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| B-side | "Barefootin'" |
| Released | October 1973 |
| Recorded | 1973 |
| Genre | *Blues rock |
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| Label | Big Tree |
| Songwriter(s) | Cub Koda, Michael Lutz |
| Producer(s) | Doug Morris, Brilliant Sun |
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"Smokin' in the Boys Room" is a song originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973 on their album Yeah!. It reached number 3 in Canada[2] and on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was later certified by the RIAA.
The song is about students hoping to avoid being caught violating their school's smoking ban by smoking cigarettes in the boys' restroom. The song begins with a spoken recitation, and the verses and a part of the chorus, are mostly spoken, rather than sung.
Chart performance[]
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Mötley Crüe version[]
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| B-side | "Use it or Lose it" |
| Released | 24 June 1985 |
| Recorded | 1985 |
| Genre | Glam metal[1] |
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| Label | Elektra |
| Songwriter(s) | Cub Koda, Michael Lutz |
| Producer(s) | Tom Werman |
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The song was covered in 1985 by Mötley Crüe. Released as a single, "Smokin' in the Boys Room" reached #16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and became Mötley Crüe's first Top 40 hit.[11] Their version of the song appears in the 1986 film The Wraith directed by Chieffallo. A LeAnn Rimes version of the song appeared on the album Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe.
Music video[]
Crüe's version was accompanied by a conceptual music video featuring Michael Berryman as the school principal. The video focuses on a high school student named Jimmy who is mistreated and misunderstood in school. After he is paddled by the principal for (truthfully) claiming that a dog ran off with his homework, a frustrated Jimmy goes to the boys' bathroom where he sees Motley Crüe in the mirrors. The band pulls him through the mirror to join them, and Jimmy and Motley Crüe watch a dystopian vision of the school through a barred window. At the end of the music video, the principal apologizes to Jimmy and offers an A for his missing homework; instead, Jimmy doesn't accept and rips up the homework. After Jimmy walks away, Nikki Sixx reaches out of the mirror and snatches the dumbfounded principal's toupée.
Charts[]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] | 61 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[13] | 19 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[14] | 71 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 16 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[16] | 7 |
Personnel[]
- Vince Neil - Vocals
- Mick Mars - Guitar
- Nikki Sixx - Bass
- Tommy Lee - Drums
- Mickey Raphael - Harmonica
Other versions[]
In 1981, the song was translated to Hebrew and covered by T-Slam under the name "Me'ashnim Beyahad" (Smoking Together) on their debut album. The English-language version of the album, "Loud Radio" featured the original version of the song.[17]
The song is referenced in the television program King of the Hill in season 10 episode 10. Brownsville Station is the favorite band of the character Lucky. The song "inspired him to smoke" and plays over the ending credits.[18][19]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Masley, Ed (July 8, 2014). "Best '80s pop-metal songs, from Def Leppard to Poison". https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/07/08/best-pop-metal-songs-80s-def-leppard/12367099/.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4982a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=uue39chjjkrjv14dpe18ndgc70.
- ↑ Template:Cite Kent
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4982a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=uue39chjjkrjv14dpe18ndgc70.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Songs from the Year 1974". http://tsort.info/music/yr1974.htm.
- ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 26, 1974". http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1974.html.
- ↑ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. December 30, 1974. https://imgur.com/a/dY7i5IF.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3893a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=3o0l1fqi323flj1r8hj5i66e87.
- ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1974.htm.
- ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974". http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1974YESP.html.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 69th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Catalog lookup link".Script error: No such module "check isxn".
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 209. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0579&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=3o0l1fqi323flj1r8hj5i66e87.
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/HSI "Motley Crue Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/RTT "Motley Crue Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ↑ "אלבום: Loud Radio" (in he-IL). https://www.t-slam.com/?album=loud-radio.
- ↑ "King of the Hill/Hank Fixes Everything - The TV IV". http://tviv.org/King_of_the_Hill/Hank_Fixes_Everything.
- ↑ "Tom Petty's King of the Hill character buys Brownsville Station tix for primo view of Mike Lutz's guitar solo" (in en-US). 2019-06-15. http://earofnewt.com/2019/06/15/tom-pettys-king-of-the-hill-character-buys-brownsville-station-tix-for-primo-view-of-mike-lutzs-guitar-solo/.
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