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"Elected"
Single cover
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Billion Dollar Babies
B-side	"Luney Tune"
Released	September 6, 1972
Recorded	August 1972
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:05 (album version) 3:40 (single version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Alice Cooper Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis Dunaway Neal Smith
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"School's Out" (1972) "Elected" (1972) "Hello Hooray" (1973)
Official video
"Elected" on YouTube

"Elected" is a single by rock band Alice Cooper, released as the first Hot 100 hit on their sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies (1973). The single reached number 26 during election week on the charts in the United States, number 4 on the charts in the United Kingdom and number 3 in Austria. The promotional music video was directed by Hart Perry.

The song is a reworked version of their debut single "Reflected" from their album of 1969, Pretties for You. According to Alice Cooper, Joey Ramone acknowledged the similarity between "Elected" and the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated".

Chart positions

Track listing

1. "Elected" – 3:40
2. "Luney Tune" – 3:36

Appearances on albums

• Billion Dollar Babies
• Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits
• The Beast of Alice Cooper
• The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper
• Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
• The Definitive Alice Cooper
• The Essentials: Alice Cooper
• School's Out and Other Hits

Personnel

• Alice Cooper – vocals
• Glen Buxton – lead guitar
• Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar
• Dennis Dunaway – bass
• Neal Smith – drums

Cover versions

"(I Want To Be) Elected"
Single by Mr. Bean and Smear Campaign ft. Bruce Dickinson
B-side	"(I Want To Be) Elected"
Released	April 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Hard rock Comedy rock
Length	4:28
Label	London Records (for Comic Relief)
Songwriter(s)	A. Cooper, D. Dunaway, G. Buxton, M. Bruce, N. Smith
Producer(s)	Chris Tsangarides

• In 1992, a cover version titled "(I Want To Be) Elected" by Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) and Smear Campaign was released in support of the British charity Comic Relief and featured a performance by Bruce Dickinson and members of the hard rock band Taste (later known as Skin). The record was released in the run up to the United Kingdom General Election of 1992 and reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart. The music video, in which Mr. Bean's doorstep canvassing and electoral stunts are intercut with the live video of Dickinson and the band, was directed by Paul Weiland.
• British hard rock band Def Leppard recorded a live version in 1987, which was used as a B-side for their songs "Heaven Is" and "Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)" from their 1992 album Adrenalize.
• Following the death of Paddy Ashdown on December 22, 2018, the music video was broadcast by ITV on December 24, 2018, and featured a title card paying tribute to Ashdown.

References

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7. Rice, Jo; Tim Rice; Paul Gambaccini; Mike Read (1979). The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (2nd ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-900424-99-0.
8. ""Austrian Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper"" Austriancharts.at. Retrieved on August 10, 2009."
9. ""Dutch Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper"" dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on August 11, 2009."
10. ""Irish Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper"" irishcharts.com. Retrieved on August 11, 2009."
11. ""German Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper"" Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de. Retrieved on August 11, 2009."
12. "MR BEAN & SMEAR CAMPAIGN FEATURING BRUCE DICKINSON | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
13. "Mr. Bean and Comic Relief: I Want to be Elected". www.videocollector.co.uk.

• Alice Cooper songs
• Songs written by Dennis Dunaway
• 1972 singles
• Mr. Bean
• Comic Relief singles
• Bruce Dickinson songs
• Songs written by Alice Cooper
• Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin
• Warner Records singles
• London Records singles
• 1992 singles
• 1972 songs