Shanghai'd in Shanghai explained

Shanghai'd in Shanghai
Type:single
Artist:Nazareth
Album:Rampant
B-Side:Love, Now You're Gone
Released:March 1974[1]
Genre:Rock
Label:Mooncrest
Producer:Roger Glover
Prev Title:This Flight Tonight
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:My White Bicycle
Next Year:1975

"Shanghai'd in Shanghai" is a song and single by Scottish rock group, Nazareth. It was first released in 1974.

Background and chart success

It was taken from their 1974 album Rampant. The song paired with "Love, Now You're Gone" was the fourth of eleven of Nazareth's singles to chart in the UK. It reached 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1974 staying for four weeks.[2] Single fared more favourably in Austria (number seven) and Switzerland, where it peaked at number four.[3]

Donald A. Guarisco of Allmusic describes the song as "plenty of energy, building from verses with a bluesy swing into a throbbing sing-along chorus that any glam band of 1970s would have killed for". Manny Charlton provided power chords which combined with Dan McCafferty's "gritty" lead vocal.[4]

The song was a radio favourite and also a favourite with fans of the group.[4]

Credits

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 1995. 577 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles .
  2. Web site: Nazareth . Officialcharts.com . 28 May 2014.
  3. Book: Lawson, Robert. Razama-Snaz!: The Listener's Guide To Nazareth. 25 August 2016. FriesenPress. 9781460286401. 28 August 2018. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Song Review by Donald A. Guarisco . . 29 October 2014.