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'{{for|the Giorgio Moroder album of the same name|Son of My Father (Giorgio Moroder album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2012}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox single | Name = Son of My Father | Cover = Chicory 115893660.jpg | Artist = [[Chicory Tip]] | Album = Son of My Father | B-side = Pride Comes Before A Fall | Released = January 1972 | Format = [[7-inch single|7" single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]] | Recorded = 24 December 1971, [[Air Studios]], London | Genre = [[Glam rock]], [[electronic music|electronic]] | Length = 3:02 | Label = | Writer = [[Giorgio Moroder]], [[Pete Bellotte]], [[Michael Holm]] | Producer = | Last single = | This single = | Next single = }} '''"Son of My Father"''' is a song popularised in 1972 by [[Chicory Tip]]. The song was originally published in German as "Nachts Scheint Die Sonne" (''In the Night Shines the Sun''), written by [[Giorgio Moroder]] with German lyrics by [[Michael Holm]] in 1971, and English lyrics by [[Pete Bellotte]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkWKdPUnOQ4C&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false |title= Nachts scheint die Sonne: as performed by Michael Holm, Single Songbook|authors= Michael Holm, Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder}}</ref><ref name="UK No 1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwwLBaH9488C&pg=PT419#v=onepage&q&f=false |title= 1000 UK Number One Hits|author= Jon Kutner |publisher=Omnibus Press |date=26 May 2010 |isbn=978-1844492831 }}</ref> The German version "Nachts Scheint Die Sonne" by Michael Holm was released in 1971, while Giorgio Moroder also released the English version "Son of My Father" under the moniker Giorgio. However, Giorgio's version failed to chart in the UK. The song was released by Chicory Tip in 1972 and this version reached No. 1 on the UK single chart in February 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seventies-music-archives.com/2015/06/uk-music-chart-february-19-1972-ft.html |date=22 June 2015 |title=UK Music Chart: February 19, 1972 Ft. Nilsson|work=Seventies Music Archive }}</ref> Since its release, the tune of the chorus of "Son of My Father" has been regularly used on the [[Terrace (stadium)|terraces]] of British football grounds for football chants.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/06/popandrock1 |title=It's all gone noisy over there ...|author= Dave Simpson|date= 6 April 2007 |work=Guardian }}</ref> ==Chicory Tip's version== A copy of Giorgio's version found its way to studio manager Roger Easterby who then persuaded the British band Chicory Tip to record it. The song, produced by Easterby and [[Des Champ]], was recorded on Christmas Eve 1971 in the studio of [[George Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotdisc.co.uk/chicorytip/chicorybiog.htm |title=Chicory Tip |work=Hot Disc}}</ref> The song is notable as the first UK number one single to prominently feature a [[synthesizer]], in this case a [[Moog synthesizer]], programmed by [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]]. The B side of the single is "Pride Comes Before A Fall".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Chicory-Tip-Son-Of-My-Father/release/99649 |title=Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father |work=Discogs }}</ref> The song reached No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] for three weeks in February 1972.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 270}}</ref> The band released the song in the US under the shortened name Chicory,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Chicory-Son-Of-My-Father/release/3316788 |title=Chicory* – Son Of My Father |work=Discogs }}</ref> but it only reached No. 91 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name=billboardchart /> ===Charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1972) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- |Argentina<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=8ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Magazine |date= 3 June 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Germany2|18|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Ireland2|3|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|4|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Norway|4|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- |Spain<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA2-PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Magazine |date=10 June 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |South Africa<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT24#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Magazine |date=6 May 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|91|artist=Chicory |song=Son of My Father }} |- |align="left"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19720318.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: March 18, 1972 |work=Cash Box Magazine }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|82 |} ==Giorgio Moroder's version== Moroder's original version, recorded before Chicory Tip's version, was first released in Germany in 1971 under the name Giorgio as the 'B' side of "I'm Free Now",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Giorgio-Im-Free-Now-Son-Of-My-Father/release/495764 |title=Giorgio* – I'm Free Now / Son Of My Father |work=Discogs}}</ref> and later released as an 'A'-side single in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=Giorgio {{lrm}}– Son Of My Father |url=http://www.discogs.com/Giorgio-Son-Of-My-Father/release/4485205 |work=Discogs}}</ref> It failed to chart on its release in the UK. The song however peaked at No. 34 for two weeks on the US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] pop charts,<ref name="cashbox">{{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19720415.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles |work=Cash Box Magazine }}</ref> and slightly lower at No. 46 on [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in April 1972, but performing better than Chicory Tip's version which was released in the US around the same time.<ref name=billboardchart>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Magazine |date=25 March 1972 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Magazine |date=19 February 1972 }}</ref> It reached No. 47 in Germany in 1972.<ref name="german chart"/> ===Charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1972) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Germany2|47|artist=Giorgio|song=Son of My Father}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|46|artist=Giorgio |song=Son of My Father }} |- |align="left"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="cashbox"/> | style="text-align:center;"|34 |} ==Other versions== The German version, "Nachts Scheint Die Sonne", was recorded with [[Michael Holm]] on vocals. The song was released in 1971 and this reached No. 29 in September 1971 in Germany.<ref name="german chart">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }} search for song title</ref> The next year, Finnish musician [[Danny (Finnish singer)|Danny]] recorded a Finnish-language version, "Maantieltä taloon" (''From the road to the house''), released as the B side to "Vai Niin, Vai Niin" (Finnish version of [[Mouth & MacNeal]]'s "[[How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)|How Do You Do]]").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Danny-Vai-Niin-Vai-Niin-Maantielt%C3%A4-Taloon/release/1866455 |title=Danny (13) – Vai Niin, Vai Niin / Maantieltä Taloon |work=Discogs }}</ref> ==In popular culture== The tune of the chorus of "Son of My Father" has been used on the [[Terrace (stadium)|terraces]] of British football grounds for football chants, for example "Oh Man United, the only English team to win the European Cup",<ref name=Guardian /> and the anthem for [[Teddy Sheringham]] that started with "Oh Teddy, Teddy ...".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XR0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134&lpg=PT134#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Dan Walker's Football Thronkersaurus: Football's Finest Tales|author= Dan Walker |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |date=9 October 2014 |isbn= 9781471136306}}</ref> In the 1970s and 1980s, the synthesizer solo from this song was used in the Polish public TV as an intro to sport magazines. The song was used in ''[[Life on Mars (UK TV series)|Life on Mars]]'' series 2 in 2007.{{Citation needed |date=October 2015}}In the first season of the Netflix show,<ref></ref> Master of None, Son of my Father is the played at the end of episode 2 entitled, The Parents. ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{MetroLyrics song|chicory-tip|son-of-my-father}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> * {{YouTube|3usH3P9ishY|Michael Holm Version}}. {{S-start}} {{Succession box | before = "[[Telegram Sam]]" by [[T. Rex (band)|T Rex]] | title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]] | years = 19 February 1972 for three weeks | after = "[[Without You (Badfinger song)#Harry Nilsson version|Without You]]" by [[Harry Nilsson|Nilsson]] }} {{S-end}} {{Giorgio Moroder}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Son of My Father}} [[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:1972 songs]] [[Category:Giorgio Moroder songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Pete Bellotte]] [[Category:Songs written by Giorgio Moroder]] [[Category:Songs about parenthood]]'