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“I'm Eighteen” by Alice Cooper

From the album Love It to Death (1971)

“I'm Eighteen” by Alice Cooper appears on 55 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1971 on the album Love It to Death. Its best result is #44 on the WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #551 classic rock song of all time.

55countdowns
20stations
#44best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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I'm Eighteen (2004 Remaster)

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"I'm Eighteen" is the song where Alice Cooper broke through. The band put it out as a single in November 1970, backed with "Is It My Body", and it became their first top-forty hit, climbing to 21 and convincing Warner Bros. the group could sell an album. Both songs then turned up on Love It to Death, their first major-label record and third overall.

It started life as an eight-minute jam until young Canadian producer Bob Ezrin talked them into hacking it down to a lean three minutes. What's left is an arpeggiated guitar riff from Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway's bass, Neal Smith's drums and Alice snarling out the anxiety of being stuck between kid and adult, harmonica in hand. All five wrote it. Joey Ramone built his first Ramones song on its chords, and John Lydon mimed to it at his Sex Pistols audition.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 395 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 80 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 167 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 184 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 439 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 255 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 212 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 471 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 924 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 900 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 909 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 416 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 422 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 165 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 298 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 337 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 243 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 359 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 164 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 216 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 209 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 462 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 462 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 350 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 322 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 317 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 410 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 368 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 431 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 909 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 44 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 365 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 356 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 496 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 926 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 454 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 496 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 286 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 276 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 477 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 469 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 244 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 504 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 156 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 437 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 336 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 408 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 467 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 79 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 440 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 1013 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 462 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 276 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 394 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 428 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 427 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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