| "Elected" | ||||
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| Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
| from the album Billion Dollar Babies | ||||
| B-side | "Luney Tune" | |||
| Released | September 6, 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[2] | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
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| "Elected" on YouTube | ||||
"Elected" is a single by rock band Alice Cooper, released as the first Hot 100 hit on their sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies (1973). The single reached number 26 during election week on the charts in the United States, number 4 on the charts in the United Kingdom and number 3 in Austria.[citation needed] The promotional music video was directed by Hart Perry.[3]
The song is a reworked version of their debut single "Reflected" from their album of 1969, Pretties for You.[4] According to Alice Cooper, Joey Ramone acknowledged the similarity between "Elected" and the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated".[5]
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Alice Cooper - Elected!". hitparade.ch.
- ^ Talevski, Nick (2010). Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 64. ISBN 9780857121172.
- ^ "Perry Films: Hart Perry". www.perryfilms.com.
- ^ "Alice Cooper". Music Might. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Marc Maron (August 24, 2017). "Episode 840 - Alice Cooper". WTF with Marc Maron (Podcast). Event occurs at 52:15. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2021.