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Under My Wheels
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Under My Wheels
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Alice Cooper
| album = Killer
| B-side = Desperado
| released = 28 September 1971 (US)
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| genre = Hard rock
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| label = Warner Bros. Records
| writer = Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin
| producer = Bob Ezrin
| prev_title = Caught in a Dream
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Be My Lover
| next_year = 1972
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'Under My Wheels' is a rock song by Alice Cooper. It was originally released on the group's 'Killer' album in 1971, and was also that album's first single release. The song was written by Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Bob Ezrin. The song peaked at #59 on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the US.
The Alice Cooper band performed the song on the British TV show 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' in 1971. They also performed it in West Germany on the show 'Beat-Club'. Since then, "Under My Wheels" has been a staple of Cooper's live shows. It is the third most-performed song in his catalogue behind only "Schools Out" and "Im Eighteen". It is tied for third-place with "Billion Dollar Babies".Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; [http://www.setlist.fm/stats/alice-cooper-63d63aa3.html Most Played Songs] Cooper has performed "Under My Wheels" on every tour he has undertaken since the single's release.Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; [http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/alice-cooper-63d63aa3.html?song=Under+My+Wheels Under My Wheels]
It was re-recorded in 1988 by Cooper and Guns N' Roses, with the vocals performed as a duet between Cooper and Axl Rose, for the soundtrack of 'The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years' on Slash Records, which came out after the release of the 'Raise Your Fist and Yell' (1987) album, with its supporting US tour being opened by Guns N' Roses. Cooper would later make a guest appearance on the song "The Garden" from the group's 1991 album 'Use Your Illusion I'.
Releases on albums
*'Killer' - 1971
*'Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits' - 1974 (as a remixed version)
*'The Beast of Alice Cooper' - 1989
*'The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper' - 1999
*'Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper' - 2001
*'School's Out and Other Hits' - 2004
Cover versions
Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Bob Kulick, Chuck Wright, Pat Torpey and Clarence Clemons covered the song for the 1999 tribute album 'Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper'.
A live cover version by Manic Street Preachers was included on the CD single of "Motorcycle Emptiness".
It was also covered by Hanoi Rocks on their album 'All Those Wasted Years'.
The song can be heard in the background during part of the Megadeth song "502".
In 1991, the song was covered by Gumball for the 'Sub Pop Singles Club'.
Foo Fighters - with Chris Shiflett on lead vocals - performed the song on the Concrete and Gold tour 2017/2018.
References
Category:Alice Cooper songs
Category:1971 singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin
Category:Songs written by Dennis Dunaway
Category:Songs written by Bob Ezrin
Category:Songs written by Michael Owen Bruce
Category:1971 songs
Category:Warner Records singles
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