Burnin' for You
| "Burnin' for You" | ||||
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| Single by Blue Öyster Cult | ||||
| from the album Fire of Unknown Origin | ||||
| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length |
3:45 (single edit) 4:29 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||
| Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology | ||||
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"Burnin' for You" is a hit song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, from their Platinum Fire of Unknown Origin album, 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.[1] 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
Chart positions
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| Canada (RPM)[4] | 47 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 40 |
| US Billboard Rock Tracks | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 76 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 69.
- ↑ allmusic Tribute to the Gods > Overview
- ↑ Guilt by Association Vol. 1
- ↑ Canadian peak
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