Burnin' for You

"Burnin' for You"
Single by Blue Öyster Cult
from the album Fire of Unknown Origin
Released	August 1981
Format	7" single
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	3:45 (single edit) 4:29 (album version)
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer
Producer	Martin Birch
Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology
"In Thee" (1979) "Burnin' for You" (1981) "Joan Crawford" (1983)

"Burnin' for You" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their album Fire of Unknown Origin, released in 1981. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and the single spent three weeks at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song, like BOC's other hit songs "Godzilla" and "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", was sung by guitarist Buck Dharma, who also co-wrote the song.

The song was on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum banned songs-list after 9/11.

Covers

• Lisa Marie Presley covered this song on her 2005 album Now What.

• Iced Earth did a cover of this song and "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll", another Blue Öyster Cult song, on their tribute album Tribute to the Gods.

• Shiny Toy Guns covered this song for the television commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKS, but did not officially release their version of the song.

• Mike Watt covered this song on the compilation Guilt by Association Vol. 1. It is a compilation album released September 4, 2007 by Engine Room Recordings. It features indie rock artists covering well-known pop and R&B songs.

In other media

• Feature films:
  • Cop Land (1997; director's cut)
  • Joe Dirt (2001)
  • 12 and Holding (2005)
  • Let Me In (2010)

• Television programs:
  • Supernatural (twice in season one, episode "Hell House")
  • My Name Is Earl (season three; episode "I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends Part 2")
  • How I Met Your Mother (season seven; episode "The Burning Beekeeper")

• Video games:
  • RoadKill
  • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ("Boomshine Saigon")