She's Tight
{{Short description|1982 single by Cheap Trick}}
{{Infobox song
| name = She's Tight
| cover = Cheaptricksingle-shestight.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Cheap Trick
| album = One on One
| B-side = All I Really Want to Do
| released = September 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/3403233 |title=Cheap Trick - She's Tight / All I Really Want To Do - Epic - USA - 34-03233 |publisher=45cat |access-date=2018-02-04}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Rock
- power pop{{cite magazine|last= Sheffield|first= Rob|date= February 24, 2023|title=The 100 Best Songs of 1983, the Year Pop Went Crazy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-1983-1234681014/|access-date=September 4, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote=...these high rollers roared back in ’82-’83 with power-pop gems like “She’s Tight,” “If You Want My Love,” and best of all, “I Can’t Take It.}}{{cite web|last= Reesman|first= Bryan|title= 6 Essential Power Pop Tracks from the Early 1980s|website= American Songwriter|date= June 2, 2024|url= https://americansongwriter.com/6-essential-power-pop-tracks-from-the-early-1980s/|accessdate= November 27, 2024}}
| length = 2:59
| label = Epic
| writer = Rick Nielsen
| producer = Roy Thomas Baker
| prev_title = I Want You
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Saturday at Midnight
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative Cover
| type = single
| cover = Cheap Trick Single 1982 She's Tight Dutch.jpeg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Dutch cover of "She's Tight"
}}
}}
"She's Tight" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1982 as the third single from their studio album One on One. It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2018-02-04}}
History
A music video was filmed to promote the single, which received regular airing on MTV.{{cite book|last1=Lawson|first1=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZM-DwAAQBAJ&q=cheap+trick+she%27s+tight&pg=PA86|title=Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick - Robert Lawson - Google Books|date=2017-11-13|publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=9781525512261|access-date=2018-02-04}}{{cite web|title=Silver - Cheap Trick | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/silver-r521442/review|access-date=2015-03-24|publisher=allmusic.com}} The band also performed the song on the show Laugh Trax, along with "Saturday at Midnight".{{cite web|author=|title=Saturday At Midnight - Cheap Trick - from Laugh Trax 1982|date=10 May 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ddqCyMXoV0|access-date=2012-03-11|publisher=YouTube}}{{cite web|author=|title=She's Tight - Cheap Trick - from Laugh Trax 1982|date=9 May 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Ab7dZ3DkM|access-date=2012-03-11|publisher=YouTube}}
A live version of "She's Tight" was performed at the band's 25th-anniversary concert in Rockford, Illinois, during 1999. The performance saw Brant rejoining Cheap Trick on stage to play bass on the track, along with "If You Want My Love". The concert was later released in 2001 as Silver.{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick - Silver at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheap-Trick-Silver/master/392611|access-date=2012-03-11|publisher=Discogs.com}}
"All I Really Want to Do"
The single's B-side, "All I Really Want to Do", was a non-album track exclusive to the single. It was written by Nielsen and would later appear on the 1996 box-set Sex, America, Cheap Trick.{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick - Sex, America, Cheap Trick at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheap-Trick-Sex-America-Cheap-Trick/master/394783|access-date=2012-03-11|publisher=Discogs.com}}
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as being "good and sleazy".{{cite web|title=One on One|author=Erlewine, S.T.|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-on-one-r3736/review|website=Allmusic|access-date=2011-09-05}} Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone said the song was a "spirited, though moderated, rocker," and remarked on the similarity of the song's guitar part to Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else."{{cite magazine|title=One on One|author=Connelly, C.|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/one-on-one-19820708|date=July 8, 1992|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2011-09-05}} Classic Rock History critic Michael Quinn rated it Cheap Trick's 6th best song, saying that "Cheap Trick presented fans with some great riffs in the tradition of band like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones but with that sweet-sounding Beatles' type harmonies and the punk edge of a Ramones."{{cite web|title=Top 10 Cheap Trick Songs|author=Quinn, Michael|accessdate=2023-02-07|publisher=Classic Rock History|url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-cheap-trick-songs/}}
John Serba, entertainment reporter and film critic for MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press, describes it as his all-time favorite Cheap Trick song, praising the keyboard and guitar riffs (which he claims "would rot Elvis Costello's teeth"), the beat, and the call and response.{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick: Celebrating the band's 8 greatest earworms, in anticipation of its impending Van Andel Arena concert|url=http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/06/cheap_trick_celebrating_the_ba.html|author=Serba, J.|access-date=2015-12-26|date=June 22, 2012|publisher=Booth Newspapers}} In the 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, a section on Cheap Trick featured reviews on the top 20 stand-out tracks from the band. "She's Tight" was included, with the author John M. Borack writing: "Guitar riffs don't come any simpler than this one, but the keyboard squiggles, horny lyrics and head-bobbing rhythms on this one are undeniably fun."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqtGTJgE4rEC&q=cheap+trick+can%27t+take+it&pg=PA42 |title=Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide - John M. Borack - Google Books |isbn=9780979771408 |access-date=2012-06-23|last1=Borack |first1=John M. |year=2007 |publisher=Shake Some Action - PowerPop }}
Charts
Track listing
;7" single
- "She's Tight" – 2:59
- "All I Really Want to Do" – 2:27
;7" single (Dutch release)
- "She's Tight" – 2:59
- "All I Really Want to Do" – 2:27
Personnel
;Cheap Trick
- Robin Zander - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Rick Nielsen - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jon Brant - bass, backing vocals
- Bun E. Carlos - drums, percussion
;Additional personnel
- Roy Thomas Baker – producer
- Ian Taylor – engineer
- Paul Klingberg – assistant
- George Marino – mastering
- David Michael Kennedy – photographer
Cover versions
{{Infobox song
| name = She's Tight
| cover = She's Tight.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Steel Panther
| album = Lower the Bar
| released = September 29, 2016
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 2:59
| label = Open E Entertainment
| writer = Rick Nielsen
| producer =
| prev_title = Party Like Tomorrow is the End of the World
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Anything Goes
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|H9uXm0-tZ1g|"She's Tight"}}}}
}}
- In 1997, the Atlanta all-female band Catfight! covered the song as the B-side of their second single, "Panic Attack".
- In 2000, the song was covered by Taime Downe for the Cheap Trick tribute album Cheap Dream: A Tribute to Cheap Trick.{{cite web|title=Cheap Dream: A Tribute to Cheap Trick|author=Campbell, A.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cheap-dream-a-tribute-to-cheap-trick-r483053|website=Allmusic|access-date=2011-09-05}}
- In 2016, American rock band Steel Panther covered the song for their album Lower the Bar (2017). Robin Zander and Bobbie Brown make cameo appearances in the music video.{{cite web|title=Steel Panther - She's Tight, A.| date=29 September 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9uXm0-tZ1g|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2016-09-30}}
References
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Category:Songs written by Rick Nielsen