''Little Miss Dangerous'' is the ninth

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by American

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guitarist

Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock an ...

. It was released in March 1986 by

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. The single "Little Miss Dangerous" was Ted Nugent's most successful single in Australia. The track was featured in an episode of the same name of the American television series ''

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''. The track "Angry Young Man" was also used in an episode of ''Miami Vice'' entitled "Definitely Miami", in which Nugent guest-starred as a pimp/drug dealer and was killed in a shoot-out with

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(

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). A promotional video clip was produced for the song "Little Miss Dangerous".

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's John Franck was heavily dismissive of ''Little Miss Dangerous'', opining that it may be "the worst Ted Nugent record ever released", and being "a sonic embarrassment" to be "avoid dat all costs".

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– guitars, six-string bass, percussion, lead and backing vocals, producer, mixing *

Dave Amato David Paul Amato (born March 3, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band REO Speedwagon since May 1989. Early years He was born and raised near Framingham, Massachusetts. At age 11, his first band wa ...

– rhythm guitar, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals ;Additional musicians *

Patrick Leonard Patrick Ray Leonard (born March 14, 1956) is an American songwriter, keyboardist, film composer, and music producer, best known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna. His work with Madonna includes her albums '' True Blue'' (1986), ''Who's ...

, David 'Hawk' Wolinski,

Lawrence Dermer Lawrence Dermer is a Grammy nominated and BMI award winning record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the ...

– keyboards and synthesizers *

Ricky Phillips Ricky Lynn Phillips (born October 7, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and a member of the rock band Styx since 2003, splitting duties with longtime bassist Chuck Panozzo. He has also played in Nasty Habit, as a member of The Babys and Bad Eng ...

– bass, background vocals * Jay Ferguson – bass *Michael Mason – drums and percussion, background vocals *Joe Galdo, Duane Hitchings – keyboards *Rick Baron,

Tommy Thayer Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the American hard rock band Kiss. He was also lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue. Early life Thomas Cun ...

, Sandy Slavin,

Bobby Colomby Robert Wayne Colomby (born 20 December 1944) is a jazz-rock fusion drummer, record producer and television presenter. He is best known as an original member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, which he co-founded in 1967. He has also played with ...

, Robby Weaver,

Jaime St. James Jaime St. James (born January 27, 1960) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served briefly in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original ...

Carmine Appice Carmine Appice ( , born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge; Cactus; the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice; Rod Stewart; King Kobra; and Blue Murder. He is also Vinny Appice's ...

– background vocals ;Production *

Peter Solley Peter Solley (born 19 October 1948, London) is an English musician and record producer. He has recorded with Eric Clapton, Al Stewart and Whitesnake as well as producing records for Ted Nugent, Oingo Boingo, Motörhead, The Romantics, Jo Jo Z ...

– producer, engineer, mixing *Michael Verdick – producer, engineer *Jim Sessody – engineer *Patrice Levinsohn – assistant engineer *Doug Banker – executive producer, management, background vocals *Dennis King – mastering *Bob Defrin – art direction *Eric Conn – 2001 edition digital remastering *

Gary Graff Gary Graff (born 1960) is an American music journalist and author. Biography Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Graff attended Taylor Allderdice High School where he wrote for school newspaper ''The Taylor Allderdice Foreword''. He receiv ...

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