Sweet performing "Fox On The Run" on 45 recorded at the Granada Studios in Manchester in 1975.
Hosted by David „Kid" Jensen.
Brian Connolly - lead vocals
Andy Scott - guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Steve Priest - bass, vocals
Mick Tucker - drums, percussion, vocals
This version of "Fox On The Run" was originally featured on the US release of „Desolation Boulevard".
The recording was produced by Sweet.
The song was written by Andy Scott, Steve Priest, Mick Tucker and Brian Connolly.
Single Chart Positions:
Germany: 1
Australia: 1
Denmark: 1
South Africa: 1
Great Britain: 2
Canada: 2
Ireland: 2
Netherlands: 2
Norway: 2
Austria: 3
Switzerland: 3
New Zealand: 3
Belgium: 4
USA: 5
Sweden: 10 #Sweet
#SweetOfficial
Many have said: We may be old, but we had the best music. I say, “Hands down”
I was born in 1963 grew up with many styles of music, but by far my favourite was the 80’s and 90’s
I was a teenager when Sweet released this song. Now I´m 61 but when I´m listening to it, I´m still a teenager :-)
Now i’m a teenager wishing I lived in the 70s, 80s because it was so much better than these days.
Me too
Same here frank
Frank Jenson...im 53 soon and I just loved Brian...he was gorgeous...Still about 20 in many ways...but with the wisdom I lacked as a 20 year old...😂
They dress, act, look just like females. I like some of their songs. But the *female* thing is a little TOO much for me.
I am glad KZhead exists so future generations can enjoy music like this!
Yeah enjoy...
Just a 70 year old glam rock fan still rocking and still dreaming of the 70’s that i so miss 😢 I really do folks…..
People make fun of the 70's but I miss it as well. Wish I could turn the clock back.... Queen, Styx, Bay City Rollers, Van Halen, Sweet even goofy Partridge Family/Brady Bunch...
To the mellinals, this is called Music.
You got me by 15 years, the 80's ruled but nothing ever since. My cd collection of roughtly 700 most is the 70's and 80's with a little country thrown.
Keep on rockin’!!!
ME TOO!! BORN IN '68 AND RAISED ON MUSIC!!
I don’t listen to Sweet often, but when I do, so do my neighbors.
nice...
Hahahahahaha!
Ha ha........
Not for nothing, but this is becoming as old as the cat-with-the-salad meme.
Awesome!
I'm 37 and listen to 60's and 70's music most of the time. I'm addicted to the cheerful vibes, melodies and harmonies.
Your smart because went down hill in the nineties. I have been listening to this music for about 45 years.
Our granddaughters, 10 & 14 listen to 70's & 80's music and love it! We couldn't be happier.
Good joice
@@ki4ndk1 thank you
I'm 60 and still this brings me back to a great time in my younger life.
64 here and same!
Im 59 and love it
57. Loved the 70s and 80s music.
Yeah... 62 and this is the sound of my lovely teens...!! ❤👍
Just turned 65 and love this and BALLROOM BLITZ back when I was 16!!! 😍
I was 14yrs old listening to this in Communist Hungary, my escape was music,, then in 1976 we escaped to the USA
communist
@@Jimmyiswaybetterthanme,а мы в СССР слушали Монте-Карло,Голос Америки,Свободная Европа.И живём у себя в РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ.ДАГЕСТАН.
what da hell r u saying
My grandfather was born in Budapest.
Good for you👍
Sweet - one of the most criminally underrated bands from the 70s.
Totally UNIQUE hope to see them in concert in heaven
Agree
@@andymatthews7617 not g0nna happen..
@@tonyfriend7413 you never know !!!!
Yes, one of the best 70's bands
This is nearly fifty years old. The fox still runs and it sounds as sweet as ever.
well said mate im sixty and was there wish i still was
Still runs in the veins dude
Colon cancer has been around a long time too.......
@@richbailey8174 Wouldn't last for 50+ years would it ?
Foxy on the run still in 2022.
Chills. These guys have great stage presence. What glorious days the 70s were.
