Burnin' for You

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Released July 1981 Recorded 1981 Label Columbia		Format 7" single Genre Hard rock
Length 3:45 (single edit) 4:29 (album version)

"Burnin' for You" is a hit song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, from their Platinum Fire of Unknown Origin album, released in 1981.

It hit #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart, and the single spent three weeks in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was aided by a popular early MTV music video. The song, like BOC's other hit songs "Godzilla" and "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", was sung by guitarist Buck Dharma, who also co-wrote the song.

The song was on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum list of deemed "lyrically questionable" songs after 9/11.

Covers

Lisa Marie Presley covered this song on her 2005 album Now What.

Iced Earth did a cover of this song and "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll", another Blue Öyster Cult song, on their tribute album Tribute to the Gods.

Shiny Toy Guns covered this song for the television commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKS.

Mike Watt covered this song on the compilation Guilt by Association Vol. 1. It is a compilation album released September 4, 2007 by Engine Room Recordings. It features indie rock artists covering well-known pop and R&B songs.

References

Burnin' for You Wikipedia

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