Teenage Lament '74

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"Teenage Lament '74"
File:Teenage Lament '74.jpg
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Muscle of Love
B-side"Working Up a Sweat"
ReleasedNovember 28, 1973[1]
GenreGlam rock[2]
Length3:20
LabelWarner Bros. 7762
SongwritersAlice Cooper, Neal Smith
ProducersJack Douglas, Jack Richardson
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Halo of Flies"
(1973)
"Teenage Lament '74"
(1973)
"Muscle of Love"
(1974)

"Teenage Lament '74" is a song by Alice Cooper. It was released on the album Muscle of Love, and was written by Cooper and Neal Smith.

The song reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.[3] The song also reached #16 on the Ireland chart,[4] #43 on Germany's Media Control Chart,[5] #48 on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] and #89 on Australia's ARIA chart.[7]

Record World said that it has "clever lyrics throughout and Alice's vocals never sounded better."[8]

The song was produced by Jack Douglas and Jack Richardson.

Liza Minnelli, Ronnie Spector, and the Pointer Sisters provided backing vocals for the song.[9]

Other versions

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  • Big Country released a version of the song on their 2001 covers album, Under Cover.[10]
  • Tyla released a version of the song on the 1993 tribute album, Welcome to Our Nightmare: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.[11]

References

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  6. ^ "Alice Cooper - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles" Allmusic. Retrieved on April 26, 2013."
  7. ^ Australian charts:
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  10. ^ Big Country, Under Cover Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  11. ^ Various Artists, Welcome to Our Nightmare: A Tribute to Alice Cooper Retrieved April 26, 2013.

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