Shanghai'd in Shanghai
{{Infobox song
| name = Shanghai'd in Shanghai
| image = File:Nazareth_Shanghai'd_in_Shanghai.jpg
| caption = Side 1 of the German vinyl
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| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Nazareth
| album = Rampant
| B-side = Love, Now You're Gone
| released = March 1974{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/577/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=577 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}
| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre = Rock
| length =
| label = Mooncrest
| writer = McCafferty, Sweet, Agnew, Charlton
| producer = Roger Glover
| prev_title = This Flight Tonight
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = My White Bicycle
| next_year = 1975
}}
"Shanghai'd in Shanghai" is a song and single recorded by Scottish rock band Nazareth and released on the studio album Rampant in 1974.
Background and chart success
It was taken from their 1974 album Rampant. The song paired with "Love, Now You're Gone" was the fourth of eleven of Nazareth's singles to chart in the UK. It reached 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1974 staying for four weeks.{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/nazareth/ | title=Nazareth | publisher=Officialcharts.com | accessdate=28 May 2014}} Single fared more favourably in Austria (number seven) and Switzerland, where it peaked at number four.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_PmDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Shanghai%27d+in+Shanghai%22&pg=PT33|title=Razama-Snaz!: The Listener's Guide To Nazareth|first=Robert|last=Lawson|date=25 August 2016|publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=9781460286401|accessdate=28 August 2018|via=Google Books}}
Donald A. Guarisco of Allmusic describes the song as "plenty of energy, building from verses with a bluesy swing into a throbbing sing-along chorus that any glam band of 1970s would have killed for". Manny Charlton provided power chords which combined with Dan McCafferty's "gritty" lead vocal.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/shanghaid-in-shanghai-mt0015946997 | title=Song Review by Donald A. Guarisco | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=29 October 2014}}
The song was a radio favourite and also a favourite with fans of the group.
Credits
- Dan McCafferty - vocals
- Pete Agnew - bass guitar, guitar, background vocals
- Manny Charlton - guitars, producer
- Darrell Sweet - drums, background vocals
; Additional musicians
- Jon Lord - piano
- Vicki Brown, Barry St. John, Liza Strike - background vocals
Charts
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!Chart (1974) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Nazareth|song=Shanghai'd in Shanghai|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|14|artist=Nazareth|song=Shanghai'd in Shanghai|songid=314|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Nazareth|song=Shanghai'd in Shanghai|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UK|41|date=19740331|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="uk"}} |