She's Tight

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"She's Tight"
Cheaptricksingle-shestight.jpeg
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album One on One
B-side "All I Really Want to Do"
ReleasedSeptember 1982 [1]
Genre
Length2:59
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Rick Nielsen
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"I Want You"
(1982)		"She's Tight"
(1982)		"Saturday at Midnight"
(1983)
Alternative Cover
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Dutch cover of "She's Tight"

"She's Tight" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1982 as the third single from their studio album One on One . It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. [1] It reached No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. [3]

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History

A music video was filmed to promote the single, which received regular airing on MTV. [4] [5] The band also performed the song on the show Laugh Trax, along with "Saturday at Midnight". [6] [7]

A live version of "She's Tight" was performed at the band's 25th-anniversary concert in Rockford, Illinois, during 1999. The performance saw Brant rejoining Cheap Trick on stage to play bass on the track, along with "If You Want My Love". The concert was later released in 2001 as Silver . [8]

"All I Really Want to Do"

The single's B-side, "All I Really Want to Do", was a non-album track exclusive to the single. It was written by Nielsen and would later appear on the 1996 box-set Sex, America, Cheap Trick . [9]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as being "good and sleazy". [10] Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone said the song was a "spirited, though moderated, rocker," and remarked on the similarity of the song's guitar part to Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else." [11] Classic Rock History critic Michael Quinn rated it Cheap Trick's 6th best song, saying that "Cheap Trick presented fans with some great riffs in the tradition of band like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones but with that sweet-sounding Beatles' type harmonies and the punk edge of a Ramones." [12]

John Serba, entertainment reporter and film critic for MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press, describes it as his all-time favorite Cheap Trick song, praising the keyboard and guitar riffs (which he claims "would rot Elvis Costello's teeth"), the beat, and the call and response. [13] In the 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, a section on Cheap Trick featured reviews on the top 20 stand-out tracks from the band. "She's Tight" was included, with the author John M. Borack writing: "Guitar riffs don't come any simpler than this one, but the keyboard squiggles, horny lyrics and head-bobbing rhythms on this one are undeniably fun." [14]

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 65

Track listing

7" single
  1. "She's Tight" – 2:59
  2. "All I Really Want to Do" – 2:27
7" single (Dutch release)
  1. "She's Tight" – 2:59
  2. "All I Really Want to Do" – 2:27

Personnel

Cheap Trick
Additional personnel

Cover versions

"She's Tight"
She's Tight.jpg
Single by Steel Panther
from the album Lower the Bar
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2016
Genre Rock
Length2:59
Label Open E Entertainment
Songwriter(s) Rick Nielsen
Steel Panther singles chronology
"Party Like Tomorrow is the End of the World"
(2013)		"She's Tight"
(2016)		"Anything Goes"
(2016)

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