Love's a Loaded Gun

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"Love's a Loaded Gun"
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Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Hey Stoopid
B-side "Fire"
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1991 [1]
Recorded Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre Glam metal
Length4:11
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Alice Cooper, Vic Pepe, Jack Ponti
Producer(s) Peter Collins
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Hey Stoopid"
(1991)
"Love's a Loaded Gun"
(1991)
"Feed My Frankenstein"
(1992)

"Love's a Loaded Gun" is a song by American rock singer Alice Cooper, taken from the 1991 album Hey Stoopid . The single managed to peak at No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 31 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was one of three singles released from the album (the other two being "Hey Stoopid" and "Feed My Frankenstein") that launched "Hey Stoopid" into the top 40.

Contents

The single featured a B-Side, a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire".

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1991)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock Tracks [2] 31
UK Singles Chart [3] 38
Australia (ARIA) [4] 125

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