No More Mr. Nice Guy (song)
1973 single by Alice Cooper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a song by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973 as a single off their sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies (1973). The single reached No. 25 on the US charts and No. 10 on the UK charts, and helped Billion Dollar Babies to reach No. 1 in both the UK and the US. The song was written by Michael Bruce and Alice Cooper.
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" | ||||
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Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
from the album Billion Dollar Babies | ||||
B-side | "Raped and Freezin'" | |||
Released | 16 March 1973 (US) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1972 or 1973 | |||
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Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
Alice Cooper singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" on YouTube | ||||
Cooper wrote the song lyrics about the reactions of his mother's church group to his stage performances, saying that there were worse things that he could do with his life, and that the "gloves were off now."[6]
The song was re-recorded and featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock,[7] The Simpsons episode "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing", and the Family Guy episode "Mom's the Word".
The song was used in the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead and in the film Dazed and Confused. The scene featuring the song in the latter film was later parodied on Family Guy in the episode "Jungle Love". Cooper made a cameo appearance while performing the song in the film adaptation of the TV series Dark Shadows.
The song has since remained a live staple and one of the band's most popular songs and a classic rock radio staple.