Animal (F**k Like a Beast)

"Animal (F**k Like a Beast)"
Single by W.A.S.P.
B-side"Show No Mercy"
ReleasedApril 1984 (UK)
GenreHeavy metal, shock rock
LabelMusic For Nations
Songwriter(s)Blackie Lawless
Producer(s)Mike Varney
W.A.S.P. singles chronology
"Animal (F**k Like a Beast)"
(1984)
"I Wanna Be Somebody"
(1984)
"Live... Animal"
Single by W.A.S.P.
A-side
B-side
Released1987 (US)
LabelRestless Records (US)
Songwriter(s)Blackie Lawless
"Live Animal (F**k Like a Beast)"
Single by W.A.S.P.
B-side
  • "Animal (F**k Like a Beast)" (studio)
  • "D.B. Blues"
Released1988 (UK)
LabelMusic For Nations (UK)
Songwriter(s)Blackie Lawless

"Animal (F**k Like a Beast)" is a song by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P. It was originally intended to be the opening track on their self-titled 1984 debut album, but was dropped before the album's release, although it appears as a bonus track on the 1998 reissue. Written by Blackie Lawless, the song was released as the band's first single.

In the United States, the song was first released in a live version in 1988. The studio version was available in that region only in 1998, on the reissue of W.A.S.P.'s debut album, which omitted the asterisks used to censor the title originally.