"God Save the Queen" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's second single and was later included on their only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977.
A cover version by the English heavy metal band Motörhead was released as a single in 2000 to promote their album, We Are Motörhead.
The cover art gives further reference to the Sex Pistols by using the same cut-out words to form the title as the Sex Pistols' single cover.
A performance of the song recorded during the band's twenty-fifth anniversary concert at Brixton Academy, on 22 October 2000, appears on their 25 & Alive Boneshaker DVD.
Single track listing
"God Save the Queen" (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock)
"One More Fucking Time" (Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee)
God Save the Queen (Enhanced Video)" (Cook, Jones, Lydon, Matlock)
"Born to Raise Hell" is a song by the British rock band Motörhead. Originally written by Lemmy Kilmister for the German band Skew Siskin, it plays over the opening credits of the 1994 film Airheads in which Lemmy makes a cameo appearance.
The song was released as a single in November 1994, featuring Lemmy, Ice-T and Ugly Kid Joe lead singer Whitfield Crane. The single features a radio edit, the original Bastards album version and the Dust Brothers Live and Funky Mix. A special 12" vinyl picture disc pressing was made, using the same picture as the CD single release.
This version was recorded in addition to the previous recordings of "Hellraiser" and "Hell on Earth", as a last minute job to play over the end credits of the Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth film, although it didn't appear on the film's original soundtrack album.
At 2016's Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons (formerly The Phil Campbell All Starr Band) covered the track with guest vocals from Twisted Sister's Dee Snider as a tribute to Lemmy.
A small excerpt was used in the 2019 film Fighting with My Family.
Single track listing
Song by Lemmy
"Born to Raise Hell" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
"Born to Raise Hell" (Album Version) – 4:56
"Born to Raise Hell" (Dust Brothers Live and Funky Mix) – 3:52
"Hellraiser" is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy Kilmister. The song was recorded by Osbourne for his 1991 album No More Tears and also by Motörhead for their 1992 March ör Die album. Motörhead's version was released as a single.
Motörhead's recording of the song was used in the 1992 film Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, and was released as the A-side of the single and as the sixth track on their tenth studio album, March ör Die.
The B-sides of the CD single Hellraiser were "Name in Vain", which also appears on the album March ör Die, and "Dead Man's Hand" (which was also released on The One to Sing the Blues CD single, 7" & 12" vinyl singles).
The title track also appears on The '92 Tour EP.
"Hellraiser" is the first of two tracks that Mikkey Dee recorded with Motörhead before officially joining the band, the other being "Hell on Earth".
A video for "Hellraiser" was made, featuring Lemmy playing poker against Pinhead (Doug Bradley) from the Hellraiser films.
This version also has some minor lyrical alterations.
Single track listing
"Hellraiser" (Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Lemmy)
"Name in Vain" (Phil Campbell, Würzel, Lemmy)
"Dead Man's Hand" (Campbell, Würzel, Lemmy, Phil Taylor)
On October 29, 2021, a new version of "Hellraiser" was released to commemorate its 30th anniversary. It features a mashup of both Ozzy and Lemmy's vocals in one song, using the former's version as the main template. An official animated music video, directed by Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani, was released on YouTube the same day.
Also available as
2-track: b/w “You Better Run”
3-track: b/w “Name In Vain”, “Dead Man’s Hand”
4-track: ’92 Tour EP
Hellraiser III OST: b/w “Hell On Earth” and “Troublemaker” by Triumph.
"Eat the Rich" is a song by British Rock 'N' Roll band Motörhead. It was released as a single in 1987, in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings. Both formats featured the b-side "Cradle to the Grave", and the 12" also included "Just 'Cos You Got the Power".
The title song was written for Peter Richardson's 1987 film Eat the Rich, starring the regular cast of The Comic Strip: the song also features on the Motörhead album Rock 'n' Roll
The Dutch single released by Roadrunner Records took the title track of the album as the A-side in place of "Eat the Rich", keeping "Cradle to the Grave" as the B-side. The sleeve used the artwork on the album cover, both sleeve designs were created by Joe Petagno.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell, Phil Taylor
7"
"Eat the Rich"
"Cradle to the Grave"
12"
"Eat the Rich"
"Cradle to the Grave"
"Just 'cos You Got the Power"
Produced by – Motörhead and Guy Bidmead
Originally recorded by Bill Laswell & Jason Corsaro, remixed by Guy Bidmead
"Deaf Forever" is a song by the British heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1986 in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings. It is covered with B-sides, "On the Road (live)", and on the 12" vinyl, a bonus (new) track, "Steal Your Face (live)". The title song is taken from the Orgasmatron album and the sleeve artwork was created by Joe Petagno. "Deaf Forever" reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.
