"Tighten Up Your Pants" is a song released by Australian country-techno act Audio Murphy Inc. featuring vocals by Melinda in November 1994. The song mixed electronic beats and yodelling[1] peaked at number 39 on the ARIA Charts and number 3 on the Australian dance charts.[1]

"Tighten Up Your Pants"
Single by Audio Murphy Inc. featuring Melinda
ReleasedNovember 1994 (1994-11)
Length3:48
LabelFestival Records
Songwriter(s)Melinda Schneider, Heggen, Moffat, Monroe
Producer(s)Richard Faybus, Tif

"Tighten Up Your Pants" was inspired by the chart success of "Cotton-Eye Joe" by Swedish group Rednex.[1]

Track listings

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Australian CD single/Cassingle (D 11877)
  1. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Scotland Medley) (7" Version) - 3:48
  2. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Scotland Medley) (12" Version) - 7:04
  3. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Scotland Medley) (7" Original Version) - 3:25
European Maxi single
  1. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Little And Large 7" Mix) - 3:26
  2. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (7" Remix) - 3:38
  3. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Little And Large 12" Mix) - 5:53
  4. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (12" Mix Original) - 6:56
  5. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (Little And Large Instrumental Mix) - 4:33
  6. "Tighten Up Your Pants" (7" Original Mix) - 3:23

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 39

References

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  1. ^ a b c "City success, a yodel away from Tamworth". Sydney Morning Herald. 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Audio Murphy Inc. – Tighten Up Your Pants". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 October 2018.