Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)
| "Godzilla" | ||||
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Japan single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Blue Öyster Cult | ||||
| from the album Spectres | ||||
| B-side | "Nosferatu" | |||
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| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Donald Roeser a.k.a. Buck Dharma | |||
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"Godzilla" is a single by U.S. hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, the first track on the band's fifth studio album Spectres. The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the popular movie monster of the same name. The single release had a picture sleeve featuring a promotional still from the movie Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. Despite its failure to chart, the song received significant airplay on rock radio stations and soon became a sleeper hit. The song, along with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You," is one of the band's best-known songs and has become a staple of its live performances. It has been covered by bands such as moe., Racer X, Fu Manchu, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sebastian Bach, Double Experience and Fighting Gravity.