On 20 June 1986 Lemmy was interviewed by Chris Tetley on BBC Radio 1's 'The Friday Rock Show', "Deaf Forever", "Doctor Rock" and "Nothing Up My Sleeve" were played. On 9 August 1986, Lemmy and Würzel were interviewed by Andy Kershaw on BBC Radio 1's 'Saturday Live' show, "Deaf Forever" and "Orgasmatron" were played.
The Dutch release of the 12" single features the same tracks as the UK edition but is a picture disc, displaying a colour photograph of the band.
The song was featured in the soundtrack to the film, Urban Legend.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell and Pete Gill
7"
"Deaf Forever"
"On the Road (live)"
12"
"Deaf Forever"
"On the Road (live)"
"Steal Your Face (live)"
Original vinyl releases of this single contained a post card with a competition to win a Sony Discman and Motörhead's new CD album "Orgasmatron". The questions were:
Which member of Motörhead wears a strapless bra underneath his stage clothes?
Which member of Motörhead has two adorable little bunnies called Mopsy and Garfunkle?
Do you think there is a valid place for Motörhead to occupy in today's urban military industrial wasteland? True of false?
Do you feel that Motörhead say one thing one minute and out the other? (specify inside leg measurement)
The postcards were to be sent to GWR, the record label involved in the single's release.
"Deaf Forever" produced by – Bill Laswell in association with Jason Corsaro
"On the Road" produced – Vic Maile, mixed by Steve Kinkoff
Recording information:
Songs 2-3 recorded live 1985-06-26 Hammersmith, London, UK
"Killed by Death" is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead. Released in 1984, in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings. It peaked at number 51 in the UK Singles Chart.
To assist its promotion in the United States, Bronze/Island pressed a 12" promo version for radio play (identical versions on both sides). It is one of the most difficult to find of all Motörhead items. There is also a video made for the track, directed by the manager of the Plasmatics, Rod Swenson, which was banned by MTV for "excessive and senseless violence".
Despite relatively high-profile exposure on TV programmes such as Channel 4's The Tube, the single failed to make any significant impression on the UK Singles Chart. This proved particularly disappointing to Lemmy, who at live shows regularly made joking references about its lack of sales.
The original song is not included on any official release albums except the compilation album No Remorse, along with three other new songs, "Snaggletooth", "Steal Your Face" and "Locomotive". It is included on several other retrospective budget-release compilations, and on live albums such as Nö Sleep at All.
Both the 7" and 12" formats feature the B-side "Under the Knife". The 12" issue has a second B-side, a different track also entitled Under the Knife, and came with a free colour poster. The title song is taken from the No Remorse compilation album. Bronze Records also issued a shaped picture disc (approx 12") version of the 7" vinyl release, depicting the band's logo. Some lapses in quality control accidentally allowed a number of pressings that play King Kurt on the B-side.
The song itself used to be a mainstay of live performances since release. As with many Motörhead songs, the lyrics show Lemmy's skill at composing lyrics which are at the same time menacing and tongue-in-cheek. Another common theme is Lemmy's use of animal images. Phrases such as "If you squeeze my lizard, I'll put my snake on you, I'm a romantic adventure, And I'm a reptile too" recall the song "Love Me like a Reptile" from the earlier Ace of Spades album. The second verse also contains the line, "I'm a lone-wolf ligger".
A re-recorded version, entitled "Killed by Death '08", is in the Rock Band Metal Track Pack.
In 2012, Loudwire ranked the song number two on their list of the top 10 Motörhead songs, and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number 12 on their list of the top 50 Motörhead songs.
The song was used in sequences set in Hell in Heist, a British TV comedy-drama.
The song is featured in the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
"Killed by Death" was covered by German power metal band Paragon, by all-female Swedish metal band Crucified Barbara, and on the 2nd album by Finnish power metal band Beast In Black "From Hell with Love" (2019).
The lyrics of the song's first verse are used as an epigraph in Bruce Craven's 1993 novel Fast Sofa.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell and Pete Gill.
"Ace of Spades" is a song by English heavy metal band Motörhead and the title track to the album Ace of Spades. It was released as a single in October 1980.
Initially issued as a 7" vinyl single on 27 October 1980 as a preview to the album Ace of Spades and autumn tour, the song was also released by Bronze Records as a 12" vinyl pressing in special Christmas picture sleeves, limited to 50,000 copies. The picture of the band in Santa outfits used on the cover was taken at the Aylesbury Fair, while the band were on tour.
