"Cat Scratch Fever" is a song by American rock musician

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 ...

from his album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature

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, which is a 3-tone

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melody harmonized in parallel fourths. In 2009, it was named the 32nd-best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Chart positions

Pantera cover

The tune was covered by heavy metal band

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for ''

Detroit Rock City "Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their 1976 album ''Destroyer''. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin. The song is one of the band's most popular and is a classic rock staple ...

''s CD soundtrack. Their version peaked at 40 on the

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chart. Nugent criticized the version, claiming, "It was exceedingly white. No soul, no balls, no feel. Caucasian all the way."

Charts

Other covers

The song was covered by

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...

on their 1992 album ''

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''. The song was reworked by The Replacements as Gary's Got A Boner on their 1984 album ""

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"".

References

External links

Lyrics of this song
* 1977 songs 1977 singles 1999 singles Ted Nugent songs Songs written by Ted Nugent Song recordings produced by Tom Werman Epic Records singles Carolina Panthers {{1970s-single-stub