| "Ouch!" | |
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  US picture sleeve and Music Video | |
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B-side |
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Released |
23 July 1965 (UK) |
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Recorded |
13 April 1965 |
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Genre |
Pop Rock, Folk Rock |
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Label |
Parlourphone (UK) |
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Songwriter(s) |
Nasty-McQuickly |
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Producer(s) |
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Last single |
Ticket to Rut (1965) |
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Next single |
Dairy Tricker / We Can Rut It Out (1965) (UK) |
Promotional cover.
"Ouch!" is a 1965 song by the Rutles that served as the title song for both the film and soundtrack album of the same name. It was written by Ron Nasty and credited to Nasty-McQuickly. [1]
Scene from the song's music video
“Ouch” is a straightforward love song from the perspective of a man who does not want to get hurt. The memorable music video for the song featured the four Rutles playing in a tropical set and running away from a chubby native girl.
Releases[]
- First released as a single, with "It's Looking Good" as its B-side.
- Later re-released on 20 Greatest Hits, The Rutles, 1, and Lunch.
- Live recordings of the song appeared on The Rutles at Che Stadium and Budokan Tokyo 1966.
- Peter Stampfel and his band The Bottlecaps recorded a less-than-stellar cover with completely different lyrics on the tribute album Rutles Highway Revisited, in 1993.
- A heavy-metal version by Rutallica appeared on 2013 album Shabby Load.