Cat Scratch Fever

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Cat Scratch Fever is an album by Ted Nugent released in 1977, as well as the name of the album's title song.

The name alludes to a disease referred to as CSD or cat scratch fever, so called because it is typically transmitted from cats to humans by cat scratches. Questioned recently, Ted Nugent states that he never had this disease, but hears regularly from the occasional fan who has contracted it. However, it can be argued that CSD is not really the basis of the title song, but a way to cleverly disguise another message. There are some obvious double entendres in the song alluding to sex and women, if the lyrics are interpreted as slang. For example, the line "I can make a pussy purr with the stroke of my hand" may be referring to the sexual act of "fingering". The title song has been repeatedly covered, among others by Motörhead (on the March ör Die album) and by Pantera. The song is also the theme song for Arena Football's San Jose SaberCats.

Track listing

1. "Cat Scratch Fever" – 3:41
2. "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" – 3:17
3. "Death By Misadventure" – 3:31
4. "Live It Up" – 4:02
5. "Home Bound" – 4:43
6. "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard" – 5:44
7. "Sweet Sally" – 2:34
8. "A Thousand Knives" – 4:48
9. "Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun" – 2:51
10. "Out of Control" – 3:27

1999 Reissue Bonus Tracks

11. "Cat Scratch Fever" [Live] – 4:52
12. "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" [Live] – 5:44

• All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "Live it Up", written and arranged by Nugent/St. Holmes.

Credits

• Alan Spenner - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Boz Burrell - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Cliff Davies - Arranger, Drums, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Derek St. Holmes - Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Gary Graff - Liner Notes
• Howard Fritzson - Reissue Art Director
• Jim Houghton - Photography
• Lew Futterman - Producer
• Montego Joe - Percussion
• Rob Grange - Arranger, Bass
• Robert Alford - Photography
• Ron Pownall - Photography
• Rory Dodd - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Ted Nugent - Arranger, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Main Performer, Percussion, Vocals
• Tim Geelan - Engineer
• Tom Werman - , Percussion, Producer, Vocals (Background)
• Vic Anesini - Mastering
• Wayne Tarnowski - Engineer

Television

• On Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the Aqua Teen's neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski revealed that he owns a decades-old Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever" loincloth worn on laundry days.

• On an episode of "The Simpsons", Homer takes a guitar and plays the opening riff to "Cat Scratch Fever", but sings it "Pac-Man Fever."