Tug Records was a record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 that was launched in 1988 by Guy Holmes

Guy Holmes

Guy Gorham Holmes was an English footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Holmes played amateur football for Ilford.-References:...

 as a subsidiary of The Gut Reaction, a promotion company. Tug had its first success with Right Said Fred

Right Said Fred

Right Said Fred is an English pop band, formed in 1989 by brothers Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass, later joined by their friend Rob Manzoli. The group is named after a song of the same name which was a hit for Bernard Cribbins in 1962...

 in 1991. Tug Records normally releases one-off and novelty singles such as Pondlife, however 1993's Right Said Fred

Right Said Fred

Right Said Fred is an English pop band, formed in 1989 by brothers Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass, later joined by their friend Rob Manzoli. The group is named after a song of the same name which was a hit for Bernard Cribbins in 1962...

 sound-a-like Suntan song by Stan was released on another subsidiary called Hug Records.