Love Rollercoaster
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"Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts, and still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations. The song uses the roller coaster, a common theme park attraction, as a metaphor for the ups and downs of dating and romantic relationships.
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[edit] The scream
While the song is known within the music community for its distinctive and influential sound, within the popular imagination it remains best identified with a persistent urban legend. During an instrumental portion of the song, keyboardist Billy Beck's high-pitched scream is heard; according to the legend, this is actually the scream of a murder victim, but who the victim is varies greatly depending on the teller. The supposed sources of the scream have included an individual who was killed at some prior time, his or her scream inexplicably recorded and looped into the track, or a woman being murdered outside the studio whose scream was accidentally picked up the band's recording equipment (of all the explanations, this is the least plausible — professional recording studios are soundproof).
The most pervasive version of the myth, however, tells that the model who appeared seminude on the Honey album cover had suffered permanent disfigurement due to the substance used to replicate honey for the photo, and interrupted the band's recording session, at which point she was stabbed to death.
[edit] RHCP Cover
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| from the album Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Soundtrack | ||
| Released | 1996 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 1996 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||
| "Shallow Be Thy Game" (1996) |
"Love Rollercoaster" (1996) |
"Scar Tissue" (1999) |
- "Love Rollercoaster" was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996; their version appeared on the soundtrack of the animated film Beavis and Butt-head Do America. There was also a music video that was made for the song.
[edit] Track Listing
[edit] CD Single 1
- Love Rollercoaster
- Lesbian Seagull - Engelbert Humperdinck
[edit] CD Single 2
- Love Rollercoaster(Clean Edit)
- Love Rollercoaster(Rock Rollercoaster Mix)
- Love Rollercoaster(LP Version)
[edit] 7" Vinyl
- Love Rollercoaster
- Lesbian Seagull - Engelbert Humperdinck
[edit] In the media
The song was featured briefly in the film Urban Legend, where a reference is made to the myth associated with it.
It makes a more prominent appearance in the third Final Destination film, where the song is played as two teenage girls are killed in two tanning beds due to extreme heat. This use is a dual reference to the legend that the song is known for, and to literal rollercoasters, which play an important role in the film.
The song was also featured in the movie After The Sunset. The song was played during a point when an FBI agent was locked in his car and the "villans" were flooding the car with sleeping gas.
| Preceded by "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Ohio Players version) January 31, 1976 |
Succeeded by "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon |
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