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Metal Mickey (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Metal Mickey'" is the second single by the English rock band Suede, released on 14 September 1992 on Nude Records. It was included the following year on the band's debut album 'Suede'. It charted at No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, a vast improvement on the previous single "The Drowners", which fell short of the top 40. The song also reached the top 40 in Australia and Sweden.
Background
The song is an up-tempo rock song; considerably different than the slower "Drowners". Guitarist Bernard Butler has said that its musical inspiration was "The Shoop Shoop Song", famously remade by Cher for the 1990 film 'Mermaids'. The guitar solo, according to Butler was inspired by The Kinks' "You Really Got Me". Other than its nod to the robot from the 80s children's sitcom of the same name, singer Brett Anderson has said the song was inspired by Daisy Chainsaw vocalist KatieJane Garside. Charting in the top-twenty in the UK, the single earned the band their first appearance on 'Top of the Pops'.
Reception
Europe's radio newsweekly 'Music & Media' wrote: "Good song, good band; sometimes life is too simple. Sounding as if recorded in their own rehearsal room, the spirit of real rock roll is there with plenty of flower power." The song was well received in the US. 'Billboard' wrote: "It's toe-tapping, head-bobbing, club-rocking stuff, reminiscent of British music from the Kinks to Bowie." Linda Ryan of the 'Gavin Report' said: "it's a tough, angst-ridden sound that smacks of frustration, the sexual kind [...] the guitars are loud and tough and guaranteed not to sound like any other guitar-oriented (read: grunge) band on your playlist." Performed by the group on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', it became the only Suede single to crack the US Modern Rock Tracks top 10, peaking at No. 7 on 26 June 1993, nine weeks after first appearing on the chart.
Track listings
All songs written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler.
'7" Vinyl, Cassette'
# "Metal Mickey"
# "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"
'12" Vinyl, CD'
# "Metal Mickey"
# "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"
# "He's Dead"
Charts
References
Category:1992 singles
Category:Suede (band) songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Ed Buller
Category:Songs written by Bernard Butler
Category:Songs written by Brett Anderson
Category:1992 songs
Category:Music videos directed by Lindy Heymann
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