| "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | ||||
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| Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
| from the album Billion Dollar Babies | ||||
| B-side | "Raped and Freezin'" | |||
| Released | March 16, 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1972-1973 | |||
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| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
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| "No More Mr. Nice Guy" on YouTube | ||||
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a song by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973 as a single off their sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies (1973). The single reached No. 25 on the US charts and No. 10 on the UK charts, and helped Billion Dollar Babies to reach No. 1 in both the UK and the US. The song was written by Michael Bruce and Alice Cooper.
Cooper wrote the song lyrics about the reactions of his mother's church group to his stage performances, saying that there were worse things that he could do with his life and that the "gloves were off now".[6]
The song was re-recorded and featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock,[7] The Simpsons episode "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing", and the Family Guy episode "Mom's the Word". The song was also used in the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead and in the film Dazed and Confused. The scene featuring the song in the latter film was later parodied on Family Guy in the episode "Jungle Love". Cooper made a cameo appearance while performing the song in the film adaptation of the TV series Dark Shadows.
It remains one of the band's most popular songs, both as a live and a classic rock radio staple.
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- ^ Talevski, Nick (2010). Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-85712-1-172.
- ^ Coleman, Mark; Edmonds, Ben (2004). "Alice Cooper". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ Wawzenek, Bryan (July 13, 2022). "Alice Cooper Albums Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ^ "No More Mr. Nice Guy by Alice Cooper Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ALICE COOPER, THE RUNAWAYS Re-Record Tracks Exclusively for 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'". Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.