Born to Raise Hell

Infobox Single
Name = Born to Raise Hell

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Artist = Motörhead
from Album = Bastards
B-side = Born to Raise Hell (Radio Edit)/Born to Raise Hell (Dust Bother Live and Funky Mix)
Released = 1994
Format = CD single
Recorded = Album version recorded in 1993 at A & M Studios
Prime Time Studios
Hollywood, California, USA
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 4:56
Label = Arista/Fox Records
Writer = Lemmy
Producer = Howard Benson
Certification =
Last single = "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me"
(1993)
This single = "Born to Raise Hell"
(1994)
Next single = "God Save the Queen"
(2000)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Picture disc
Type = Single


Lower caption = 12" Picture Disc version"Born to Raise Hell" is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Originally written by Lemmy for the German band Skew Siskin, it plays over the opening credits of the film Airheads.

The song was released as a single in 1994, featuring Lemmy, Ice T and Whitfield Crane. The single features a 'Radio Edit', the original "Bastards" album version and a 'Dust Brothers Live and Funky Mix'. A special 12" vinyl picture disc pressing was made, using the same picture as the CD single release. [Burridge, Alan "Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead" Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.]

This version was recorded in addition to the previous recordings of "Hellraiser" and "Hell on Earth", as a last minute job to play over the end credits of the "" film, although it didn't appear on the film's original soundtrack album. [Kilmister, Ian Fraser and Garza, Janiss White "Line Fever" (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp.258 and 262-263. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.]

ingle track listing

Song by Lemmy
# "Born to Raise Hell (Radio Edit)" - 4:02
# "Born to Raise Hell (Album Version)" - 4:56
# "Born to Raise Hell (Dust Bother Live and Funky Mix)" - 3:52

Credits

* Guitars - Wurzel and Phil Campbell
* Drums - Mikkey Dee
* Bass, lead vocals - Lemmy
* Vocals - Ice T and Whitfield Crane

References