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  Type studio
  Cover Animal Boy (album)jpg
  Artist The Ramones
  Released May 1986
  Genre Punk Rock , Crossover Thrash
  Recorded December 1985
  Length 31:44
  Label Sire
  Producer Jean Beauvoir
  Last Album '' Too Tough To Die '' <br /> (1984)
  This Album '''''Animal Boy'''''<br />(1986)
  Next Album '' Halfway To Sanity '' <br /> (1987)


''Animal Boy'' is an album by the Ramones . It featured the songs " My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) ", written as a protest of President Ronald Reagan 's visit to the Bitburg cemetery in West Germany ; " Somebody Put Something In My Drink ", written by Richie Ramone , the band's drummer from 1983–1987; and "Love Kills", Dee Dee Ramone 's ode to deceased friend Sid Vicious . Dee Dee sings lead vocals on tracks 3 and 9.

Three songs on the album were co-written by Jean Beauvoir , formerly of the Plasmatics .

The music video for the song "Something to Believe In" featured a mock charitable event entitled "Hands Across Your Face", a parody of Hands Across America . {Link without Title} {Link without Title} {Link without Title}


TRACK LISTING

# " Somebody Put Something In My Drink " ( Richie Ramone ) – 3:23
# "Animal Boy" ( Dee Dee Ramone , Johnny Ramone ) – 1:50
# "Love Kills" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:19
# "Apeman Hop" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:02
# "She Belongs to Me" (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir) – 3:54
# "Crummy Stuff" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:06
# " My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) " (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir, Joey Ramone ) – 3:55
# "Mental Hell" (Joey Ramone) – 2:38
# "Eat That Rat" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:37
# "Freak of Nature" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:32
# "Hair of the Dog" (Joey Ramone) – 2:19
# "Something to Believe In" (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir) – 4:09


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