Teenage Lament '74

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"Teenage Lament '74"
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Muscle of Love
B-side "Hard Hearted Alice"
ReleasedDecember 1973 [1]
Genre Glam rock [2]
Length3:20
Label Warner Bros. 7762
Songwriter(s) Alice Cooper, Neal Smith
Producer(s) Jack Douglas, Jack Richardson
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Halo of Flies"
(1973)
"Teenage Lament '74"
(1973)
"Muscle of Love"
(1974)

"Teenage Lament '74" is a song by Alice Cooper. It was released on the album Muscle of Love , and was written by Cooper and Neal Smith.

The song reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974. [3] The song also reached #16 on the Ireland chart, [4] #43 on Germany's Media Control Chart, [5] #48 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] and #89 on Australia's ARIA chart. [7]

Record World said that it has "clever lyrics throughout and Alice's vocals never sounded better." [8]

The song was produced by Jack Douglas and Jack Richardson.

Liza Minnelli, Ronnie Spector, and the Pointer Sisters provided backing vocals for the song. [9]

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