School's Out (song)
May 20, 1972
School's Out is a published on May 20, 1972 song by American hard rock band Alice Cooper from their eponymous album.
Background
After Cooper's own information, the song was in search of a theme song or hymn that would be unique to the band Alice Cooper. The Rolling Stones and The Who had had Satisfaction My Generation. Although the band was often associated with their hit I'm Eighteen, but this was one not yet satisfied. When writing the song, the band members asked the question, which are particularly important two moments for a child or young person. Firstly, there is the Christmas morning and on the other the last day of school.
"I put myself back in my school days and looked at the clock. Three minutes to go until the start of the three -month summer vacation. The seconds passed. I remembered well how eagerly I had been. Could we write a song that captured this final, crucial three minutes of the last school day? We could. "
The song was written by the whole band. For the final touches made producer Bob Ezrin. He had to also use the idea of children's voices in the song - an idea he also pursued in other songs like Lou Reed's The Kids, Kiss ' God of Thunder or Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall.
Reception
Greg Prato of Allmusic called School's Out as one of the recalcitrant rock anthems of all time with a great riff.
For Ben Gerson by Rolling Stone, the song is an apparent continuation of Chuck Berry's inspiring pieces by Cooper announced that the school is closed not only over the summer, but for ever. The song line " School 's been blown to pieces" it reached the peak of escapism. Song lines like " Well, we've got no class, and we've got no principles" will work, but in itself, but sound too embarrassed and too clever to pass as a battle cry. The song is pointless for him both musically, as well as lyrically.
Achievements
The song School's Out and the eponymous album marked the breakthrough for Alice Cooper. In Germany the song reached # 5 and could hold a total of 28 weeks in the charts, while in Austria number 12 could be achieved. The best result was achieved in the United Kingdom, where the song has held # 1 for three weeks. In the U.S., Alice Cooper also reached a top 10 ranking and stayed 13 weeks in the charts. Other top - 10 finishes were achieved in Norway, the Netherlands and Ireland.
The song was picked up by Rolling Stone to the list of 500 best songs and performed at number 326.
Use in media
School's Out found in many different media use, including in the films Scream - scream Confusion - Summer of Freaked, Rock ' n' Roll High School and I Love You, Beth Cooper. In the episode Kamp Krusty crisis in the television series The Simpsons the song in a dream sequence Bart Simpson is heard, in the last day of the school building is destroyed. The song was also played in an episode of the TV series Everybody Hates Chris and found more use in the video game series Guitar Hero and Rock Band.