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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 | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
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| "Elected" on YouTube | ||||
"Elected" is a song by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973 as the first single from their sixth album Billion Dollar Babies. 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. The promotional music video was directed by Hart Perry.[3]
Both the riff and part of the melody were recycled from "Reflected" which appeared on their 1969 album Pretties for You.[4] According to Alice Cooper, Joey Ramone acknowledged the similarity between "Elected" and the Ramones song "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.