"Big Talk" | ||||
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Single by Warrant | ||||
from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich | ||||
Released | October 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Glam metal [1] | |||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jani Lane | |||
Warrant singles chronology | ||||
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Big Talk is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in 1989 as the third single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. The song charted at #30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The music video features the album cover character—calling himself "Cashly Guido Bucksley", an overpaid, amoral infrastructure manager and archetypal business psychopath [2] who is watching Warrant in concert. The video begins with a meeting with the corrupt music executive before the band are locked in a cage and Jani Lane is strapped in an electric chair. The character also features throughout the video album "' Warrant: Live - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" which was certified Platinum. [3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Big Talk" | 3:42 |
2. | "D.R.F.S.R." | 3:17 |
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [4] | 111 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 93 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard) [6] | 30 |
"Big Talk" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Warrant | ||||
from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich | ||||
Released | October 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Glam metal [1] | |||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jani Lane | |||
Warrant singles chronology | ||||
|
Big Talk is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in 1989 as the third single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. The song charted at #30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The music video features the album cover character—calling himself "Cashly Guido Bucksley", an overpaid, amoral infrastructure manager and archetypal business psychopath [2] who is watching Warrant in concert. The video begins with a meeting with the corrupt music executive before the band are locked in a cage and Jani Lane is strapped in an electric chair. The character also features throughout the video album "' Warrant: Live - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" which was certified Platinum. [3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Big Talk" | 3:42 |
2. | "D.R.F.S.R." | 3:17 |
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [4] | 111 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 93 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard) [6] | 30 |