song was covered by Ministry on their compilation album Undercover.

It has been featured in the films Pain & Gain, Dazed and Confused, Rock Star, Invincible, Superbad, Beer for my Horses, and Bad News Bears as well as the television shows Freaks and Geeks, Supernatural, Entourage, Friday Night Lights, House M.D. and Ash vs Evil Dead.

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