Tattooed Millionaire (song)

"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 stated that the song is about him, inspired by Dickinson's then-wife cheating on him with Sixx and then Dickinson finding out about it after reading The Dirt,[3] though that is doubtful since "Tattooed Millionaire" was released eleven years before The Dirt was published.

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

Track listing
  1. Tattooed Millionaire – 4:29
  2. Ballad of Mutt – 3:37
  3. Winds of Change – 3:23

Personnel

Chart positions
Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4] 18

References
  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.
  4. "Search the charts". The Irish Charts. IRMA. Retrieved 19 November 2008.


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