School's Out

Album: School's Out (1972)
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  • Well, we got no choice
    All the girls and boys
    Makin' all that noise
    'Cause they found new toys
    Well, we can't salute you, can't find a flag
    If that don't suit you, that's a drag

    School's out for summer
    School's out forever
    School's been blown to pieces

    No more pencils, no more books
    No more teacher's dirty looks, yeah

    Well, we got no class
    And we got no principals
    And we got no innocence
    We can't even think of a word that rhymes

    School's out for summer
    School's out forever
    My school's been blown to pieces

    No more pencils, no more books
    No more teacher's dirty looks
    Out for summer
    Out 'til fall
    We might not come back at all

    School's out forever
    School's out for summer
    School's out with fever
    School's out completely Writer/s: Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 44

  • Jon D Gilbertson from Il"No more pencils
    No more books
    No more teacher's
    dirty looks."

    Can anyone verify if Alice Cooper made that up, or where he copied it from?
  • Nicole from Algona,iowai still think schools out for summer is still the best song by alice cooper. he is rocking.
  • Ray Nielsen from Ansonia CtSchools out for summer came out in 69-70. On AM Radio 77ABC or something like that. My buddy and I were leaving JM Wright Tech. as the song blasted on the radio. end of school year 69-70. We went nuts. I was in the Army with my new wife and a son now 50years old as of this day, Jan. 15, 2022. I know this song came out way before my Son.
  • Barzini from BostonOne of the few songs that I remember where I was (Riverside Amusement Park) when I heard it for the first time. I thought something went wrong with the sound system when the song was ending. Nearly 50 years later School’s Out still sounds as innovative, catchy and clever.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 28th 1972, "School's Out" by Alice Cooper entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and on July 23rd it peaked at #7 (for 2 weeks) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #3 on the Canadian RPM Top singles chart...
    Eleven years earlier in July 1961 Gary U.S. Bonds entered the Top 100 with a record titled "School Is Out"; his completely different version reached #5...
    Ms.? Cooper, born Vincent Damon Furnier, celebrated his 66th birthday three months ago on February 4th, 2014.
  • Cyberpope from Richmond, CanadaMarilyn Manson is a Cooper poser! Does the same basic facial makeup, uses a girl's first name, PLAYS at counter-culture(unlike with Cooper, where it was a personal & original lifestyle!)

