Welcome to My Nightmare (song)

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"Welcome to My Nightmare"
disco
Length
5:19 (album version)

2:48 (single version)

LabelAtlantic Records 3298
Songwriter(s)Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin
Producer(s)Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Department of Youth"
(1975)
"Welcome to My Nightmare"
(1975)
"I Never Cry"
(1976)

"Welcome to My Nightmare" is the title track to

funky beat". Cooper would later perform the song on The Muppet Show. The tune was placed tenth on a list AOL Radio made of the "10 Best Halloween Songs".[3]

Acoustic guitar is played by Dick Wagner, bass by Tony Levin, clarinet by Jozef Chirowski, drums by Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, and electric guitar by Steve Hunter.[4]

Record World said that the single release that "Alice sounds downright ghoulish on this re-mixed and edited lp track."[5]

Cover versions

Paul Taylor covered the song on the 1999 tribute album Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.[6]

References

  1. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  2. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  3. ^ Anderson, Sara D. "10 Best Halloween Songs". AOL Radio Blog. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  4. ^ "Alice Cooper (2) - Welcome To My Nightmare (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. October 11, 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  6. ^ "Interview With Ronnie James Dio & Joey Demaio (Manowar)". Pages.infinit.net. Retrieved 2012-01-12.