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About This Track
“Werewolves of London” is a song composed by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon and performed by Zevon. Included on Zevon’s 1978 album Excitable Boy, it featured accompaniment by bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. The song is memorable for its humorous and macabre lyrics — e.g. “I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s, his hair was perfect!” — and the refrain featuring a howled “ah-ooo!!”
This song was the only solo success by Warren Zevon that made the American Top 40 charts (AT40), scoring a respectable position of number 21, during mid-1978. The song entered the AT40 on 22 April 1978, peaked at number 21, and remained in the AT40 for only 6 weeks. The single was released on the Asylum label with a catalogue number of 45472.
This song was the only solo success by Warren Zevon that made the American Top 40 charts (AT40), scoring a respectable position of number 21, during mid-1978. The song entered the AT40 on 22 April 1978, peaked at number 21, and remained in the AT40 for only 6 weeks. The single was released on the Asylum label with a catalogue number of 45472.
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Shouts
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r-iman wrote:
Great song
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Buttsex_Rocket wrote:
I think this was an alternate take or something. I really like it. A lot different than the studio version
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LOHADdotcom wrote:
Enjoy every sandwich
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krush1954 wrote:
who the fuck is this not warren. this is crap.
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rufuspig wrote:
halloweenin' it baby
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mccoyj wrote:
this song makes me want to dance......
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complexlogix wrote:
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DolmenRage wrote:
The riff sounds a lot like "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" by Bob Dylan.
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FourthCrowley wrote:
ha good version of this song, love the list of people he sees
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Lutze1960 wrote:
einfach nur geil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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retrowens wrote:
I love the ORIGINAL of this song...this one's blah though
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songpainter wrote:
Drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic'sAnd his hair was perfect! one of the best lyrics - Love it! Miss you!
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dwhitemd wrote:
such a simple song - but so cool none the less.
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NewMusic1962 wrote:
RIP Warren "I'll sleep when I'm dead"
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lucy304 wrote:
<3 classic
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pjolliffe wrote:
RIP. Great songwriter...
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vx_GASMAN wrote:
And I do agree Werewolves sounds kinda similar.
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vx_GASMAN wrote:
Hold on, I don't particularly like Skynyrd BUT whoever thinks Sweet Home Alabama was originally by Kid Rock is a testa di cazzo.
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LostChord_Mark wrote:
strange version --does sound like Zevon though... great song!
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ckay44 wrote:
Kid Rock hijacked the tune. No when i hear that riff I start thinking.."It was 1985 my ..." Like this stripped down version though. Zevon rules!
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