| Daytona Demon | |
| Cover: | Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon.png |
| Alt: | Quatro wearing leather sitting on a worn chair with a large dog sitting next to her |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Suzi Quatro |
| B-Side: | Roman Fingers |
| Released: | October 19, 1973 |
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Length: | 4:02 |
| Label: | Rak |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | 48 Crash |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | All Shook Up |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Daytona Demon" is the fourth solo single and third UK hit by Suzi Quatro, released in 1973. The song is frequently believed to be a revision of Freddy Cannon's "Tallahassee Lassie" and a reference to Daytona Beach in Florida[1] in which Quatro's lover is equated with a fast car.
"Daytona Demon" was never included on the US or other foreign release of her second album Quatro and remained unavailable in any format in the US[2] until the advent of the CD and numerous compilations in the 1990s.[3] "Daytona Demon" has been a staple of Quatro's numerous hits compilation albums since then. On the 2011 expanded issue of Suzi Quatro, “Daytona Demon” and its B-side "Roman Fingers"[4] were included as bonus tracks.
Following on from two Australian number ones, “Daytona Demon” peaked at number four in the autumn of 1974,[5] but in the UK, where she had also had major success with her previous two singles, the song was a comparatively minor hit, peaking at number 14 late in 1973.[6] [7]
| Peak position | |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 4 |
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| Rank | ||
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 33 |
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