Daytona Demon

{{short description|1973 single by Suzi Quatro}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Daytona Demon

| cover = Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon.png

| alt = Quatro wearing leather sitting on a worn chair with a large dog sitting next to her

| type = single

| artist = Suzi Quatro

| album =

| B-side = Roman Fingers

| released = October 19, 1973

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 4:02

| label = Rak

| writer =

• Mike Chapman
• Nicky Chinn

| producer =

• Mike Chapman
• Nicky Chinn

| prev_title = 48 Crash

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = All Shook Up

| next_year = 1973

}}

"Daytona Demon" is the fourth solo single and third UK hit by Suzi Quatro, released in 1973. The song is frequently believed to be a revision of Freddy Cannon's "Tallahassee Lassie" and a reference to Daytona Beach in FloridaAusländer, Phillip; Performing Glam Rock: Gender And Theatricality in Popular Music; p. 210. {{ISBN|0472068687}} in which Quatro's lover is equated with a fast car.

"Daytona Demon" was never included on the US or other foreign release of her second album Quatro and remained unavailable in any format in the US{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Suzi-Quatro-Daytona-Demon/master/83316 |title=Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon at Discogs |year=1973 |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=2014-04-11}} until the advent of the CD and numerous compilations in the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.suziquatro.com/disc.htm |title=Suzi Quatro.com |publisher=Suzi Quatro.com |accessdate=2014-04-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420052259/http://www.suziquatro.com/disc.htm |archivedate=2014-04-20 }} "Daytona Demon" has been a staple of Quatro's numerous hits compilation albums since then. On the 2011 expanded issue of Suzi Quatro, “Daytona Demon” and its B-side "Roman Fingers"{{Cite book

| first= Martin C.

| last= Strong

| year= 2000

| title= The Great Rock Discography

| edition= 5th

| publisher=Mojo Books

| location= Edinburgh

| pages= 785–6

| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}} were included as bonus tracks.

Following on from two Australian number ones, “Daytona Demon” peaked at number four in the autumn of 1974,Kent, David; Australian Chart Book, 1970-1992 {{ISBN|0-646-11917-6}} but in the UK, where she had also had major success with her previous two singles, the song was a comparatively minor hit, peaking at number 14 late in 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/suzi%20quatro/ |title=SUZI QUATRO | Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2014-04-11}}{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 444}}