Elected (song)
Encyclopedia
"Elected" is a 1972 song by rock
band Alice Cooper
, from their 6th studio album Billion Dollar Babies
. As a single it reached #26 on the US charts, #4 on the UK charts and #3 in Austria. It inspired one of the first MTV-style story-line promo videos ever made for a song.
The song was a radical re-write of their 1969 song "Reflected
" from the album Pretties for You
.
The song has been covered by Ayreon
(with the guest singing of Tobias Sammet
), Def Leppard
, and Bruce Dickinson
(with a music video featuring Mr. Bean
who "wants to be elected").
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, from their 6th studio album Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be...
. As a single it reached #26 on the US charts, #4 on the UK charts and #3 in Austria. It inspired one of the first MTV-style story-line promo videos ever made for a song.
The song was a radical re-write of their 1969 song "Reflected
Reflected (song)
Reflected is the first single by the rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1969 from the album Pretties for You.The song received no chart performance and had no success, but was re-written in 1972 as "Elected", which is the band's second most successful single...
" from the album Pretties for You
Pretties for You
Pretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper. At this time, the name "Alice Cooper" referred to the band, not its lead singer, though the lead singer was also known as Alice Cooper. The music has a psychedelic flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that...
.
The song has been covered by Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
(with the guest singing of Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...
), Def Leppard
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...
, and Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
(with a music video featuring Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean is a British comedy television programme series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were also written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990,...
who "wants to be elected").
Chart positions
| Year | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | US | 26 |
| 1972 | UK | 4 |
| 1972 | Austria | 3 |
| 1972 | Holland | 5 |
| 1972 | Ireland | 8 |
| 1972 | Germany | 3 |
Appearances on Albums
- Billion Dollar BabiesBillion Dollar BabiesBillion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be...
- Alice Cooper's Greatest HitsGreatest Hits (Alice Cooper album)Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 1974. It features the hit singles of songs from their third album to the last album with the band's original lineup ....
- The Beast of Alice CooperThe Beast of Alice CooperThe Beast of Alice Cooper is a greatest-hits album released in 1989 by WEA International. This compilation was released soon after Alice Cooper's Trash album to cash in on its success.-Track listing:# "School's Out"# "Under My Wheels"...
- The Life and Crimes of Alice CooperThe Life and Crimes of Alice CooperThe Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper. It includes select tracks from every studio album released up until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities....
- Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
- The Definitive Alice CooperThe Definitive Alice CooperThe Definitive Alice Cooper is a compilation album by Alice Cooper, released in 2001 on Rhino Records. It is the companion release of The Best of Alice Cooper, with a slightly different tracklisting, released worldwide except in the US.-Track listing:...
- The Essentials: Alice CooperThe Essentials: Alice CooperThe Essentials: Alice Cooper is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 2002.-Track listing:# "I'm Eighteen"# "Under My Wheels"# "Be My Lover"# "School's Out"# "Elected"# "No More Mr. Nice Guy"# "Billion Dollar Babies"...
- School's Out and Other HitsSchool's Out and Other Hits- Track listing :# "School's Out"# "Under My Wheels"# "Be My Lover"# "Elected"# "No More Mr. Nice Guy"# "Only Women Bleed"# "Welcome to My Nightmare"# "I Never Cry"# "Clones "# "I'm Eighteen"...
Personnel
- Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- vocals - Glen BuxtonGlen BuxtonGlen Edward Buxton was an American musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. He was born in Akron, Ohio....
- lead guitar - Michael BruceMichael Owen BruceMichael Bruce is a US rock musician. He was a guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist for the original Alice Cooper group .Bruce co-wrote many of the hit songs with some or all of the other members of the band...
- rhythm guitar - Dennis DunawayDennis DunawayDennis Dunaway was the bass guitarist for The Spiders , The Earwigs , Alice Cooper group from 1969–1974.He co-wrote such hits as "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out"....
- bass - Neal Smith - drums