“Uncle Tom's Cabin” by Warrant

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" nearly gave Cherry Pie its name. Before the song "Cherry Pie" was written, Warrant's second album and its first single were both going to be called "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; instead the record arrived in September 1990 and this one ended up as its third single, out in Japan in February 1991 and in the States that April.

The title is borrowed from Harriet Beecher Stowe, but frontman Jani Lane, who wrote the words and shares the music credit with Joey Allen, Jerry Dixon, Steven Sweet and Erik Turner, spins the tale of someone who watches the local police get tangled up in a double murder. Its working title was "I Know a Secret", and it hinted at the more imaginative writing the glam metal band would show off on Dog Eat Dog. The Hot 100 gave it a 78th-place peak; the Mainstream Rock chart took it to 19.

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