Metal Health is the third studio album by American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...

. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the #5 hit "Cum on Feel the Noize

Cum on Feel the Noize

"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a rock song originally released by Slade in 1973.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, "Cum On Feel the Noize" was Slade's fourth number-one single in the UK and their first to enter straight at number one...

" and the #31 hit "Metal Health

Metal Health (song)

"Metal Health", sometimes listed as "Metal Health "; "Bang Your Head"; or, as it was listed on the Billboard Hot 100, "Bang Your Head ," is a song by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot on their breakthrough album of the same name. The song is one of their best known hits and received constant MTV...

". It knocked The Police

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's Synchronicity out of #1 in the US. The album went on to sell over six million copies and it is considered a classic among heavy metal fans to this day. However, some critics such as Allmusic, perceive it as a one-hit wonder, owing to Quiet Riot's relative lack of critical and commercial success with following albums (and subsequent disintegration) towards the end of the 1980s. The title track was ranked #35 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

The band went on a tour the same year and also supported Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

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 on their Born Again tour in the US.

"Slick Black Cadillac" is a re-recorded version of the same song from Quiet Riot II

Quiet Riot II

Quiet Riot II is the second studio album by heavy metal band Quiet Riot. As with their first album, it was a Japan-only release. Although Rudy Sarzo is pictured and credited, the recordings were made while bassist Kelly Garni was still in the band...

.

The song "Thunderbird" is dedicated to guitarist and ex-member Randy Rhoads

Randy Rhoads

Randall William "Randy" Rhoads was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads often combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. While on tour with Ozzy Osbourne, he would seek out...

. Although the bulk of the song was written for Rhoads while he was still alive, Kevin DuBrow

Kevin DuBrow

Kevin Mark DuBrow was an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Heavy Metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until his death in 2007...

 added one final verse as a tribute to Rhoads after he died in a plane crash on March 19, 1982.

Track listing

2001 The Metal Remasters Bonus Tracks

Quiet Riot

• Kevin DuBrow
  Kevin DuBrow
  Kevin Mark DuBrow was an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Heavy Metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until his death in 2007...
  
   - lead vocals
• Carlos Cavazo
  Carlos Cavazo
  Carlos Cavazo is a Mexican-born American guitarist best known as the guitarist for Quiet Riot during their commercial peak. Born July 8, 1957, Cavazo is originally from Mexico City where their first band with his brother Antonio Cavazo was called Speed of Light...
  
   - guitars, backing vocals
• Rudy Sarzo
  Rudy Sarzo
  Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio and Blue Öyster Cult.-Early life:...
  
  - bass, synthesizer
• Frankie Banali
  Frankie Banali
  Frankie Banali is an American rock drummer, best known for his work with multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He has been the band's manager during since 1994. He played drums in the heavy metal band W.A.S.P., as well as with Billy Idol...
  
   - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Chuck Wright
  Chuck Wright
  Chuck Wright is an American bassist, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He originally joined Quiet Riot in 1982, performing bass on several tracks for their hit album, Metal Health, as well as contributing backing vocals. He left and rejoined Quiet Riot multiple times,...
  
   - bass on "Metal Health
  Metal Health (song)
  "Metal Health", sometimes listed as "Metal Health "; "Bang Your Head"; or, as it was listed on the Billboard Hot 100, "Bang Your Head ," is a song by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot on their breakthrough album of the same name. The song is one of their best known hits and received constant MTV...
  
  ", "Don't Wanna Let You Go" and "Danger Zone", backing vocals but Rudy dubbed
• Pat Regan - keyboards
• Riot Squad - backing vocals
• Tuesday Knight
  Tuesday Knight
  Tuesday Lynn Knight is an American actress. The daughter of composer Baker Knight, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Kristen Parker in the 1988 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Also an accomplished musician, Tuesday recorded the song "Nightmare," used during...
  
   - backing vocals
• Spencer Proffer - backing vocals
• Donna Slattery - backing vocals

Production

• Spencer Proffer - producer
• Duane Baron - engineer
• Dale Lavi - production intern
• Quiet Riot
  Quiet Riot
  Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...
  
  - artwork
• Jay Vigon - art direction, design
• Sam Emerson - photography
• Ron Sobol - photography
• Stan Watts - illustrations

Album

Chart (1983)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Albums Chart	5	53
New Zealand Albums Chart	33	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 200	1	74

Singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America)>

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Metal Health"	Mainstream Rock	37
	"Cum on Feel the Noize"		7
	"Slick Black Cadillac"		32
	"Cum on Feel the Noize"	The Billboard Hot 100	5
1984	"Metal Health"	The Billboard Hot 100	31