| "Metal Health" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Metalhealthsong.jpg) Cover of the 1983 US single | ||||
| Single by Quiet Riot | ||||
| from the album Metal Health | ||||
| Released | November 1983[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Label | Pasha | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Spencer Proffer | |||
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"Metal Health", sometimes listed as "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)", "Bang Your Head" or, as it was listed on the Billboard Hot 100, "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)", is a song by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot on their breakthrough album, Metal Health.[3] One of their best known hits and receiving heavy MTV music video and radio play,[4] "Metal Health" was the band's second and final top 40 hit, peaking at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Being about the headbanging subculture, the song caught the attention of many heavy metal fans on its release.[5] The single contained both the studio-recorded version and a live version, which was later released on their Greatest Hits compilation. The lyric, "well now you're here, there's no way back", eventually became the title for Quiet Riot's documentary, released in 2015.[6]
The main riff/structure of the song come from an older track entitled "No More Booze," which was originally performed by Snow, Carlos and Tony Cavazo's pre-Quiet Riot band. A live version of this song can be heard on the At Last recordings, which finally received a release in 2017.[7]
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- ^ Klosterman, Chuck (2007). Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota. Simon and Schuster. p. 17. ISBN 9781416589525.
- ^ "Quiet Riot - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Quiet Riot - Metal Health (Bang Your Head)". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Metal Health by Quiet Riot Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Quiet Riot Documentary to Air on Showtime". Loudwire. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "NehRecords.com/shop".[dead link]