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“Ace of Spades” is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. According to the Ace of Spades Songfacts, Lemmy claims he wrote this song in the back of a transit van travelling at 90mph.

Initially released as a 7” vinyl single on October 27, 1980 as a preview to the album Ace of Spades and autumn tour, Bronze Records also released a 12” vinyl pressing in special ‘Christmas’ picture sleeves, limited to 50,000 copies. The picture of the band in Santa outfits used on the cover was taken while the band were on tour at the Aylesbury Fair. In November the song reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart.The song is considered to be the definitive Motörhead anthem, and “put a choke on the English music charts and proved to all that a band could succeed without sacrificing its blunt power and speed”.

Bronze also issued German and Spanish 7” vinyl versions which had a different sleeves, as well as a Japanese import, with a colour picture insert with song lyrics in English and Japanese. One sided test pressings (not mis-presses, used in the trade) escaped the pressing plant and are on the market.

For the lyrics, Lemmy said he “used gambling metaphors, mostly cards and dice - when it comes to that sort of thing, I’m more into the one-arm bandits actually, but you can’t really sing about spinning fruit, and the wheels coming down”.
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  • pinballdude

    METAL GOD !

    Sunday evening

  • ramatrock

    lemmy king's!

    Saturday morning

  • sheisevil2012

    The best :D !

    8 days ago

  • Redermann

    Amazing band and song!

    10 days ago

  • Liloucat

    :)))

    10 days ago

  • AlefPaiiva

    very crazy and fuck!

    12 days ago

  • musicmaniac7778

    Playing for the high one, dancing with the devil, Going with the flow, it's all the same to me,

    13 days ago

  • zero000000000

    check out the documentry "lemmy" it rules !!!

    14 days ago

  • Kexet1

    Epic!

    15 days ago

  • mycreation66

    Who is more powerful? Lemmy or God?,,,,,,, Lemmy IS GOD!!!

    17 days ago

  • DECK_LEST

    this is my god...

    18 days ago

  • moresweetb

    The metal version of a poker song... Long live Lemmy=p

    21 days ago

  • delneto

    Fuck amazing ~~~~~~~~~~~~

    23 days ago

  • crazzyd77

    LEMMY !!!!!

    26 days ago

  • brucegray666

    "I thought America could not do heavy metal untill I heard this. " Sorry mate, Motorhead are British.

    27 days ago

  • cobaincocaine

    perfection! \m/

    27 days ago

  • SequenceC

    Amazing song

    28 days ago

  • brucechainsaw

    the perfect rock song!

    last month

  • MisterMarto

    WTF ??? It says I tagged the song or album or artist wrong but It's right tagged ! [2]

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    WTF ??? It says I tagged the song or album or artist wrong but It's right tagged !

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