Metal Mickey (song)

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"Metal Mickey"
Metal mickey.jpg
Single by Suede
from the album Suede
B-side
  • "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"
  • "He's Dead"
Released14 September 1992 (1992-09-14)
Studio Master Rock (London, England)
Genre
Length3:27
Label Nude
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ed Buller
Suede singles chronology
"The Drowners"
(1992)		"Metal Mickey"
(1992)		"Animal Nitrate"
(1993)

"Metal Mickey" is the second single released by English rock band Suede, issued on 14 September 1992 on Nude Records. It was included on the band's debut album, Suede , the following year. The song charted at No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, an improvement on the previous single "The Drowners", which fell short of the top 40. [3] The song also reached the top 40 in Australia and Sweden. The song's title never appears in the lyrics.

Contents

Background

The song is an up-tempo rock song. 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". [4] 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. [4] 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." [5] 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." [6] 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." [7] 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. [8]

Track listings

All songs were written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler.

UK 7-inch and cassette single [9] [10]

  1. "Metal Mickey"
  2. "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"

UK 12-inch and CD single [11] [12]

  1. "Metal Mickey"
  2. "Where the Pigs Don't Fly"
  3. "He's Dead"

European and Australian CD single; Australian cassette single [13] [14] [15]

  1. "Metal Mickey"
  2. "The Drowners"
  3. "My Insatiable One"
  4. "To the Birds"

Charts

Chart (1992–1993)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [16] 39
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [17] 68
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [19] 17
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [20] 7

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom14 September 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Nude [21]
EuropeDecember 1992CD [18]
Australia1993
  • CD
  • cassette

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  9. ↑ Metal Mickey (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Suede. Nude Records. 1992. NUD 3S.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Metal Mickey (UK cassette single sleeve). Suede. Nude Records. 1992. NUD 3MC.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Metal Mickey (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Suede. Nude Records. 1992. NUD 3T.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ↑ Metal Mickey (UK CD single liner notes). Suede. Nude Records. 1992. NUD 3CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Metal Mickey (European CD single liner notes). Suede. Nude Records. 1992. NUD 658817 2, 658817 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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