Billion Dollar Babies (song)

"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]

B-side"Mary Ann"

ReleasedJuly 11, 1973^[1]

Recorded1972

Genre

• Hard rock
• glam rock
• shock rock^[2]

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"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	Hard rock glam rock shock rock[2]
Length	3:43
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriters	Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Reggie Vinson
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper featuring Donovan singles chronology
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1973) "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973) "Halo of Flies" (1973)

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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]