Department of Youth (song)
| "Department of Youth" | ||||
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| Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
| from the album Welcome to My Nightmare | ||||
| B-side | "Some Folks" | |||
| Released | February 1975 (UK)
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| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records 3280 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
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"Department of Youth" is a song by rock musician Alice Cooper featured on his Welcome to My Nightmare album.[2] The song peaked at No. 67 on The Billboard Hot 100.
Reception
Creem said the song, "is a second cousin to "School's Out" with a chorus of child-things sounding like Cooper's dead babies resurrected to sing back-up vocals."[3] NME agreed it was, "School's Out" all over again, complete with demented kiddie choir and watered-down Clockwork Orange braggadoccio."[4]
Melody Maker wrote, "This is typical, a heavy metal Marc Bolan. It's gritty and gruesome, but underneath the yells and screaming arrangement, it's really just a simple, catchy pop song. Don't analyse it, just bop as Alice screeches his way up the chart."[5]
Notable covers
Pretty Boy Floyd covered the song on their album, Porn Stars.[6]
References
- ^ "Alice cooper singles".
- ^ Greg Prato. "Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ^ Jaan Uhelsxki. "Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)
- ^ Charles Shaar Murray. "Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)
- ^ Colin Irwin. "Singles from Elton John, David Bowie et al". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)
- ^ "Porn Stars - Pretty Boy Floyd | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 1999-08-10. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
