The Bangin' Man
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| Single by Slade | |||||||||
| B-side | She Did it to Me | ||||||||
| Released | 28 June 1974 | ||||||||
| Format | 7" Single | ||||||||
| Genre | Glam rock | ||||||||
| Length | 4:10 | ||||||||
| Label | Polydor Records | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Noddy Holder; Jim Lea | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | ||||||||
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"The Bangin' Man" is a single from English rock band Slade. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1974 and peaked at #3 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart. The first week in the charts, the single peaked at #4 and stayed in the top ten for 4 weeks.
Shortly after release, the single was given a Silver Disc for sales of over 250,000.
The song would appear on the American version of the 1974 album Slade in Flame, which was released via Warner Bros. Records during 1975. It did not feature on any other version of the album, and was therefore exclusive to the United States.
The single returned to a more rock based sound unlike the previous single Everyday.
The track was written while on tour in Australia and once again innuendo was rampant in the lyrics. The song was about being woken up by room maids after partying while on tour. Many fans mistakenly thought the song's lyrics related to the band's drummer Don Powell but the song actually spoke of Graham "Swinn" Swinnerton, Slade's longtime tour manager.
At the time of release, track was performed on TV shows Supersonic and Disco.
The Record Mirror polls of early 1975 voted "The Bangin' Man" in the top ten singles poll.
The front cover of the Slade Fan Club Newsletter for June and July 1974, featured a reprint of Holder's original handwritten lyrics for the song. The front cover of the following Slade Fan Club Newsletter for August and September 1974, featured a reprint of Holder's original handwritten lyrics for the b-side "She Did It To Me".
The single's b-side "She Did It To Me" was voted #1 of the top three Slade b-sides in the Slade Fan Club Poll of 1979.
The song was voted #2 of the top three Slade songs that fans would most want to hear live in the Slade Fan Club Poll of 1979. In the September–December 1986 Slade fan club magazine, the poll results were announced for the 1986 opinion poll based on Slade’s material. For the best b-side of the 70s, She Did It to Me placed at #1.
In an early 1990 Slade fan club interview, Jim Lea announced that he had recorded a new version of the b-side "She Did It to Me" with an ex-vocalist from Uriah Heep. Lea described the track as "an absolutely panoramic version, its great." The version has never been released.
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