Im 57& thanks to my mother for turning me on to sweet! This was her favorite song,n rip Mom ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just like you. This masterpiece was favorite to my wife... Lost her in car accident last month 😔. RIP Charlotte! 🙏💙🏴
I'm a 71 year old great grandma. I was married with one child who was born in 1972. My second was born in 1976. I remember when this song was on the radio I would dance to it and I love Ballroom Blitz.
Be careful doing that now, you might throw a hip 🕺
Giv'em hell gramps.
Go great grandma,a very young great grandma,wow.
@@danielstone9404 I turned 72 on October 20, 2022. I'm still vertical and I can still move after all these years. I don't dance like I used to but I still love this song. God bless.
Just do good cos the end of the world is coming around 2059 so just repent okay!!
Now this was music! Who agrees with me?
Best era for.musjc for sure
Paula Ward me bloody brilliant never hear the like of this music again a shame fantastic sad day when he died
Paula Ward I DO,CAN NOT BEAT OLD SCHOOL MUSIC. GIVE US A WINK.AWESOME TUNE AND BALLROOM BLITZ.
Love it
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I absolutely loved The Sweet…… they didn’t get anywhere near the recognition they deserved…… I’m still listening 50 years on and still love their music ….. bet I’m not alone!!
Same with me with the 50+ years of Sweet! Great catchy sons and I always thought the drummer was fantastic!
No, Julia, you are not alone. So sad Andy Scott is the only survivor of this fantastic band.
This is on my workout play list as is Ballroom Blitz
I was in 1st year high school and this song was so popular, I still love it.
Julia you Are not Alpine Sweet Is best !!!
Going on almost 50 years and I still never get tired of this song!
I just turned 59 on December 7th
Was my fav song as a 9th grader
One of my favourite groups when I was 16 years old today I am 65years old! I still love their music!!
65 and still rocking
@@edwardscott46 Absolutely never gets old after damn near 50 years. Cannot get enough of this band!
63 and still love them just as much. Seems like just yesterday!
they are touring this year! Im gonna take my dad there! Maybe there are still tickets!
Well i think two or three original members won't be able to be there. Im sorry.
this song conquers the world and rightfully so.
Takes me back to '75.
❤❤❤ RIP Mick the best drummer ever🎉🎉🎉
I'm 65. When I hear this, I'm 17 again!
Yep me too
I'm 61 and still love Sweet!
65 and rediscovered them from the sound track of guardians of the Galaxy
Same here Rebecca
SO DO I 0:43
Class of 81 seems just like yesterday, then seems so long ago 😢 I’ll be 61 this month man where did the time go 🤷♀️? Have a lot of amazing memories
+1 on 81
Class of 77 here
81 second to none!
NAVAL ENGINEER BY THEN.
Party on Wayne!
When my husband died I played this at his funeral. Big Sweet fan!!!
Great choice.
Sorry for your loss! I'm likely close to his age. Just lost a high school friend to a heart attack. You just never know.
First, so sorry for your lost. I know how is it. I lost my wife in car accident last month 😔... I must go on. Still listening and love Sweet 🙏💙🏴
If u walk into a bar and this song's playing,, trust me,, you've got a new favorite bar!!
Huh Yep!!😉👍❤
If you are Gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Quit hittin on me dude...I'm not gay.
@@TheBeachmailman Weirdo
Lol
RIP to Stevie Priest. This music is still as fresh today as it was in 1975.
Indeed
I'll second that
yes!
Tragic news another wonderful person gone to heaven so very very sad 😢😢😢😢
I was born in 1975 :-)
Born in the 60's when i started getting into music in the early 70's this band really stood out, the strong drum beat, brilliant vocals & world class guitar what magic these guys made 👍🇬🇧❤
These guys had better hair than most women. And sang really good too. Still a big hit today.😊😊😊
Wigs 😄😄
REAL HAIR my friend@@pmcg97
I can't disagree with you. Brian's hair will beat mine into a paper bag most days...😂🙏
This is a song I've always loved from back in the 70's. We had so much good music back then.