Bronze also issued German and Spanish 7" vinyl versions which had a different sleeves, as well as a Japanese release, with a colour picture insert with song lyrics in English and Japanese. One sided test pressings (not mis-presses, but used in the trade) escaped the pressing plant and are on the market.
The song opens with an overdriven bass intro played by Lemmy. For the lyrics, he said he "used gambling metaphors, mostly cards and dice—when it comes to that sort of thing, I'm more into the one-arm bandits actually, but you can't really sing about spinning fruit, and the wheels coming down".
On 6 September 1980, Lemmy was interviewed by Graham Neale on BBC Radio 1's Rock on Saturday show, "Bomber", "Ace of Spades" and "Love Me Like a Reptile" were played. The following month, on 6 and 20 October, the band played the song on BBC TV show Top of the Pops.
The song spent 13 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, and originally peaked at number 15 upon its initial release. At the midweek point in January 2016 it reached No. 9 and in the official Friday chart they reached number 13, following the death of frontman Lemmy in December 2015 and subsequent dissolution of the band. It has sold 208,830 digital copies as of January 2016. It reached the top of the UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts on 9 January 2016.
The song – which "put a choke on the British music charts and proved to all that a band could succeed without sacrificing its blunt power and speed" – is considered the definitive Motörhead anthem, albeit not by Lemmy. "I don't see the song that way at all," he said in 2000. "I believe we've done our best work since Eddie left the band in 1982."
In March 2005, Q placed it at No. 27 in a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks, stating, "This song has an intro which wouldn't be out of place ushering in the end of the world." In 2009, it was named the tenth greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
In 2012, Loudwire ranked the song number one on their list of the top 10 Motörhead songs, and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number two on their list of the top 50 Motörhead songs.
In 2014, NME ranked it number 155 in a list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In May 2019, "Ace of Spades" was named the favorite poker-themed song in a survey of 1,000 customers of online poker site PokerStars. The song reportedly "not only won, but crushed" the other finalist, "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga.
It was ranked No. 442 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".
Track listing
"Ace of Spades" (Ian Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil Taylor) – 2:49
"Overkill" is a song by English rock band Motörhead. It was released in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings in 1979. It is backed with B-side "Too Late Too Late" which appears on the CD re-issues of the Overkill album. Early copies came with an "Overkill" badge. The single reached number 39 on the UK Singles Chart.
On 9 March 1979, the band played this song on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops to support the release of the single. The song was a live favourite and was frequently featured at Motörhead concerts, often in an extended version.
The artwork on the sleeve was created by Joe Petagno, based on his design for the album's cover.
The song is featured as a track in the video game SSX on Tour, and was re-recorded by Motörhead to be a playable track in the rhythm game Guitar Hero World Tour.
The track is notable for Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor's use of two bass drums.
"Overkill" is widely considered one of Motörhead's best songs. In 2012, Loudwire ranked the song number three on their list of the top 10 Motörhead songs, and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the top 50 Motörhead songs.
"Overkill" was used as the closing song for Motörhead's final tour, making it the last song the band ever played live.
On 13 April 2019, Motörhead re-released the original single edit of Overkill along with "Bomber" on picture disc as a celebration of the album's 40th anniversaries on Record Store Day. The single edit was made available digitally on 8 March 2019.
English hard rock band Motörhead released their version of "Leaving Here" as their debut single in 1977. Despite it being their first single, only the band's founder Lemmy remained from the band's original line-up.
On April 28, 1979, Lemmy was interviewed by John Tobler on BBC Radio 1's Rock on Saturday show, and "Motorhead", "Leaving Here" and "Limb from Limb" were played.
The recording was inspired by The Birds' 1965 cover version of Eddie Holland's "Leaving Here". Lemmy was a great fan of the band.
Motorhead had originally recorded a version of this song for their debut album On Parole, but unsure of its commercial viability their record company United Artists, to whom they were still under contract, were refusing to issue it. Jake Riviera of Stiff Records, a casual acquaintance of Lemmy's, offered to release a new single from the band. No official deals were made, the band paid for the studio time whilst Riviera paid all other expenses. The single was scheduled for release with catalogue number BUY9 when United Artists intervened forcing Stiff to shelve its distribution.
The single was issued in France (on Skydog Records, MH001, black on white sleeve) and Sweden (on Blitz Records, MH001, purple on white sleeve) with some copies being imported into the UK. The tracks were included on two 1977 Stiff compilation albums, A Bunch of Stiff Records (SEEZ2,1/April/1977) contained "White Line Fever", and Hits Greatest Stiffs (FIST1,16/September/1977) contained "Leavin' Here". The single did eventually see a release as part of a box set of Stiff's first ten singles, limited to 5000 in 1979. Both tracks are currently available on the Stone Deaf Forever! CD box set.
