Single:
Department of Youth entered the Australian singles chart* on 2 June 1975 and peaked at #7. It was #51 on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on Welcome to My Nightmare which entered the Australian albums chart* on 17 March 1975 and peaked at #5.
Songwriters:
Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin
Producer:
Bob Ezrin
Record label of Australian release:
Anchor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Welcome to My Nightmare was Alice Cooper’s first solo album (all previous Alice Cooper releases were band efforts). It is a concept album – played in sequence, the songs form a journey through the nightmares of a child named Steven. The album inspired the Alice Cooper: The Nightmare TV special, a worldwide concert tour in 1975, and his Welcome to My Nightmare concert film in 1976. The ensuing tour was one of the most over-the-top excursions of that era. Most of Lou Reed’s band joined Cooper for this record.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_My_Nightmare
Lyrics:
We’re the Department of Youth
The new Department of Youth
We′re the Department of Youth
We’ve got the power
We’re the Department of Youth
And who gave it to you?
Donny Osmond!
What?!
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