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Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?" Says Cooper: "There's two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, when you're just getting ready to open the presents. The Greed factor is right there. The next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school when you're sitting there and it's like a slow fuse burning. I said, 'If we can catch that three minutes in a song, it's going to be so big.'" Cooper has also said it was inspired by a line from a "Bowery Boys" movie. "School's Out" became Alice Cooper's first big song, reaching #7 on the Billboard charts and propelling the album to #2 on the album charts. It also marked the first time that Alice Cooper became regarded as more than just a theatrical novelty act. It is still Alice Cooper's most recognized song. The lyrics of "School's Out" indicate that not only is school year ended for summer vacation, but ended forever, and that the school itself has been blown up. It interpolates the childhood rhyme, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks" into its lyrics. The song has been used in the movies '' Scream '' and '' Rock 'n' Roll High School ''. |
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