"Dragula" | ||||
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Single by Rob Zombie | ||||
from the album Hellbilly Deluxe | ||||
B-side |
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Released | August 24, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Studio | Chop Shop, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rob Zombie Scott Humphrey | |||
Producer(s) | Rob Zombie Scott Humphrey | |||
Rob Zombie singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Dragula" on YouTube | ||||
Audio | ||||
"Dragula (Si Non Oscillas,Noli Tintinnare Mix)" on YouTube |
"Dragula" is a debut solo single co-written and recorded by American rock musician Rob Zombie. It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from his solo debut Hellbilly Deluxe . Since its release,it has become Zombie's most recognizable song as a solo artist. It is also his best-selling song,and had sold over 717,000 copies in the U.S. by 2010. [3] The song is based on the drag racer "DRAG-U-LA" from the sitcom The Munsters .
The audio clip "superstition,fear and jealousy" heard at the beginning of the song is a sample of dialogue from the 1960 horror film The City of the Dead (also known as Horror Hotel),and is spoken by Christopher Lee. [4]
The song also appears on Rob Zombie's Past,Present &Future ,the greatest hits album The Best of Rob Zombie . The original single included a big beat remix of the song by Charlie Clouser,entitled the "Hot Rod Herman" remix (in reference to the Munsters episode),which is contained on American Made Music to Strip By (under the name Si Non Oscillas,Noli Tintinnare Mix). Additionally,it appeared on the soundtracks for video games,films and TV shows.
Zombie told Billboard magazine that the title came from the name of Grandpa Munster's eponymous dragster DRAG-U-LA on The Munsters . He goes on to say that it "was a classic show with great comic characters. Strangely enough,'Dragula' was one of the last songs finished for the record. It fell together really fast and worked,but it could just as easily not [have] been on the record." [5]
The music video shows Rob Zombie driving the Munster Koach (not the actual Dragula racing car) with various shots of the band members and different scenes from classic horror films,e.g. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) at the beginning of the video and the killer robot from chapter film series The Phantom Creeps (1939) along with home video footage of 1950s-1960s families being entertained by a clown with clips of nuclear testing mushroom clouds sardonically overlapping of when the clown and a girl are laughing,with the multi color backdrops referencing Willy Wonka &the Chocolate Factory (1971),also with footage of 1920s-1930s children being entertained and shocked. It achieved heavy rotation on MTV following the huge success of the album. The video also appears in the 1999 film Idle Hands .
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dragula" | 3:42 |
2. | "Dragula" (Hot Rod Herman Remix) | 4:36 |
3. | "Dragula" (Enhanced Music Video) | 3:42 |
Total length: | 12:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dragula" | 3:42 |
2. | "Halloween (She Get So Mean)" | 2:50 |
Total length: | 6:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dragula" | 3:42 |
2. | "Dragula" (Hot Rod Herman Remix) | 4:36 |
Total length: | 8:18 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dragula" | 3:42 |
2. | "Super Monster Sex Action" | 3:00 |
Total length: | 6:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dragula" | 3:42 |
2. | "Dragula" (Hot Rod Herman Remix) | 4:36 |
3. | "What Lurks On Channel X?" | 2:29 |
Total length: | 10:47 |
The song was covered by Mitchell Sigman for The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie in 2002. It was also covered by gothic metalcore band Motionless in White in 2009 and remixed by electronic rock band Crosses for the album Mondo Sex Head in 2012. Singer-songwriter Lissie covered the song for the horror film Haunt (2019).
In 2021, comedian Shane Gillis performed a cover of the song at Skankfest South.
In 2023, musician Little V Mills performed a cover of the song on Youtube.
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [6] | 1 |
UK Singles (OCC) [7] | 44 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [8] | 16 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [9] | 6 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] | 27 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [11] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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