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'{{For|the Giorgio Moroder album of the same name|Son of My Father (Giorgio Moroder album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = Son of My Father | cover = Chicory 115893660.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Chicory Tip]] | album = Son of My Father | B-side = Pride Comes Before a Fall | released = {{start date|1972|01|14|df=yes}} (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7737|title=Son of My Father / Pride Comes Before A Fall - Chicory Tip |publisher=45cat|accessdate=2020-02-06}}</ref><br/>{{start date|1972|02|09|df=yes}} (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/510837|title=Son of My Father / Pride Comes Before A Fall - Chicory |publisher=45cat|accessdate=2020-02-06}}</ref> | recorded = 24 December 1971 | studio = [[Air Studios]], London | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[Glam rock]]|[[electronic music|electronic]]}} | length = {{duration|m=3|s=20}} | label = [[CBS Records International|CBS]] | writer = {{hlist|[[Giorgio Moroder]]|[[Pete Bellotte]]|[[Michael Holm]]}} | producer = {{hlist|Roger Easterby|[[Des Champ]]}} | prev_title = I Love Onions | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = What's Your Name | next_year = 1972 }} '''"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 |title= Nachts scheint die Sonne: as performed by Michael Holm, Single Songbook|authors= Michael Holm, Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder|year= 1971|isbn= 9783841838223}}</ref><ref name="UK No 1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwwLBaH9488C&pg=PT419 |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=The 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 |publisher=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 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> but it only reached No. 91 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name=billboardchart /> The Chicory Tip version includes audibly different lyrics to those written by Bellotte and recorded by Moroder, although it is unclear why, but it may be down to misheard lyrics on the part of vocalist Peter Hewson. The band re-recorded the song in 2000 (with Rick Foster on vocals), this time with the correct lyrics as sung by Moroder. ===Charts=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ====Weekly charts==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1972) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Argentina (''Escalera a la fama'')<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=8ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 |title=Billboard Magazine |date= 3 June 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|Australia (''[[Go-Set]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1972/19720520.html|title=Go-Set Australian charts - 20 May 1972|website=poparchives.com.au}}</ref> |align="center"|12 |- ! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, NSW |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |align="center"|19 |- {{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia|1|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_C.php|title=InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par C|publisher=InfoDisc|language=fr|id=Select "Chicory Tip" from the artist drop-down menu|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|50 |- {{singlechart|Germany|18|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|songid=26264|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Ireland2|3|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|4|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|4|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Norway|4|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=qkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA2-PA55 |title=Billboard Magazine |date=10 June 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT24 |title=Billboard Magazine |date=6 May 1972 }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Chicory Tip|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|91|artist=Chicory|song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19720318.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: March 18, 1972 |work=Cash Box Magazine}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|82 |} {{col-2}} ====Year-end charts==== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !align="center"|Chart (1972) !align="center"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1972|title=Jaaroverzichten 1972|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref> |15 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1972|title=JTop 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1972 |website=top40.nl|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref> |40 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1972&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten - Single 1972|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref> |35 |- !scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sahits_1972.html|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1972|website=rock.co.za|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref> |19 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 100 1972 - UK Music Charts|url=http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1972.shtml|access-date=2020-07-06|website=uk-charts.top-source.info}}</ref> |9 |} {{col-end}} ==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 |publisher=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 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref> It reached No. 47 in Germany in 1972.<ref name="german chart"/> The song however failed to chart on its release in the UK. In the US, the song peaked at No. 34 for two weeks on the US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] pop charts,<ref name="cashbox">{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/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 |title=Billboard Magazine |date=25 March 1972 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 |title=Billboard Magazine |date=19 February 1972 }}</ref> In Chicago, [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] playlisted only Giorgio's version, for about a month, peaking at No. 23 on 27 March 1972,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls720327.htm|title=89WLS Chicagoland HitParade|date=1972-03-27|accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref> whereas rival [[WCFL (AM)|WCFL]] charted only Chicory Tip's version (as by Chicory), for about {{frac|2|1|2}} months, peaking at No. 9 on 20 April 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/ilc/wcfl042072.htm|title=WCFL All Hit Music in the Midwest|date=1972-04-20|accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref> ===Charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1972) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|46|artist=Giorgio |song=Son of My Father|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="cashbox"/> | style="text-align:center;"|34 |- {{singlechart|West Germany|47|artist=Giorgio|song=Son of My Father|songid=106510|year=1971|rowheader=true}} |} ==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 |publisher=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 |title=Dan Walker's Football Thronkersaurus: Football's Finest Tales|author= Dan Walker |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |date=9 October 2014 |isbn= 9781471136306}}</ref> And at [[Leyton Orient]] it is used for the chant "Oh, Ori Ori, Ori Ori Ori Ori Orient" The tune has also been popular at cricket grounds, notably with fans of Lancashire County Cricket Club in England - "Oh, Lanky Lanky, Lanky Lanky Lanky Lanky Lancashire!"<ref>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FMBwwKFneWM</ref> It has also been used as a chant by supporters of [[Tommy Robinson (activist)|Tommy Robinson]], as "Oh, Tommy Tommy, Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Robinson". But most notably it was used by supporters of [[Peterborough United]] from 1985 to 1987 to pay homage to their striker [[Jackie Gallagher (footballer)|Jackie Gallagher]], as "Oh, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie Gallagher" In the 1970s and 1980s, the synthesizer solo from this song was used in the public [[Telewizja Polska|Polish 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, Master of None, Son of my Father is the played at the end of episode 2 entitled, The Parents. In the 1990's UK band [[Denim_(band)|Denim]], led by former [[Felt_(band)|Felt]] frontman [[Lawrence_(musician)|Lawrence]] recorded a song entitled "On A Chicory Tip", the principal lyric content of which was "We're on a tip, oh yeah", sung to the song's main synthesizer riff. The 2004 novel ''[[Fleshmarket Close]]'' by Scots crime-fiction writer [[Ian Rankin]] includes a reference to the song: a fellow police officer speaks to Rankin's serial-central-character Detective Inspector [[John Rebus]] of a suspect whose late father had been a prominent gangster as "his father's son"; to this, Rebus says "Chicory Tip"; to the other officer's "quizzical look" Rebus then says "They had a big hit with Son of My Father... before your time, though." ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{YouTube|3usH3P9ishY|Michael Holm Version}}. {{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 fathers]]'