"Lock Up Your Daughters" is a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from rock band Slade

Slade

Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...

 which appeared on the album Till Deaf Do Us Part. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder

Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....

 and bassist Jim Lea

Jim Lea

Jim Lea , is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade.-Career:...

. The single was released in September 1981 and peaked at #29 in the UK, spending a total of 8 weeks on the chart. The release was under RCA records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 which was Slade's first major label in years since using their own label to release material.

The single peaked at #954 for 1981 on rateyourmusic.

Background

At the time of the single's peak, the fans and band were disappointed that the single wasn't as big as "We'll Bring the House Down

We'll Bring the House Down (song)

"We'll Bring The House Down" is a single from rock band Slade from their 1981 album We'll Bring the House Down. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea...

" was. The fan club newsletter of the time explained that when Slade performed the track on Top of the Pops twice, the two appearances clashed with two big blockbuster movies on ITV, both "Earthquake

Earthquake (film)

Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations...

" and "Jaws

Jaws (film)

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". This is believed to have caused a small backlash in sales and commercial success.

The single had a more metal influenced sound, much like the 1980 hit We'll Bring The House Down

We'll Bring the House Down (song)

"We'll Bring The House Down" is a single from rock band Slade from their 1981 album We'll Bring the House Down. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea...

 after Slade's performance at Reading 1980 attracted many metal fans. This track became a staple at concerts. The track had a similar sounding riff to Whitesnake

Whitesnake

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's 1980 release Fool For Your Loving

Fool For Your Loving

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The song featured on Top of The Pops as well as a small number of European TV shows.

The b-side of the track Sign of the Times was an a-side single from Slade's 1979 album Return To Base.

Upon release, the single was reviewed on BBC Radio One's Round Table show. It received a thumbs up from BBC presenter and radio DJ Mike Read

Mike Read

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, BBC radio presenter Dave Lee Travis

Dave Lee Travis

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 and musician Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant

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British disc jockey and radio personality Alan Freeman

Alan Freeman

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, who attended Slade's performance at the 1981 Donington festival also played the song frequently upon release on Capital Radio.

Shrotly after the single's release, the Slade fan club asked guitarist Dave Hill about a single cover for the single. Hill replied "RCA have done it. I don't know what they've done - they will probably show it to us tomorrow. I bet it's a drawing of a daughter locked up!"

Music video

A promotional video was created for the single despite being rarely shown if at all. The promotional video was filmed on the 7th September 1981 at the band's regular recording studio Portland Studios in London. In the video, Holder wore a black t-shirt with the artwork of the band's 1981 album "We'll Bring the House Down

We'll Bring the House Down

We'll Bring The House Down is an album by English rock band Slade. It was released on 13 March 1981 and entered the UK charts at number 25. This was due to the Reading Festival success the previous year, when they had stood in for heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Slade got exactly what they...

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Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position	Total weeks
Dutch Singles Chart	19	7
UK Singles Chart	29	8

Cover versions

• In 1989, English-American rock band Lion
  Lion (band)
  Lion were an English-American rock band, best known for their theme song from the 1986 animated movie The Transformers: The Movie.A hard rock quartet, Lion were formed in Los Angeles in 1983 after ex-Tytan vocalist Kal Swan and former Lone Star guitarist Tony Smith relocated from Great Britain...
  
  recorded their own version of the song for their final album titled "Trouble In Angel City".
• German heavy metal band Not Fragile has also covered the song.

Personnel

• Noddy Holder: Lead vocals and guitar
• Jim Lea: Bass guitar, organ and backing vocals
• Dave Hill: Lead guitar and backing vocals
• Don Powell: Drums