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"Tiger Feet" | ||||
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Single by Mud | ||||
B-side | "Mr Bagatelle" | |||
Released | January 1974 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Pop, glam rock | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | RAK | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | |||
Producer | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | |||
Mud singles chronology | ||||
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"Tiger Feet" is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud. Written and produced by the songwriting team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. It was the bands first number #1 single, and to this day is regarded as one of the best-loved party records from the glam rock era.[by whom?]
Tiger feet was a huge success, it was number #1 in the UK and Ireland charts for 4 weeks in 1974 and also topped the charts in the netherlands. It sold over 500,000 copies in the UK alone and over a million sales globally. It was also the best selling single in Britain that year.
The single was released on the 7 and vinyl record formats by the RAK music label. The b-side of the single is titled Mr Bagatelle. Tiger feet is featured on the album mud rock which reached number #8 in the UK charts. Co-writer Mike Chapman credited bassist Ray Stiles with a particularly memorable bass lick which helped fuel the success of the record.[citation needed]
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AII night long you've been lookin' at me
well you know you're the dance hall cutie that you love to be
oh well now you've been layin' it down
you got your
hips swingin' out of bounds.
And I like the way you do what you're doin' to me
alright
Well that's right
that's right
that's right
that's right
I really love your tiger light
and that's nead
that's nead
that's nead
that's nead
I really love your tiger feet
I really love your tiger feet
your tiger feet
your tiger feet
your tiger feet
well alright.
Well flash your warning lights just as long as you like
I know youre achin' to be makin' me tonight
I got a feeling in my knees
a feeling only you can please
and there ain't no way I'm gonna let you out of my sight - alright
You've been layin' it down
you got your hips swingin' out of bound
and I like the way you do you're doin' to me