I’m Eighteen
~ Song
Annotation
In November 1998, Seven Palms Music sued Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick of KISS, claiming that their song “Dreamin’” plagiarized this song. The case was settled out of court 9 months later.
Wikipedia
"I'm Eighteen" is a song by rock band Alice Cooper, first released as a single in November 1970 backed with "Is It My Body". It was the band's first top-forty success—peaking at number 21—and convinced Warner Bros. that Alice Cooper had the commercial potential to release an album. The song and its B-side feature on the band's first major-label album Love It to Death (1971).
An arpeggiated guitar riff and aggressive vocal performance power the anthem. The lyrics describe the anxiety that comes with being "in the middle" of childhood and adulthood. It began as an eight-minute jam that young Canadian producer Bob Ezrin persuaded the band into tightening into a tight three-minute rocker.
The song was the band's breakthrough, and left a considerable influence on hard rock, punk, and heavy metal. Joey Ramone wrote his first song for the Ramones based on the chords to "I'm Eighteen", and John Lydon auditioned for the Sex Pistols by miming to the song. Bands such as thrash metalers Anthrax have covered the song, and Kiss settled out of court for plagiarism of the song over the 1998 track "Dreamin'".
Relationships
writer: | Michael Bruce (of Alice Cooper) Glen Buxton (American guitarist) Alice Cooper (the musician born Vincent Damon Furnier, changed his name legally to Alice Cooper in 1974) Dennis Dunaway (original bass player for Alice Cooper) Neal Smith (former Alice Cooper drummer) |
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publisher: | Bizarre Music Co. (US work publisher) BMG Platinum Songs US Carlin Music Corporation EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Ezra Music Corp. Famous Chappell Opus 19 Music Primary Wave Music Publishing Third Palm Music Universal Music Publishing Group Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) |
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sub-publisher: | フジパシフィックミュージック ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 |
SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9680 [info] |
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Wikidata: | Q2476526 [info] |
later parody versions: | I Made the Team |
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later translated versions: | Ich bin achtzehn |
Recordings
Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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1969 – 1970 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1969/1970: USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:49 |
1969 – 1970 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1969/1970) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:00 |
1970 | I’m Eighteen (Chicago Underground: 1970) | live | Alice Cooper | 11:09 |
1971-03-01 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971-03-01: The Rooster Tail, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:40 |
1971-04-22 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971-04-22: Commack Arena, New York, NY, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 6:02 |
1971-07-23 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971-07-23: The Barn, Peoria, IL, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:02 |
1971-12-17 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971-12-17: St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 6:20 |
1971-12-17 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971-12-17: St. Louis Arena Annex, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:33 |
1971 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1971: German TV music show, Beat Club) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:31 |
1971 | I’m Eighteen (“Love It to Death” pre‐production: 1971) | Alice Cooper | 5:18 | |
1972-01-13 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1972-01-13: Centre Sportif de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1972-04-02 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1972-04-02: Mar y Sol Pop Festival, Manatí, Puerto Rico) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:50 |
1972-04-02 | I’m Eighteen (live at Mar y Sol Pop Festival, Puerto Rico, April 2, 1972) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:28 |
1972-05-27 | I’m Eighteen (live in Miami, FL, May 27, 1972) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:52 |
1972-11-15 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1972-11-15: Olympiahalle, München, Germany) | live | Alice Cooper | 6:06 |
1972-11-25 | Eighteen (Beat‐Club 82: 25.11.1972) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1973-04-28 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1973-04-29: Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:51 |
1973-04-28 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1973-04-28: Dallas Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:50 |
1973-04-28 – 1973-04-29 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1973-04-28/9: Texas, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:50 |
1973-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1973-04: Texas, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:25 |
1973-05-30 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1973-05-30: Metro Sports Arena, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:13 |
1975-06-17 | I'm Eighteen (live, 1975-06-17: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:28 |
1975-06-17 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1975-06-17: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:28 |
1975-06-17 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1975-06-17: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:13 |
1975-06-17 | Years Ago / I’m Eighteen (live, 1975-06-17: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live and medley | Alice Cooper | 5:47 |
1975-06-18 | Eighteen (live, 1975-06-18: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:10 |
1975-06-18 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1975-06-18: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:13 |
1975-08-31 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1975-08-31: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:03 |
1977-08-19 – 1977-08-20 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1977-08-19/20: Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:00 |
1977 | Fifteen | cover | Eater | 1:29 |
1978-05-10 | Eighteen (live, 1978-05-10: Wendler Arena, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:38 |
1978-05-10 | I'm Eighteen (live, 1978-05-10: Wendler Arena, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:49 |
1979-04-09 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1979‐04‐09: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:57 |
1979-04-09 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1979-04-09: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1980-06-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1980-06-04: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:36 |
1980-06-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1980-06-04: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1980-06-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1980-06-04: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:14 |
1980-06-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1980-06-04: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1982-01-27 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1982-01-27: Palais d’Hiver, Lyon, France) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:17 |
