Gudbuy T'Jane

"Gudbuy T'Jane"

German/European cover of "Gudbuy T'Jane".
Single by Slade
from the album Slayed?
B-side "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen"
Released 17 November 1972
Format 7" single
Genre Glam rock, hard rock
Length 3:33
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
Producer(s) Chas Chandler
Slade singles chronology
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
(1972)
"Gudbuy T'Jane"
(1972)
"Cum On Feel the Noize"
(1973)

"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
(1972)
"Gudbuy T'Jane"
(1972)
"Cum On Feel the Noize"
(1973)
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"Gudbuy T'Jane" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1972 as the second single from their third studio album Slayed?. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 2 in the UK, remaining in the charts for thirteen weeks.[1] The song was certified UK Silver by BPI in 1973.[2] In the United States, the song reached No. 68.[3]

Background

After achieving their breakthrough hit with "Get Down and Get With It" in 1971, Slade would continue to achieve further success with their follow-up singles "Coz I Luv You", "Look Wot You Dun" and "Take Me Bak 'Ome". The 1972 live album Slade Alive! also gave the band their first success on the albums chart, reaching No. 2. During 1972, the band recorded their third studio album Slayed?, with the lead single "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", being released in August 1972. The song topped the UK chart, and "Gudbuy T'Jane" was released as the follow-up single in November 1972, after Slayed? had already been released earlier in the month. "Gudbuy T'Jane" reached No. 2 in the UK and was kept from the top by Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Ling". The song reached No. 1 on the New Musical Express Chart,[4] and was also Slade's most successful single of the 1970s in the United States, where it reached No. 68.[3]

The idea for "Gudbuy T'Jane" came to Lea while the band were on an American tour. Lea first had the idea for the song while sitting by a pool in San Francisco. He completed the song in the toilet on the plane flight home. Holder, who wrote the lyrics, originally presented the lyrics as "Hello T'Jane" at the recording session for the song. However, Lea felt "Gudbuy T'Jane" sounded better and it was changed. The titular character was based on a real-life woman who demonstrated a sex machine on an American TV show on which the band appeared. When recording the song, the band settled on their second take. They attributed the loose feel of the recording to the fact they had not played the song until the day of its recording.[5]

In a 1984 interview with Record Mirror, Lea recalled the song's creation:

""Gudbuy T'Jane" was written by the side of a swimming pool in Fresno just outside San Francisco. I remember lying there one day on our afternoon off and Chas Chandler, who was our manager, said to me "Jimmy, if you've got nothing to do - write a song cos there's money in it!". Everyone else was messing about pissed and I was lying there bored, I'm always bored. So I thought right - write a song, go! I went "Goodbye T'Jane, Goodbye T'Jane" and then we were flying back to finish off the Slayed? album and I thought right, I need the next bit to that. I went and had a pee in the bog and I got all excited and sang it over and over, then suddenly I went "I say you're so young", and it just blurted out. So that was it, finished at twenty thousand feet. Then when we eventually got into the studio, we had the backing track done and Nod said "Right I've done the lyrics" and he went up and sang "Hello T'Jane". I'll never forget that, it was so funny."

In a 1980 interview with Sounds, Lea said of the band's past hits: "I didn't even like some of those old ones. We all hated "Gudbye T'Jane" when we made it. It was knocked up in half an hour at the end of one of our studio sessions."[6][7] In a 1981 fan club interview, drummer Don Powell cited "Gudbuy T'Jane" as one of his favourite Slade songs.[8][9]

Release

"Gudbuy T'Jane" was released on 7" vinyl by Polydor Records in the UK, Ireland, across Europe, America, Canada, Scandinavia, Yugoslavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Singapore and Japan.[10][11] The B-Side, "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen", had appeared on Slayed? as an album track.

Promotion

In the UK, the band performed the song on the BBC music show Top of the Pops. The band also performed the song on the German TV show Musikladen and the Dutch AVRO TV show TopPop.[12]

Music video

Two music videos were filmed to promote the single, both of which were filmed by Caravelle. The first portrayed the band as scientists in an observatory, sporting white coats and clipboards. The second film, commissioned by Polydor Records, was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on the afternoon before the band's concert there. Performing the song on the stage, the video shows the band's clothes and instruments covered with "I've Been Slayed" stickers. Later during the actual concert, footage of the audience was filmed during the band's performance of their opener "Hear Me Calling" for use in the video.[13]

Track listing

7" Single
  1. "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 3:31
  2. "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen" - 3:15
7" Single (US promo)
  1. "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 3:31
  2. "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 3:31
7" Single (Singapore E.P.)
  1. "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 3:31
  2. "Look At Last Nite" - 3:06
  3. "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" - 3:45
  4. "I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen" - 3:15

Critical reception

Upon release, Record Mirror commented: "Another slice of Slade, with a drum-beat opening, with all that instant power and drive... on records - live concerts, too, come to that - the boys don't put a foot or tonsil wrong. Noddy fronts this ferocious build-up with his usual gruff efficiency; and there's a hustling bass-percussion rhythm that maintains the pressure. There's a running riff which reaches out and grabs. Their best yet? Hard to say but it is bloody good - chart certain."[14] Danny Holloway of New Musical Express wrote: "Following "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", the Wolverhampton Wanders have chosen another Lea-Holder rigid rocker. There's a simple little drum intro as the guitars join in, followed by a ferocious bass line. Bound to storm the charts and should be a big Christmas seller for the band. During the past year Slade's songwriting has improved greatly. If they continue to progress at this rate, nothing can hold them back."[15][16] In a 1979 fan club poll, Slade fans voted the song No. 3 of the band's top three live tracks.[17]

In a retrospective review of Slayed?, Dave Thompson of AllMusic said: "Even if one excises past hits "Gudbuy T'Jane" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" from the equation, Slayed? is a nonstop party."[18] In a review of Sladest, Paul Tinelli of AllMusic said: "Falling somewhere between the glam of T.Rex and the hard rock of Nazareth, Slade's finest moments came with arena rockers "Cum on Feel the Noize," "Mama Weer All Crazee Now," and "Gudbuy T'Jane," songs specifically written to be strong live numbers that would get kids up off their seats."[19] In 2010, Classic Rock listed the song as one of 14 Slade songs that belong on an "Essential Playlist". In a review of Sladest, the magazine said: "The eight hit singles are awesome aural abuse. "Get Down and Get with It" and "Gudbuy T'Jane" are like blueprints for AC/DC, mangling the rockulatory senses as they rearrange the language."

Chart performance

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[20] 11
Austrian Singles Chart[21] 7
Belgian Singles Chart[22][23] 5
Canadian Singles Chart[24] 72
Dutch Singles Chart[25] 4
French Singles Chart[26] 8
German Singles Chart[27] 3
Irish Singles Chart[28] 2
Japanese Singles Chart 89
New Zealand Singles Chart 12
Norwegian Singles Chart[29] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[30] 4
UK Singles Chart[1] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[31] 68

Personnel

Slade
Additional personnel

References

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