    Love Alice Cooper -- got lots of his vinyl albums, with jacket art! Wonderful trips down memory lane (I wasn't there then, but I've caught up & traveled back to those beautiful daze of good music written & played for the love of the art & the joy of making happy adoring fans! (yeah, of course groupies, DUG!)
  • Randy from Colerain Twp., OhBob Ezrin also produced 'Destroyer' by KISS in 1976. He arranged the chorus for the song 'Great Expectations'.
  • Ciara from Ses, Beninhe did this song on the muppets
  • Lee from Huntsville, Aljust one of those clasic songs that everyone on earth can relate to...being glad to be done with school. little do we know at the time,but we will miss those carefree days. seems life deals the lessons and we have to learn from them,mostly never in time to appreciate or be helpful...it never changes. seems like when you think you got it figured out,another lesson hits you square in the mouth...on and on.
  • Chase from Miami, FlAlice Coopers stage persona is not how he lives his life! He currently holds a Bible study in a Baptist church in Arizona. Marilyn Manson onther hand is probably the same
  • Michelle from Maplewood, MnThe Metal band Krokus re did the clasic song I saw the video on VH1 clasic channel during there metal mania show all of metal music
  • Rick from Salisbury, NcAlways enjoyed leaving school for summer vacation. School's out completely.................
  • Joel from Columbia, ScA remake of this song by Echo and The Bunnymen can be found on the Scream soundtrack.
  • Mark from Grafton, United StatesThe "Me and GB" line is on a different song from this same album.
  • Veronica from Sudbury, Canada"me and GB ain't gonna confess" isn't even a line in the song
  • Danielle from Angleton, TxThis whole album was based loosely on West Side Story. Listen to Gutter Cats vs. the Jets. Awesome.
  • Vince from Rome , NyThe line "me and GB ain't gonna confess"...GB was refering to Glen Buxton.
  • Robert from Chicago, IlThis song's gonna be featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock for PS3.
  • Me. from Not Telling You : ), Kylove this song. on the last day of my 8th grade year, they played it over the intercom a few minutes before the bells rang.
  • Zac from Sydney, Australiamad song.... it's such a classic. you know something's a classic when the simpsons rip it off. "school's BACK IN SESSION... let's' beGIN OUR LESSONS"
  • Lalah from Wasilla, AkAlice was always about marketability. "Schools Out", "I wanna be elected", "I'm 18", "Aching to get me" . . . All these are anthems for milestones in life. This was the first song I ever requested at the end of my 6th grade career and it still gets requests annually around May and June.
  • Joshua from Celina, OhAlice is amazingin everything he does especially at his concerts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Chrissy from Long Island, NyThis song is like an anthem to all kids. My brothers and sister listen to it every year on the last day of school. Alice Cooper rocks!!
  • Fyodor from Denver, CoIn his retrospective book, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Bruce says that fellow guitarist Glen Buxton came up with the distinctive opening guitar riff. Buxton is dead now.
  • J.e. from Anchorage, AkThere is an alternate version on the Scream soundtrack.
  • Ray from Stockton, NjOn my last day of middle school, they played this and eye of the tiger on the loudspeaker. It was kind of weird because our principal doesn't seem like the type of person to do it. School's out fit the occasion but Eye of the Tiger didn't.
  • Michelle from Anaheim, CaFor that commercial that Ben from Beaverton mentioned, it was for Staples. He's in the store with a cartful of school supplies and a little girl goes up to him and says "I thought school was out forever." & he says "no no it's just a song." Good song for high school/college students. You can always hear it on the radio.
  • D from Lake Forest, IlAll schools should have this blast out at the end of the year from the student body. If they don't, they can all drink the cool-aid o_0
  • Bob from Toronto, CanadaThe song grew out of its famous guitar riff which was written by Glen Buxton, the lead guitarist.
  • Andy from Tualatin, OrPlayed this song and Another Brick In The Wall part 2 when i graduated 8th grade on the bus. great riff, great song
  • Katheren from Augusta, MeI like Chicken you fools! not liver!
  • Chad from Andover, MnIn addition to the parody of it being sung by Principal Skinner as Will from Portland said, there's also an episode of The Simpsons which starts off with a dream sequence featuring the students of Springfield Elementary destroying the school, while this song plays in the background.
  • Wes from Springfield, VaWhat a great teenage anthem! I recall that somebody spray-painted "School's Out" across one of the buildings in my high school the year I graduated, heightening the sense of freedom I felt. (Nowadays I'd tsk tsk at it.) "We can't even think of a word that rhymes": A great little throwaway line...
  • Ross from Independence, MoThis is #319 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs.
  • Jude from Thomasville, GaOne of the reasons I like ole Alice is he doesn't take himself seriously, and the commercial is a perfect example of this. He's always made it clear that Alice Cooper is a stage persona and not how he lives his life. I strongly suspect Marilyn Manson has absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever, the poor devil.
  • Zac from Gastonia, AlI am vouching for this is our class song even though it isn't a great song it really sums up how the idiots in the student body feel about school and god knows its better than Kenny Chesney the second leading candidate
  • Savannah from Dearborn, MiAround graduation time, you always see lyrics from this song, all over cars! I love this song!
  • Jonathan from Oklahoma City, OkMan i played this over and over again when i graduated high school. Boy i sure did get drunk that night!!!!
  • Peter from Passage, IrelandWhen I graduated from school, me and my friends went out to a club, they played this song- unreal
  • Ben from Beaverton, Orin that commercial with cooper and that little girl, he says something like "no no, i said schools out for summer," when in fact the last time he sings it, he sings it as "schools out for ever," remember...?
  • Will from Portland, OrIn a Simpsons episode, Principal Skinner sings his own version of this song, and it goes "Schools...back...in...session! Lets...begin...the...lesson!"
  • The Jorge from Hell, OtherI love the new commercial for the back to school supplies, where the little girls like I thought you said schools out forever, and they show alice and hes like no i said schools out for summer.
  • Will from Portland, OrI like how the kids sing in this song.
    ive never been to an alice cooper concert, but its good he ends with a fun song like this.
  • Roddy from Southampton, EnglandAlso in the Dazed and Confused soundtrack
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