Get a Haircut

"Get a Haircut"
Single by George Thorogood & the Destroyers
from the album Haircut
Released1993
GenreBlues rock[1]
Length4:12
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)
  • Bill Birch
  • David Avery
Producer(s)Terry Manning
George Thorogood & the Destroyers singles chronology
"I'm a Steady Rollin' Man"
(1992) 		"Get a Haircut"
(1993) 		"Gone Dead Train"
(1993)

"Get a Haircut" is a rock song by American band George Thorogood & the Destroyers. It was released as a single from the 1993 album Haircut. The song was written by Bill Birch and David Avery. It peaked at No. 2 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart on August 28, 1993, and became a top-30 hit in both Australia (No. 28) and New Zealand (No. 15). "Get a Haircut" was the No. 1 most played song in Canada on FM radio.[2]

"Get a Haircut" has since become one of Thorogood's signature songs and has become a staple of classic rock radio. The music video for this song was animated by David Feiss, the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel.

  1. ^ "George Thorogood: Rock is a very real job". www.georgethorogood.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ Marchand, Francois (April 30, 2014). "George Thorogood: Rock is a very real job". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved June 20, 2018.[permanent dead link]