Clones (We're All)

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"Clones (We're All)"
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Single cover
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Flush the Fashion
B-side "Model Citizen"
ReleasedApril 1980 (US) [1]
RecordedJanuary 1980
Studio Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length2:51
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) David Carron
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"From the Inside"
(1979)
"Clones (We're All)"
(1980)
"Talk Talk"
(1980)
Music video
"Clones (We're All)" on YouTube

"Clones (We're All)" is song released as a single in 1980 by American rock singer Alice Cooper, taken from his fifth solo studio album Flush the Fashion (1980).

Contents

Background

The song is about forced conformity. Cooper reports that he wanted to do the song because he was looking for a new sound. [5] The song was written by David Carron (1949–85), who had created the group Shenandoah, which went on to play with Arlo Guthrie, and the short-lived Gulliver (1978-79) with John Weider.

Chart performance

The song peaked at No. 40 in the US Billboard charts, Cooper's first top 40 single in two years. Uncharacteristically for Cooper, it also charted on the Disco Top 100 in the US, peaking at No. 69.

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)36
Canada RPM Top Singles25
Germany58
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 40
US Billboard Disco Top 100 [7] 69

Appearances on albums

Cover versions

The song has been covered by many artists, including:

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