Be My Lover (Alice Cooper song)

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"Be My Lover"
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Killer
B-side "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" (US)
"You Drive Me Nervous" (UK)
ReleasedFebruary 1972 [1]
Genre Glam rock [2] [3]
Length3:15
Label Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s) Michael Bruce
Producer(s) Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Under My Wheels"
(1971)
"Be My Lover"
(1972)
"School's Out"
(1972)

"Be My Lover" is a song by rock band Alice Cooper. It originally appeared on the group's Killer album in 1971 and was released as a single in early 1972. The song was written by guitarist Michael Bruce and was produced by Bob Ezrin. [4]

Contents

The song's lyrics are semi-autobiographical, coming from the perspective of a musician trying to seduce a woman and telling her what he does for a living ("I told her that I came from Detroit city / and I played guitar in a long-haired rock and roll band"). The musician recalls that the woman "asked me why the singer’s name was Alice." The song reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, remaining on the chart for ten weeks. [5]

Record World called it Alice Cooper's "best single since 'Eighteen.'" [6] Cash Box called it an "autobiographical groupie tune [that] should outdistance 'Under My Wheels' and hit on the order of their 'Eighteen.'" [7]

Releases on albums

Cover versions

The following artists have covered "Be My Lover": [8]

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