| "Big Talk" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Warrant | ||||
| from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich | ||||
| Released | November 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal [1] | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jani Lane | |||
| Warrant singles chronology | ||||
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Big Talk is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in 1989 as the third single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich . The song charted at #30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The music video features the album cover character—calling himself "Cashly Guido Bucksley", an overpaid, amoral infrastructure manager and archetypal business psychopath [2] who is watching Warrant in concert. The video begins with a meeting with the corrupt music executive before the band are locked in a cage and Jani Lane is strapped in an electric chair. The character also features throughout the video album "'Warrant: Live - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" which was certified Platinum. [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Big Talk" | 3:42 |
| 2. | "D.R.F.S.R." | 3:17 |
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [4] | 111 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 93 |
| US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [6] | 30 |
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