Under My Wheels

"Under My Wheels"
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Killer
B-side"Desperado"
ReleasedDecember 1971[1]
GenreHard rock[2][3]
Length2:51
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin
Producer(s)Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Caught in a Dream"
(1971) 		"Under My Wheels"
(1971) 		"Be My Lover"
(1972)

“Under My Wheels” is a rock song by Alice Cooper. It was originally released on the group's Killer album in 1971, and was also that album's first single release. The song was written by Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Bob Ezrin. The song peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[4]

The Alice Cooper band performed the song on the British TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1971.[5] They also performed it in West Germany on the show Beat-Club. Since then, "Under My Wheels" has been a staple of Cooper's live shows. It is the third most-performed song in his catalogue behind only "School’s Out" and "I’m Eighteen". It is tied for third-place with "Billion Dollar Babies".[6] Cooper has performed "Under My Wheels" on every tour he has undertaken since the single's release.[7]

It was re-recorded in 1988 by Cooper and Guns N' Roses, with the vocals performed as a duet between Cooper and Axl Rose, for the soundtrack of The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years on Slash Records, which came out after the release of the Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) album, with its supporting US tour being opened by Guns N' Roses. Cooper would later make a guest appearance on the song "The Garden" from the group's 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 430. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Alice Cooper – Billboard Chart History". billboard.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  5. ^ The Old Grey Whistle Test (DVD). Warner Home Video. 2003.
  6. ^ Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; Most Played Songs
  7. ^ Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; ‘Under My Wheels’