THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

649-Slade-Cum On Feel the Noize.

1973-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 0.01. Three very noisy babies.

The songs introduction of Noddy Holder shouting ‘Baby, Baby, Baby,’ was only meant to be a microphone test, and not intended for the finished recording, but it appeared everybody liked it, so they kept it in.Slade were formed in 1966 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, by Neville ‘Noddy’ Holder (lead singer,) Jim Lea (bass guitar) Dave Hill (guitar,) and Don Powell (drums,) the band are still active, with Dave Hill being the only original member. When first forming they called themselves ‘The N’Betweens,’ changing to ‘Ambrose Slade’ in 1969, before finally settling on ‘Slade’ in 1970. They were managed by Chas Chandler (1938-1996) between 1969-1979, who had previously been the manager of Jimi Hendrix, and the bass player with the Rock and R&B band The Animals (see also best songs 851.)

‘Cum On Feel the Noize’ was co-written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, together they wrote all six of the bands UK Number 1 singles, and the majority of their 25 top 40 singles. Slade were the best selling act of singles in the UK in the 1970’s, and have sold in excess of 50 million records worldwide. The songs title caused controversy, especially with school teachers, who said that the deliberate misspelling of this, and many other Slade songs, was not setting a good example to school children.

Slade had tried to achieve success in America with extensive touring between 1975-1977, but had failed. In 1983 the American Heavy Metal band Quiet Riot covered this song, taking it to Number 5 on Billboard, and selling over 1 million copies, this finally brought Slade to the attention of the American public, and they finally got a hit in the States when ‘Run Runaway’reached Number 20 in 1984.

‘So come on feel the noise, girls grab your boys, we get wild, wild, wild, we get wild, wild, wild, at your door.’