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How You Gonna See Me Now

{{Infobox song

| name = How You Gonna See Me Now

| image = How You Gonna See Me Now by Alice Cooper US single side-A.png

| alt = Side-A label by Warner Bros. Records

| caption = Side A of the US single

| type = single

| artist = Alice Cooper

| album = From the Inside

| B-side = No Tricks

| released = October 9, 1978{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Alice+Cooper&titel=How+You+Gonna+See+Me+Now&cat=s|title=Alice cooper singles}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock{{cite web|last=Masley|first=Ed|date=March 16, 2021|title=From 'Love it to Death' to 'Detroit Stories': The best Alice Cooper albums ranked|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/16/best-alice-cooper-albums-ranked/6926890002/|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=The Arizona Republic}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=45}}

| label = Warner Bros. Records 8695

| writer = Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, Dick Wagner

| producer = David Foster

| prev_title = School's Out (Live)

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = From the Inside

| next_year = 1979

}}

"How You Gonna See Me Now" is a song written by Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, and Dick Wagner, performed by Cooper and produced by David Foster. It was released on Cooper’s album, From the Inside.

The song reached number nine in Australia and the Netherlands. In the U.S., it reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was a regular part of Cooper’s setlist on the ‘Madhouse Rocks Tour’ supporting From the Inside, but despite its success as a single, “How You Gonna See Me Now” has never been performed live since 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/alice-cooper-63d63aa3.html?song=How+You+Gonna+See+Me+Now |title=How You Gonna See Me Now by Alice Cooper Song Statistics |website=Setlist.fm |access-date=October 13, 2016}}

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"|Chart (1978-1979)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/0gmvDHH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=January 8, 2022}}Australian charts:

  • {{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alice+Cooper |title=australian-charts.com – Discography Alice Cooper |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=April 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928071856/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alice+Cooper |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

align="left"|Canadian RPM{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/ |title=RPM - Library and Archives Canada | RPM - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=October 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801033457/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/ |archive-date=August 1, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|16

align="left"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web| url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alice+Cooper| title=dutchcharts.nl – Discography Alice Cooper| publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 27, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

align="left"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web| url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alice+Cooper| title=charts.nz – Discography Alice Cooper| publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 27, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|19

align="left"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/alice%20cooper/ |title=ALICE COOPER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=October 13, 2016}}{{cite book |last1= Rice|first1=Jo |author2=Tim Rice |author3=Paul Gambaccini |author4=Mike Read |title= The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles|edition=2nd|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd.|location=Enfield, Middlesex |isbn=0-900424-99-0 |page=56 |year=1979}}

| style="text-align:center;"|61

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=October 13, 2016}}[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3962/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} "Alice Cooper - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles"] Allmusic''. Retrieved on April 27, 2013."

| style="text-align:center;"|12

U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=58}}

|align="center"|22

align="left"|U.S. Cashbox Top 100{{Cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19781230.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 12/30/78|access-date=2020-05-23|archive-date=2012-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004091038/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19781230.html|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|16

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1979)

!Rank

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|last=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |title=Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=October 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|97

Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0070b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=vm1sflj8ssvol9r3jaeehus0j7 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=October 13, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|161

U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|85

US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |date=December 22, 1979 |title=1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles |page=TIA-10 |magazine=Billboard |volume=91 |issue=51 }}

|align="center"|87

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References

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External links

  • {{YouTube|_p-y1QjcVTg|Alice Cooper - How You Gonna See Me Now}}

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Category:1978 songs

Category:1978 singles

Category:Alice Cooper songs

Category:Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin

Category:Songs written by Alice Cooper

Category:Songs written by Dick Wagner

Category:Song recordings produced by David Foster

Category:Music videos directed by Bruce Gowers

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:American soft rock songs

Category:Rock ballads

Category:1970s ballads

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