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Alice Cooper

School'S Out

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“School’s Out” is a 1972 title track single released on Alice Cooper’s fifth album. It is arguably Alice Cooper’s most well-known song. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, “What’s the greatest three minutes of your life?“. Says Cooper: “There’s two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, when you’re just getting ready to open the presents. The greed factor is right there. The next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school when you’re sitting there and it’s like a slow fuse burning. I said, ‘If we can catch that three minutes in a song, it’s going to be so big.‘“ Cooper has also said it was inspired by a line from a Bowery Boys movie. On his radio show “Nights with Alice Cooper”, he... Read on...

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This song is listed #319 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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