You got that right
1975. My freshman year. Flunking math... A friend of mine and I was talking about this song in class!
You are correct, we had the best music as teenagers, Zeppelin, ZZ top, Rush, Cream, Molly Hatchet. The Who. The list is huge
Very little good music has been produced since 1989.
70s in Miami north Miami Westview Jr high.
Growing up in the 70s. I was lucky with the greatest music that ever was.
Brians voice and hair,Steve's presence are what made Sweet the band they undoubtedly were❤
These guys were pure gifted musicians! I’m 64 and miss this originality 😎
I’m 75 on the 25th and still bop when I hear this song👏👍👍👍👍
Awfully hard not to!
Awfully hard not to.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!
Steve Newton Thank you👍👏 That song makes me break out in goose bumps!
Listening to it right now! They don’t make them like they use d to.
Saw the movie Black Phone and this song came on - forgot how great it was.
Almost forgot how BRILLIANT SWEET were ( & still is ) mega group bigtime.
I just love this song. Still after 50 years it makes me smile.
Absolute classic I am 55 today and remember this as if it was out yesterday
Great scene in "Black Phone" with this song playing!
The Sweet were better than people realized.
This song still in my top ten of all time hits.
Well said my friend . Great records that still stand up today ( 2020 ) . I often think how many of the hits of the last few years will be listened to in 40 years ??
@@Mark64W Your friend speaks wisdom
I was lucky enough to see the sweet twice in mid 70's in Chicago.a solid very powerful band a lot heavier than I thought they would be.
@@keythdanielsen8316 %
Always loved this song, Sweet was an amazing group.👍
This band was vastly underrated!
Kids have no idea how lucky they are today to have You Tube. We had to wait a whole week to maybe see our favourite band sing our favourite song, IF Countdown had them on that week :-)
Or Top of the Pops!
Petra that's if they were on the top 40 otherwise you had to wait till they came to see them live.
You mean if Molly felt in the mood to play it !
Only just in the modern days of the Internet and YT....... I've relived my youth...... AND now plaing (trying) Drums in a Sweet Copy Band... AND playing old Sweet Records like a freakin' maniac ^^
too right an all can you imagine sweet today with the exposure that groups get now
Friday nights at the roller rink in the late 70's. This song was the bomb.
So true. Also Video killed the Radio Star was another.
Skeeter McGillicutty Ok BOOMER BOOMER
AJQ ok groomer
Skeeter McGillicutty that sounds really cool
Shaking your disco roller skating, star on one pocket flaired jean covered BOOTY
When i/you read all the comments, glamrock is still going strong ! I grew (now 65 years young) up with this great stile off music ! In the seventhies buying all there records and playing them with friends on party"s ! And you still hear there records on the radio 😊😊😊😊 Thank you Sweet !
My my my what handsome talented gorgous men….swoooon!! ❤
Almost 50 years later, and this song STILL kicks as much ass as it did when it first came out. I remember losing my mind when it came on the radio in the early 1970's.
I'm with ya bro! This song totally rocked Junior High, except now they call it middle school. I've heard it all before ore ore ore!
F F Foxy F F kin brilliant but they had so many F F Fantastic hits stay safe everyone
June 7 2020... im 48.. still living and LOVING this!
Same here.
This song reminds me of my first girlfriend and my first car.That single speaker AM radio got a workout when I cranked this one up!!
I swear this music gets better every year that goes by. Todays music can't even stand in the shadow of these songs.
Yes we live in the greatest Era for rock and rock 64 rock baby
You are so right , a musical time machine.
I totally agree!
For this time it sounds a kind of okay, but at that time it was not THAT good in comparison with all the other marvellous music.
@@47rintin1 WHAT ???...Sorry, but This song was great "at that time", it was a smash-hit all over Europe, a No.1 in many countries and it was and is much better than many of those so-called "Rock-Classics"...
Great skating song! Oh to go back and relive those days.
The influence these boys had on heavy metal and rock is absolutely massive.
🎵 Stephen Norman Priest (23 February 1948 - 4 June 2020) was a British bass player known as the lead and backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet. Thanks for the music, Steve! 🎵
I didn't realize he had just died. He had a very unique backing vocal voice. I'm saddened. RIP.
AT AGE 71, STILL TOO YOUNG. THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR TREASURE CHEST OF GLORIOUS MUSIC., REST IN PEACE.
Vale Stephen, you were part of so much of the soundtrack of my youth. Thank you.
@@tryithere According to his wife, Maureen, "Steve had been admitted to hospital in February with pneumonia and his lengthy illness had made him very weak. He died peacefully and with dignity, his heart just couldn’t keep up with his body anymore."
😢
I love how Brain Connolly takes command, powerful voice too.
Haaail yeah! Loved this jam as a kid, still do today as a 56 yr old longhair We all have to age and get old but dont have to ever grow up!!
Still good in 2023 and keep it going !
40 plus years later and I still get chills on the opening notes.
Still get the Goose Bumps at 67.
TRY 47 YEARS 1975
1975 Them 70s
I'm 58 and we as a chosen generation , to hear what true music sounds like when put in the right hands , want to say thank you to all the bands that gave what they had , so we will always treasure , you made our days and our nights and we love you all!! Share it with this generation so they'll hear what they missed!! Rock on!!
I was fifteen (15) years old when this came out. I had just started high school. My good friend who was a bit older and he and his older brothers had cars and I can remember when their parents were out of town - which seemed often and I remember his father drove a super mega awesome Porsche 911 - 930 Turbo. When the parents were gone we would have the most awesome parties with kegs of beer flowing non-stop around the clock - the parties were on waterfront property and were epic with bands playing and massive stereo's blasting the tunes !! His older brother had a white with a Blue Firebird on the hood Pontiac Trans - Am 455 H.O. that he bought brand new - it was a super ultra mega awesome car !!!!! His brother always had the best money could buy - every girl in the neighborhood wanted to be with him and all the guys wanted to be him - he was on top of the world - the seventies - 70's - were epic times to be alive - there was no doubt about it.
Memories of my high school days ❤ such fun times!
I'm 61, no shit, I grew up with this song, and I'm still ROCKING and growing.
I'm 60 and still learning to better appreciate Sweet!
Get down...and up again !! I am 62 , I can still get down , just getting up a little slower these days ...lol....keep rocking !
I’m 16 it’s nice to see all you elderly come back and listen to this
@@donaldfewell8908 Same😄
@@donaldfewell8908 ME TO I L be 61 soon But still love any thing 70s
I was 10 years old when this song was released... I'm 57 now... still a great tune!!
Just like me
Beat you by two years. Rock on!!
Danm im young born in the wrong time what a brilliant song nuthing like this is made today i mean what the hell is Justin Beiber
Definitely 🥰
same
It WAS and will ALWAYS be a Perfect Decade!
Was haben wir danach gerockt- eine unwiederbringliche geile Zeit 👏👍
Good Morning!🌼🌸🌺🖖 We need this music back in our lives again absolutely brilliant🤘🌺🌺🌺🌺🌼🌸
Say whatever you want about the band but this song does have an amazing sound. Producer deserves a gold medal for sure.
The producers were Mike (?) Chapman and Nicky Chinn.
Listen closely, and you'll hear Steve Priest singing harmony a full octave above Connolly's lead - that's the sound that made them so unique.
jpdemer5, are you sure? I thought the high vocals were usually Andy.
I'll say whatever I want, they rock!
@@akrogirl32 yes, this is Steve Priest. Andy is the high pítch that can be heard as an intro to the chorus, perceived at 0:47 for instance.
Таких больше не будет!!!❤❤❤
61 and still love them !!!
Before studio tricks, before auto tune.. just pure talent. The music gods smiled on them.
This song screams summer of 1975 to me, I was 13, this song was all over the radio back then...yea I am old....lol
Lido Shuffle that song and many others got me into playing music and composing, still do after all those years, Sweet were a real good band
I was 13 too. Happy times.
I was 17 riding around on my little honda sl 125 summer of 75 ....life was so much better then...no phones. No viruses....we went to San Diego and camped on the beach drank Coors all night smoked some numbers and banging some chick we had meet the day before about 2 am and this was playing on the radio...I think her name was Lori been so long ago....I still remember you from 45 years ago....I wonder if she is still alive etc....
Gregg H we all got a story like yours, me too at the beach, and things were real cool back then. It certainly changed for the worst in 30 years....the future looks like its gonna be very different....welcome to the matrix 🤷♂️
Yup. Completely agree. I remember this so well.
Oh man, loved this tune! I was 18 and this was like an anthem! My oldest brother, Tony, loved that intro! One time, we were playing pool at my mom and dad's house and when I played this 45, Tony swung his pool cue up in the air and shattered the light bulb over the pool table! What a song! Tony's playing it over and over in Heaven now.
I love this SONG!!!
Me too, I am 57 and I love it just as much as I did when I was a teenager, still know all the lyrics ❣️😊
Agree this song and music from this era was so great . We had the best music back then stay safe cheers
They are just so cool .
I’m 57 too, and this band is as good then as it is in 2022, great songs, never will they be forgotten 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
🤟🤟✌️✌️💙💙😊😘😘💙
TO ALL OF U Guys!! PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL!! 💙💙😊💙💙🤟🤟✌️✌️😘😘💙💙😊💙💙😘💙😘💙😘💙😘 God Bless Everyone & LUV Y'ALL!! 💙💙😘😘💙💙😘💙💙😊💙💙😘😊💙💙
My 58 years old dad showed me this band today (i'm 25) i have to admit he has good taste in music 🎸
Your dad is awesome
no one cares shut up
❤❤❤❤
One of the better SWEET tunes!!! ❤
Sweet always will be the band that filled the void before punk for us working class kids.👍
Kick arse rock song, great vocals ,great riff, great everything! RIP Brian, Mick and Steve, God Bless Andy!
Come on 80s song nappers LOL TRY to claim this 70s GOLD 1975
@@theodoreritola7641 I have to agree.
@@theodoreritola7641LOL I have to agree.
This is an outstanding moment in rock history… nuff said
Lip synching 101.
@@slshuskerI love looking at the band in any shape or form.
@KittyGrizGriz , the Victoria Secret video with Sweet playing is excellent.
Check out get it right next time Gerry Rafferty
I HAD TO HEAR THIS TO RECOGNIZE IT. HEARD IT A MILLION YEARS AGO!
1976 waiting on my girlfriend in the student parking lot to take her home from school, here she comes running out of the school towards my car and this came on the radio. She opens the door of my 68 GTO and i said babes its you fox on the run. Scored big time points with that. Haven't thought of that in 47yrs. Until I heard this song. Wonder if she hears this song and if it doesn't bring back that moment in time for her. Haven't heard anything about her in 40yrs... songs can do that Thank you to whoever posted Sweet.
Best of times .
R.I.P. Steve Priest - 23 February 1948 - 4 June 2020 Thanks for all The Great Music you Guys Played.
Well shit now I'm sad.
Dang! Steve is dead? How about Andy and Mick? Ready boys? Let's Go! (Ballroom Blitz)
Andy Scott is the only surviving original member now.
One of the heaviest bands to hit the UK stage, posing as a pop band. This is the sound of the early and mid 70s.
72 and still rockin' to one of the best and certainly best pioneers of hard or metal rock. Long live real rock and roll!
hear hear
FOX ON THE RUN
Synths and double-bass drums. These guys were such a big part of the 1970's sound.
The 60's, 70's and 80's were the best !
I agree!
Dont forget the 50s
The 80's for me was the best decade for music..
.....NOTHING will EVER top 1966-76 - NOTHING.
@@ogam5 According to you! LOL
One of the greatest Synthesizer openings in rock, ever.
I was born in 1962...Love Sweet back then as a teen...Great Memories of my youth..the 70's and 80's were the Best
Sweet wouldn’t be Sweet without Brian Connolly. RIP to a great legend .
Most underrated song of 1975
Loved it then, and still love it today!
Same year as BHOMIAN RHAPSODY BY QUEEN and BORN TO RUN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The mid 70s ROCKED
Love the 70s wish I was there.
Shapes of things again!
These guys were just the most fun and enjoyable band of the 1970's......Brian Connolly had the voice, the demeanor and the charisma that set them apart from all the other bands at the time.....I am glad that I was part of their music...."Fox on the Run" was one of the first 45's I ever purchased. They had the fun, rebel rock thing down...
Slade was a great, fun band too. We're all crazee now? Cum on feel the noize? Great songs.
Definitely, and under rated . I met Brian Connollys son about 5 years ago, he was working as an entertainer in a warners holiday place, and he was very good, had a good chat with him, from memory he was early 20s and I think he said his dad died when he was about 5
@@johnparton2209 sad. these guys could still tour.
What about the Bay City Rollers? That group doesn't get any recognition anymore.
long live Noddy Holder from Walsall ah Walsall Ed
All those comments saying “who’ still loves this song in 2019 ” let me tell you a story We never stop loving it....
You got that right!!
emma simms 1 second ago Fuck off go get your pathetic LIKES some place else! FREAK!
This song, along with their other ones, will never grow old. Sweet fan for life!
@@emmasimms5395 WOW, CORONA VIRUS MUST GOT YOU. CHILL,, SISTER IT JUST BADASS SONG. I RODE A HORSE TODAY,,BUT GOT ON MY JEEP, BUT DECIDED TO RUN ,CAUSE, WELL IT WAS JUST A SUNNY DAY. I LOVE THE COWS. THE HILL IS REALLY HIGH. SO I WILL THINK ABOUT IT. TAKE CARE EMMA. I LOVE YOU TOO
splash page comics never
One of the most underrated bands of all time
Sweet looks like my mom and her friends after returning from the hair saloon, yet they managed to create some serious masterpieces. God what a great band, they just dont make em like this anymore!
Writers and artists had to do the mileage then.. now we’ve got Ed Sheeran.. 🤣
Well said!
Lol. So true.
The video of them doing "Ballroom Blitz" shows them looking like "gender-jumpers"! ;) Today, they would be wearing full-on Rainbow outfits!
@@sudcciv6443 they ruind our beautiful 60s rainbow
I'm 51 and I still remember this song playing in the 70's and 80's lol. Great song. Brings back good times lol. Wish they would bring back real music like this again
I am 61. Still a sweet beat !!!!!!!!!!!
i am 73.this when we still had MUSIC...............
I remember when calling a girl a “Fox” was the ultimate compliment...it was the “in” word and this song epitomized the word....”Fox on the Run” on AM radio in the 70s ....we lived and loved it. I was 10 yrs old and just discovering the Foxes....and getting my heart broken along the way.
I'm 63&still love it!!should shuffle to it!!
I knew Mick tucker fairly well, really nice bloke great drummer , He used to work as a mechanic in Harrow, I didn’t realise he died so young. Rest in peace!
Todos sus temas son un clásico, épico ❤❤❤
The 70's,just the greatest time ever.
Amen
The 70's were good, But for me the 1980's was even better for the greatest decade for music
And songs like "Fox On The Run" were just par for the course. I was one awesome song after another....Of course the older kids told us this music sucked next to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. We didn't listen.
Except for the High School part!
I agree 1 million percent
I so miss the 70"s! Sweet...Badfinger...great music and times. I'd go back in a split second!!
im coming with you
I all ready did lol Having a BLAAAAAAST ,
-Rap....
Wats taking you so long ? Im all ready here lol F the MASK AND COVID Freed dome again Dancing my ass off and having a BLAST ,,
I ALL READY DID .. NO MORE MASKS I HAVE MY FREEDOME AND HAVING A BLAST THE Best times ever ,,IM going to see QUEEN BOSTON FOREIGNER AREOSMITH ACDC THE EAGLES VAN HELEN IN 1978 Come join me ..
Every thing a rock group should be.
The Sweet were a outstanding group, loved every song ❤️