| "Burnin' for You" | ||||
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| Single by Blue Öyster Cult | ||||
| from the album Fire of Unknown Origin | ||||
| B-side | "Vengeance (The Pact)" | |||
| Released | August 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 (single edit) 4:29 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||
| Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology | ||||
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| Burnin' for You on YouTube | ||||
"Burnin' for You" is a song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was released as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, Fire of Unknown Origin, released in June 1981, where it was the album's second track. The song was co-written by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser and rock critic songwriter Richard Meltzer, who wrote lyrics for several of the band's songs.[2] Roeser sang lead vocals on the song (as he also did on the band's biggest chart hit, 1976's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper") in lieu of Blue Öyster Cult's usual lead vocalist Eric Bloom.[3]
The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and the single spent three weeks in the Top 40 (peaking at No. 40) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was aided by a popular early MTV music video.[4]
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 903. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Oregonian, Kevin Friedman | Special to The (2012-01-12). "Rock critic Richard Meltzer and punk bassist Mike Watt collaborate on project". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (2020-04-06). "15 Big Hits Not Sung by the Lead Singer". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 69.