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"Teenage Frankenstein" is the second single by American musician
Alice Cooper Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), known by his stage name Alice Cooper, is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusion ...
from his 1986 album '' Constrictor''. Though the single failed to chart in the United States, it helped to make ''Constrictor'' Cooper's highest-charting album since 1980's ''
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''. It peaked at number 80 on the UK singles Chart in 1987. Along with two other Alice Cooper songs, "
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" and "Hard Rock Summer" (which was not featured on " Constrictor"), "Teenage Frankenstein" was written to be featured as part of the soundtrack to the horror film '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives''. The 7" single featured a "live" version of "
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" as its
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. The 12" single featured "School's Out (Recorded Live)" as well as a "live" version of "
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". Both versions were in fact originally recorded in the studio for the ''
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'' TV special in 1982 during the ''
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'' era, which were remixed in January 1987 with crowd noise to resemble "live" recordings. The song was written by
Alice Cooper Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), known by his stage name Alice Cooper, is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusion ...
and
Kane Roberts Kane Roberts (born Robert William Athas; January 16, 1962) is an American rock guitarist and singer best known as a former lead guitarist for Alice Cooper. Additionally, he has performed as a solo act, and his cover of the Bon Jovi song "Does ...
.


Music video

A music video of Cooper performing the song live in concert was used to promote the single. This is footage of a compilation of material from ''The Nightmare Returns'' concert video.


Track listing


Album appearances

*'' Constrictor'' - 1986 *'' Prince of Darkness'' - 1989 *''
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'' - 1999


References

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