"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" is a song made famous by country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.

Then, Owens saw an Esso gas station sign with the company's slogan at the time, "Put a tiger in your tank" ... and got an idea.

[2] Released in December 1964 (just weeks after he had recorded it), "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" was Owens' and the Buckaroos sixth No.

1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1965.

A rare recording can be found on Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (released 2020).