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"School's Out" is a 1972 title track single released on Alice Cooper's fifth album. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
A title track is the name for a song which shares its name with the album its from. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ...
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ...
Schools Out is an album released by Alice Cooper in 1972. ...
Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?" Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 1705 KB) I took this picture of my Schools out 45 with a Cannon SD300. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 1705 KB) I took this picture of my Schools out 45 with a Cannon SD300. ...
Says Cooper: "There's two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, when you're just getting ready to open the presents. The greed factor is right there. The next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school when you're sitting there and it's like a slow fuse burning. I said, 'If we can catch that three minutes in a song, it's going to be so big.'"
Cooper has also said it was inspired by a line from a Bowery Boys movie. The Dead End Kids were five young actors and one ex-plumbers assistant, from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsleys play Dead End in 1935 on Broadway. ...
"School's Out" became Alice Cooper's first big song, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and propelling the album to #2 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart. The song reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in August 1972. It also marked the first time that Alice Cooper became regarded as more than just a theatrical novelty act. It is still Alice Cooper's most recognized song. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
The lyrics of "School's Out" indicate that not only is school year ended for summer vacation, but ended forever, and that the school itself has been blown up. It incorporates the childhood rhyme, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks" into its lyrics. It also featured children contributing some of the vocals, just as in Pink Floyd's 1979 hit "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)". Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. ...
Another Brick in the Wall is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic tune, on Pink Floyds 1979 concept album, The Wall, subtitled Part I, Part II (hit single), and Part III, respectively, all of which were written by Pink Floyds bassist and...
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The song has been used in the movies Scream, Dazed and Confused, and Rock 'n' Roll High School. Scream is a 1996 parody of the horror film genre, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ...
For the UK style magazine, see Dazed & Confused (magazine) For the Led Zeppelin and Jake Holmes song see Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American film written and directed by Richard Linklater. ...
DVD cover Rock n Roll High School is a 1979 film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring The Ramones. ...
In 2004, the song was also used in a Staples television commercial in which Alice appeared as himself. A young girl, obviously disappointed that school is starting soon, says, "I thought you said 'School's out forever.'" Alice replies, "No, no, no ... the song goes, 'School's out for summer.' Nice try though." (However, the lyrics to the song do include the phrase "School's out forever.") Staples, Inc. ...
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