Alice Cooper Group: "Be My Lover" Single (1972)

Alice Cooper Group’s "Be My Lover" backed with "You Drive Me Nervous", was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the US by Warner Bros. Records (catalog number WB 7568) on February 8, 1972, through Warner Bros. Records in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, and the USA (catalog number WB 7568). Written by guitarist Michael Bruce and produced by Bob Ezrin, the song’s partly autobiographical lyrics narrate a musician’s attempt to charm a woman by describing his life in a “long-haired rock and roll band” from Detroit, with a humorous nod to the question, “why the singer’s name was Alice.” It peaked at No. 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100, charting for 10 weeks.

Record World called it the band’s “finest single since ‘Eighteen,’” while Cash Box described it as an “autobiographical groupie song” poised to surpass Under My Wheels and rival I’m Eighteen’s success. The single, from the Killer album, was noted in a 1972 Melody Maker review for its sleazy, hard-rock swagger.

Tracklist (7” Vinyl):

A1. Be My Lover – 3:21

B1. You Drive Me Nervous – 2:28 Note:

The tracklist reflects the standard 7” vinyl release across the listed countries.