Welcome to My Nightmare (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Welcome to My Nightmare
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Alice Cooper
| album = Welcome to My Nightmare
| B-side = "Cold Ethyl" (US)
"Black Widow" (UK)
| released = October 1975
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Hard rock
| length = {{plainlist|
{{Duration|m=5|s=19}} (album version)
{{Duration|m=2|s=48}} (single version)
}}
| label = Atlantic Records 3298
| writer = Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin
| producer = Bob Ezrin
| prev_title = Department of Youth
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = I Never Cry
| next_year = 1976
}}
"Welcome to My Nightmare" is a song by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in 1975 as the third single from his debut solo album Welcome to My Nightmare. It peaked at 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist/charts-awards/billboard-singles|id=p3962|pure_url=yes}}|title= Alice Cooper > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|publisher=Allmusic |access-date=2012-03-14}} The song itself mixes elements of disco, jazz, hard rock, and keeps a "heavy-yet-funky beat".{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r85784|pure_url=yes}}|title=Welcome to My Nightmare|publisher=Allmusic |access-date=2012-03-14}} Cooper later performed the song on The Muppet Show.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Alice-Cooper-Welcome-To-My-Nightmare/release/2749414 |title=Alice Cooper (2) - Welcome To My Nightmare (Vinyl, LP, Album) |website=Discogs.com |date=2016-10-06 |access-date=2016-10-10}}
Reception
"Welcome to My Nightmare" was placed tenth on a list AOL Radio made of the "10 Best Halloween Songs".{{cite web|last=Anderson |first=Sara D |url=http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/09/16/10-best-halloween-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923110724/http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/09/16/10-best-halloween-songs |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |title=10 Best Halloween Songs |publisher=AOL Radio Blog |access-date=2012-01-12}}
Record World said on the single release that "Alice sounds downright
ghoulish on this re-mixed and edited LP track."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=October 11, 1975|accessdate=2023-03-09|title=Single Picks|page=16|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/75/RW-1975-10-11.pdf}}
Cover versions
Ronnie James Dio, Steve Lukather, Bob Kulick, Phil Soussan, Randy Castillo and Paul Taylor covered the song on the 1999 tribute album Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.{{cite web|url=http://pages.infinit.net/smcanada/9dio_demaio.html |title=Interview With Ronnie James Dio & Joey Demaio (Manowar) |publisher=Pages.infinit.net |access-date=2012-01-12}}
References
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Category:Songs written by Alice Cooper
Category:Songs written by Dick Wagner
Category:Songs written by Bob Ezrin
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin