Tattooed Millionaire | |
Cover: | Tattooed Millionaire single.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Bruce Dickinson |
Album: | Tattooed Millionaire |
Released: | 11 April 1990 |
Genre: | Hard rock, pop metal |
Length: | 4:28 |
Label: | Sony Music |
Next Title: | All the Young Dudes |
Next Year: | 1990 |
"Tattooed Millionaire" is the first single from Bruce Dickinson's debut solo album, Tattooed Millionaire. It was released on 11 April 1990. "Tattooed Millionaire" reached number 18 on the UK charts. The promotional video was directed by Storm Thorgerson. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the song is about "celebrity tabloid rockers".[1] A 1990 review published in The Georgia Straight, says the song takes a not-so-subtle stab at the excesses of the L.A. rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, particularly that led by Vince Neil and his Motley gang.[2] Nikki Sixx has said that he heard the song is about him, inspired by Dickinson's then-wife cheating on him with Sixx, though Sixx claims Dickinson found out about the affair after reading The Dirt.[3]