"Night of the Living Dead" is the fourth single by the
Irving Plaza in New York City and sold the single at the door.[2]
"Night of the Living Dead" is titled after the 1968 horror film of the same name, and the song's lyrics address the zombie plot of the film: "You think you're a zombie, you think it's a scene/from some monster magazine/Open your eyes too late/This ain't no fantasy boy".[1] A re-recording of the song was later included on the band's debut album, Walk Among Us. "Where Eagles Dare" shares its title with a 1968 war film. "Rat Fink" is a cover of a song by Allan Sherman from his 1963 album My Son, the Nut, which itself is a parody of "Rag Mop". It was the only cover song that the Misfits recorded during their early era, though it was credited on the single itself, and on later releases, to Danzig.[1]
Re-releases and other versions
Different versions of all three tracks appeared on
The Misfits box set
in 1996.
Cover versions
"Night of the Living Dead" was covered by
Sloppy Seconds as a 1987 single featuring Bobby Steele
, and by No Fun At All on their 1997 EP "And Now For Something Completely Different".
