RockLists.com
Cover of Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent
Cover: Cat Scratch Fever

Song · Ted Nugent

“Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent

From the album Cat Scratch Fever (1977)

“Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent appears on 57 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1977 on the album Cat Scratch Fever. Its best result is #36 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #472 classic rock song of all time.

57countdowns
22stations
#36best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

Watch

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (Official Audio)

Video from YouTube (TedNugentVEVO). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube

"Cat Scratch Fever" is Ted Nugent with the safety off: the title track of his 1977 album on Epic, words and music by Nugent alone. What sticks is that riff, a three-note minor-key figure stacked in parallel fourths, which snarls and struts at the same time and burrows straight into your skull.

Tom Werman, Lew Futterman and Cliff Davies shared the production, and the result is hard rock with the fat trimmed off, all swagger and bite. The riff's staying power is no accident: in 2009 VH1 ranked it number 32 among hard rock's greatest songs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 42 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 59 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 36 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 45 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 116 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 146 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 71 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 66 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 262 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 784 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 247 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 365 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 474 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 764 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 789 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 66 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 569 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 637 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 593 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 336 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 572 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 435 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 273 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 813 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 102 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 108 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 371 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 176 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 309 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 422 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 520 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 487 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 277 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 181 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 247 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 494 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 607 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 290 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 252 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 292 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 57 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 462 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 183 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 306 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 245 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 478 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 457 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 452 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 457 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 467 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 349 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 441 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 438 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 349 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2025 345 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 471 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 418 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Comments

Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Cat Scratch Fever" by Ted Nugent.

Be kind and stay on topic. Guidelines

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.