20 Best Alice Cooper Songs Of All Time

• Alice Cooper pioneered a theatrical rock concert that fused onstage horror dramatics and sounds that earned him the sobriquet, ‘godfather of shock rock’
• His songs and albums have, over the years topped so many chats in the United States and Europe.
• ‘Alice Cooper’ was actually the name of the band Cooper started. He, however, decided to personalize his band name when he went solo. Cooper released a couple of hit songs under the name.

Alice Cooper songs are a list of some of the songwriter’s top songs of all time. Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, and actor who has been in America’s entertainment industry for over 50 years now.

He is often referred to as the “Godfather of Shock Rock” due to his theatrical skills and ability to effectively create diverse scenes and stage illusions that portray fake blood, scary creatures, and terrifying dolls in his stage performances.

Who Is Alice Cooper?

Vincent Damon Furnier actually is Coopers’ original name. He was born on the 4th of February 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. The 76 year old  is a vocalist. He also plays the harmonica and guitar. The rock star is married to Sheryl Goddard and the two are blessed with 3 adorable children.

He spent his early childhood in Detroit but later moved to Phoenix, Arizona in his early teens due to health challenges. Cooper had his music foundation from the church. His father was an evangelist in the Church of Jesus Christ and his paternal grandfather was an Apostle.

Here are Alice Coopers’  20 best songs

1. School’s Out 

• Released: 30th June 1972
• Genre: Hard Rock
• Studio: Record Plant, New York City
• Producer: Bob Ezrin
• Label: Warner Bros

School’s out is one of Cooper’s 20 songs Of All Time. It covered the name of the rock star’s 1972 album. The song peaked the Canadian RPM Album chart at number 1. It also made 2nd position on the USBIllboard 200 and was at number 5 on the Australian Music report. The song had both Gold and Platinum certification of the United States’ RIAA.

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2. Welcome to my Nightmare 

• Released:1975
• Genre: Hard Rock, Glam Rock
• Studio: Soundstage, Toronto; Record Plant East, Electric Lady
• Producer: Bob Ezrin
• Label: Atlantic

Welcome to my nightmare was part of Cooper’s first solo album. The song narrates a journey of nightmares of a child named Stephen. It triggered a television special show called Alice Cooper: The Nightmare. It also peaked many charts and got double-platinum certification from Australia and Canada. U.K silver certification was as well awarded to the song.

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3. Be My Lover 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7qeczfKJNQ

• Released: 1971
• Writer: Bruce Mike
• Genre: Hard Rock
• Producer: Bob Ezrin
• Label: Warner Bros
• Recorded: At RCA, Chicago

Be my lover made the hot 100 charts at number 49 from the Killer album. It got the RIAA gold and platinum certification in the united states of America. The song has intriguing romantic lines that express deep love and affection.

Lyrics:

Oh, baby, if you want to, be my lover
You better take me home,
Cause it’s a long, long way, to paradise,
And I’m still on my own, own

4. Poison

• Released: 1989
• Genre: Glam metal
• Studio: Record Plant, New York City
• Producer: Desmond Child
• Label: Epic
• Writers: Cooper. Desmond Child and John McCurry

Poison in from Coopers’ 18th Album ‘Trash’. It was one of his biggest singles in the united states of America. The music video features cooper being chained to an odd mechanism with a ghostly woman over him while he sings. The video was however censored because of the shots of a topless model. The song has had several cover versions, nominations, and awards From Australia, Canada, Sweden, and many other countries.

Lyrics:

Your cruel device
Your blood, like ice
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill

5. Desperado 

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock, Glam rock
• Studio:  RCA, Chicago
• Producer: Bob Ezrin
• Label: Warner Bros

Desperado was notably famous for featuring in the killer album that won the U.S Gold and Platinum certifications.

Lyrics:

Step into the street by sundown
Step into your last goodbye
You’re a target just by living
Twenty dollars will make you die

6. Under my Wheels 

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock
• Producer: Bob Ezrin
• Label: Warner Bros
• Writers: Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, and Bod Ezrin.

