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Ted Nugent - Stranglehold

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Album: Ted Nugent
Released: 1975

Stranglehold Lyrics

Here I come again now baby
Like a dog in heat
Tell it's me by the way now baby
I like to tap the streets

Now I've been smoking for so long
You know I'm here to stay
Got you in a Stranglehold baby
You best get out of the way

Gonna cruise is a bitch now baby
You know you can't do me 'round
If your house gets in my way baby
You know I'll burn it down

You remember the night that you left me
You put me in my place
Got you in a stranglehold now baby
You better cross your way

Sometimes you want to get higher
Sometimes you gotta start low
Some people think they gonna die someday
I got news you never got to go old

Come on come on up
Come on come on up
Come on come on up
Come on come on up
Come on come on baby
Come on come on up
Come on come on baby
Come on come on
Gonna cruise is a bitch now baby
You know you can't do me 'round
If your house gets in my way baby
You know I'll burn it down
You remember the night that you left me
You put me in my place
Got you in a stranglehold now baby
You better cross your way

Writer/s: NUGENT, TED
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Stranglehold Song Chart

Nugent didn't sing lead on this. Derek St. Holmes, who was the vocalist with his band, did. Nugent resented the attention Holmes received on stage and eventually sang all the hits himself. His explanation: "There's only one alpha wolf, and that's me."

Right up there with "Thunderstruck" as one of the most swaggering, guitar-driven rockers with manly appeal, the lyrics are rather violent, with the singer letting some poor girl know that he has the upper hand now, and is willing to burn her house down if he has to. Nugent claims the misogynist, violent lyrics were part of his act and should not be taken literally. This did not make women's groups feel any better.

Cross Canadian Ragweed did a cover of this song on their album Soul Gravy after the last song as a secret song. They also use it to do band intros at their concerts. (thanks, Cole - San Angelo, TX)

The song can be heard in a television commercial for the Volkswagen Jetta, which follows the history of a young guy's vehicle purchases from his first 10-speed bike to a questionably legal speedster. Years later, now a doting dad he chooses the Jetta after learning it is a 2012 IIHS Top Safety Pick.

This classic rocker features in a number of movies including Bad News Bears, Dazed and Confused, Invincible, Rock Star and Superbad.