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[8] [9] The song was included in the band's set-list for their 1986–87 tour promoting the album. [10] During Cheap Trick's four-night residency at Las Vegas, the song received its first live performance since 1987 on February 25, 2022. The song was among a number of rarely performed tracks to be featured over the course of the four nights. [11]
"Oh Claire" is a one-minute live jam with "Oh, konnichi wa" as the only lyrics. The title is a pun on Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where the band used to play frequently in their pre-stardom days. Cheap Trick wrote a similarly titled song, "O Claire," for their 2006 album Rockford.
Cheap Trick released Next Position Please in 1983. [14] The album's two singles, "Dancing the Night Away" and "I Can't Take It," failed to chart. [19] [21] In the same year, Cheap Trick performed two songs for the soundtrack of the adult animated film Rock & Rule, which became a cult classic. [22]
Two promotional music videos were made for the song, and both clips received much airplay on MTV. The song "Love Comes" was re-recorded for Zander's solo album Countryside Blvd. This album was due for release in 2010 but has been held back, remaining unreleased to date, although various download sites did legally offer the album for a few hours.
"Southern Girls" was in Cheap Trick's repertoire by September 1975, when it was included on a demo the band made at Ardent Studios in Memphis, which also included "Come On, Come On," "Taxman" and the still unreleased "Fan Club." [6] Authors Mike Hayes and Ken Sharp detect influences on the song from The Beach Boys and The Yardbirds. [6]
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Cheap Trick signed a five-year contract with Epic on August 1, 1976. [19] [20] Cheap Trick played a last concert at the Second Chance club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in October 1976, then headed for New York City to record an album. [21] The band began work on its debut album at the Record Plant recording studio in New York City in November 1976.
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