Stray Cat Strut

Infobox Single
Name = Stray Cat Strut


Artist = Stray Cats
from Album = Stray Cats / Built for Speed
B-side = "Drink That Bottle Down" (U.K.)
"You Don't Believe Me" (U.S.)
"What's Goin' Down (Cross That Bridge)" (Japan)
Released = April 16th, 1981 (U.K.) December 28th, 1982 (U.S.)
Format = 7", 12"
Genre = Rockabilly
Length = 3:15
Label = Arista (U.K.)
EMI America (U.S.)
Writer = Brian Setzer
Producer = Dave Edmunds
Chart position = * #11 (U.K.) #3 Billboard Pop Singles (U.S.)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Background = khaki


Lower caption = US 7" single cover "Stray Cat Strut" is the eighth track on the Stray Cats' debut album, "Stray Cats", released in 1981 in the UK. In the US, the song was first released in 1982 on "Built for Speed". The song became a hit in the U.S., reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, over a year after it had reached its peak in the U.K. The music video for the song received extensive airplay on MTV during the channel's early days.

In the October 1998 issue of "Guitar World" magazine, Brian Setzer's solo from "Stray Cat Strut" ranked #92 on the "Top 100 Guitar Solos Of All Time" list. [ [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/50.html#solos Guitar Lists ] ]

Brian Setzer later played this song with his new band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The band played the song during a recorded concert, and was released on "The Ultimate Collection".

In 2006, the ska punk band Reel Big Fish covered the song for a compilation entitled "Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats".

It is also featured as a playable track in "".

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