Fox on the Run (Sweet song)

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"Fox on the Run"
Fox on the Run single cover.jpg
Single by Sweet
from the album Desolation Boulevard
B-side "Miss Demeanor"
Released7 March 1975 [1]
Recorded1974
Genre
Length3:24
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Brian Connolly, Steve Priest
Andy Scott, Mick Tucker
Producer(s) Sweet
Sweet singles chronology
"Peppermint Twist"
(1974)		"Fox on the Run"
(1975)		"Action"
(1975)
Music video
"Fox on the Run" on YouTube

"Fox on the Run" is a 1975 song by the British glam rock band Sweet, first recorded in 1974. It was the first Sweet single 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. [5] It is about the band's groupie. She was unnamed on purpose.[ citation needed ]

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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.

The song's inclusion in the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 led to a number one spot on the iTunes Rock Chart in late 2016. [6] [7]

Background

"Fox" being slang for an attractive woman, the lyrics are apparently about one of the band's groupies; [8] Bomp! called the song "a definitive hard-rock bubblegum record" and "one of the last glitter classics". [4]

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [33] Gold75,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Silver250,000^
United States (RIAA) [35] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Scorpions version

"Fuchs geh' voran"
Single by Scorpions
Released 1975
Genre Hard rock
Length3:17
Songwriter(s) Brian Connolly, Steve Priest
Andy Scott, Mick Tucker

"Fuchs geh' voran" is a German cover version of the song with lyrics about a fox being chased by hunters to sell its fur. 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".

Other covers

Many artists and groups have covered this song, including:

See also

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