Song · Alice Cooper
“Be My Lover” by Alice Cooper
From the album Killer (1971)
“Be My Lover” by Alice Cooper appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1996 and 2021. It was first released in 1971 on the album Killer. Its best result is #142 on the WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,472 classic rock song of all time.
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"Be My Lover" comes off Killer, Alice Cooper's fourth album, from 1971, and in 1972 it became the second single the band pulled from it. Michael Bruce wrote it, and it's half autobiography: a musician sweet-talking a woman by explaining that he plays guitar in a shaggy Detroit rock band, only to have her ask why the singer goes by Alice.
Bob Ezrin produced, with Jack Richardson as executive producer, and the band give it a knowing glam-rock strut: Bruce and Glen Buxton on guitars, Dennis Dunaway on bass, Neal Smith on drums, Bruce and Ezrin on keyboards, Alice leering out front. It climbed to 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hung around for ten weeks, and Record World called it the group's best single since "Eighteen".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 851 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 2021 | 142 | WCSX | WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) | 499 |
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