Under my wheels has been one of Coopers’ favorites in performing on shows. He performed it in West Germany on the Beat Club show. He also performed it on the British T.V show, The Old Grey Whistle Test. It was said that cooper has performed under my wheels on every tour he undertook since its release. The song has also had several covers.

Lyrics:

I got you under my wheels
Aah the telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I’m driving in my car now
Anticipating fun
I’m driving right up to you babe
I guess that you couldn’t see yeah yeah
But you were under my wheels honey
Why don’t you let me be

7. Billion Dollar Babies 

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice and Michael Bruce

Billion Dollar babies is a duet between Alice and Donovan who provided falsetto for the song. It is one of Alice’s 20 Best songs of all time because it hit the german singles chart at number 30 and U.S hot 100.

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8. No More Mr. Nice Guy 

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Hard rock, glam rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice and Michael Bruce

No more Mr. Nice guy reached No. 25 on the U.S charts and No.10 on the UK charts. The song was written as a response to Alices’ mother’s church group about his performances. He said they were worse things that he could do with his life.

Lyrics:

I got no friends ’cause they read the papers

They cant be seen with me.

And I’m feeling real shot down

And I’m feeling mean

9. Elected 

• Released: 1972
• Genre: Hard rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice and Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, and Bob Smith

Elected reached No. 26 during election week on the charts in the united states and No. 4 in the united kingdom. It made it also at number 3 in Australia. The song had a cover version by Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean).

Lyrics:

I never lied to you, I’ve always been cool,
I wanna be elected,
I gotta get the vote, and I told you ’bout school,
I wanna be elected, elected, elected,
Hallelujah, I wanna be selected,
Everyone in the United States of America.

10. I’m Eighteen 

• Released: 1970
• Genre: Hard rock, glam rock
• Label: Straight, Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice and Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith

This song is seen as Cooper’s first band success story as it gave him and his colleagues a breakthrough into the rock industry. It was followed by the album “Is it my body”.This song is a song that expresses the story of being between youth and adulthood. The song’s highest peak was No.7 on the Canadian weekly charts.

Lyrics:

Eighteen
I get confused every day
Eighteen
I just don’t know what to say
Eighteen
I gotta get away

11. Muscle Of Love 

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Hard rock, glam rock, art rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Jack Richardson, Jack Douglas
• Writers: Alice Cooper

This song and album were the first Cooper did without Ezrin as his producer. The song is mostly about the sexual awakenings of a young boy who began to discover the things his father has been hiding from him. Though phonographic record published a negative review about the song and the album entirely, Creem, a monthly American music magazine thought otherwise.

Lyrics:

Well, I must have come to that crazy age
Where ev’rything is hot
‘Cause I don’t know if the things I’m thinking
Are normal thoughts or not

12. Dead Babies

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice Cooper

The six munites song tells the story of little Betty, a young, child who suffered neglect and had an overdose on aspirin. The song is a caution for parents to take their parenting roles more seriously. ‘Dead Babies’ song is one of Coopers’ most meaningful and impacting songs. The song had an emotional take-off about Betty’s story.

Lyrics:

Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin

She got them from the shelf upon the wall

Betty’s mommy wasn’t there to save her 

She didn’t hear, hear her little baby call.

13. Desperado

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice Cooper

Many people have attached different meanings to the song. While some of his fans take it at its face value of a man talking with a salon whore about his gun-slinging days, others feel he is talking about the prohibition era in the land of gangsters. Some of his fans regard this song as their best of Cooper’s songs by far.

Lyrics:

Step into the street by sundown

step into your last goodbye

You’re a target just by living

Twenty dollars will make you die. 

14. Teenage Lament 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1YZP4EX2us

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Glam rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Jack Douglas, Jack Richardson
• Writers: Alice, Neal Smith

Teenage lament was able to hit No.12 on the U.K singles chart and No.16 on the Ireland chat. It further made it to Germany’s No. 43 on the media control chart and No. 48 on the billboard top 100.

