| Tart Tart | |
| Cover: | Happy_Mondays_Tart_Tart_single_cover.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Happy Mondays |
| Album: | Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) |
| B-Side: | Little Matchstick Owen's Rap |
| Released: | March 1987 |
| Studio: | Fire House (London) |
| Genre: | Madchester |
| Length: | 4:18 |
| Label: | Factory - FAC 176 |
| Producer: | John Cale |
| Prev Title: | Freaky Dancing |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | 24 Party People |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Tart Tart" is a 1987 single by the English rock band Happy Mondays. It was the first single to be released from their debut studio album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) in March 1987.
The B-side, "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" was voiced by the audio engineer, Mike Bleach.[1]
According to a commentary accompanying the film 24 Hour Party People (2002), the first verse of "Tart Tart" is about Martin Hannett, who later produced the band's second studio album Bummed (1988). The second verse is explained in Bez's Freaky Dancin (p. 198–200):