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{{Infobox song
| name       = Be My Lover
| cover      =
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| type       = single
| artist     = [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
| album      = [[Killer (Alice Cooper album)|Killer]]
| B-side     = "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" (US)<br/>"You Drive Me Nervous" (UK)
| released   = February 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/170/mode/2up?q=alice+cooper|title=Great Rock Discography|page=170}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
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| genre      = [[Glam rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Fontenot|first=Robert|title=What is Glam Rock?|url=https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-glam-rock-2522012|access-date=September 3, 2022|publisher=LiveAbout}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Masley|first=Ed|date=March 16, 2021|title=From 'Love it to Death' to 'Detroit Stories': The best Alice Cooper albums ranked|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/16/best-alice-cooper-albums-ranked/6926890002/|access-date=September 3, 2022|website=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref>
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records]]
| writer     = [[Michael Bruce (musician)|Michael Bruce]]
| producer   = [[Bob Ezrin]]
| prev_title = [[Under My Wheels]]
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = [[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]
| next_year  = 1972
}}
"'''Be My Lover'''" is a song by [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]. It originally appeared on the group's ''[[Killer (Alice Cooper album)|Killer]]'' album in 1971 and was released as a single in early 1972.  The song was written by guitarist [[Michael Bruce (musician)|Michael Bruce]] and was produced by [[Bob Ezrin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/306769-Alice-Cooper-Be-My-Lover|title=Alice Cooper – Be My Lover |year=1972 |publisher=[[Discogs]]|access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref>
The song's lyrics are semi-autobiographical, coming from the perspective of a musician trying to seduce a woman and telling her what he does for a living ("I told her that I came from Detroit city / and I played guitar in a long-haired rock and roll band"). The musician recalls that the woman "asked me why the singer’s name was Alice." The song reached No. 49 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, remaining on the chart for ten weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-cooper/|title=Alice Cooper – Billboard Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref>
''[[Record World]]'' called it Alice Cooper's "best single since '[[I'm Eighteen|Eighteen]].'"<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks|magazine=Record World|date=March 4, 1972|page=10|accessdate=2023-04-02|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/Record-World-1972-03-04.pdf}}</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' called it an "autobiographical groupie tune [that] should outdistance '[[Under My Wheels]]' and hit on the order of their 'Eighteen.'"<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cash Box|title=Cash Box Singles Picks|date=March 4, 1972|accessdate=2023-04-02|page=18|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1972/Cash-Box-1972-03-04.pdf}}</ref>
==Releases on albums==
* ''[[Killer (Alice Cooper album)|Killer]]'' – 1971
* ''[[Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits]]'' – 1974
* ''[[The Beast of Alice Cooper]]'' – 1989
* ''[[The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper]]'' – 1999
* ''[[The Best of Alice Cooper|Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper]]'' – 2001
* ''The Essentials – Alice Cooper'' – 2002
* ''[[School's Out and Other Hits]]'' – 2004
==Cover versions==
The following artists have covered "Be My Lover":<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/2894|title=Versions – Be My Lover written by Michael Bruce|publisher=[[SecondHandSongs]]|access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Mojo Nixon]] and [[Skid Roper]] (1986)
* [[Joan Jett & the Blackhearts]] (1993)
* Scream featuring [[Sim Cain]] (2010)
==References==
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