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"My Oh My" is a power ballad originally sung by rock band Slade. The song appears on their album ''The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome'' (released in 1983) and on the band's 1984 American counterpart release, ''Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply''. The song reached number two in the UK chart by Christmas 1983 and soon after became the band's second US Top 40 hit, reaching number 37. The single was kept from the #1 spot in the UK by The Flying Pickets cover of Only You. The single's chart run in the UK began at only #73, the following week it had moved into the top 40 at #36 and the week after it made #15. After, it stayed in the top 10 for 5 weeks. Slade re-recorded the song in swing-style for the b-side of the single "Do You Believe in Miracles?", released in 1985. This version was apparently suggested by Frank Sinatra and was recorded with the Monty Babson Big Band. Holder did his vocal in one take after an evening in the pub. The single was certified UK Gold by BPI in January 1984. In Sweden, the song topped the chart and was awarded in 1984 with a Swedish Platinum Award for sales in excess of 50,000.〔http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534336_2862911712287_1896078185_n.jpg〕 == Background == The track came from an idea that Lea had while listening to Hill and Holder tuning up in the dressing room before a gig at a University in Wales. "It reminded me of bagpipes," says Jim. "I wrote the melody in my head to the drone of the strings". This was the first track that Lea and Holder had ever demoed because for the first time the group were working with a record producer - John Punter. The raw demo of Holder singing over Lea's piano was received with wild enthusiasm by Slade's record label.〔Slade's Greatest Hits compilation booklet〕 In a 1987 interview, guitarist Dave Hill was asked by a fan which is his favourite single, Hill replied ''"although I didn't like 'My oh my' when I first heard it, by the time I started playing on it and promoting it, I discovered a certain magic and hidden power in it. I would say 'My oh my' is my favourite to date."'' In a 1987 fan club interview, Holder was asked about the change of lyric in the demo of "My Oh My" compared to the single release. Holder replied ''"The record ends up the same as the demo. But sometimes it gets changed. 'My Oh My' got changed because John Punter didn't like on verse in it, so we put a new verse in. I in fact like the original demo verse, personally!"''〔http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/1397841_orig.jpg〕〔Slade International Fan Club newsletter July–August - September 1987〕 In the September–December 1986 Slade fan club magazine, the poll results were announced for the 1986 opinion poll based on Slade’s material. For the best single of the 80s, My Oh My placed at #1. In the same poll, for the best single picture sleeve, My Oh My placed at #2. For the songs most wanted to be heard live, My Oh My placed at #1. The poll result notes explain that the song was performed live during the band’s College/University Tour in December 1983. Also in the same poll, for the best b-side of the 80s, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply placed at #2. In 2011, the song was performed live on the German RSH Pop Awards Show, which was broadcast nationally, by the current lineup of Slade where the band also performed Far Far Away. This current line-up features Hill and Powell with bassist John Berry and vocalist Mal McNulty.〔http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1376470/My-Oh-My#/beitrag/video/1376470/My-Oh-My〕 During 1985, a Swing version of the song was made. Holder was interviewed in London 5 June 1986 by Trevor Slaughter and Paul Lythe about the track. "It came about originally because a few people asked us for demos of songs to cover. A lot of people wanted to cover 'My oh my'. I mean 'middle of the road' sort of people. Colin actually suggested it, saying we couldn't send them our own version, because they've all heard that. Anyway, we had people like Frank Sinatra saying that we ought to do a 'swing version' of it. Well, we weren't going to do it, so we got a mate of ours - Monty Babson - to sing it on the original demo, which went out to all these 'middle of the road' people. When I heard it, I really liked it, so as an added extra on the 12", I said 'Why don't we put my voice with Monty Babson's band?' and that's what we did. I just had a couple of drinks in the pub and went and sang with him in one take. We didn't spend any time on it or anything. There is actually a 'swing version' of 'All join hands', which I haven't put the vocal on yet." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Oh My (Slade song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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