|
"Burnin' for You" is a hit song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, from their Platinum album ''Fire of Unknown Origin'', released in 1981. It hit #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart, and the single spent three weeks in the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It was aided by a popular early MTV music video.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 69.〕 The song, like BOC's other hit songs "Godzilla" and "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", was sung by guitarist Buck Dharma, who also co-wrote the song. The song was on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum list of deemed "lyrically questionable" songs after 9/11. ==Covers== *Lisa Marie Presley covered this song on her 2005 album ''Now What''. *Iced Earth did a cover of this song and "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll", another Blue Öyster Cult song, on their tribute album ''Tribute to the Gods''.〔(allmusic ) Tribute to the Gods > Overview〕 *Shiny Toy Guns covered this song for the television commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKS. *Mike Watt covered this song on the compilation ''Guilt by Association Vol. 1''. It is a compilation album released September 4, 2007 by Engine Room Recordings. It features indie rock artists covering well-known pop and R&B songs.〔Guilt by Association Vol. 1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burnin' for You」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|