Stray Cat Strut
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| “Stray Cat Strut” | ||
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| Single by Stray Cats from the album Stray Cats / Built for Speed |
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| B-side | "Drink That Bottle Down" (U.K.)
"You Don't Believe Me" (U.S.) "What's Goin' Down (Cross That Bridge)" (Japan) |
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| Released | April 16th, 1981 (U.K.) December 28th, 1982 (U.S.) | |
| Genre | Rockabilly | |
| Length | 3:15 | |
| Label | Arista (U.K.) EMI America (U.S.) | |
| Writer(s) | Brian Setzer | |
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | |
"Stray Cat Strut" is the eighth track on the Stray Cats' debut album, Stray Cats, released in 1981 in the UK. In the US, the song was first released in 1982 on Built for Speed. The song became a hit in the U.S., peaking at #3, over a year after it had reached its peak in the U.K. The music video for the song received extensive airplay on MTV during the channel's early days.
In the October 1998 issue of Guitar World Magazine, Brian Setzer's solo from Stray Cat Strut ranked #92 on the "Top 100 Guitar Solos Of All Time" list.[1]
Brian Setzer later played this song with his new band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The band played the song during a recorded concert, and was released on "The Ultimate Collection".
In 2006, the ska punk band Reel Big Fish covered the song for a compilation entitled Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats.
It is also featured as a playable track in Guitar Hero: On Tour.
