Tattooed Millionaire (song)

"Tattooed Millionaire"
Single by Bruce Dickinson
from the album Tattooed Millionaire
Released11 April 1990
GenreHard rock, pop metal
Length4:28
LabelSony Music
Songwriter(s)Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson singles chronology
"Tattooed Millionaire"
(1990) 		"All the Young Dudes"
(1990)

"Tattooed Millionaire" is the first single from Bruce Dickinson's debut solo album, Tattooed Millionaire. It was released on 11 April 1990. "Tattooed Millionaire" reached number 18 on the UK charts. The promotional video was directed by Storm Thorgerson. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the song is about "celebrity tabloid rockers".[1] A 1990 review published in The Georgia Straight, says the song takes a not-so-subtle stab at the excesses of the L.A. rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, particularly that led by Vince Neil and his Motley gang.[2] Nikki Sixx has said that he heard the song is about him, inspired by Dickinson's then-wife cheating on him with Sixx, though Sixx claims Dickinson found out about the affair after reading The Dirt.[3][better source needed]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (8 May 2015). "When Bruce Dickinson went solo with 'Tattooed Millionaire'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ Newton, Steve (1990-08-16). "Bruce Dickinson, Tattooed Millionaire". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver.
  3. ^ "NIKKI SIXX: 'It Wasn't My Fault' That I F$&*#@ BRUCE DICKINSON's Wife". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09.