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"Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)" is a song written by Berton Averre and first released by The Knack on their 1981 album Round Trip. It was also released as a single, and reached #67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-knack-p4696/charts-awards/billboard-singles )〕 It continued the descending patterns of The Knack's singles from "My Sharona" which reached #1 to "Good Girls Don't" which reached #11 to "Baby Talks Dirty" which peaked at #38 to "Can't Put a Price on Love" which only reached #62.〔 However, it was the last Knack single to chart at all until "My Sharona" re-entered the charts at #91 in 1994 in the wake of its appearance in the soundtrack of ''Reality Bites''. "Pay the Devil" was later included on Knack compilation albums ''The Retrospective: The Best of the Knack'' and ''Very Best of the Knack''. ==Lyrics & music== Although lead singer Doug Fieger wrote or co-wrote most of The Knack's songs, lead guitarist Berton Averre received the sole writing credit for "Pay the Devil." Fieger claimed that it was "a very personal song" of Averre's.〔 Fieger interpreted the song as "whatever you may want, there's always a price to pay."〔 ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' critic David Fricke interprets the song as possibly containing an apology for some of the band's earlier mistakes in lines such as: :''Everybody's got to read the reviews :''... even you :''Got to learn to give the devil his due Fricke describes the music of "Pay the Devil" as country music waltz although other critics, such as Allmusic's Steve Schnee describe the song as a ballad.〔〔 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「Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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