Billion Dollar Babies (song)
1973 single by Alice Cooper featuring Donovan
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"Billion Dollar Babies" is a song by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973 as the fourth single off their sixth album Billion Dollar Babies. The track is a duet between Alice Cooper and Scottish musician Donovan, who provides the falsetto and high harmony vocals.[3]
| "Billion Dollar Babies" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
7" single | ||||
| Single by Alice Cooper featuring Donovan | ||||
| from the album Billion Dollar Babies | ||||
| B-side | "Mary Ann" | |||
| Released | July 11, 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriters | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Reggie Vinson | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | |||
| Alice Cooper featuring Donovan singles chronology | ||||
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BMI lists[4] the composers of "Billion Dollar Babies" as Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce and Reggie Vinson (a session guitarist who worked with the band previously).[5] Some sources list the composers as Cooper, Bruce, drummer Neal Smith, and "R. Reggie", the latter being an allusion to Vinson's nickname "Rockin' Reggie Vinson".[6]
Reception
Record World said that "produced by the incomparable Bob Ezrin, [the single] should see billions of Cooper babies flocking to the stores and gobbling it up."[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Billion Dollar Babies" | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Reggie Vinson | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Mary Ann" | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | 2:21 |
Charts
Personnel
- Alice Cooper – vocals
- Steve Hunter – lead guitar
- Dick Wagner – lead guitar
- Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar
- Dennis Dunaway – bass
- Neal Smith – drums
- Donovan – vocals