Australian singles charts:
Elected entered the Kent charts on 27 November 1972 and peaked at #83.
Album:
The song is on Billion Dollar Babies which entered the Kent album charts on 14 May 1973 and peaked at #4.
Songwriters:
Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
Producer:
Bob Ezrin
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
Songfacts:
Alice Cooper released this song a few months before the US presidential election of 1972, a contest between Richard Nixon and George McGovern. To stir up publicity, Cooper announced that he was actually running for president, and this song outlined his platform: “We’re gonna rock to the rules that I make.”
He did get some votes, but Richard Nixon won that one.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/alice-cooper/elected
Lyrics:
I’m top prime cut of meat, I’m your choice
I wanna be elected
I’m your Yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be elected
Kids want a savior, they don’t need a fake
I wanna be elected
We’re all gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be elected
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