"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" is a song by the Canadian rock band, The Guess Who. It was released on their 1970
album, American Woman, and was released on the B-Side of the "American Woman" single edited to remove the "New Mother
Nature" section. The single was
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was officially released as "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" and peaked at #1 on the RPM
magazine charts (3 weeks) and on the Billboard charts. In Cashbox, which at the time ranked sides independently,
"No Sugar Tonight" reached #39. According to Randy Bachman, the inspiration for the song arose after an incident when he
was visiting California. He was walking down the street with a stack of records under his arm, when he saw three
"tough-looking biker guys" approaching. He felt threatened and was looking for a way to cross the street onto the other
sidewalk when a car pulled up to the men. A woman got out of the car, shouting at one of them, asking where he'd been all
day, that he had left her alone with the kids. The man suddenly was alone and his buddies slinked away. Chastened he got in
the car as the woman told him before pulling away: "And one more thing, you're getting no sugar tonight". The words stuck
in Bachman's memory. Bachman then wrote a short song in the key of F# called "No Sugar Tonight". When he presented the song
to Burton Cummings and the record company, he was told that the song was too short. Bachman and Cummings expanded the song
by adding to it a song Cummings had written that was also in the key of F#, "New Mother Nature". The song was originally
written without the "in my coffee" and "in my tea" wording. The band was ordered to alter the lyrics to make the sexual
connotation less obvious.
American Woman is the seventh album released in 1970 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It peaked at No. 9 on the
Billboard Pop Albums charts. It stayed on the charts for more than a year and was their most successful release.
The Guess Who were the first Canadian Rock band to have a #1 hit in the USA.
The Guess Who had more hits than you probably realize.. as new members joined the band and older members left the band, they
changed their name.. The bands names were as follows with most popular songs in parenthesis after.
Chad Allen and The Reflections 1965-67 (Tribute to Buddy Holly, Shy Guy, Stop Teasing Me, Shakin' All Over)
Bob Ashley and The Reflections 1967-68 (Inside Out)
The Guess Who 1968-70(Tossin' and Turnin', Hurting Each Other, These Eyes, Undun, No Time, American Woman,
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, Hand Me Down World, Share The Land)
Sugarloaf 1970-72 (Green Eyed Lady, Dont Call Us We'll Call You)
The Guess Who 1972-75 (Albert Flasher, Broken, Raindance, Starbaby)
BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive) 1975-83 (Let It Ride, Takin' Care of Business, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, Roll on Down the
Highway, Hey You, Mississippi Queen "remake of the Mountain song, sang live in 1986")
from 1988 on they are "The Guess Who".. again
Author: AlwaysOnMyMind1969
Keywords: the guess who no sugar tonight new mother nature 70s classic rock sugarloaf bto
Added: October 14, 2009
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