1982-02-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1982-02-06: Hippodrome de Pantin, Paris, France) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:32 |
1982-02-19 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1982-02-19: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:32 |
1983 | I’m Eighteen | cover | Anthrax | 4:02 |
1984-05 | Eighteen | cover and live | Hallow's Eve | 4:20 |
1986-10-31 | 18 (Little Flower of Ulysses) (live, 1986-10-31: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:01 |
1986-10-31 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1986-10-31: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1987-03-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1987-03-06: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:07 |
1987-03-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1987-03-06: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:51 |
1989-12-13 – 1989-12-14 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1989-12-13~14: NEC Arena, Birmingham, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:06 |
1989-12-13 – 1989-12-14 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1989-12: Birmingham, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:34 |
1989-12-13 – 1989-12-14 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1989-12-13/14: NEC Arena, Birmingham, England) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:36 |
1989-12-14 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1989-12-14: Birmingham NEC, Birmingham, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:36 |
1990-07-14 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1990-07-14: Ellenfeldstadion, Neunkirchen a.d. Saar, Germany) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1991-07-12 | Eighteen (live ’91) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:10 |
1991-08-13 | I’m Eighteen (live; 1991-08-13: The Howard Stern Show, New York, NY, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 2:11 |
1995-09-07 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1995-09-07: Monsters of Rock, Teatro Monumental, Santiago, Chile) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:37 |
1995-09-07 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1995-09-07: Monsters of Rock, Teatro Monumental, Santiago, Chile) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
1996-06-02 | I’m Eighteen (live, 1996-06-02: Cabo Wabo Cantina, Cabo San Lucas, México) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:48 |
2000-07-19 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2000-07-19: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:27 |
2000-07-19 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2000-07-19: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, UK (CD edit)) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:21 |
2000-07-19 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2000-07-19: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:27 |
2004-06-19 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2004-06-19: MetalTown Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:04 |
2004-08-05 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2004-08-05: The XM Performance Theater, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:33 |
2005-07-12 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-07-12: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:11 |
2005-07-12 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-07-12: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2005-08-10 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-08-10: Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:20 |
2005-09-07 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-09-07: Landon Arena, Topeka, KS, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:22 |
2005-09-10 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-09-10: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:11 |
2005-10-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2005-10-04: Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:28 |
2009-07-08 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-07-08: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2009-12-01 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-12-01: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:02 |
2009-12-04 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-12-04: Royal Court Centre, Nottingham, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:16 |
2009-12-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-12-06: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2009-12-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-12-06: Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:33 |
2009-12-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2009-12-06: Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:33 |
2010-05-01 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2010-05-01: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2010-08-05 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2010-08-05: Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:05 |
2011-09-15 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2011-09-15: Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2011-10-29 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2011-10-29: Alexandra Palace, London, England, UK) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:57 |
2013-08-03 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2013-08-03: Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2013-08-03 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2013-08-03: Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:54 |
2015-10-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2015-10-06: Good Records, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:34 |
2015-10-06 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2015-10-06: Good Records, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 4:20 |
2017-12-07 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2017-12-07: L’Olympia, Paris, France) | live | Alice Cooper | 5:30 |
2017-12-07 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2017-12-07: L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
2022-06-24 | I’m Eighteen (live, 2022-06-24: Hellfest, Val de Moine, Clisson. France) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? |
Eighteen (live, 1975-06-17: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? | |
Eighteen (live, USA) | live | Alice Cooper | 3:48 | |
Eighteen (live) | cover and live | Massacre | 2:59 | |
Eighteen (re-recorded) | Alice Cooper | 2:57 | ||
Fifteen (live: The Roxy, London, UK) | cover and live | Eater | 1:45 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover and live | Anthrax | 4:44 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover | Hurricane | 4:15 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover | American Dog | 7:58 | |
I'm Eighteen (unplugged) | cover | Creed | 3:14 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover and live | Zwan | 6:19 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover | Dave (Gruber) Allen | 2:05 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover and live | Anthrax | 4:06 | |
I'm Eighteen | cover | Anthrax | 3:20 | |
I'm Eighteen (live) | live | Alice Cooper | ?:?? | |
I'm Eighteen [Cooper] | cover and live | Zwan | 3:31 | |
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