Truck On (Tyke)

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"Truck On (Tyke)"
Single by T. Rex
B-side "Sitting Here"
Released 24 November 1973
Format 7" single
Genre Pop, Glam Rock,
Length 3:09
Label EMI (UK)
Writer(s) Marc Bolan
Producer(s) Tony Visconti
T. Rex singles chronology

" The Groover"
(1973)		 "Truck On"
(1973)		 "Teenage Dream"
(1974)

"Truck On (Tyke)" is a 1973 single by the British Glam Rock band T. Rex. Neither the track nor its B-side are taken from an album, however they are often added as bonus material on re-releases of the 1974 album Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow. The record received no positive reviews and fared poorly in the charts. The single was in the UK charts for a total of eleven weeks, peaking at No. 12,[1] Truck On (Tyke) was the last T. Rex single to break the top 20 until 1975's New York City. On top of this, Marc Bolan acknowledged that "Truck On (Tyke) is my 14th hit record and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it didn't make number one."[2] Later, Marc would claim the move to be deliberate, stating that its release "was a planned thing. I wanted something not so good to happen to compare it (future material) against."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Official UK Charts Company. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/t.%20rex/ Retrieved 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ Benton, Michael. "I'm a Phenomenon". Disc. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 
  3. ↑ Arscott, Marc. "1973, Unzipping the Abstract". Marc Bolan Music. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 
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