“Can the Can” is the second solo single by Suzi Quatro and her first to reach number one in the UK, spending a single week at the top of the chart in June 1973. It also reached number one on the European and Australian charts in whose market Quatro achieved her most consistent success throughout her career as a recording artist.
The single belatedly became a hit in the US peaking at number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. It was re-released as a B-side single in 1984, but this time it failed to chart. The single hit the charts again in 1987 in the UK at number 87, it also appeared on her 1995 album What Goes Around.
This single made Quatro the first female bass guitar player to become a major rock star and so broke a barrier to women’s participation in rock music.
Can the Can (1973)
Well you call your mama tiger
And we all know you are lying
And your boyfriend’s name is eagle
And he lives up in the sky (High, high)
Watch out the tiger don’t go claw the eagle’s eye
But let the eagle take the tiger by surprise
(Scratch out her eyes)
So make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the can
Can the can
If you can
Well can the can
Well your sister’s got the feline touch
She touches up your mind
And your eagle lover likes his little bit of evil
Loving all the time
Don’t let the cat get into the eagle’s nest at night
Because the eagle could say ‘yes’ without a fight
(Scratch out her eyes)
So make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the can
Can the can
If you can
Well can the can
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