SLADE - MY OH MY

MY OH MY

SLADE

SONGWRITERS: NODDY HOLDER & JIM LEA

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: the amazing kamikaze syndrome / keep your hands off my power supply

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

LABEL: BMG RECORDS

YEAR: 1983

The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome is the eleventh studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 3 December 1983 and reached No. 49 in the UK charts. The album was produced largely by bassist Jim Lea. The two UK Top 10 singles released from the album, "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway", were produced by John Punter.

In 1984, the album was re-packaged and released as Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply in the United States and Canada. Both "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My" were US Top 40 hits that year, giving the band their long-awaited breakthrough there.

Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. As of 2006, total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best-selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies. According to the 1999 BBC documentary It's Slade, the band have sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Following an unsuccessful move to the U.S. in 1975, Slade's popularity in the UK waned, but was unexpectedly revived in 1980 when they were last-minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne at the Reading Rock Festival. The band later acknowledged this to have been one of the highlights of their career. The original line-up split in 1992, but reformed later in the year as Slade II. The band have continued, with a number of line-up changes, to the present day. They have also shortened the group name back to Slade.

A number of artists from diverse genres have cited Slade as an influence, including Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Undertones, The Runaways, The Clash, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, The Replacements, Cheap Trick, and Oasis. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Music tells of Holder's powerful vocals, guitarist Dave Hill's equally arresting dress sense, and the deliberate misspelling of their song titles (such as "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now") for which they became well known. 

I believe in woman, my oh my

I believe in lovin', my oh my

Don't a women need a man, try and catch one if you can

I believe in woman, my oh my

We all need someone to talk to my oh my

We all need someone to talk to my oh my

Ya need a shoulder to cry on, call me I'll be standing by

We all need someone to talk to my oh my

We all need a lot of lovin' my oh my

Yeah, a whole lot of lovin' my oh my

I can lend a helpin' hand if you ain't got nothing planned

We all need some lovin' my oh oh my

So let's all swing together my oh my

We can all swing together my oh my

You've got troubles on your own, no need to face them all alone

We can all swing together my oh my

So let's all pull together my oh myyyyyy....