"Little Fighter" is a song by American-Danish glam metal band White Lion and was the first single released from the 1989 album Big Game.[3]
| "Little Fighter" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by White Lion | ||||
| from the album Big Game | ||||
| A-side | "Little Fighter" | |||
| B-side | "Let's Get Crazy" | |||
| Released | June 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal[2] | |||
| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| White Lion singles chronology | ||||
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The song charted at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Mainstream Rock chart[4] in the United States, and #65 in Canada.
Rainbow Warrior
editThe end of the song's music video features the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior which was destroyed by the French intelligence service while docked in a harbor in Auckland, New Zealand in 1985, and which served as the inspiration for the Steven Seagal film On Deadly Ground. In 1989, a fundraising double album was released entitled Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors. In the liner notes for the Big Game album, the lyrics for "Little Fighter" state "In Memory of the Rainbow Warrior".[5] [6] [7]
Versions and covers
editThe song was re-recorded in 1999 on the album Remembering White Lion (also released as Last Roar in 2004) and a live version was released in 2005 on the live album Rocking the USA.
The song was covered by punk band Death by Stereo on the Punk Goes Metal album, released on August 1, 2000. This was first album released in the Punk Goes... compilation series created by Fearless Records, featuring covers of heavy metal songs performed punk rock bands.
In 2011, it was covered by Red City Radio on a split with The Gamits.
In 2023 Mike Tramp re-recorded "Little Fighter" for the Songs of White Lion album, the song was re-released as a single.[8]
Track listing
edit- "Little Fighter" - 4:23
- "Let's Get Crazy" - 4:52
Personnel
edit- Mike Tramp - vocals
- Vito Bratta - guitars
- James Lomenzo - bass guitar
- Greg D'Angelo - drums
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] | 65 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 52 |
| US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[11] | 12 |
References
edit- ^ "White Lion singles". Retrieved August 11, 2021.
Click on individual song pages for dates.
- ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "White Lion singles". Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Allmusic (White Lion charts & awards) Billboard singles".
- ^ "story of White Lion's 'Little Fighter'". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "White Lion's "Big Game" turns 30 – Denmark's Eurovision 1978 singer becomes glam metal royalty". Younited. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "White Lion Little Fighter". Hair Metal. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Mike Tramp's reworked version of White Lion's 'Little Fighter'". Metal Edge. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6439." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "Little Fighter by White Lion | Billboard The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Billboard Top Album Rock Tracks - August 5, 1989" (PDF). Billboard. Billboard. August 5, 1989. p. 16. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
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