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Hell Is for Children

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Recorded
  
1980

Length
  
4:48

Producer(s)
  
Keith Olsen

Genre
  
Hard rock

Label
  
Chrysalis

Writer(s)
  
Neil Giraldo Roger Capps Pat Benatar

"Hell Is for Children" is a song by American rock singer Pat Benatar. It was written by guitarist Neil Giraldo, bass player Roger Capps and Benatar. The song is about child abuse and was recorded by Benatar in 1980 for her second studio album Crimes of Passion.

Contents

Pat Benatar started writing the song after reading a series of articles on child abuse in the New York Times. She was shocked to learn such things happen and wanted to write about it.

Cover versions

  • In 1989, thrash metal band Viking covered the song on the B-side of their album Man of Straw.
  • In 2000, heavy metal band Seven Witches covered the song for their album City of Lost Souls.
  • In 2002, the American comic horror metal band Rosemary's Billygoat covered the song for their album Evilution.
  • In 2009, the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom covered the song for their cover album Skeletons In The Closet.
  • In 2013, the American rock band Halestorm covered the song for their EP Reanimate 2.0: The Covers EP.

    • Appearances in other media

    The song was featured in the 1981 film American Pop as well as its soundtrack.

    The song was used in a montage in the School is Hell story in Treehouse of Horror XXV.

    References

    Hell Is for Children Wikipedia
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