The song talks about the teenage experience of trying to keep up with trends, confusing parental drama, and the attempts by older ones to keep you mute.

Lyrics:

I ran into my room and I fell down on my knees
Well I thought that fifteen Was gonna be a breeze
I picked up my guitar to blast away the clouds
But somebody in the next room yelled, “You gotta turn that damn thing down”

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15. Ballad Of Dwight Fry

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock, rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice

The Song is a tribute to Dwight Frye, an actor in horror movies.  It describes a scenario of a baby asking her mother of her father who was admitted to the hospital due to some mental ailment.

Lyrics:

“Mommy, where’s daddy?
He’s been gone for so long
Do you think he’ll ever come home?”
I was gone for fourteen days

16. Elected 

• Released: 1972
• Genre: Hard rock,
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice, Glen, Michael, Dennis, and Neal.

The song was able to reach number 26 during election week on the charts in the United States and number 4 in the U.K.

Lyrics:

Kids want a savior, don’t need a fake,
I wanna be elected,
We’re all gonna rock to the rules that I make,
I wanna be elected, elected, elected.

17. Generation Landslide

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice

In this song, Alice talks about the corruption and hypocrisy of the older generation. He also predicts that the youths will rise up and conquer the world.

Lyrics:

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice, Ezrin

Cooper expresses his attraction for fresh corpses in this song. He staged a mock beheading of himself in the song amidst shouts and applauses by the audience.

Lyrics:

I love the dead before they’re cold
They’re bluing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see Nothing
I love the dead before they rise

19. Halo Of Flies

• Released: 1973
• Genre: Hard rock, Progressive rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice, Bruce, Dennis, and Neal

Upon its release, Halo of flies became a top 10 in the Netherlands and also charted neighboring Netherlands and Belgium. The probable idea of the song is that flies were following him because he killed a prostitute, put her in the trunk, and buried her in the yard.

Lyrics:

And while a Middle Asian lady
She really came as no surprise
But I still did destroy her
And I will smash
Halo of Flies

20. It Is My Body

• Released: 1971
• Genre: Hard rock
• Label: Warner Bros
• Producers: Bob Ezrin
• Writers: Alice

The song talks about a lady who loves the rock star. He wonders the reason why she likes him and suspects it is because of his body. He however urges her to take time and find out who he really is.

Lyrics:

What have I got
That makes you want to love me
Now is it my body
Someone I might be
Somethin’ inside me

Alice Cooper’s Complete Albums

The American rock star has a total of 28 studio albums,48 singles, and 11 live albums. He has done 12 video albums and has 21 compilation albums and an audiobook. 6 of his studio albums have achieved platinum in the U.S. these include Love it to death and Billion Dollar Babies. Three other cooper’ Albums have achieved gold. These include Muscle of Love and Constrictor. With his fame, he has toured around Europe and the United States severally. His performances are always electrifying and top-notch and his fans never tire for them.

Below is the list of Cooper’s studio Albums

• Pretties for you –  Released in 1969
• Easy Action – Released in 1970
• Love it to death – Released in 1971
• Killer – Released in 1971
• School’s Out – Released in 1972
• Billion Dolllar Babies – Released in 1973
• Muscle of Love – Released in 1973

Live Albums

• The Alice Cooper Show – Released in 1977
• Toronto Rock n Roll – Released in 1982
• Live At the Whisky a Go-Go – Released in 1991
• A Fistful of Alice – Released in 1997
• Brutally Live – Released in 2000
• Live at Montreux – Released in 2006
• Extended versions Live – Released in 2007
• Theatre of Death – Released in 2010
• No More Mr. Nice Guy – Released in 2012
• Raise the Dead – Released in 2014
• A Paranormal Evening at the Olympia Paris – Released in 2018

Extended Playlists

• Breadcrumbs – Released on the 13th of September 2019