Under My Wheels

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| type = single

| artist = Alice Cooper

| album = Killer

| B-side = Desperado

| released = December 1971{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/430/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=430 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}

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| genre = *Hard rock{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/under-my-wheels-mt0011991108|title=Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper {{!}} Song Info|last=Guarisco|first=Donald A.|website=AllMusic|access-date=23 July 2019}}{{cite book |chapter=Alice Cooper|last1=Coleman |first1= Mark | last2= Edmonds |first2= Ben|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages= 11-13}}

  • blues rock{{cite web|url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/alicecooper.html|title=ALICE COOPER precursor to punk rock|first=Axel|last=Wheeler|publisher=Perfect Sound Forever|access-date=November 16, 2024}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=51}}

| label = Warner Bros. Records

| writer = Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin

| producer = Bob Ezrin

| prev_title = Caught in a Dream

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Be My Lover

| next_year = 1972

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Under My Wheels” is a song by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1971 as the first single from their fourth album Killer. The song was written by Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Bob Ezrin. The song peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-cooper/chart-history/hsi/|title=Alice Cooper – Billboard Chart History |website=billboard.com|access-date=August 30, 2022}}

The Alice Cooper band performed the song on the British TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1971.{{cite AV media|title=The Old Grey Whistle Test|medium=DVD|publisher=Warner Home Video|year=2003}} They also performed it in West Germany on the show Beat-Club. Since then, "Under My Wheels" has been a staple of Cooper's live shows. It is the third most-performed song in his catalogue behind only "School’s Out" and "I’m Eighteen". It is tied for third-place with "Billion Dollar Babies".Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; [http://www.setlist.fm/stats/alice-cooper-63d63aa3.html Most Played Songs] Cooper has performed "Under My Wheels" on every tour he has undertaken since the single's release.Alice Cooper Setlist Statistics; [http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/alice-cooper-63d63aa3.html?song=Under+My+Wheels ‘Under My Wheels’]

It was re-recorded in 1988 by Cooper and Guns N' Roses, with the vocals performed as a duet between Cooper and Axl Rose, for the soundtrack of The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years on Slash Records, which came out after the release of the Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) album, with its supporting US tour being opened by Guns N' Roses. Cooper would later make a guest appearance on the song "The Garden" from the group's 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.

Album appearances

Cover versions

Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Bob Kulick, Chuck Wright, Pat Torpey and Clarence Clemons covered the song for the 1999 tribute album Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.

A live cover version by Manic Street Preachers was included on the CD single of "Motorcycle Emptiness".

It was also covered by Hanoi Rocks on their album All Those Wasted Years.

The song can be heard sung by Dave 'on the radio' in the background during the chase segment of the Megadeth remastered version of the song "502".

In 1991, the song was covered by Gumball for the Sub Pop Singles Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/ep25.html |title=Discography - Is It My Body |publisher=Sonicyouth.com |access-date=18 January 2015}}

Foo Fighters - with Chris Shiflett on lead vocals - performed the song on the Concrete and Gold tour 2017/2018.

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