A live version of "Leaving Here" was issued in 1980 as the lead track on The Golden Years EP, reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. "White Line Fever" was re-recorded for their 1977 debut album release Motörhead.
Track listing
"Leaving Here" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 3:20
"White Line Fever" [Stiff] (Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor) – 3:00
Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol. 2 is the sixth Mötley Crüe compilation album containing songs from the band's later work. It collects the albums Dr. Feelgood and Mötley Crüe, the EP Quaternary, and the compilations Decade of Decadence 81-91 and Supersonic and Demonic Relics.
The box set contains a rare comic book reprinting a 1989 issue of Rock 'N' Roll Comics and a double sided poster, one with the cover art and the other with the Decade of Decadence cover art. The album been ridiculed in the press for the title, considering the legal troubles of Vince Neil with regard to his drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter charge. The albums Generation Swine, Greatest Hits, and New Tattoo are not included.
Track listing
Disc 1
"T.N.T. (Terror 'N Tinseltown)"
"Dr. Feelgood"
"Slice of Your Pie"
"Rattlesnake Shake"
"Kickstart My Heart"
"Without You"
"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"
"Sticky Sweet"
"She Goes Down"
"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
"Time for Change"
"Dr. Feelgood" (Demo)
"Without You" (Demo)
"Kickstart My Heart" (Demo)
"Get it for Free"
"Time for Change" (Demo)
Disc 2
"Live Wire" (Kick Ass '91 Remix)
"Piece of Your Action" (Screamin' '91 Remix)
"Black Widow"
"Sinners and Saints"
"Knock 'Em Dead, Kid" (Demo)
"Mood Ring"
"Home Sweet Home '91"
"So Good, So Bad"
"Monsterous"
"Say Yeah"
"Kickstart My Heart" (Live)
"Dr. Feelgood" (Live)
"Teaser"
"Rock 'N' Roll Junkie"
"Primal Scream"
"Angela"
"Anarchy in the U.K."
Disc 3
"Power to the Music"
"Uncle Jack"
"Hooligan's Holiday"
"Misunderstood"
"Loveshine"
"Poison Apples"
"Hammered"
"Til Death Do Us Part"
"Welcome to the Numb"
"Smoke the Sky"
"Droppin Like Flies"
"Driftaway"
"Hypnotized"
Disc 4
"Planet Boom"
"Bittersuite"
"Father"
"Friends"
"Babykills"
"10,000 Miles Away"
"Hooligan's Holiday" (Extended Holiday Version by Skinny Puppy)
"Hammered"
"Livin' in the Know"
"Misunderstood" (Guitar Solo/Scream Version)
"Hooligan's Holiday" (Derelict Version)
"Misunderstood" (Successful Format Version)
"Hooligan's Holiday" (Brown Nose Edit)
The Complete Crüe 1989 - 1994 incl. live recordings, demos and alternate mixes.
"Primal Scream" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. The single was released on the 1991 album Decade of Decadence 81-91, which was the band's first of many greatest hits compilations. The song charted at No. 63 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Mainstream rock charts. Decade of Decadence was released on October 19, 1991, and "Primal Scream" was one of three newly recorded songs for the album, the other two being "Angela" and "Anarchy in the U.K.".
The uncensored version of a "Primal Scream" music video contained full-frontal nudity of a female dancing at the end, but that scene was edited for heavy rotation when shown on television.
The song was said by Nikki Sixx himself in an AskSixx session on Twitter in October 2015, to be about Arthur Janov's 1970 book The Primal Scream. Primal Therapy: A Cure For Neurosis, as well as his own childhood.
Decade of Decadence also included another single, the remix version of "Home Sweet Home" which was the band's eighth and final Top 40 hit in 1991, reaching No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original 1985 version only reached No. 89 on the same chart.
"Home Sweet Home" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It was originally released in 1985 on the album Theatre of Pain, and again in 1991 for the Decade of Decadence 81-91 compilation album. It has been covered by several artists, most notably country singer Carrie Underwood, who released her version as a single in 2009.
The song was remixed again in 1991 with additional instrumental overdubs. Now called "Home Sweet Home '91", it was released as a single with a new video and included on the Decade of Decadence compilation.
"Home Sweet Home '91" peaked at No. 37 on the same chart in 1992. To date, "Home Sweet Home '91" is the last Mötley Crüe song to chart in the American Billboard Top 40.
