is released as a single by Slade as the third single from their twelfth studio album, Rogues Gallery. The song was written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, and was produced by John Punter. "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" reached number 50 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for five weeks.
In a 1985 interview with the Australian TV show Sounds, Noddy spoke of the song's titular character, "It's about a friend of mine from Wolverhampton who used to be a Hells Angel, but I changed his name to protect the innocent 'cause I don't think he'd like a song about him. It's not knocking him, you know, but it's a song about him."Lea revealed in a 1986 fan club interview that he came up with the song's melody while in conservation with his brother in a pub.
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