"Fox on the Run" is a song by English glam rock band Sweet, first recorded in 1974. It was the first Sweet single with the A-side written by the band, rather than by producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and was their 14th single overall. The song became the best charting single in Australia in 1975, with six weeks at number one.[6] It also returned the group to the UK top ten after the failure of their previous single "Turn It Down" to make the top 40.
Two versions were recorded by Sweet. The original version was produced by Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn on the European version of the 1974 album Desolation Boulevard. Sweet also recorded and produced a more pop-oriented rendition as a 7" single in 1975, which is the more familiar version of the song. The 1975 single was included on the Capitol Records version of Desolation Boulevard.
"Fox" being slang for an attractive woman, the lyrics are apparently about one of the band's groupies;[9]Bomp! called the song "a definitive hard-rock bubblegum record" and "one of the last glitter classics".[4]
"Fuchs geh' voran" is a Germancover version of the song with lyrics about a fox being chased by hunters to sell its fur.[37] It was released as a single in 1975 by the German rock band Scorpions as The Hunters. The B-side also features a German cover version of another Sweet song, "Action", as "Wenn es richtig losgeht".[citation needed]
↑ Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (November 20, 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 29, 2024. Along with the depraved glam stomp of "Ballroom Blitz," "The Six Teens," and "Fox on the Run," you get deep cuts that are better than they need to be...
↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". The Official New Zealand Music Chart. 18 August 1975. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1975". The Official New Zealand Music Chart. 31 December 1975. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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