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

Alice Cooper Group’s "Be My Lover" backed with "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah", was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK by Warner Bros. Records (catalog number K 16161) on March 17, 1972, as the second single from their fourth studio album, Killer. Written by guitarist Michael Bruce and produced by Bob Ezrin, it peaked at No. 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on April 22, 1972, during a 10-week run, though it did not chart in the UK. Backed with You Drive Me Nervous, the single was praised in a 1972 Melody Maker review for its gritty, sleazy hard-rock vibe, bolstering the band’s shock-rock ascent.

Tracklist (7” Vinyl):

A1. Be My Lover – 3:21

B1. You Drive Me Nervous – 2:28 Note: The tracklist reflects the standard UK 7” vinyl release

The song's lyrics are semi-autobiographical, coming from the perspective of a musician trying to seduce a woman and telling her what he does for a living

("I told her that I came from Detroit city / and I played guitar in a long-haired rock and roll band"). The musician recalls that the woman "asked me why the singer’s name was Alice." The song reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, remaining on the chart for ten weeks.

Record World called it Alice Cooper's "best single since "Eighteen". Cash Box called it an "autobiographical groupie tune [that] should outdistance 'Under My Wheels' and hit on the order of their 'Eighteen.'