Snakebite is the first official release by the British hard rock band Whitesnake.

The original EP initially featured only four tracks and was released primarily in the UK in June 1978.

[5] The EP sleeve is entitled David Coverdale's Whitesnake and features photographs of the live band in concert.

The resulting mini-album (Snakebite EP) features the cover song "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", originally performed by Bobby Bland.

Although it is now considered a classic Whitesnake song, according to Coverdale it wasn't planned that way: "Originally I had no plans to actually record ‘Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City’… if you can you believe it… a song that connects so deeply with so many that I still play it today, 25 years later."