Once Bitten (Great White album)

Once Bitten
Studio album by Great White
Released	July 1987
Recorded	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, 1987
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	46:32
Label	Capitol
Producer	Alan Niven, Mark Kendall and Michael Lardie
Great White chronology
Shot in the Dark (1986) Once Bitten (1987) Recovery: Live! (1987) (see also 1987 reissue of 1984's On Your Knees)
Singles from Once Bitten
"Rock Me" / "Fast Road" Released: 1987 "Save Your Love" / "Mistreater" Released: 1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Martin Popoff	[2]

Once Bitten is the third full-length studio album released by the American hard rock band Great White. It was released in 1987 and became a commercial success, selling more than a million copies and being certified Platinum a few years later,^[3] after the band's next album ...Twice Shy had become a success. "Rock Me" became a hit single and is one of Great White's best known songs. In the UK, the track listing was strangely altered, losing four new tracks and replacing them with songs from 1986 album Shot in the Dark and with a live version of "What Do You Do". The album's opening track, "Lady Red Light", was featured on the NBC show Parks and Recreation in the episode "Tom's Divorce". The model photographed on the cover is Tracy Martinson.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Lady Red Light" (Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Alan Niven, Michael Lardie) - 4:53
2. "Gonna Getcha" (Kendall, Niven, Lardie) - 4:13
3. "Rock Me" (Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie) - 7:19
4. "All Over Now" (Kendall, Niven, Lardie) - 4:21

Side two

5. "Mistreater" (Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lorne Black) - 5:49
6. "Never Change Heart" (Kendall, Russell, Niven) - 4:27
7. "Fast Road" (Kendall, Russell, Niven, Black, Audie Desbrow, Lardie) - 3:40
8. "On the Edge" (Kendall, Russell, Niven) - 6:01
9. "Save Your Love" (Jerry Lynn Williams, Russell) - 5:46

UK edition track listing

Side one

1. "Lady Red Light"
2. "Gonna Getcha"
3. "Rock Me"
4. "All Over Now"

Side two

5. "Fast Road"
6. "What Do You Do" (live)
7. "Face the Day" (US Radio Blues Version)
8. "Gimme Some Lovin'"

International Alternate Track listing

Side one

1. "Lady Red Light"
2. "Gonna Getcha"
3. "Fast Road"
4. "Mistreater"
5. "All Over Now"

Side two

1. "Never Change Heart"
2. "Rock Me"
3. "On the Edge"
4. "Save Your Love"

Personnel

Great White

• Jack Russell - lead and backing vocals
• Mark Kendall - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Lardie - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
• Lorne Black - bass, backing vocals
• Audie Desbrow - drums

Production

• Arranged and produced by Alan Niven, Michael Lardie and Mark Kendall
• Engineered by Michael Lardie and Eddie Ashworth
• Mastered by George Marino

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1987 Billboard 200 (USA) [4] 23 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[5] 91

Singles Year Single Chart Position 1987 "Rock Me" Mainstream Rock (USA)[6] 9 Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[6] 60 "Save Your Love" Mainstream Rock (USA)[6] 9 1988 Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[6] 57

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1988	Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[3]
Canada	CRIA	1989	Gold (+ 50,000)[7]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Great White Once Bitten review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
3. "Great White - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
4. "Once Bitten Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
5. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 47, No. 3, October 24 1987". Library and Archives Canada. 24 October 1987. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
6. "Once Bitten Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
7. "Gold Platinum Search for Great White". Music Canada. Retrieved 30 June 2015.