Hello Hooray Explained

Hello Hooray
Type:	single
Artist:	Alice Cooper
Album:	Billion Dollar Babies
B-Side:	Generation Landslide
Released:	3 January 1973 ^[1]
Genre:	Rock, glam rock
Length:	(Album Version) (Single Version, stereo and mono pressings)
Label:	Warner Bros. 7673
Producer:	Bob Ezrin
Prev Title:	Elected
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	No More Mr. Nice Guy
Next Year:	1973

"Hello Hooray" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Rolf Kempf, and first recorded by Judy Collins on her 1968 album Who Knows Where the Time Goes.^[2] Its most famous rendition was by the band Alice Cooper, who covered it on their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.^[3] The Alice Cooper version was released as a single (now spelled "Hello Hurray"), and reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] It also saw success internationally, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart,^[5] #6 in the Netherlands on the MegaCharts,^[6] #13 on Germany's Media Control Chart, #14 on the Ireland chart,^[7] #16 on the Austria chart,^[8] and #95 on Australia's ARIA chart.

Record World said of it that "Alice departs from its usual high energy with this slower tune written by Rolf Kempf."^[9]

The Alice Cooper version appeared in the film .

Other versions

• Meg Christian released a version of the song on her 1974 album, I Know You Know.^[10]
• Pig released a version on his 1992 album, A Stroll in the Pork.^[11]
• Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 released a version on their 2006 box set, Little Box of Horrors.^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alice cooper singles.
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/who-knows-where-the-time-goes-mw0000199802 Judy Collins, Who Knows Where the Time Goes
3. Australian charts:
   • Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
   • Web site: australian-charts.com – Discography Alice Cooper. Hung Medien. October 7, 2011.
4. "Alice Cooper - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles"
5. Book: Rice. Jo . Tim Rice . Paul Gambaccini . Mike Read . The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles. 2nd. Guinness Superlatives Ltd.. Enfield, Middlesex . 0-900424-99-0 . 56 . 1979.
6. Web site: dutchcharts.nl – Discography Alice Cooper. Hung Medien. October 7, 2011.
7. http://irish-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Alice+Cooper ""Irish Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper""
8. Web site: austriancharts.at – Discography Alice Cooper. Hung Medien. October 7, 2011.
9. Record World. January 20, 1973. 2023-03-24. Hits of the Week. 1.
10. http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-know-you-know-mw0000425737 Meg Christian, I Know You Know
11. http://www.allmusic.com/album/stroll-in-the-pork-mw0000761601 Pig, A Stroll in the Pork
12. http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-box-of-horrors-mw0000720727 Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Little Box of Horrors