My Oh My (Slade song)

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"It came about originally because a few people asked us for demos of songs to cover. A lot of people wanted to cover "My Oh My". I mean 'middle of the road' sort of people. Colin Newman actually suggested it, saying we couldn't send them our own version, because they've all heard that. Anyway, we had people like Frank Sinatra saying that we ought to do a 'swing version' of it. Well, we weren't going to do it, so we got a mate of ours – Monty Babson – to sing it on the original demo, which went out to all these 'middle of the road' people. When I heard it, I really liked it, so I said "Why don't we put my voice with Monty Babson's band?" and that's what we did. I just had a couple of drinks in the pub and went and sang with him in one take. We didn't spend any time on it or anything." [18]

Track listings

7-inch single (RCA release)

  1. "My Oh My" – 4:09
  2. "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" – 3:34

7-inch single (UK limited edition)

  1. "My Oh My" – 4:09
  2. "Merry Xmas Everybody (Live & Kickin')" – 3:28
  3. "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" – 3:34

7-inch single (CBS release)

  1. "My Oh My" – 4:09
  2. "High and Dry" – 3:10

12-inch single (RCA release)

  1. "My Oh My" – 5:30
  2. "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" – 3:34
  3. "Don't Tame a Hurricane" – 2:30

Personnel

Slade

Additional personnel

Charts

"My Oh My"
Slade-my-oh-my.jpg
Single by Slade
from the album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome and Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply
B-side
  • "Keep Your Hands off My Power Supply"
  • "Don't Tame a Hurricane"
Released4 November 1983 (1983-11-04)
Length
  • 4:12 (single/album version)
  • 5:34 (12-inch version)
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Punter
Slade singles chronology
"(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie"
(1982)		"My Oh My"
(1983)		"Run Runaway"
(1984)
Audio sample

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [15] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

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