RATT: Lovin’ You is A Dirty Job 12″. SIGNED, AUTOGRAPHED. Check video + the RATT FONIC MONSTER MIX.

Description

Label: ATLANTIC
Release Country: UK
Release Date: 1990
3 TRACK RATT FONIC MONSTER MIX (A7844T) PIC SLEEVE

Label: Atlantic ‎– A 7844T,  Atlantic ‎– 7567 86137-0

Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM 

Country: UK

Released: 1990

Genre: Hard Rock, 

Side A:

Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job (Ratt Fonic Monster Mix)

Written-By – Child*, Croucier*, Pearcy*, DeMartini*

Side B:

B1 Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job

Written-By – Child*, Croucier*, Pearcy*, DeMartini*

B2 What’s It Gonna Be

Written-By – Hill*, Croucier*, Pearcy*, DeMartini*

Vinyl and sleeve: used

“”Lovin’ You a Dirty Job”” is a single by the American heavy metal band Ratt. It was released as the first single from their 1990 album Detonator. The song was co-written by Ratt bassist Juan Croucier, guitarist Warren DeMartini, lead singer Stephen Pearcy and songwriter Desmond Child. The song is known for its anthemic chorus, and Pearcy raspy vocals. The UK 12″” included a remix of “”Lovin’ You…”” unreleased elsewhere….

Music video:
In the music video for the song, the cliffhanger ending from “”Shame Shame Shame”” is resolved. The band performs on what appears to be another planet where the dueling airships from the previous video crashed and landed. They seduce the rival stripper-manned airship with their hot looks, musical abilities, and slick moves. It is implied that they all receive sexual favors from the strippers afterwards as a reward.

Personnel:
Stephen Pearcy- vocals
Warren DeMartini- co-lead guitar
Robbin Crosby- co-lead guitar
Juan Croucier- bass guitar
Bobby Blotzer- drums

“Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job” by Ratt sums up my three-decade relationship with this band. We’ve been together through the good, the bad and the ugly.

I personally don’t think the band gets enough credit for producing a number of solid pop-metal anthems. And, it really frustrates me when Ratt is labeled a one-hit wonder just because the band never duplicated the chart success of its breakthrough hit “Round and Round. True, Ratt’s record sales paled in comparison to peers like Def Leppard and Poison.

But I blame 80s radio—and especially MTV—for not showing the band enough love. Seems like a Ratt video would get that once-a-week play on “Headbangers Ball” and that was about it.
Things looked like they could change as the decade drew to a close, and the band hit the studio with “Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job.” Released as the first single from their 1990 album ‘Detonator’, it was co-written by Desmond Child who helped revive Aerosmith’s career [“Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”] and was instrumental in Bon Jovi’s rise to mega-stardom [“You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Livin’ On A Prayer”]. Sadly, Child’s metal magic didn’t work for this underrated gem.

But, as they say, love never dies. So, long live Ratt.

Songwriters
Child, Desmond / Croucier, Juan Carlos / Pearcy, Stephen E / De Martini, Warren